[UE4]Tools and Plugins, Documents and Blogs
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UE4 Blogs
Rendering Related
Optimization
https://unrealartoptimization.github.io/book/
http://timhobsonue4.snappages.com/tutorials.htm
UE4 Plugins & Tools
UE4 Plug-ins
https://github.com/ue4plugins
Isara Tech.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Isara+Tech.
Yaki Studios
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Yaki+Studios
UE4 Gameplay
EasyActions
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/easyactions
Yellow Subs Machine
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/yellow-subs-machine
Generic Interaction Component
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/generic-interaction-component
HL2-style, classic FPS movement for Unreal Engine 4 implemented in C++
https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/ProjectBorealis/PBCharacterMovement
Cover Generator
https://github.com/Deams51/CoverGenerator-UE4
UE4 Animation
Motion Matching System
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/motion-matching-system
RMAMirrorAnimation
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/zh-CN/slug/rmamirroranimation
Root Motion Extractor
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/root-motion-extractor
Suite of tools for Autodesk Maya to help with skeleton creation, skeleton placement, rig creation, and final animation.
https://github.com/EpicGames/ARTv2
The official Animation Compression Library Unreal Engine 4 plugin.
https://github.com/nfrechette/acl-ue4-plugin
Root Motion Guide
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/root-motion-guide
Vertex Anim Toolset
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/vertex-anim-toolset
RMAMirrorAnimation
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/rmamirroranimation
UE4 Scene
WorldMachine + UE4: Full Workflow
https://80.lv/articles/worldmachine-ue4-full-workflow/
Interactive Tree Creator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/interactive-tree-creator
Dungeon Generator V2
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/dungeon-generator
Ultimate River Tool
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/ultimate-river-tool
Procedural Ivy Generator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/procedural-ivy-generator
UE4 Procedural
Dungeon Architect
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/dungeon-architect
Procedural Water Foliage Tool
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/procedural-water-foliage-tool
This project aims to provide a framework and a solid implementation of different techniques for generating complete seamless procedural cities with interiors for all buildings.
https://github.com/magnificus/Procedural-Cities
Easy Voxels: Cubic
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-voxels-cubic
Easy Voxels: Marching Cubes
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-voxels-marching-cubes
Voxel Plugin PRO (Recommended)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/voxel-plugin-pro
Easy Voxels provides a fast, multi-threaded and reliable way to generate Voxel Geometry using various algorithms.(Recommended)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-voxels
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-voxels-marching-cubes
UE4 Procedural Mesh
UE4.7 Procedural Mesh Generation plugin
https://github.com/SRombauts/UE4ProceduralMesh
Procedural mesh examples for Unreal 4
https://github.com/SiggiG/ProceduralMeshDemos
Runtime Mesh Component
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/runtime-mesh-component
Solid Geometry Lib
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/solid-geometry-lib
UE4 Procedural Landscape
Landscape Auto Material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/landscape-auto-material
Automatic Landscape Material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/automatic-landscape-material
Automatic Landscape Deserts
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/automatic-landscape-deserts
Advanced Procedural Landscape Material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/zh-CN/slug/advanced-procedural-landscape-material
Automatic Landscape Material
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/automatic-landscape-material
Procedural Landscape Generator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/procedural-landscape-generator
Landscape Pro 2.0 Auto-Generated Material (Recommended)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/landscape-pro-auto-generated-material
AutoLandscapeMatAlpine
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/autolandscapematalpine
An Unreal Engine 4 implementation of the Polygonal Map Generator for generating islands
https://github.com/Jay2645/Unreal-Polygonal-Map-Gen
Easy Voxels: Marching Cubes
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-voxels-marching-cubes
Replicated Sublevel Instances
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/replicated-sublevel-instances#
Mesh to Terrain Converter
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mesh-to-terrain-converter
Open World Bakery landscape generator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/open-world-bakery-landscape-generator
Fast and easy system that is fully automatic, has the ability to paint textures, and add up to 2 overlay textures that can easily be mapped to fit your landscape!
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ios-automatic-landscape-material
UE4 Materials
Unreal Engine 4 smear frame material effect
https://github.com/LuggLD/SmearFrame
Bake and merge Skeletal Mesh and Static Mesh materials and sections (Materials Optimization)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/meshbake
UE4 Textures
RMATextureResizer
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/rmatextureresizer
UE4 Mesh
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Mary+Nate
Pivot Tool
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/pivot-tool
Prefab Tool
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/prefab-tool
Instance Tool
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/instance-tool
Mesh Tool
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/mesh-tool
UE4.21 tool to automatically merge large meshes and instance smaller ones
https://github.com/alexismorin/MergeVolume
Mesh Morpher
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mesh-morpher#
Gore System Plugin (BlueprintExposed)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/klian-s-gore-system-plugin
UE4 Mesh - Spline
Rave Spline and Mesh Builder
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/zh-CN/slug/rave-spline-and-mesh-builder
Spline Mesh Solutions https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/zh-CN/slug/spline-mesh-solutions
UE4 Mesh - Morph Target (Vertex Animation)
Mesh Morpher
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/mesh-morpher
Morph Tools Plugin
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/morph-tools-plugin
UE4 Mesh - Interactive Mesh Processing
Interactive Mesh Processing with libigl in Unreal Engine 4.24
https://www.gradientspace.com/tutorials/2020/1/2/libigl-in-unreal-engine
Mesh Generation and Editing at Runtime in UE4.26
https://www.gradientspace.com/tutorials/2020/10/23/runtime-mesh-generation-in-ue426
UE4 LOD
SmoothLODCreator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/smoothlodcreator
BatchLodTool
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/batchlodtool
Procedural Mesh Simplifier (LOD Creator)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/procedural-mesh-simplifier-lod-creator
UE4 Physics
PhysXPack
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/physxpack
UE4 Lighting
Dynamic Lighting Portal System (Performance Booster)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/dynamic-lighting-portal-system-performance-booster
Performance Optimization: Shadows Triggering Zones
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/performance-optimization-shadows-triggering-zones
Ambient Lighting/Dynamic Light Probes(Cheap Ambient Lighting System)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/ambient-light-probes
Dynamic Bounce Lighting
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/dynamic-bounce-lighting
Real Neon Sign Creator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/real-neon-sign-creator
Ambient Occlusion Decals and GI Bounce Light
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/ambient-occlusion-decals-and-gi-bounce-light
Video Ambient Lighting
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/video-ambient-lighting
UE4 Run-time
Runtime Gizmo (Transform Tool)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/runtime-gizmohttps://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/explainer-video?lang=en-US
Runtime FBX Import (Asynchronous)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/runtime-fbx-import-asynchronous
RuntimeMeshImportExport
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/runtimemeshimportexport
UE4 Multiplayer
Steam Party
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/steam-beacons
UWorks
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/uworks
Multiplayer With Blueprints (AWS)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/aws-cognito-dynamodb-gamelift-lambda
UE4 Level Design
Prefabricator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/prefabricator
UE4 Water
UIWS - Unified Interactive Water System
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/uiws-unified-interactive-water-system
UE4 Foliage
UIPF - Unified Interactive Physical Foliage
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/uipf-unified-interactive-physical-foliage
UE4 Landscapes & Terrain
North Terrain Brushes
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/north-terrain-brushes
StitchingOfLandscapes
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/stitchingoflandscapes
UE4 Export
ExportObjectPlugin
https://github.com/Allar/ExportObjectPlugin
UE4 Assets Manage
Clean Project
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/clean-project
Asset Batch Edit Plugin for UE4 Editor
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/asset-batch-edit-plugin-for-ue4-editor
UE4 Scripts
lua dev plugin for unreal engine 4
https://github.com/Tencent/sluaunreal
A feature-rich, easy-learning and highly optimized Lua scripting plugin for UE4.
https://github.com/Tencent/UnLua
UE4热更新:基于UnLua的Lua编程指南
https://imzlp.me/posts/36659/
Write your game with TypeScript in the ue4 or unity
https://github.com/Tencent/puerts
UE4 Audio
Explainer Video
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/explainer-video
SoundToolKit
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/soundtoolkit
UE4 Video
Video Player 360 (2D, 180, 360, Stereo)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/video-player-360-2d-180-360-stereo
LiveVideoCapturePlugin
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/livevideocaptureplugin
Playing Live Video Captures
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/MediaFramework/HowTo/UsingWebCams/index.html
Projectionist
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/projectionist
Stereo Panoramic Player
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/stereo-panoramic-player
Media Framework plug-in for NewTek’s Network Device Interface (NDI).
https://github.com/ue4plugins/NdiMedia
The Blackmagic Media plugin enables users to natively send SDI video in and out of Unreal Engine.
https://github.com/ue4plugins/BlackmagicMedia
UE4 Record Screen (Capture Video)
FrameCapture - Screen Capture and Video Recorder
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/framecapture-screen-capture-and-video-recorder
Take Recorder
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Sequencer/Workflow/TakeRecorder/index.html
Rendering Out Cinematic Movies
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Sequencer/HowTo/RenderMovies/index.html
UE4 VOX Format
MagicaVoxel VOX Format import plugin for Unreal Engine 4
https://github.com/mik14a/VOX4U
UE4 Run-time GI
Global Illumination - Enlighten
https://www.siliconstudio.co.jp/middleware/enlighten/en/
Sky & Weather
The ultimate, award winning, real-time sky & weather renderer.
https://simul.co/truesky/
Hemisphere is a sky and cloud plugin based on real life high dynamic range recordings featuring physically accurate lighting values. Get the plugin and timelapses here!
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/hemisphere-plugin
https://gumroad.com/wouterweynants
Operations & Analytics
Microsoft Azure PlayFab
https://github.com/PlayFab/UnrealMarketplacePlugin
Hot Code Reloading
Reload header files, change your class structure, creates micro-dlls for ultra-fast reloads on big projects
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/c-hot-reload
Camera
Cine Cam
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/cine-cam
Advanced Third Person Camera
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/advanced-third-person-camera
Computer Vision (Face Recognition & OpenCV)
Integrating OpenCV Into Unreal Engine 4
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Integrating_OpenCV_Into_Unreal_Engine_4
OpenCV integration with UE 4.19. In progress
https://github.com/Batname/UE4OpenCV
https://forums.unrealengine.com/community/work-in-progress/1467754-plugin-opencv-plugin-for-ue-4-19
C++ project for face recognition with OpenCV which compiles into native library for Android and works from UE4 project
https://github.com/rnixik/face-recognition-ue4
A simple OpenCV plugin that integrates the OpenCV library into UE4. The plugin includes some blueprint classes that demonstrate how OpenCV can interact with the engine.
https://github.com/Brandon-Wilson/OpenCV-Plugin
Demo for integrating OpenCV and UE4 using conan-ue4cli
https://github.com/adamrehn/ue4-opencv-demo
Ocean & Water
Oceanology
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/oceanology
UIWS - Unified Interactive Water System
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/uiws-unified-interactive-water-system
Realistic Ocean Simulator
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/realistic-ocean-simulator
Speech
Text to Speech
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/text-to-speech
Map & Real World
COALA - map plugin with real world integration
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/coala-map-plugin-with-real-world-integration
Blueprint Assist
Node Find and Replace
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/node-find-and-replace
Rama’s Victory BP Plugin
https://github.com/EverNewJoy/VictoryPlugin
A plugin to help you to create node graph faster and easier in unreal engine 4.
https://github.com/pdlogingithub/UE4-Node-Graph-Assistant
Generic graph data structure plugin for ue4
https://github.com/jinyuliao/GenericGraph
Navigation
Export Recast navigation data from UE4.
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/exportnavigation
Export ue4 navigation data to outside.
https://github.com/hxhb/ue4-export-nav-data
3D navmesh generation and pathfinding plugin for UnrealEngine.
https://github.com/midgen/uesvon
AI
Hierarchical Task Network Planning AI
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/hierarchical-task-network-planning
Networking (TCP, WebSocket, HTTP)
ObjectDeliverer
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/objectdeliverer
unreal engine 4 websocket plugin for both c++ and blueprint developer
https://github.com/feixuwu/UEWebsocket
Web
Web Server for Unreal
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/unreal-web-server
Widget Documentation Plugin
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/widget-documentation-plugin
File System (Directory)
Easy File System (Blueprint Library)
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-file-system-plugin
Easy File Manager - EFM
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/easy-file-manager-efm
Workflow
Customize, Optimize, & Automate. Significantly enhance and accelerate your Unreal Engine real-time workflow from start to finish by using OPTIM!
https://theia.io/optim/
Container (Docker)
Windows and Linux containers for Unreal Engine 4. Docs: UE4 Docker
https://github.com/adamrehn/ue4-docker
Example Dockerfiles for using Unreal Engine containers
https://github.com/adamrehn/ue4-example-dockerfiles
Multi-threading
Multi Task Pro
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/multitask-pro
Noise Functions
Noise Plugin
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/noise-plugin
ECS (Entity Component System)
Huge space battle using an ECS library for the logic. Built on UE4
https://github.com/vblanco20-1/ECS_SpaceBattle
UE4 GUI (Interface)
UIParticle Plugin 5.1
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/uiparticleplugin
LGUI (Lex GUI) - 3D UI System for UE4
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/lgui-lex-gui-3d-ui-system-for-ue4
View Projection
iLocalPlayer4UE4
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ilocalplayer
Compression
UE4 ZStandard Compression Plugin
https://github.com/hxhb/ue4-zstd
UE4 Content Tools & Scripts
UE4 Pivot Painter Tool
Pivot Painter Tool 2.0
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Content/Tools/PivotPainter/PivotPainter2/index.html
UE4 Documents
Naming
Gamemakin UE4 Style Guide
https://github.com/Allar/ue4-style-guide
Pivot
Pivot Painter Tool 2.0
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/Engine/Content/Tools/PivotPainter/PivotPainter2/index.html
HTTP
UE4.10 How To Make HTTP GET Request in C++
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/UE4.10_How_To_Make_HTTP_GET_Request_in_C%2B%2B
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