Looking for guides/tutorials; Real Time VFX.

LilShocky

Howdy, my names Devin Spencer. I'm a Full Sail University student that current focuses on modeling of props and environment, but I've wanted to get into real time visual affects as of recent. I've been struggling to find reliable sources of information and tutorials for Unreal Engine 4 that give a good start-off point to go off of. I was hoping that I could gather some resources here from anyone that may have a reliable source of information I could use, be it a youtube channel or some forum thread, anything really. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope to hear from some people soon!

CupMcCakers

Check out the official UE4 Youtube channel that should cover the basics for you. There are also dozens of free Examples that you can download from the Epic Games Launcher if you want to see how more complicated set ups work.

Shyralon

From what I've seen so far it is hard to find good resources for realtime vfx as it is basically a mixture of a lot of different disciplines such as lighting, shading, texturing etc.
However, here are some tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwKQyDZ4ark
And his blog is pure awesomeness:
https://simonschreibt.de/game-art-tricks/

Also check out these:
http://polycount.com/discussion/184595/how-we-created-fluidmeshes-and-clouds-for-battlefield-1
https://80.lv/articles/vfx-for-games-explained/
https://80.lv/articles/the-secrets-of-vfx-production-for-doom/

alekseypindrus

https://realtimevfx.com/

ImbueFX

Eat 3D: UDK Shader Production - Practical Shader Techniques
Eat 3D: Visual FX Masterclass, part 1
Eat 3D: Visual FX Masterclass, part 2

Luos

Official documentation + official youtube tutorials/streams + free youtube tutorials (lots of them).

LilShocky

Thank you all for the help! I'll be sure to use all of these to the best capability I can. I really hope I can get into the VFX field, I've learned to really appriciate how VFX makes a game feel so alive and impactful.