I decided to make this article to help anyone that wants to start walking on the "Open World on Unreal Engine 4" path. The engine version used at the time of this article was 4.16, so some stuff could be deprecated or could have new tech support 🙂 This has been a great adventure, with … Continue reading ‘Die Young’: UE4 Open World creation and optimization
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Project Kyro: basic optimization and VFX for a VR game
Some time ago I was asked to work on a really cool VR project as Technical Artist and VFX Artist. The game, in this first production phase, was about fighting against another player in an arena with magic spells in a cool Harry Potter style, using your hands and your voice. The images that … Continue reading Project Kyro: basic optimization and VFX for a VR game
How to iterate atlas textures in UE4
Some days ago, I needed to find a way to iterate through an atlas of textures in a UE4 material: I wanted to apply this to some decals that I was spawning always together. So I setup this material which allows me to iterate through an atlas and pick a texture from it, and I … Continue reading How to iterate atlas textures in UE4
Creating Northern Lights in UE4
Some time ago I got a job request about the creation of a "northern lights procedural building tool" in Unreal Engine 4. I was asked to create a shader to simulate different kinds of northern lights and a system to create them with splines inside the editor. After some researching I found an interesting way … Continue reading Creating Northern Lights in UE4