A new version of the Unreal Engine — 4.24 has been released. The functions of Unreal Studio, a tool for working with graphics, have been integrated into it. The software itself is no longer available.
Earlier, Epic Games announced the elimination of Unreal Studio and the introduction of its functions into the engine. Thanks to this, it is now called a “universal solution” for game development, simulation creation, film production, architecture, training programs and other activities.
What appeared in Unreal Engine
- Datasmith is a converter of scenes created using architectural visualization. The software supports 20 different applications. It is available for free in UE 4.24 and all the following versions;
- Visual Dataprep is a program for real—time data management;
- Screen Space Global Illumination for console and desktop boards;
- the ability to model and render photorealistic hair and fur in real time;
- tools for editing the landscape in the open world (it instantly adapts to other objects in the scene);
- USD support;
- advanced rendering on multiple displays.
In addition, simultaneously with the release of the new version, more than 10 thousand assets from the Quixel Megascans library, as well as Bridge and Mixth toolsets, became free. Epic Games acquired the authors of Megascans last month.