Vahab Ahmadvand
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Vahab Ahmadvand
@ahmadvand.bsky.social
Technical Game Designer at EmbarkStudios
, Unreal Authorized Instructor
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Just dropped a major update for my UE plugin (Editor Utility Extension):
✅ Customize menus & toolbars
✅ Generate thumbnails with ease
✅ Add native-feeling splitters, Toolbar in UMG
✅ Custom category in the Place Actors panel
✅ Toolbar Combo Button
www.fab.com/listings/d7f...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #Tool
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...
www.fab.com
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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?...
Launch Trailer | ARC Raiders
YouTube video by ARC Raiders
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Can't wait to play Arc Raiders on my handheld! 😊
October 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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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
Server Slam | ARC Raiders
YouTube video by ARC Raiders
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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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...
Themes from ARC Raiders (Original Video Game Soundtrack)
open.spotify.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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It was very cool to meet and chat with Danny and his lil' team for this. Looking forward to see how it ends up!
Arc Raiders releases this month so it's probably time I spilled the beans!

Our team @secrettape.bsky.social has been working on a 3 part series on the game's challenging development for over a year.

Embark has been incredibly transparent and let us tell the story as we saw it. I'm very proud of it
October 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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We've just added an excellent article on optimizing Chaos in Unreal Engine, with lots of engine internals demystified 👀👇 #uetips

dev.epicgames.com/community/le...
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.
dev.epicgames.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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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 🙏

Video recording coming soon!
September 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
That was a seriously awesome presentation at #UnrealFestStockholm!
Thanks @flassari.bsky.social and @mattoztalay.bsky.social for the awesome talk!
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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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...
Pre-Order Trailer | ARC Raiders
YouTube video by ARC Raiders
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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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...
MAKING THE FINALS | Creating a Dynamism Shooter
YouTube video by THE FINALS
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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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... 🔉🎨
youtu.be/f64D7Kpbmcc
ARC Raiders | Soundscapes
YouTube video by ARC Raiders
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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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
September 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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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/...
August 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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
https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/multithreading-and-performance-in-unreal/1216417
forums.unrealengine.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Just dropped a major update for my UE plugin (Editor Utility Extension):
✅ Customize menus & toolbars
✅ Generate thumbnails with ease
✅ Add native-feeling splitters, Toolbar in UMG
✅ Custom category in the Place Actors panel
✅ Toolbar Combo Button
www.fab.com/listings/d7f...
#UnrealEngine #UE5 #Tool
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...
www.fab.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The text version of "The Great Hitch Hunt" is available right here!
Let's get rid of those hitches once and for all! 💪 #UnrealFest #UETips
dev.epicgames.com/community/le...
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 “the Hitch Hunter” Arnbjörnsson as he arms you with...
dev.epicgames.com
June 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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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...
June 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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"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! ♥ #unrealfest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajgx...
Livestream 1, Day 2 | Unreal Fest 2025
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
www.youtube.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Voxel Plugin 2 Preview 7 now fully supports 5.6!

Find out how to install it here: docs.voxelplugin.com/getting-star...
June 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I discovered a new feature in Unreal Engine 5.6 that allows you to run your editor utility at startup without needing an extra Python script, or modifying the INI configuration. #UE5 #UnrealEngine #UnrealEngine5 #gamedev
@unrealengine.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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(SECRET) Want to try some SPICY Draw Call Optimizations for Unreal Engine and UEFN?
I created a 20 minute demo/tutorial on COMBINED textures into a single material, using Per Instance Custom Data OR Primitive Component Data to select the Texture.
IM SAYING 1 NANITE DRAW CALL, AND ONE MATERIAL DRAW!
May 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Well, it finally happened. Someone trained an AI on my voice, and used it to generate narration for their YouTube video.

Feels pretty bad! Don't like it!

I've submitted a privacy complaint with YouTube - hopefully they'll take it down soon.
May 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM