Unreal Engine 5

[Buddy]

42 minutes ago, FMPONE said:

What’s the deal with pc parts right now? Just totally out of stock because of COVID/crypto and the situation isn’t resolving? I want to upgrade soonish

Higher general demand in all silicon sectors + crypto demand is not helping :E

 

I was 'lucky' to pickup a 3090 for work with only $500 on top of the retail price just before the elon enduced crypto run. Right now it's about $1500 over the msrp to get one here.

Edited June 9, 2021 by Buddy

[Vilham]

Also massive shortages on rare earth metals.

[FMPONE]

6 hours ago, Bunglo said:

@FMPONE getting a GPU at retail price is basically impossible…You might need to wait a few months to buy the processor you want if it's out of stock but getting a new graphics card? Maybe in the last quarter of 2022. 

[blackdog]

7 hours ago, Bunglo said:

@FMPONE getting a GPU at retail price is basically impossible. They sell out less than a second after they're in stock, which is basically never. People have bots buying them up 

You would hope retailers are moving their asses and implement security measures to disrupt this shit

On 6/8/2021 at 11:42 AM, will2k said:

Early renders with UE5 are ...

I can imagine the FC6 or Crisys logo on this

 

On 6/7/2021 at 5:28 PM, AlexM said:

I ah see. Gotcha. I still have hope that if you remove the old GI solution and replace it with Lumen that maybe you can hopefully get something close but you are probably right, it won't hit full parity performance-wise but it should hopefully look much better (otherwise what's the point ).

You think heavily stylised games would benefit to jump ship? Say you are just starting production now… this stuff alone could make them look so much better (IMO).

Edited June 9, 2021 by blackdog

[AlexM]

13 hours ago, blackdog said:

You think heavily stylised games would benefit to jump ship? Say you are just starting production now… this stuff alone could make them look so much better (IMO).

I think it varies per-game. It would depend on how they are stylized. For example, maybe a toon shaded game doesn't want indirect lighting in their game. If that's the case then maybe Lumen is not a good solution.

Do you have a specific example of a highly stylized game you think might benefit?

[blackdog]

8 hours ago, AlexM said:

I think it varies per-game. It would depend on how they are stylized. For example, maybe a toon shaded game doesn't want indirect lighting in their game. If that's the case then maybe Lumen is not a good solution.

Do you have a specific example of a highly stylized game you think might benefit?

No, was just thinking if it could be something that would work across the board. I would say “if the devs want to emphasise lights”, but then thought that any game looks nicer with better light control.

Dunno, stuff like this I was imagining

 

[AlexM]

6 hours ago, blackdog said:

No, was just thinking if it could be something that would work across the board. I would say “if the devs want to emphasise lights”, but then thought that any game looks nicer with better light control.

Dunno, stuff like this I was imagining

 

Ah I see. I think for this particular example, the art director probably wouldn't want the Lumen indirect lighting because it looks to me that they want a high contrast, comic book type shading.

Personally, I think it might be at least worth a try but I can see an art director being against introducing indirect lighting to a game with this look.

[-HP-]

 

On 6/5/2021 at 5:16 PM, AlexM said:

Technical talk on how nanite works. It's quite fascinating and it's fairly high level too

 

 

[AlexM]

On 6/10/2021 at 11:37 AM, ┌HP┘ said:

 

 

Looking forward to watching these this weekend!!!!

 

Will report back to mapcore ASAP

[blackdog]

Not a game demo:

Edit: fixed the link to the demos, and since we are at it adding the in depth presentation they’ve done

 

Edited August 1, 2021 by blackdog

[Zarsky]

@blackdog Looks awesome.

Coalition is one of the top tier UE devs, and I look forward to seeing the results of their expertise.
The upcoming cinematic test combining the environment with their nextgen character render will certainly be stellar.

Edited August 1, 2021 by Zarsky

[blackdog]

Oh shut! I accidentally linked the same demo twice… this website acts a bit funny when pasting stuff from the phone

cheers @Zarsky, edited

[AlexM]

Sorry for the delay on the Lumen analysis but next week my work is sending me to attend SIGGRAPH and Brian Karis + the Lumen developers will be giving a talk! Hopefully that will be enough of a kick in the butt to gather my notes and see what comes up.

 

[FMPONE]

1 hour ago, AlexM said:

Sorry for the delay on the Lumen analysis but next week my work is sending me to attend SIGGRAPH and Brian Karis + the Lumen developers will be giving a talk! Hopefully that will be enough of a kick in the butt to gather my notes and see what comes up.

 

That sounds pretty badass! enjoy

[-HP-]