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Unreal Engine 4.26 Released - Printable Version +- Sick Gaming (https://sickgaming.net) +-- Forum: Programming (https://sickgaming.net/forum-76.html) +--- Forum: Game Development (https://sickgaming.net/forum-80.html) +--- Thread: Unreal Engine 4.26 Released (/thread-98626.html) |
Unreal Engine 4.26 Released - xSicKxBot - 12-06-2020 Unreal Engine 4.26 Released Epic Games have just release UE 4.26. In this release we see features such as hair and anisotrophy reach production ready status. Additionally there is a new water simulation system (previewed here) and better integration of the new Chaos Physics System (tutorial here) and a brand new system for creating better skies, lighting and environmental clouds. Additionally there were several advancements on the film making side of the equation along side hundreds of other small improvements and bug fixes. With each new Unreal Engine release more and more functionality traditionally done in your DCC tool of choice such as modelling, rigging, animating and sculpting are being added to Unreal. A summary of new features from the Unreal Engine 4.26release notes: Quote:The production-ready Hair, Fur, and Feathers system enables you to design the most believable humans and animals. You can use the Volumetric Cloud component along with the Sky Atmosphere and Sky Light to author and render realistic or stylized skies, clouds, and other atmospheric effects with full artistic freedom. The new Water System makes it possible to create believable bodies of water within your landscape terrains that react with your characters, vehicles, and weapons. With an improved and expanded feature set, Chaos physics now lets you simulate Vehicles, Cloth, and Ragdolls in addition to Rigid Bodies so every aspect of the environment comes to life. In the video below we take a quick look at the new water system as well as a quick tutorial on creating Hair alembic files using Blender for export to Unreal Engine, then quickly showcase the new Groom hair functionality. |