Epic's new free Unreal Tournament (development halted)

[Angthoron]

pakoito, Infinitron
Oh, okay, thanks for correction, stopped following that thread before that statement was published. Good, I guess.

Shit, though, they were around for 10 years?!

 

[Baron Dupek]

New stuff. Thumbs up for not going into UE3 walking mountains models and clear view (hope it's not prealpha phase only).

Hello from San Francisco! We’re at GDC representing all your hard work with today’s release. This update includes a revamped launcher, a new customized Unreal Editor for UT, and the new Unreal Tournament marketplace. New content includes the Malcolm and Necris characters, as well as Outpost 23, a fun and beautiful map that’s designed to show where UT can go, and give you content to use in your own maps.

:russia:

 

[dbx]

Also UE4 and UT are now officially "free" (there's still the 5% of revenue rule) and open-source for everyone.
No more monthly fee.
I'm obviously downloading everything right now. Gotta check how that engine is coded.

There's like 0 reasons to keep using Unity right now, unless you code for mobile (I don't know how good is the mobile version of UE4 atm).

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Yeah I played that finished UT map yesterday. It's a magnificent sight to behold, with butter smooth framerates. I think Crytek is toast.

They also got Deck 16 in which plays exactly like UT99.

 

[tuluse]

Also UE4 and UT are now officially "free" (there's still the 5% of revenue rule) and open-source for everyone.
No more monthly fee.
I'm obviously downloading everything right now. Gotta check how that engine is coded.

There's like 0 reasons to keep using Unity right now, unless you code for mobile (I don't know how good is the mobile version of UE4 atm).

Well the asset store, mac and linux compatabilty.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

...and I believe Unity is still faster to get shit done.

Speaking of Unity: Unity 5 will be released shortly.
http://unity3d.com/

 

[Cazzeris]

Those are some impresive graphics, but it looks like the guys at Epic Games will fail again at catching UT99's atmosphere and glorious art style.

 

[Ninjerk]

Is it just me or is there some weird stretching in those screenshots (specifically the 1st one)?

 

[pakoito]

Is it just me or is there some weird stretching in those screenshots (specifically the 1st one)?

It's caused by an FOV above 70.

 

[Ninjerk]

Is it just me or is there some weird stretching in those screenshots (specifically the 1st one)?

It's caused by an FOV above 70.

Isn't comfortable FOV like 120 or so?

 

[pakoito]

Is it just me or is there some weird stretching in those screenshots (specifically the 1st one)?

It's caused by an FOV above 70.

Isn't comfortable FOV like 120 or so?

IIRC CoD is 65, most shooters this days go for 65-80. Quake 3, UT99 and such were 90+

 

[J_C]

Is it just me or is there some weird stretching in those screenshots (specifically the 1st one)?

It's caused by an FOV above 70.

Isn't comfortable FOV like 120 or so?

120 FOV is very close to having a fisheye effect. 95-100 is comfortable enough IMO.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Is it just me or graphics look like everything is make of plastic, just like it was in UE3?

 

[Ninjerk]

Seems like the closer we get to realism, the more a gun like a flak cannon should have a shoulder strap. He's holding that like it's all made of plastic.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Prejudice.
Everything here today looks like plastic, especially females in vidyagaems.

 

[Minttunator]

Just played a quick game of Deck 16 and it was as fun as ever. Good stuff!

 

[Lyric Suite]

Doesn't look like UT all that much but i'm not going to lie, those graphics are pretty good. Some of the weapon models are not totally convincing but the environment looks great. Clean, detailed and with no inappropriate use of bullshit shader effects and the like. I really like the outside vista as well.

 

[Icewater]

This shit looks pretty cool, how exactly do I play it?

 

[Multidirectional]

This shit looks pretty cool, how exactly do I play it?

https://forums.unrealtournament.com/showthread.php?12011-Unreal-Tournament-Pre-Alpha-Playable-Build Make Epic account, download the launcher, install the game with a launcher.
That one map looks really good, on par with CryEngine 3 stuff and runs on my GTX 760 with a mix of High/Epic settings at stable 60 FPS. UE4 Temporal AA seems to be as effective as Nvidia TXAA (maybe less demanding) but also has the same drawback that it needs to be mixed with sweetfx lumasharpen to look crisp.

 

[AstroZombie]

Doesn't look like UT all that much but i'm not going to lie, those graphics are pretty good. Some of the weapon models are not totally convincing but the environment looks great. Clean, detailed and with no inappropriate use of bullshit shader effects and the like. I really like the outside vista as well.

Pretty sure they're still using the UT3 weapon models for most of the weapons.

 

[Astral Rag]

This new "Unreal Tournament" still doesn't look like an Unreal Tournament game at all.

 

[potatojohn]

That "AA" blur looks really annoying to me. I don't know why. It's almost painful to look at.

I'd rather have jaggies

 

[Darth Roxor]

Doesn't look like UT all that much

Yeah, it looks sort of more like Tribes than UT.

Not that I'm complaining.

 

[Marobug]

Those are some impresive graphics, but it looks like the guys at Epic Games will fail again at catching UT99's atmosphere and glorious art style.

Glorious art style

 

[Multidirectional]

That "AA" blur looks really annoying to me. I don't know why. It's almost painful to look at.

I'd rather have jaggies

I've already mentioned how you can make it look good. Temporal AA is a godsend actually, shimmering is a big problem with nowadays games, I just don't understand why devs don't provide sharpen slider for it, it's just as effective when sharped up.