Knowing the environment

Let's take a look at Unreal Engine 4 and its editor. I am assuming that you have already installed the engine and visual studio 2013 on your machine; therefore, I will skip the process of registering, downloading, and installing the engine. If this is not the case, you can go to the epic website (www.unrealengine.com), sign up for free and get your copy by following their instructions with a couple of easy steps.

Creating a project

Open the Unreal Engine Launcher. Under the Library section, choose the version of the engine that you prefer, and launch it, as follows:

Creating a project

The Unreal Project browser will open. By default, you will ...

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