Epic Games has officially released the next update to Unreal Engine 4. The serial number of the new version is 12.
The updated release includes more than 106 new features and improvements. Let’s talk about the most significant of them.
The developers have implemented the Sequencer tool into the engine, which allows you to engage in non-linear editing directly in the Unreal Engine editor. Almost like in Sont Vegas or Adobe Premier.
A preliminary version of the VR Editor has also appeared in the engine, which allows you to collect game levels directly in virtual reality. But so far this is only an experimental feature.
Plus, as we wrote earlier, Unreal Engine 4.12 has received full support for Google’s VR platform under the cute name Daydream. Support also implies working with future devices of the platform.
From a not so important, but curious:
- from the three-dimensional graphics packages (Max, Maya and Blender), you can now import entire game scenes to the levels;
- The particle system can now run on GPU on mobile devices.
More information about the innovations can be found on the official website of the engine. The link is just below.
Source: Epic Games
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