Greetings, student! Welcome to GameDev.net. I read the title of your post and thought I could add something about what to prioritize in your levels. But then I read the body of your post and you didn't ask anything about levels. And by the wording of your final sentence (the question you're asking)…

Still very new to UE5 and I want to use Niagara fluid simulations for water. How should I go about programming player control over the particles? For example, if I want the particles to start gathering or dispersing based on different inputs. Also, what do I “Cast to” to reference the particles?

Hi there everyone, I'm from team Deverse World. 

We just recently published this FREE game creator tool powered by Unreal Engine 5. It heavily focuses on no-code game development, so someone new to UE5 or even game dev can create a small game world in around 1 hour. 

We are looking for volu…

A lot of Unreal Engine developers are afraid to learn C++. Mainly because most people online are saying that it's a hard-to-learn language. Which is not true. Second, a lot of people talk about how "normal" C++ is different from C++ used in Unreal Engine. So we made a post comparing the raw C++ use…

OK, so I've installed Unreal Engine 5.1.0 and the Niagara templates (beta) plugin. I can successfully load and simulate explosions and whatnot. Where do I create such explosions using C++? Like, is there a main() function, or what's the entry point? Basically, I want to make enemy space planes expl…

We are a group of game developers and artists making the game we want to play! We are a small team of 13 people ever-expanding on our journey, and always looking for new individuals to join our team!

Our project is set in a distant galaxy, set years after a galactic wide war, you take control of Ash…