Version Control Perforce Using Unreal Engine 5 & 4

Never lose your progress, always have a BACKUP Mastering Perforce for Unreal Engine Development UE4 and UE5

What you'll learn

How to Install Perforce (Helix Core) for Free

How to create a solid Backup Server for Unreal Engine Projects

Download and Install any Unreal Engine 5 or 4

Using Source Control of UE5 and UE4

Creating a repository

Committing to the repository

Reverting to previous versions of the project and rewriting commit history

Prepare PERFORCE to UNREAL ENGINE

Requirements

Computer (Win10)

Internet

No experience necessary

Description

Why Use Perforce with Unreal Engine?Perforce provides the tools needed to manage large, complex projects, while Unreal Engine’s integration makes it accessible for game developers. From version control to team collaboration, this combination ensures that game development workflows remain smooth, organized, and scalable. Whether you’re developing a solo project or managing a large team, Perforce ensures that your Unreal Engine projects remain secure and easy to manage across their entire lifecycle.Perforce (Helix Core) is a leading version control system widely used in game development, especially for managing large assets and complex projects. Unreal Engine, one of the most popular game development platforms, seamlessly integrates with Perforce, making it easier for teams to collaborate and manage project files efficiently.Key Benefits of Using Perforce with Unreal Engine:Efficient Large File Handling: Unreal projects often contain large binary files, like textures, models, and audio assets. Perforce is optimized for handling these large files, ensuring fast and reliable storage and access.Asset Locking for Collaboration: With multiple developers working on the same Unreal Engine project, asset conflicts can be common. Perforce's file locking feature prevents team members from overwriting each other’s work by locking assets when someone is working on them.Comprehensive Version Tracking: Perforce tracks every change made to project files, including who made the changes and when. This ensures a detailed history, making it easier to revert to previous versions or audit changes.Branching and Merging: For large projects or teams, branching and merging are essential for testing new features, bug fixing, or working on different parts of the project simultaneously. Perforce’s robust branching and merging capabilities make it ideal for complex Unreal Engine projects.Seamless Integration with Unreal Engine: Unreal Engine natively supports Perforce, allowing for an easy setup. Developers can connect their Unreal projects directly to a Perforce repository, enabling smooth version control without leaving the Unreal Engine environment.Collaboration Across Teams: Whether working in a small or large team, Perforce enables efficient collaboration. Multiple team members can work on different aspects of the project simultaneously, all while ensuring the integrity of the project files and avoiding conflicts.Throughout the course, you'll explore the fundamental concepts of Perforce, including setting up a Perforce server, managing repositories, and dealing with common challenges in game development. You'll also get hands-on experience working with Unreal Engine’s specific version control features UE5 and UE4, ensuring that your projects are well-organized, secure, and easy to scale as they grow.By the end of this course, you'll have a strong understanding of how to use Perforce to effectively manage Unreal Engine projects, collaborate with teams, and ensure smooth development pipelines, making you a more efficient and organized game developer.

Overview

Section 1: Start

Lecture 1 Download Perforce Helix Core & P4V

Lecture 2 02 - How to install Helix Core Server

Lecture 3 03 - How to Install P4V

Lecture 4 04 - Creating a New User to use Perforce

Lecture 5 05 - First time Opening P4V

Lecture 6 06 - P4Admin deleting old Depot

Section 2: Unreal Engine Perforce Server

Lecture 7 07 - Creating a New DEPOT Stream

Lecture 8 08 - Creating a TYPEMAP for Unreal Engine Projects

Lecture 9 09 - TYPEMAP Settings for Unreal Engine Projects

Lecture 10 10 - Creating a New Stream in P4V

Lecture 11 11 - Creating a New Workspace for UE5 Third Person Template

Lecture 12 12 - Configurating the IGNOREFILE for our Server

Lecture 13 13 - Setting up the IGNOREFILE for Unreal Engine

Lecture 14 14 - Submitting our First File to the Server

Lecture 15 15 - Download & Install Unreal Engine 5.4.3 and others version of UE4 or UE5

Lecture 16 16 - Creating our first Project Third Person Template UE5 Raytracing

Lecture 17 17 - Sending all files of TP UE5 project to Perforce Server

Lecture 18 18 - Workspace VS Server files

Lecture 19 19 - Working in our level and submit our new files to Perforce

Lecture 20 20 - Creating a new material and new cubes to UE5

Lecture 21 21 - Deleting assets from our scene by MISTAKE

Lecture 22 22 - Restoring our Project Revision Backup to any REVISION or Changelist

Lecture 23 23 - Deleting floor and restoring files from Perforce without submit to Server

Lecture 24 24 - I made a mistake restoring just few assets from my deleted cubes revision

Lecture 25 25 - Rollingback our project restoring deleted assets and move forward

Lecture 26 26 - Check restored assets and creating more cubes and Green Material

Lecture 27 27 - History Server, never lose progress!

Section 3: Unreal Engine 4 - Creating a new Perforce Server to Kite Demo

Lecture 28 28 - Unreal Engine 4 Project explanation

Lecture 29 29 - Creating a new Depot for UE4 KiteDemo

Lecture 30 30 - New Stream UE4

Lecture 31 31 - New Workspace for UE4 Project

Lecture 32 32 - Checking TYPEMAP and IGNOREFILE of our new Workspace

Lecture 33 33 - How to change the Location of our server to other HDD

Lecture 34 34 - Download A Boy and His Kite to our workspace and submit

Lecture 35 35 - Opening the project for the first time

Lecture 36 36 - Excluding more folders using IGNOREFILE to avoid upload to Server

Lecture 37 37 - I made some changes offline and created a playable Demo of KiteDemo

Lecture 38 38 - I prefer to not use the built in Source Control of UE4

Section 4: UE5 Source Control

Lecture 39 39 - UE5 connect to Source Control of Unreal Engine

Lecture 40 40 - UE5 submiting assets via Unreal Engine

Lecture 41 41 - Revision Control shortcut

Lecture 42 42 - Difference of Revision Changelist numbers

Lecture 43 43 - Change Jump Height of Player Character

Lecture 44 44 - Creating pending changelist via Unreal Engine

Lecture 45 45 - Creating new material Yellow and added more cubes

Lecture 46 46 - Creating a new Open World level for UE5

Lecture 47 47 - Finalizing Open World and Submit hundreds of assets

Section 5: UE4 Source Control

Lecture 48 48 - UE4 enabled Source Control

Lecture 49 49 - Check Out files I

Lecture 50 50 - Check Out files II

Lecture 51 51 - Solution for Check Out files using UE4

Lecture 52 52 - Check Out difference between P4V vs Unreal Engine 4.27

Section 6: UE5 Final

Lecture 53 53 - UE5 Creating level load logic to level change during gameplay

Lecture 54 54 - Submitting the changes

Lecture 55 56 - UE5 Packaging the Game

Lecture 56 55 - Black revision color for Pending

Lecture 57 57 - Comparison UE5 Editor vs Package game

Lecture 58 58 - Running at 4K Resolution

Any artist, programmer, game developer using Unreal Engine 5 or UE4,Users learning Unreal Engine,Freelancers and Professionals that need to have a Backup solution for Free,Game developers