Once launched we can explore the starter content in our project. For now create a blueprint test project to ensure that Unreal Engine is properly setup. We'll cover Visual Studio 2019 installation and setup in the next video.

We'll create a new game project and notice if you don't have Visual Studio installed yet you'll be unable to create C++ projects. Usually a single restart will fix this issue.Īfter a restart we can now launch the Unreal Engine editor.

While rare if you get a device restart required message along with an error code allow your computer to restart and try launching again. This will allow tell Windows to open Unreal Engine for uproject files. You'll also be asked to setup the unreal project file association with Windows. While we wait you can get started downloading Visual Studio community version and wait until the engine installation has completed. Note that once you start a project you typically want to lock in the engine version to avoid breaking changes in later versions of the engine as features are added while others are deprecated.ĭownloading and installation of Unreal Engine while take a bit of time. Here you can install different versions of Unreal Engine in the case you want to test a new patch or a new version before migrating the code base. Once in the Library tab we can manage our engine versions and start the installation process. Click Unreal Engine on the left side menu and then either click Library navigation item or click Install Engine on the far right. Net dependencies installed we can install the Unreal Engine. If you don't have an account yet you can create one via the launcher or through It's always best practice to enable 2 Factor Authentication (2FA). Once launched login via your Epic Games account. NET Framework packages previously you'll be prompted to do so once the Epic Launcher installer has finished. Installation of Epic games launcher is straight forward and once installed we can proceed with the installation of Unreal Engine. Go to or and in the top right you'll find the 'Get Epic Games' launcher button. Lets get started with setting up the epic games launcher to download Unreal Engine for Windows 10.

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