Multi-User Editing in Unreal Engine 5.5: A Complete Beginner Guide 🎮
Discover the power of real-time collaboration with Unreal Engine's Multi-User Editing! Whether you’re a student working on a group project, an indie developer managing a small team, or an industry professional optimising workflows, this guide has you covered.
In this video, I'll walk you through everything you need to know to get started, including:
✅ What Multi-User Editing is and why it’s so useful.
✅ A Step-by-step setup for creating and connecting projects across machines.
✅ How to collaborate effectively during sessions.
✅ Understand how to make changes in real time, from moving objects to editing Blueprints and sequences.
✅ Saving (persisting) your work to ensure no progress is lost.
0:00 - Introduction to Multi-User
1:39 - Why is it important
2:45 - What is covered
3:47 - Source Control
5:39 - Setup first pc project
8:35 - Enabling Plugin
10:56 - Unicast / Static Endpoints
13:54 - Setup second PC
19:38 - Creating the server and session
22:40 - 2nd PC joining session
23:56 - Troubleshooting tips
25:40 - First collaboration
27:46 - Updating a material
32:22 - Foliage updates
34:38 - Creating a blueprint
36:25 - Play BP in session
37:35 - Edit BP in session
39:48 - Creating level sequence in session
42:50 - Persisting changes
44:36 - Leaving the session
45:13 - Archive and delete session
47:50 - Leaving the server
💡 Why Watch?
Learn how to:
Use Multi-User Editing without source control.
Work with features that sync instantly vs. those that need saving.
Improve teamwork and stay productive in Unreal Engine.
📦 What You’ll Need:
Unreal Engine 5.5 installed on two machines.
A Local Area Network (LAN) or VPN for networking.
Basic knowledge of Unreal Engine