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The Unreal Engine is a game engine developed by Epic Games, first showcased in the 1998 first-person shooter game Unreal (series).

Although primarily developed for first-person shooters, it has been successfully used in a variety of other genres, including stealth, MMORPGs, and other RPGs.

With its code written in C++, the Unreal Engine features a high degree of portability and is a tool used by many game developers today.

The current release is Unreal Engine 4, designed for Microsoft's DirectX 11 and 12 (for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Windows RT; GNM (for PlayStation 4); OpenGL (for OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Ouya and Windows XP); Vulkan (for Android); Metal (for iOS); and JavaScript/WebGL (for HTML5 Web browsers).

Importing maps into Unreal Engine 4

Maps for older version of Unreal can be imported into Unreal Engine 4. See:

• Converting UT Maps
• HammUEr - a (currently Windows only) plugin that lets you build your levels with Valve's Hammer Source map editor (VMF), Doom3's DoomEdit (MAP/PROC) or a Quake-based map editor like Radiant, Jackhammer or Trenchbroom (MAP). With just a few simple clicks, you can have them imported into your Unreal Engine project as a collection of meshes placed in your scene the way you want, where you want. Want to change something? Make your edits in your favourite tool, then save, re-import, and you're done.

Videos

• Migrating maps from UDK to UE4 | Tutorial Part 1 | Introduction

Importing terrain

Terrain can be imported into Unreal maps. See:

• World Machine to Unreal Engine - World Machine is a procedural terrain creation program

See also

• Unreal (series)
• Unreal Development Kit

External links

• Unreal Engine @ Wikipedia