Unreal Engine Questions & Answers
Let's dive into some of the most common questions and answers about the Unreal Engine.
This is a living document that will help you understand the inner workings of the Unreal Engine.
How to turn on Shader Model 6 (SM6) in Unreal Engine on Windows, you can:
- Download the latest NVIDIA driver for your GPU card type and install it.
- Download the latest version of the Unreal Engine.
- Open your Unreal Engine project.
- Goto Edit → Project Settings and search for SM6 or go to Platforms then Widnows and enable SM6 under "D8D12 Tageted Shader Formate"
- Restart the engine.
Alternatively, Create or open file named DefaultEngine.ini in the root folder of your project add or edit the folowing line: r.ShaderModel=6
Restart the engine.
How to enable Lumen in Unreal Engine, you can do the following:
- Go to Project Settings.
- Under Rendering, scroll down to Global Illumination and Reflections.
- Set both to Lumen.
- Restart the engine.
Lumen is a real-time system for global illumination and reflections that delivers dynamic indirect lighting and reflections. It is automatically enabled in new projects by default.
How to install a plugin into your Unreal Engine project, you can:
- From Epic launcher click on Library tab and click on your project.
- After your project loads in the engine, go to Edit → Plugins and search for the plugin and enable it.
- Restart the engine.
If you want to check if your plugin is installed, go to Edit → Plugins and search for the plugin.
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