Newbie asking some question about realistic rendering in UE4.

Development Architectural and Design Visualization
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Hi,everyone, recently I am starting to look into creating some scene using unreal engine 4.
The scene I wanna create is my own room.
The thing I wanna ask is where am I gonna start??
I’ve watched some of the official tutorials from our website, now I am able to do some basic level creation and create some simple materials by myself.
However I found that the thing I wanna build seemed to complicated for me, I have no idea where to start.

Does anyone have any suggestion??

Or could someone tell me what are the basic things I need to learn in order to build a still scene.
I am quite into building games and stuff, just like a study room, or a house from inside out will do for me.

Thank you guys in advance!!!

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It depends on how much you already know about the engine + arch vis (e.g do you know how to use a 3d program). :wink:

I personally would do it like that (rough overview):

  1. create the meshes
  2. create the prototype materials + a basic prototype of your level
  3. build the final scene + add the light
  4. create the final materials (depending on the light setup you might have to do some adjustments)

Also take a look at this thread: https://forums.unrealengine/showthread.php?55860-Architectural-Visualization-in-Unreal-Engine-4-Community-Guide&p=204868#post204868

Things to learn -> a 3d program (blender, 3ds ,…), photoshop or gimp (for textures), the Unreal Engine (materials, level design and especially how to create good lightning) :slight_smile:

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Thanks!!!
That is exactly what I needed !!
:smiley:

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you should check this out: ://collidervisuals/guide
all the info you need is there

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WOW,that is one awesome note…So many details inside…
Thanks my friend!!!
Gonna have some work to do , coz I am only new to this.
Thank you again.

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By the way, since this is a Google Doc, are they gonna update it regularly???
If they are, then that’s even more helpful !
:smiley:

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Also another question is my PC config now is like this:
i7-4700, 8g of RAM, GTX660, do I need to upgrade any part???
If so upgrade to which model? I do play some games during free time , so professional graphic card is no go…
The other day I try to build the sample from the official market place, the Berlin office one, my PC got stuck… RAM usage up to 100%
Is it because my config is not powerful enough???

Thanks! Telling me this will really help me!

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Your pc is good enough to make a small scene like that! If you wanna upgrade tho, I would suggest a Nvidia gtx 970 (good price/perf ratio) or the 980 if money isn’t really an issue!

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We try to update the doc as much as time will allow. We are working on some ideas lately so we are quite busy.

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Thank you for the advise! :stuck_out_tongue:

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Good to know! Thanks man.