In this quick guide we will be showing you how to enable fading between LODs in Unreal Engine 4. Explanation Introduced in Unreal Engine 4.11, LOD dithering is the technique used to fade between levels of detail preventing harsh popping in. The drawback to this system is that each LOD Dither enabled material uses more…Read More
In this guide we will be showing you how to automatically generate and configure levels of detail for static meshes in Unreal Engine 4. What are LODs? LOD (Level of Detail) is a technique found in all game engines that switches between different complexities of a 3D mesh over distance to reduce the amount of…Read More
Unreal Engine 4 has robust pathfinding and AI movement built in. Using the navmesh (Navigation Mesh) and a pawn or character, simple and advanced AI can be created that interact with the world and the player. Even in a multiplayer session! With very little setup you can implement Simple AI Movement in Unreal Engine 4….Read More
By default, Unreal Engine 4 is setup to aim for a smooth 60fps performance in every project. With a few easy steps you can change these default settings to run your project at over 240fps. In this guide we will go through how to unlock FPS in Unreal Engine 4. Updating the Project Settings Firstly,…Read More
One essential debugging feature in any game engine is the frame rate counter also known as the FPS counter. In this quick guide we will show you how to enable this feature inside Unreal Engine 4 and how to show this counter while the game is being played; even after packaging. Framerate in the Editor…Read More
Switch statements are a useful and universal programming feature that also is included in Unreal Engine 4 blueprints. The use of switch nodes can replace large chains of branches in your code, making your blueprints cleaner and more organized. In this guide we will be going over what Switch Statements are in Unreal Engine 4…Read More
In this guide we will enable open world navigation in Unreal Engine 4 using the Navigation Invoker system. One annoyance that most developers forget to think about when creating open world or procedural levels is the navigation system taking hours to generate the nav mesh. Using navigation invokers, we can generate the nav mesh during…Read More
The Game Instance is one the most important blueprint classes in an Unreal Engine 4 game. In this guide we will go through what the Game Instance does and how to use the game instance in Unreal Engine 4. What is the Game Instance The game instance is a manager class that is not destroyed…Read More
This guide is for Discord plugin users that can’t compile or package their game for the Linux platform. If you haven’t installed Discord Rich Presence in your Unreal Engine 4 project click here our guide. The first step is to download all of the required files. Downloading the Files To download the library files necessary…Read More
This guide is for Discord plugin users that can’t compile or package their game for the Mac platform. If you haven’t installed the Discord Rich Presence plugin in your Unreal Engine 4 project click here for our guide.The first step is to download all of the required files. Downloading the Files To download the library…Read More