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UE5 DLSS3 Plugin Installation Guide

This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing the NVIDIA DLSS 3 Plugin Package in Unreal Engine 5 from the Epic Games Launcher. It outlines prerequisites including having UE5, Windows 10 64-bit, an NVIDIA RTX GPU with driver 522.25 or higher, and a UE5 project using Vulkan, DX11 or DX12. It then lists 13 steps for downloading the launcher, installing UE5, extracting and placing the plugin folders, enabling the relevant plugins, and restarting to complete the installation.

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UE5 DLSS3 Plugin Installation Guide

This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing the NVIDIA DLSS 3 Plugin Package in Unreal Engine 5 from the Epic Games Launcher. It outlines prerequisites including having UE5, Windows 10 64-bit, an NVIDIA RTX GPU with driver 522.25 or higher, and a UE5 project using Vulkan, DX11 or DX12. It then lists 13 steps for downloading the launcher, installing UE5, extracting and placing the plugin folders, enabling the relevant plugins, and restarting to complete the installation.

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NVIDIA Unreal Engine DLSS 3 Plugin Package

Plugin Download and Install


This guide is to help you navigate through the installation process of the DLSS 3 Plugin
Package in UE5 from the Epic Games Launcher.

Prerequisites
● Unreal Engine 5
● Windows 10, 64 bit
● NVIDIA Geforce Driver: 522.25 or above (531.68 or higher recommended)
● NVIDIA RTX GPU (GeForce, Titan or Quadro) with DLSS support
● UE5 project using either:
○ Vulkan
○ DX11
○ DX12

*Streamline/DLSS Frame Generation is only compatible with UE DX12 applications.


Step-by-Step Installation Instructions
1. Install the Epic Games Launcher from Epic’s website:
[Link]
2. Log into your Epic Games account and navigate to the Unreal Engine tab to the left of
the launcher.

3. At the top window toolbar, click `Library`

4. Install the latest available Unreal Engine 5 by pressing the `+` button to the right of
‘ENGINE VERSIONS`
5. Unzip the [Link] file downloaded from the NVIDIA DLSS 3 Plugin download
page.
a. Once extracted, you should see five separate folders
i. DLSS
ii. DLSSMoviePipelineSupport - This is used for Movie Render Queue
support.
iii. NIS - This is a platform agnostic technology to be used as a fallback if
NVIDIA DLSS is not available for a specific targeted platform.
iv. Streamline - This is used for DLSS Frame Generation (DX12 Only).
v. Samples - This is a UE5 DLSS Test project
b. It should look something like this.

6. Place the unzipped `DLSS`, `DLSSMoviePipelineSupport`, `NIS`, `Streamline` folders in


UE_5.2\Engine\Plugins\Marketplace\nvidia
a. Note: If you do not have the Marketplace\nvidia folder on your machine, you can
make it yourself.
7. Launch Unreal Engine 5.

Note: If this is your first time running the editor, it will require you to install the prerequisites. It
may also take longer to load up than usual.
8. Once you’ve opened up your project, go to the toolbar at the top of the screen and click
`Edit`. Then, in the dropdown menu, select `Plugins` to open up the Plugins browser.

9. Search for “NVIDIA” in the plugins search bar.


10. You should see NVIDIA Tech plugins pop-up, enable the following
a. NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution/DLAA
b. NVIDIA NIS
c. NVIDIA Streamline / DLSS Frame Generation
11. For DLSS Super Resolution Movie Render Queue support, search for `DLSS` in the
search box. You will find that Movie Render Queue DLSS/DLAA Support populates. If
you want support, ensure to enable this plugin as well.
12. A new prompt will appear at the bottom of the plugins window indicating you must restart
your editor each time a new plugin is enabled.

13. Restart the editor and follow the remaining steps outlined in the:
a. DLSS_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf for DLSS Super Resolution
b. DLSS_Frame_Generation_Quick_Start_Guide.pdf for Streamline/Frame
Generation

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