Unreal Engine 5 Procedural Road System

Design procedural road networks with roads, traffic, pedestrians, and dynamic environments.
What you'll learn
Build a complete procedural road generation system using Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints and splines.
Create dynamic road types, intersections, and custom mesh spawns for flexible environments.
Implement day-night cycles that control streetlights and ambient lighting automatically.
Simulate realistic rain effects with wet surfaces and puddle formation on roads.
Spawn moving vehicles and control traffic flow through procedural logic.
Develop a dynamic traffic light system that synchronizes with vehicle movement.
Generate pedestrians on sidewalks and crossings to add life to city scenes.
Design scalable, data-driven systems for procedural world building in UE5.
Integrate weather, lighting, and traffic systems for immersive environments.
Apply procedural generation principles to your own open-world or simulation projects.
Requirements
No prior experience with Procedural Road Systems is required - everything will be built step by step from scratch.
Basic familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 interface and Blueprints will help but is not mandatory.
A computer capable of running Unreal Engine 5 (UE5.3 or Higher Engine Version/ Recommended to Use UE5.7).
At least 16 GB of RAM and a dedicated GPU (NVIDIA GTX 1060 / AMD equivalent or higher recommended).
Stable internet connection to download Unreal Engine, assets, and course materials.
Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn hands-on by building along with the instructor.
Description
Master the art of building dynamic, procedurally generated environments in Unreal Engine 5. This course takes you beyond static level design and into procedural content generation, where you'll learn how to create scalable, data-driven systems for roads, traffic, and city environments.You'll gain hands-on experience building a complete procedural road system from scratch using Unreal Engine 5's spline tools, Blueprints, and real-time systems. From automatically generated roads and intersections to dynamic weather, lighting, and traffic simulation, you'll learn how to design interactive, living worlds that feel responsive and alive.Your Learning JourneyProcedural Content Generation - Build a custom spline-based generation system to automatically create and manage complex road networks.Basic Locomotion System - Implement simple yet flexible locomotion systems for player and NPC characters.Basic Inventory System - Create an inventory system to support static item spawning on pedestrian characters.Procedural Roads - Design multiple road types, intersections, and procedural mesh spawns for realistic and adaptable layouts.Dynamic Time of Day Effects - Implement day-night cycles with responsive lighting and automatic streetlight behavior.Weather Effects- Create dynamic weather systems including sunny and rainy conditions. Simulate wet road surfaces, puddles, reflections, and smooth weather transitions at runtime.Pedestrians - Procedurally spawn pedestrians on sidewalks and crosswalks to add realism and life to your environment.Vehicles - Spawn and control AI-driven vehicles that move dynamically along road networks.Buildings - Utilize available level space to visualize city environments alongside the procedural road network.Traffic Lights & Pedestrian Crossings - Build an intelligent traffic light system that controls vehicle flow and allows pedestrians to cross roads safely.Zones - Implement level clustering and zone-based logic to control pedestrian and vehicle spawns per area.Optimizations - Apply practical optimization techniques to maintain stable performance and smooth frame rates in large open-world maps.By the end of this course, you'll have built a fully functional procedural road system from the ground up. You'll gain a strong understanding of Unreal Engine 5 Blueprints, spline-based generation, and real-time simulation techniques.These skills are directly applicable to open-world games, city builders, simulation projects, and large-scale environments.Whether you're an intermediate Unreal Engine user or looking to step into advanced procedural systems, this course will give you a solid, production-ready foundation.
Who this course is for
Game developers who want to learn procedural generation and world-building techniques in Unreal Engine 5.
Unreal Engine users looking to create dynamic, automated environments using Blueprints and splines.
Environment and level designers interested in building scalable road and city systems.
Technical artists who want to integrate weather, lighting, and traffic effects into game worlds.
Indie developers aiming to add realism and efficiency to open-world or simulation games.
Students and hobbyists who want hands-on experience creating procedural tools from scratch.
Anyone curious about combining procedural systems, traffic AI, and environmental effects in UE5.
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