Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5

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Exploring Unreal Engine 5 Project Structure

In this chapter, we will learn how Unreal Engine works, where to find folders and files, and how levels work. You will also learn about the saving process. We will first look at how the folders are organized in the Engine and look at some important ones that will be useful for us. Next, we will learn about how to work with levels and how working with levels helps us to keep our project organized. We will then move on to understanding the saving process of the assets, and, in the end, we will know how to properly name our files so that it is easier for us to work on a particular project without getting lost.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

• Discovering project folders and files ...