Noob Question: Flying vehicles

Development Programming & Scripting
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I am just beginning my UE journey. I have had this game in my head for 20 years now and I think I am now ready to execute. One of the main features will be the ability to fly converted vehicles. Think old 57 Chevy’s with hover mods that allow them to fly. Also, think the cab in 5th element. I want a large MEGACITY ala Coruscant or the 5th element city where you can fly (and land) anywhere in this huge city. The goal will be the ability to fly hovercar to a spaceport, board spacecraft, launch into space, have full flight freedom in space, fly to the moon (time compressed flight or gates) or Mars and land on either (hopefully all without loading screens).

Given all that, is UE4 the right engine for the job? I realized I probably will have to do some extensive coding and I have been coding for over 30 years now, so that should not be an issue.

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Hi,

Yes. UE4 can do what you want and even beyond that! You might want to start by using the Flying vehicle template. There are tons of tutorials and good resources that can help you get started. Once you learned how to use the engine, take a look at this sample project might help as well (link). A simple google will show more such good sample projects shared by the generous community which you can learn from and use in your game.

Good luck on your UE4 learning adventure :slight_smile: