Creating an Open World Game

Development World Creation
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I have been looking to create a open world game in UE4 and was wondering what would be the best way to approach this.

Ideally the game would be multiplayer but i realize that there is a ton of extra work required for that.

Basically how would i go about creating an environment that is easily scale-able for multiple people while not being impossible to load.
Also how would i handle having several people on the same map without overloading the server?

Any help would be really appreciated.

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I’d say this should be your first stop.

3

Also keep in mind to use:

-culling
-good lods
-planned level
-low poly meshes

4

Thank-you, that seems to be exactly what i was looking for.

5

Is World Composition a UE 4.4 feature? My subscription ran out a few months ago, and I don’t have that update. :confused:

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It is a 4.3 feature as well as 4.4 :slight_smile:

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To be clear, it was in releases prior to 4.3, but it was an experimental tool that had to be enabled through the tool bar by going to Edit > Editor Preferences > Experimental > World Browser

With the release of 4.3 it was no longer considered experimental and was renamed to World Composition.

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Thanks, guys; sadly, my subscription ran out back when there was only 4.2.1. I will keep this in mind, though :slight_smile: