Launching Unreal Engine 5

Once you have successfully installed the engine, click on the Launch button:

Figure 1.8: The Launch button

You will be presented with the Unreal Project Browser window:

Figure 1.9: The Unreal Project Browser

The Unreal Project Browser allows you to open any recent projects and create new ones using a specific template. For this session, let us do the following:

1. Click on the GAMES category.
2. Choose the Third Person template.
3. Ensure you enable Starter Content (this will add additional content to your project so you can use it in your project).
4. Select a project location – I suggest you create the project in the largest and fastest drive on your system, as Unreal projects tend to get large as you work on them.
5. Provide a project name. Since this is a test project, let us call it MyTestProject. Unreal Engine project names cannot be more than 20 characters, nor can they start...