
4
Materials in Unreal E ngine
4.1 INTRO DUCTION
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N order to achieve the beauty and realism that Unreal Engine 4 has to offer, it
is necessary for you to master creating mate rials. Do you want to create hyper-
realistic scenes that are so hig hly deta iled that the pla yer feels as if they are actually
inside the game? Need to make stunning animated explosio ns that let forth a visual
shockwave? Perhaps you need to create simple cartoon-like cell-shaded characters
sailing across a vast ocean. Each of these will require materials.
When it comes to achieving the stunning visual potential that Unreal Engine 4
has to offer, the Material Editor is perhaps ...