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chadskin · May 18, 2015

The Astronauts' The Vanishing of Ethan Carter has been out on PC for a while now, but is on its way to PS4. We had a chat with creative director Adrian Chmielarz about the switch from Unreal Engine 3 to Unreal Engine 4 and the player feedback on the atmospheric adventure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFrDDWHsWWI (beware: spoilers!)

PS4 version out in 3-4 months from now (interview was conducted sometime in April)
PS4 version will run on Unreal Engine 4 while the already released PC version will get a free upgrade to UE4 some time after the PS4 release
The Astronauts will slightly tweak some aspects of the game in the PS4 version based on the PC players' feedback but Chmielarz promises to not "George Lucas the game"

Phreakuency · May 18, 2015

Very nice. Great to see a free upgrade for existing PC owners too.

DirgeExtinction · May 18, 2015

Will this be the first released UE4 game for PS4?

S1kkZ · May 18, 2015

this has me really worried. every single ue4 game (from indies) on consoles runs like shit (sub 25 fps).

shmoglish · May 18, 2015

DirgeExtinction said:
Will this be the first released UE4 game for PS4?

No, Daylight and EtherOne use Ue4 as far as I know.

CheesecakeRecipe · May 18, 2015

Already one of the most gorgeous games around, I can't wait to see what improvements UE4 can bring.

stryke · May 18, 2015

DirgeExtinction said:
Will this be the first released UE4 game for PS4?

No, that would be Daylight.

Dantis · May 18, 2015

DirgeExtinction said:
Will this be the first released UE4 game for PS4?

No. There are few out there already. Ether One and Daylight spring to mind.

Tenebrous · May 18, 2015

S1kkZ said:
this has me really worried. every single ue4 game (from indies) on consoles runs like shit.

Well, Epic did want 2.5tflops for console GPUs for full UE4 compatibility, right?

DirgeExtinction · May 18, 2015

shmoglish said:
No, Daylight and EtherOne use Ue4 as far as I know.

stryke said:
No, that would be Daylight.

Dantis said:
No. There are few out there already. Ether One and Daylight spring to mind.

Is Daylight the one with the camera phone?

LiquidSolid · May 18, 2015

Hopefully Vanishing of Ethan Carter sets the bar a little higher than Daylight and Ether One (which is a broken mess of a game).

S1kkZ · May 18, 2015

Tenebrous said:
Well, Epic did want 2.5tflops for console GPUs for full UE4 compatibility, right?

i cant believe the engine is THAT poorly optimised. ether one and deadlight look worse than most ue3 games and still run like shit.

either every indie developer using ue4 is incapable or ue4 on consoles is simply a mess (at this point). which would explain why we havent seen any "big" game using ue4 so far.

ue4 seems to be a great engine...on pc and arcades (tekken 7 looks fantastic).

shmoglish · May 18, 2015

DirgeExtinction said:
Is Daylight the one with the camera phone?

Yup

Bedameister · May 18, 2015

DirgeExtinction said:
Is Daylight the one with the camera phone?

Yes

EDIT: Damn it, beaten

Let's hope it runs better than Ether One

Wildarmsjecht · May 18, 2015

Fuck yes!

Been waiting for this. Really looking forward to having this on PS4.

UE4 eh. Man, Epic has been getting tons of positive buzz with UE4. Looking to carve out a bit of time myself to get to work on that engine.

Vanishing, hurry up plox.

Edit - wait, on console its been running like ass? Hrm...that does not make me excited anymore. Wonder if the tools will be updated soon.

Also, isn't KH3 running off of UE4?!!! Don't fuck that up plz.

Akronis · May 18, 2015

DirgeExtinction said:
Is Daylight the one with the camera phone?

Daylight is the shitty Slender clone made by Zombie Studios.

OnionPowder · May 18, 2015

DirgeExtinction said:
Is Daylight the one with the camera phone?

Yes, but not to be confused with Outlast

DirgeExtinction · May 18, 2015

Well, hopefully the reason for previous UE4 games running like ass is due to developer inexperience. Otherwise, I'm worried for this and KH3.

Lord of Castamere · May 18, 2015

S1kkZ said:
i cant believe the engine is THAT poorly optimised. ether one and deadlight look worse than most ue3 games and still run like shit.

either every indie developer using ue4 is incapable or ue4 on consoles is simply a mess (at this point). which would explain why we havent seen any "big" game using ue4 so far.

We have several big titles announced using it though. Fable Legends, for example, looks fine.

Dayligh and Ether One are low budget indies. There were shitty low budget UE3 titles too.

Phreakuency · May 18, 2015

LiquidSolid said:
...Ether One (which is a broken mess of a game).

There was a pretty large patch the other day. Not sure if it fixed whatever was broken.

The Jackdog · May 18, 2015

game starts awesome but got super, super annoying and unfun for a big part of the game. still interesting stories and concepts that i really liked.

wumster3000 · May 18, 2015

This was a fantastic game. I'm sooooooooo glad more people will get to play it. I finished it twice. It was amazing.

Did anyone else find that astronaut sequence spooky?

lefantome · May 18, 2015

Great news, do we have any screenshots of the UE4 version?

t_wilson01 · May 18, 2015

I thought this game had already been released on PS4. Looks rather interesting.

leng jai · May 18, 2015

Hope UE4 removes the ridiculous stuttering that was never fixed.

googleplex · May 18, 2015

Game looks like it would be great for VR. Anyone known if they've at least announced support for VR on the PC?

S1kkZ · May 18, 2015

Phreakuency said:
There was a pretty large patch the other day. Not sure if it fixed whatever was broken.

the game is still a mess on ps4.

Chabbles · May 18, 2015

Day one.

chadskin · May 18, 2015

googleplex said:
Game looks like it would be great for VR. Anyone known if they've at least announced support for VR on the PC?

Yes.

dark10x · May 18, 2015

S1kkZ said:
the game is still a mess on ps4.

Is it? I spent five minutes with it and saw that it ran at ~60 fps with some minor dips. Much better than Daylight, at least.

The video clips run horribly though, for some reason.

LiquidSolid · May 18, 2015

Phreakuency said:
There was a pretty large patch the other day. Not sure if it fixed whatever was broken.

Not enough. I only started it after downloading 1.02, got halfway through the game and then found my save had somehow been corrupted. I might go back to it in a few months, IF they actually fix it but right now it's a mess.

Even if you get rid of the gamebreaking bugs, it's still a technical mess. The framerate is all over the place and the screen tearing is really bad.

chadskin · May 18, 2015

lefantome said:
Great news, do we have any screenshots of the UE4 version?

This is as good as it gets at the moment:

https://twitter.com/TheAstroCrew/status/588728280800440320

rafaelr · May 18, 2015

Dantis said:
No. There are few out there already. Ether One and Daylight spring to mind.

oh man, ether one really gets the fans in my ps4 going...i hope vanishing of ethan carter will be a bit better in this regard.

googleplex · May 18, 2015

chadskin said:
Yes.

Cool, I wonder if they'll patch in Morpheus support later also?

S1kkZ · May 18, 2015

dark10x said:
Is it? I spent five minutes with it and saw that it ran at ~60 fps with some minor dips. Much better than Daylight, at least.

The video clips run horribly though, for some reason.

what? tried it on friday and the framerate had issues reaching 30 fps. game felt like a mess. was there a new update since then?

will download again tonight.

sector4 · May 18, 2015

I read half this thread thinking of this as Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, why do I always get those two confused.

Anyway, pretty hyped for this, I've heard great things

Fractal · May 18, 2015

That UE4 upgrade sounds nice, looking forward to replaying the game when it comes around.

Matty8787 · May 18, 2015

Will UE4 version run better then UE3, was a great game and I finished it but would like to play it without the framerate dips.

ToyMachine228 · May 18, 2015

Hoping for an Xbone release shortly after. Have wanted to play this since release, but know that my PC would run it sub par.

chadskin · May 18, 2015

googleplex said:
Cool, I wonder if they'll patch in Morpheus support later also?

I wouldn't be surprised, UE4 definitely supports it and it should be (much) easier to do than with UE3.

ToyMachine228 said:
Hoping for an Xbone release shortly after. Have wanted to play this since release, but know that my PC would run it sub par.

Last I heard they mentioned a "healthy" exclusivity period on PS4, if it ever comes to XB1. Chmielarz isn't a fan of the indie parity clause.

TheSinkingKnight · May 18, 2015

Is upgrading to UE4 from UE3 an easy process? This seems like this would really delay the development process, but then again, idk what I'm talking about.

Ducktail · May 18, 2015

Bedameister said:
Yes

EDIT: Damn it, beaten

Let's hope it runs better than Ether One

I actually can't believe Ether One passed any sort of quality control whatsoever. Even when booting up the game there's screen tearing in the UE4 logo.

Games runs like shit.

Triggerhappytel · May 18, 2015

I'm excited for this. Definitely a sale here when it releases on PS4.

Maastricht · May 18, 2015

Isn't the current PC version already UE4? I bought and played it and could have sworn ...

Hibiki Kurosawa · May 18, 2015

Sweet, I really, really want to play this gamw. I will definitely get the PS4 version.

Cormano · May 18, 2015

Physical release?

Hank Scorpio · May 18, 2015

OnionPowder said:
Yes, but not to be confused with Outlast

That's what I was thinking of. Thanks for clarification.

Is Daylight any good?

What type of game is Ethan Carter btw?

LiK · May 18, 2015

So is the look of game gonna be changed? Changing engines is always kinda weird to me for an update.

Hoje0308 · May 18, 2015

S1kkZ said:
the game is still a mess on ps4.

Are you in EU? The patch that's supposed to fix the most glaring issues isn't out in NA yet.

Edit: Just visited their Twitter page and it seems some bugs may carry over post patch, as the game "remembers" (quotes actually used by the dev/representative while describing the issues) the problems from saves that were created before the patch was released.

Wreav · May 18, 2015

S1kkZ said:
this has me really worried. every single ue4 game (from indies) on consoles runs like shit (sub 25 fps).

Rocket League would like a fucking word.

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