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Unreal Engine 4 Thread
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There is some basic setup for Oculus in the source code. Its in beta stages but you can enable it.
Here is the wiki page for oculus:
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Oculus_Rift
and this is a video someone made that shows off how it looks like in one of the UE4 demo scenes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQy1ryw6kcg&hd=1
Not really. You can download some example projects for UE4 in their market place but its only accessible to UE4 users
edit: or Prophet Steve is a sweetheart and packages it. You can use your own FPS counter of choice to get a grasp on performance.
Prophet Steve
Member
I'll package the examples that come with it unless somebody has found those already uploaded. Not including any FPS counter or settings or anything. Give me some time.
Which I assume is allowed since you could use them for your own projects. Somebody warn me if I am making a mistake here.
From their FAQ:
So it looks like you are good to go! If you have any doubts, You can always PM the user UnrealEngine here on gaf
NumberThree
Member
Here's the SwingNinja (2d game) example for Windows: http://kolmone.kapsi.fi/SwingNinja.zip
Hope it works, haven't tested on anything but the computer that has UE installed.
Hope it works, haven't tested on anything but the computer that has UE installed.
Prophet Steve
Member
Uploading the files now, will take some time.
One is the fly-through reflections demo.
And the other one is the multiplayer demo with a map for free 4 all and team deatchmatch, which also has some settings. Will update this post when they are done with uploading, might also be an hour or so for both are done.
I also did Epic settings for both, so it probably won't run all too well.
EDIT: 7z instead of zip for the MP demo. As it is huge and the zip file is way bigger.
EDIT 2:
First demo uploaded:
I am aware the resolution is low. I might change things tonight, see if you can walk around or something and maybe have some resolution option, but I doubt I will.
EDIT 3:
7 ZIP ONLY. Team Deathmatch and Free 4 All have different maps.
Everything still seems blurry though.
EDIT 3:
And another one, this one is supposed to be for mobile devices also 7-zip only:
One is the fly-through reflections demo.
And the other one is the multiplayer demo with a map for free 4 all and team deatchmatch, which also has some settings. Will update this post when they are done with uploading, might also be an hour or so for both are done.
I also did Epic settings for both, so it probably won't run all too well.
EDIT: 7z instead of zip for the MP demo. As it is huge and the zip file is way bigger.
EDIT 2:
First demo uploaded:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/hz077brxd1xx11t/Reflections.zip
I am aware the resolution is low. I might change things tonight, see if you can walk around or something and maybe have some resolution option, but I doubt I will.
EDIT 3:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/92l9gmiuiq3d3ja/MP_Demo.7z
7 ZIP ONLY. Team Deathmatch and Free 4 All have different maps.
Everything still seems blurry though.
EDIT 3:
And another one, this one is supposed to be for mobile devices also 7-zip only:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/abkt7lt230bzkvn/Temple_Mobile.7z
Prophet Steve
Member
I think the packages should just work, this is how you would normally release a game unless I did something wrong.
They seriously made a 2D Flappy Bird clone with UE4? lol
maniac-kun
Member
Prophet Steve
Member
Yup, and apparently this person uploaded it for your enjoyment:
Now go check out that graphical powerhouse that is Unreal Engine 4.
ThanksIs there a way to activate fullscreen and 1080p?
No, that is why I mentioned there were no settings and that the resolution is low. I'll look later tonight, and the MP demo will support it (but looks less good), but for now you will have to do with this.
HuzZz
Neo Member
Not yet, when you click the button to see the page for the download it just says coming soon. Everything below the Preview title says coming soon currently.
Prophet Steve
Member
A bit further up I made screencaps of what projects are shared by Epic.
Elemental Demo is in the coming soon part.
I think it has a default 2D template and it does contain the Flappy Bird game, so it probably is a lot better than UDK, haven't tried it out though.
Been playing around with it for a few hours now with the existing demos. Really impressed with it, I changed over to Unity about a year ago but now I'm considering going back to Unreal. Blueprint is pretty nice, basically kismet but better in some ways from what I'm seeing.
Not sure if I would prefer this over Unity for 2D games yet, need to play around with it more.
Not sure if I would prefer this over Unity for 2D games yet, need to play around with it more.
NumberThree
Member
Nah, that's not the Flappy Bird clone. Should upload it, though!
Prophet Steve
Member
Oh whoops, forgot there was a different 2D game. Not going to upload it right now, going to have dinner soon.
Also have a self-controlled flythrough version of the Reflections demo now. But I want to see how to include some basic options like the MP demo has before I do anything with it.
maniac-kun
Member
€. Ok if you get the missing .dll message from the demos install:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784
XShadows69
Member
Gonna be learning C++ over the next month. How hard is it to get used to this after learning C++?
A few console commands for those curious, available by pressing ~
fullscreen (switches between fullscreen and window mode)
Setres [#x#] ex: setres 1920x1080
Stat FPS: Shows FPS and millisecond info
highresshot [#] saves an image of your view in a bmp file, however, it seems to crash packaged levels
ex:
Set resolution: 1920x1080
highresshot 1 1920x1080
highresshot 2 3840x2160
highresshot 4 7680x4320
travel [levelname] ex: The multiplayer demo, "travel sanctuary"
fullscreen (switches between fullscreen and window mode)
Setres [#x#] ex: setres 1920x1080
Stat FPS: Shows FPS and millisecond info
highresshot [#] saves an image of your view in a bmp file, however, it seems to crash packaged levels
ex:
Set resolution: 1920x1080
highresshot 1 1920x1080
highresshot 2 3840x2160
highresshot 4 7680x4320
travel [levelname] ex: The multiplayer demo, "travel sanctuary"
veggiesaurus
Member
Anyone else toying with the idea od getting this for 1 month and then ending subscription till later on?
I like the changes and I am thinking about giving it a shot but it will be ages till I actually get anything. Need to find some likeminded people to team with.
Define "likeminded people"
... I've just subscribed and am planning on un-subscribing next month, and then only re-subbing when I've got something decent assembled that actually NEEDS new features.veggiesaurus
Member
Define "likeminded people"
People who like the idea of making a game but suck at programming.
Miught just get this to mess around with.veggiesaurus
Member
People who like the idea of making a game but suck at programming.
Oh dear...I don't suck at programming but have no problem working with people who do
Oh dear...I don't suck at programming but have no problem working with people who do
Hah
My brain just does not get programming. I never have the patience to sit down and learn it.Thaumaturgic Tomato
Member
How empty or full is the current marketplace? Also, most importantly, is it very restrictive towards user generated assets or does Epic appear to be as open to content as Unity's asset store? Unity assets can get accepted into the store within hours.
It's so much more beneficial and time saving to have the variety of shaders, templates, prefabs, etc. that users' contribute because the community knows best what the community wants, so skipping the red tape and getting assets into the marketplace will increase users and decrease dev time.
The more user generated content there is, the less tutorials (time spent by devs) needed by Epic. User-made assets tend to be so much easier and customizable - going by Unity store as example.
Why spend hours figuring out how to make a object-based toon shader, because Unreal 4 just has full screen post effect toon effect, when you can simply drag in userBob's brilliant customizable toon shader from the Marketplace.
So how is the Markteplace and will it be as open to users as Unity's?
It's so much more beneficial and time saving to have the variety of shaders, templates, prefabs, etc. that users' contribute because the community knows best what the community wants, so skipping the red tape and getting assets into the marketplace will increase users and decrease dev time.
The more user generated content there is, the less tutorials (time spent by devs) needed by Epic. User-made assets tend to be so much easier and customizable - going by Unity store as example.
Why spend hours figuring out how to make a object-based toon shader, because Unreal 4 just has full screen post effect toon effect, when you can simply drag in userBob's brilliant customizable toon shader from the Marketplace.
So how is the Markteplace and will it be as open to users as Unity's?
tried the MP demo and it didn't run.
said the shortcut was missing the exe or w/e.
Went in the binaries folder and tried that exe which also didn't work, missing MV something dll.
gonna try reflections now.
feenin for some UE4 action lol
Prophet Steve
Member
I pretty much have every VS express version, but it needs 2013 Express. for the compiling. I was hoping it would do that automatically though.
Well, the coding is C++, unless you mean how easy it is to use outside of the coding. I suppose easy?
Ah, thank you for that, won't mess with graphics options then. If anyone really wants the ability to control the Reflection scene themselves say so and I will upload it, but otherwise I won't bother.
Hah
Well, you could try to work with the Blueprint stuff.
I have screencapped the entirety of the Marketplace a few posts ago. There are definitely plans for more though.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=105584450&postcount=35
Hmn, that is unexpected, don't think I can do something about that.
maniac-kun
Member
yup MSVCR120.dll missing
reflections wont work either.
That means you need to have Unreal engine 4 installed for them to work?
:
It really does look cool. I think I will wait a bit to see some more tutorials as to what you can do and how to do it but they certainly sound like a cool way to do visual scripting.
Iced_Eagle
Member
Well the Rift support is already in and enabled by default in the default player controller. If you have a Rift and you're using the default player controller, just plug in your Rift, fullscreen it on the Rift and it should just work (automatically does the necessary rendering changes when it detects you have it full screen on the Rift).
However, the default controller has both movement and view in the same direction, meaning you move where you look. There's code on the Wiki for creating a custom player/player controller which allows you to separate move and view, which is what you really want for the Rift. By default though the Rift "just works".
Prophet Steve
Member
Might not have a relative shortcut, made it myself so people did not have to dig down deep, but was being a bit lazy.
Still doesnt work, the mobile demo tells me the following:
"The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)"
and the reflections one needs that DLL, but I installed visual studio from your link, rebooted and it still doesnt work.
Prophet Steve
Member
There is a "For Distribution" tag, might be that that solves it. I'll try it out, but I would need to reupload and such.
Prophet Steve
Member
Everything is on "Epic" settings, there is a quality setting in the multiplayer demo but I don't know exactly what it does. You would normally turn down the settings in a normal game.
I really don't know what is up with the fuzzyness, I am not sure whether it is done with processing or whether it is upscaling or something. I'll see whether I see a post processing setting.
I think low settings turn off reflections and any post processing. Thanks for the uploads anyway. Much appreciated!!