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Vahab Ahmadvand

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Technical Game Designer at EmbarkStudios , Unreal Authorized Instructor

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Nice clear overview!
#TheFinals #ReachTheFinals

11.12.2025 20:17 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Evolution of ARC Raiders EP3 - Building ARC Machines
The Evolution of ARC Raiders EP3 - Building ARC Machines YouTube video by ARC Raiders

The final episode of Secret Tape’s (our white label production company) three part series on Arc Raiders development is now live.

Very cool to see most of the comments being β€œplease make more of these”.

youtu.be/DRlhpzc7ImA?...

06.12.2025 11:41 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
STREET CINEMATOGRAPHER in ARC Raiders vol.1
STREET CINEMATOGRAPHER in ARC Raiders vol.1 YouTube video by director of gametography

This is so cool - street cinematography in #ARCRaiders 😍
People can be so creative and friendly in the game! πŸ₯Ή
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_thz...

01.12.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some moments from our first big esports event this weekend, The Grand Major, at Dreamhack. Β£100,000 on the line.

It was amazing to meet so many fans, creators and players. The atmosphere was amazing and it made for such a good event. Here's to 2026!

#TGM25 #TheFinals

30.11.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Evolution of ARC Raiders EP1 - Finding ARC Raiders
The Evolution of ARC Raiders EP1 - Finding ARC Raiders YouTube video by ARC Raiders

The first episode of the Arc Raiders series we produced for Embark is now live.

For years folks were asking what happened to the original PvE hero-shooter version of the game.

Well, now you know…

youtu.be/tdorU3sjt_0?...

21.11.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

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14.11.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Launch Trailer | ARC Raiders
Launch Trailer | ARC Raiders YouTube video by ARC Raiders

I started working on #ARCRaiders nearly 7 years ago when it was just a bunch of wild ideas in documentation and concept art sketches.
It's cool to see how many of the original ideas made it in - this launch trailer really captures how fun and epic the game turned out to be:
youtu.be/IpeJjQDXNAE?...

27.10.2025 16:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just discovered Plugin Directories in #UE5!
You can now select custom plugin folders, keeping your project organized and workflows seamless. This feature is ideal for managing multiple sets of plugins.
#UnrealEngine #unrealEngine5 #ue5tips @unrealengine.bsky.social

25.10.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Can't wait to play Arc Raiders on my handheld! 😊

17.10.2025 18:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Server Slam | ARC Raiders
Server Slam | ARC Raiders YouTube video by ARC Raiders

Hey! You can play our new game #ARCRaiders for free this coming weekend as part of our pre-release "Server Slam" test event!
Give it a shot and if you like it, you can preorder and it'll be out for real at the end of October :)
youtu.be/7AEe6KVAM5s

13.10.2025 17:01 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Themes from ARC Raiders (Original Video Game Soundtrack)

We released a couple of #ARCRaiders soundtracky things today if anyone likes ambient synthy darkwave I dunno what genre it is
open.spotify.com/album/4DhQlh...

08.10.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was very cool to meet and chat with Danny and his lil' team for this. Looking forward to see how it ends up!

04.10.2025 05:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Tech Artist’s Playbook for Chaos Performance | Tutorial The purpose of this article is to highlight Chaos settings and asset-authoring choices that most impact physics performance.

We've just added an excellent article on optimizing Chaos in Unreal Engine, with lots of engine internals demystified πŸ‘€πŸ‘‡ #uetips

dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

01.10.2025 13:18 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Words cannot describe how happy I am with the standing-room only crowd @mattoztalay.bsky.social and I got for a PROFILING talk! 😲

Huge thanks to Arctic Hazard and Tripwire Interactive for letting us show profiling data from their upcoming game, NORSE: Oath of Blood πŸ™

Video recording coming soon!

27.09.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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That was a seriously awesome presentation at #UnrealFestStockholm!
Thanks @flassari.bsky.social and @mattoztalay.bsky.social for the awesome talk!

24.09.2025 11:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pre-Order Trailer | ARC Raiders
Pre-Order Trailer | ARC Raiders YouTube video by ARC Raiders

Been working on #ARCRaiders for nearly 6 years. Not long until release now, very exciting times. And you can pre-order it now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0y...

22.09.2025 19:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
MAKING THE FINALS | Creating a Dynamism Shooter
MAKING THE FINALS | Creating a Dynamism Shooter YouTube video by THE FINALS

We're releasing a dev vlog today introducing our fans to 'dynamism', the design philosophy that drove the making of THE FINALS. We hope it gives those interested some insight into what it takes to make an crazy multiplayer sandbox FPS.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjUy...

12.09.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
ARC Raiders | Soundscapes
ARC Raiders | Soundscapes YouTube video by ARC Raiders

We sneakily dropped a new #ARCRaiders video the other day, showcasing some of the stellar work from our small but extremely talented (and delightful) audio team, with some tasty in-game visuals to match... πŸ”‰πŸŽ¨
youtu.be/f64D7Kpbmcc

04.09.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you see this dialog in your Unreal Engine project, click Install. At Epic Games, we now ensure that the preferred toolchains for the current engine version are listed in the Visual Studio solution. #uetips

04.09.2025 08:48 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday πŸŽ‚

31.08.2025 19:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've made Property History free & open source!

You can use it to quickly see the history of any property in Unreal

github.com/VoxelPlugin/...

25.08.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Unreal Engine Angelscript

Have you tried AngelScript with Unreal Engine?
angelscript.hazelight.se

08.08.2025 08:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool! Hopefully you can get back to it, waiting for Hotspot texturing 😊

07.08.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multithreading-and-performance-in-unreal/1216417

Huge forum post covering Runnables, Tasks, how to set them up in C++. An absolutely fantastic resource.
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multithreading-and-performance-in-unreal/1216417
#UnrealEngine

04.08.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They used it only for the community maps & modes

01.08.2025 08:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Editor Utility Extension - Custom Menu, Toolbar, Thumbnail, UMG Splitter The plugin provides several utilities to enhance the editor experience, including custom toolbars, menu items, class icons, thumbnails, and UMG controls.Documentation: Documentation Link Features:Cust...

Just dropped a major update for my UE plugin (Editor Utility Extension):
βœ… Customize menus & toolbars
βœ… Generate thumbnails with ease
βœ… Add native-feeling splitters, Toolbar in UMG
βœ… Custom category in the Place Actors panel
βœ… Toolbar Combo Button
www.fab.com/listings/d7f...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #Tool

09.06.2025 20:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Great Hitch Hunt: Tracking Down Every Frame Drop | Tutorial Hear ye, developers! A scourge plagues our beloved industry. Grab your pitchforks and rally with Ari β€œthe Hitch Hunter” ArnbjΓΆrnsson as he arms you with...

The text version of "The Great Hitch Hunt" is available right here!
Let's get rid of those hitches once and for all! πŸ’ͺ #UnrealFest #UETips
dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

07.06.2025 11:36 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Has a major 3D tool ever switched coordinate systems like this? I applaud the change but it will be interesting to see how it goes down, sooooo many assumptions baked into code and assets x.com/TimSweeneyEp...

05.06.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Livestream 1, Day 2 | Unreal Fest 2025
Livestream 1, Day 2 | Unreal Fest 2025 YouTube video by Unreal Engine

"The Great Hitch Hunt" will be broadcast live here at 3:30pm Orlando / 22:30 Finland / 21:30 CET / 19:30 Iceland time. Hope you can make it! β™₯ #unrealfest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajgx...

04.06.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0