Unreal Engine 5 Free Beginner Resources

Beginner Tutorials

• Unreal Engine 5 Beginner Tutorial - UE5 Starter Course by Unreal Sensei

• How to Create a Game in Unreal Engine 5 - UE5 Beginner Tutorial by Unreal Sensei

• Unreal Engine 5 | Blueprint For Beginners (2023) by Smart Poly

C++ Tutorials

• #01 - Creating A Project | UE5 C++ Tutorial by Lötwig Fusel (Follow all the related videos)

• Getting into C++ with Unreal Engine - Part1 - Setting up by GGameDev (Watch the full series)

Misc./Advanced Tutorials

• Unreal Engine 5 – Full Course for Beginners by freeCodeCamp.org - Goes from Beginner to Advanced, can skip if less time.

• Cropout Casual RTS Sample Project Guided Tour | Unreal Engine by Unreal Engine - Shows good ideas and project structure.

• Maximizing Your Game's Performance in Unreal Engine | Unreal Fest 2022 by Unreal Engine - Great presentation on how to profile and optimize games.

• Mastering Procedural Open World Creation with PCG and Unreal Engine 5.2 by CG Dealers - Gives idea on how PCG works and the possibilities.

Tips & Tricks

• Use height map in landscape import from file to quickly generate good landscapes. Many height maps should be publically available to generate accurate geography.

• HDRI backdrop: Use HDR image as background for scenes very quickly.

• Change Config/DefaultEngine for project (like in [/Script/Engine.RendererSettings] add r.Streaming.PoolSize 2000 (bacause large textures)).

• Website for textures - https://ambientcg.com/

• Unreal Insights for trace. Console window - stat fps, stat unit, profileGPU for profiling to see what is slow and do optimization.

• Search "Paragon" in Unreal marketplace for Paragon character models which are free to use.

• Unreal Marketplace makes 5 items free every month which can be owned and then used forever.