Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by Red_Tarsius » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 7:51 PM UTC

Unreal Engine 4.7 Released
unrealengine.com

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by santaclaus » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:23 PM UTC

Will the UI render correctly on a retina display? One (I know I know) minor quirk that always gets me about Unity is how crappy it looks on newer Macs.

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by azakai » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:28 PM UTC

Nice to see this:

> HTML5 platform + WebGL is ready to use -- run your game in a compatible browser with a single click!

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by jgrowl » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:29 PM UTC

azakai wrote: post #3

Nice to see this: > HTML5 platform + WebGL is ready to use -- run your game in a compatible browser with a single click!

(WINDOWS ONLY) :(

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by revisionzero » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:30 PM UTC

As a semi-recent Unity Developer, I find myself really wanting to jump ship to Unreal, really great stuff all around.

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by tumult » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:30 PM UTC

santaclaus wrote: post #2

Will the UI render correctly on a retina display? One (I know I know) minor quirk that always gets me about Unity is how crappy it looks on newer Macs.

Yes, the UI used by UE4 (Slate) is resolution independent. It can be scaled freely.

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by azakai » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:31 PM UTC

jgrowl wrote: post #4

azakai wrote: post #3

Nice to see this: > HTML5 platform + WebGL is ready to use -- run your game in a compatible browser with a single click!

(WINDOWS ONLY) :(

I assume that's a temporary limitation, they have lots of developers on OS X.

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by vertex-four » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:32 PM UTC

jgrowl wrote: post #4

azakai wrote: post #3

Nice to see this: > HTML5 platform + WebGL is ready to use -- run your game in a compatible browser with a single click!

(WINDOWS ONLY) :(

That's just building that is Windows-only, obviously the apps will work on any reasonably modern browser. And OSX support should likely come as soon as they can package the tools properly.

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by melling » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:45 PM UTC

azakai wrote: post #7

jgrowl wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(WINDOWS ONLY) :(

I assume that's a temporary limitation, they have lots of developers on OS X.

Yes, they state that in the article.

"Windows is currently required for HTML5 support. We’re working on Mac for an upcoming release."

Re: Unreal Engine 4.7 Released

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Post by rl3 » Tue, Feb 24, 2015, 8:54 PM UTC

azakai wrote: post #3

Nice to see this: > HTML5 platform + WebGL is ready to use -- run your game in a compatible browser with a single click!

More detail on browser limitations would be nice. I know the article states you can ship builds in 32-bit browsers, but are there any significant limitations involved? This would be problematic since, for example, Chrome 64-bit isn't yet the default release build.

I really wish there was more comprehensive documentation relating to UE4's limitations in a WebGL context. For example, lighting, shading, post-process effects, anti-aliasing, how they all behave relative to a full-featured desktop environment. The same thing for mobile compile targets wouldn't be a bad idea, either.

Also, it seems some otherwise popular third party plugins aren't supported in UE4 WebGL projects:

https://forums.coherent-labs.com/index.php?topic=691.0

I understand Coherent's reasoning, but I imagine developers who built their UE4 projects with Coherent UI aren't very happy that their prospects of easily compiling to WebGL are non-existent due to the total headache involved. Plus, webkit.js for UE4 would be really cool, and that's essentially what CUI running in a UE4 web-exported context would be.

Despite all this I'm really happy for this release, and ultimately it's a huge step in the right direction.