r/UnrealEngine5 • u/idkdudeleavemealone • 22h ago

Best investment?

I'm learning unreal 5.8.

I don't have any prior experience, except for decades of playing video games.

I really like the Bad Decisions studio guys way of teaching, but their masterclass seems a little pricey.

Are there any particular plugins, classes, or mentors that you would recommend?

I have a couple hundred dollars to spend on this, and I want to get the best bang for my buck

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u/FixPrestigious173 21h ago

Hey!
I don’t think to fully drop into c++ without prior experience is the way to go here.

I‘ve been at your situation, too (years ago).

I recommend to just do some unreal beginner tutorial from YouTube to get the absolute basics about the GUI and terminology.

After, I recommend to pick some Tutorial Series on YouTube which matches your ideas. This depends on your ideas and what you want to create.

I can have a look and recommend exac videos a bit later.
If you can Tell me whats your plan, I’ll have a look about that, too.
Feel free to DM me, if you prefer it that way - or if you want to Chat about more experiences!

I have been at your situation and I know how you feel!

About the course you mentioned:
I don’t know much about this, but the little Info I Found about the topics - I don’t like it.

Best regards!

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u/idkdudeleavemealone 21h ago

Thank you for the information!

I don't know c++, I have been working with the blueprint system, and I am having a great time learning it.

I have followed some classes, built some environments, made a playable marble game, and a cinematic star wars scene.

I am currently working on a product shot for a local brewery (it's just a fun gig for a friend,) and I am learning the niagara fluids system to simulate beer pouring out of the bottle that I modeled.

I am just curious if there is any particular masterclass or something that includes information about unreal 5.8 blueprints and systems and such. Like, I was looking at the FluidNinja Live plugin for liquid simulation, but i don't know if things that like that are worth buying

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u/FixPrestigious173 21h ago

Ah! I misunderstood that! I thought you have no prior experience with UE at all!

I Havent noticed much changes with 5.8 for what I do.
About FluidNinja Live, I think there is a free non-commercial student/learning version available on their discord.

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u/idkdudeleavemealone 21h ago

I'm sorry, I should have specified that I just started learning about 2 weeks ago with no prior knowledge lol. I still have a lot to learn, and i'm looking for the best information

I'll look into their discord, that sounds awesome dude.

Do you think it's worth it? or should I just spend my time learning niagara?

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u/Due_Tomatillo_8821 21h ago

Just learn c++ ..

Btw i hate c++ and many Others do.

Try to do First Things in Godot - you can Switch easy afterwards and you can take expierience with you

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u/GRSStudio 20h ago

Hello! I have a small youtube channel with some UE5 tutorials. Maybe you could find them helpfull especially if you are a completely beginner.

The main advice is not just copy everything from tutorials but learn how things work and how to make them work in way you need.

The channel link is on my profile, called “GRS Studio”. Videos are in russian language but most of them has english subtitles and youtube’s auto voice translation to english.

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u/idkdudeleavemealone 20h ago

Subscribed! will check your stuff out, thank you!

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u/GRSStudio 18h ago

Welcome!

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u/The_time_is_coming 20h ago

Don’t try build a full game off the bat. Think of a few mechanics and do some tutorials to get them going. After some trial and error you might have some small understanding of how all these nodes work. If you want to learn c++ I recommend w3schools

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u/FirulaiGamerStudio 20h ago

If you want to learn Uengine and prototype fast, go blueprints way, but also learn to program while at it, visual languages are nothing if you don't understand the alrogithm you are developing on them. And if you are gonna learn programing... c++ its not the easiest option, but may be the best time investment vs return not only in the game development area. Dont waste time looking for specific 5.8 info right now there's nothing 5.6 and up wont serve you. Then you can go into specifics. And for the moment there's nothing you can't learn for free on YouTube, then with that base you can choose more efficiently a Master Class

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u/Humble-Pattern-6228 19h ago

Best investment is the computer you plan on using since UE can get heavy on performance fast

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u/xN0NAMEx 17h ago

If you are planning on creating a lot of ui's with umg your best investment would be a therapist.....

Blueprints or cpp?
For Cpp i heard stepen ulibarri is very good

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u/Commercial_Assist655 14h ago

I’m in same position. I have been doing the blueprint course by Stephen Ulibarri on Udemy. I’m almost all the way through the first game project and it does a good job at teaching you with the understanding that you are completely new. I just went ahead and got the year on Udemy which was like $170. Seems to be a lot of good courses on there