Source: Unreal Engine 5 is now available in Early Access!
Enjoy fellow content creators
I've got it running now, I might post my results playing with the tools later on (when I have some spare time).
[Epic Games] Unreal Engine 5 (Early Access)
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Source: Unreal Engine 5 is now available in Early Access!
Enjoy fellow content creators
I've got it running now, I might post my results playing with the tools later on (when I have some spare time).
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Looks like UE5 still can't handle vegetation all too well.
The demo looks great but I have to wonder if packing a game world with so many quixel assets is more or less work for devs. The density of assets seems like it would take a lot of work to setup but any less detail and it wouldn't look right. But I guess they have an answer to that with 'mega-assemblies'.
The demo looks great but I have to wonder if packing a game world with so many quixel assets is more or less work for devs. The density of assets seems like it would take a lot of work to setup but any less detail and it wouldn't look right. But I guess they have an answer to that with 'mega-assemblies'.
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Try being a little less dramatic
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You must not know me very well...
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I spent a little time making a scene. Mixing together their mega scan assets via Quixel Bridge.
Sadly, I accidently dropped a mega texture on my environment and it crashed. Forgot to save... but the tools appear to be quite intuitive and the assets provided are really good quality (nanite quality).
No idea what effort it would take to create those nanite assets from scratch. I assume a 3D artist would know more but for someone like me who would use it to "enhance" an architectural model for some cool 3D views, it provides more than enough fidelity.
Edit: I quickly recreated the scene. I haven't touched lighting yet. This is 30mns of playing with the Nanite / Quixel assets and setting up basic viewports.
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Sadly, I accidently dropped a mega texture on my environment and it crashed. Forgot to save... but the tools appear to be quite intuitive and the assets provided are really good quality (nanite quality).
No idea what effort it would take to create those nanite assets from scratch. I assume a 3D artist would know more but for someone like me who would use it to "enhance" an architectural model for some cool 3D views, it provides more than enough fidelity.
Edit: I quickly recreated the scene. I haven't touched lighting yet. This is 30mns of playing with the Nanite / Quixel assets and setting up basic viewports.
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While I'm not quite so dramatic as Shawnb99, I understand the sentiment expressed.
Epic lost me as a future customer with all the tricks they've pulled over the last few years.
UE5 sure can make some impressive looking scenes, though.
Epic lost me as a future customer with all the tricks they've pulled over the last few years.
UE5 sure can make some impressive looking scenes, though.
Sorry, they can't see this over piles of cash Fortnite brings in.Now if only Epic would focus on Unreal tournament.
Let AFPS die, please.
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Everything you need to know about Fortnite, and how it basically funds all of Epic Games, can be found here: Epic Games v. Apple by the numbers: Fortnite is worth that much money?
I'll let the Fornite kids pay for the R&D that finds its way into UE5...
So while I never played Fortnite and it may be considered a plague to gaming by the hardcore community, it does help pay for nearly every other service they offer. You want to know how Epic games can throw away hundreds of millions at the Epic Game Store exclusivity deals and free games every week? Look at their revenue from Fortnite...
I'll let the Fornite kids pay for the R&D that finds its way into UE5...
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"Free" games can easily make more money then paid games. Sure it's free to start but you better be prepared to grind massive hours to keep it free and keep up with your friends. It's a lot easier to nickel and dime people for every skin and extra when it's free. Can't taunt and be a total ass without paying for that latest dance
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Too bad, if fortnite had been around to keep you busy we'd probably still have OCN game servers.
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The crowd funding approach with tiers is better, because it shows visibility into the actual features promised. Free games like Fortnite don't promise anything -- they nickel and dime on useless cosmetics. And, you have no say in what they should improve.
While the graphics fidelity is impressive, there has to be a kyrptonite somewhere because UE5 seems dead set on showing only desert environments so far, which Frostbite 3 already did and was done with in 2016. We need to see dense jungles with light streaking in through the canopies, raging sand and rain storms, etc... that's what a next-gen engine should be showing off. And full dynamic destruction -- hopefully that's all coming in BF6 soon.
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