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Make your game locations sound like real-life spaces

Each space has its 'sound'. The specific way it responds to sound. A kind of fingerprint, so to say. And there is a way capture it! Not only capture, but also inject directly into a game by using Convolution Reverb, a new effect that can be applied to your audio in Unreal Engine 4.

Reactivating the blog?

It's been a while since I last posted. A lot has changed. I'm taking another approach to write this blog. Let's see how it will go this time.

Plugins

Create 3D screenshots for facebook in Unreal Engine

You are probably familiar with those funny 3D Photos people are uploading to facebook recently. I've prepared an Unreal Engine plugin that will let you do them yourself in a few simple steps!

Unreal Engine 4

Perforce & Visual Studio workflow automation for Unreal Engine 4 users

A few tips on how you can easily setup some automations to boost your work with Perforce and Visual Studio for your Unreal Engine 4 projects.

VFX

Dash/Speed lines post process effect in UE4

Ok, this time we will create a simple effect like this. Create a material in the Post Process domain. As a texture pick any noise texture. There are some in

Unreal Engine 4

Quick copy-paste outline effect for your custom depth in UE4!

The quickest possible to create (copy...) outline effect to use with CustomDepth. #UE4

Unreal Engine 4

'Post process windows' using Translucent materials in UE4.

This concept is rather simple. It's pretty easy to create screen effects that will affect only screen behing a specific mesh. For example let's create a simple scanner effect. (Material

Unreal Engine 4

Procedural dirt in UE4

Note: this method is cool and easy, but might be performance heavy due to the Noise node usage! Not the most efficient due to the Noise node, but might be

Misc

Yo!

Hey, I'm dalton. This is my blog. I will put various shit here. Starting with Shaders, through Unreal Engine 4 development, ending at some other stuff but mostly game related.