Quick Start to Unreal Engine Part 2

Went over directional and point lighting and how to bake.
Then went over spot light and sky light (mine looked a little shinier than his, I'm not sure if it's just the version of Unreal or what, my sky light came in at a different spot but that shouldn't affect anything.)
Added audio of wet cave but apparently my video didn't record the game sounds.

Made a very sad looking dust plume particle system:

Tweaked and made it less sad:

Let there be night!  And let this tutorial be done.



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