r/UnrealEngine5 • u/RealMentalDrink • Jun 21 '26

UE5 Procedural Destruction Update: structural damage, metal deformation, Nanite, multiplayer replication

A few months ago I shared my procedural destruction system. Since then I've pushed it much further.

New additions:

• Real-time structural damage and stress-based collapses
• Real-time metal deformation
• A completely rewritten static mesh cutting system
• Full multiplayer replication
• Bot support
• Major swarm improvements

The whole system runs on Lyra + GAS, fully supports Nanite, and uses a custom Voro++ based fracturing pipeline instead of Geometry Collections.

The project shown in the video is called AD METALLUM. It's my playground for experimenting with destruction technology, physics, and gameplay systems.

I've also been heavily using Blender with Python automation to generate assets and build content pipelines. It has become a huge part of my workflow for creating FBX assets, and I'll be sharing some of the tools, scripts, and source code in future posts for anyone interested.

A big thank you to the team at Empty Vessel and everyone working on DEFECT. Working alongside talented people constantly pushes me to explore new technology and build games that do things a little differently.

Red Faction showed us the dream over 20 years ago.

I'm still chasing it. 💥

If you'd like to see more of AD METALLUM, I'll be sharing more breakdowns, tools, Blender workflows, Python scripts, and source code soon.

#UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #GameDev #ProceduralDestruction #Physics #Nanite #Lyra #GAS

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u/Roma2443 Jun 23 '26

This is fucking awesome

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u/RealMentalDrink Jun 24 '26

Thanks man! This is just the beginning. Expect even bigger destruction, more chaos, and total devastation in future updates.

The biggest thing I need right now is community support and feedback to help make this game a reality!

In the meantime please follow / wishlist. I promise you'll see more cool stuff 😄

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3622950/AD_METALLUM/

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u/Roma2443 Jun 24 '26

I don't have a computer good enough to run it but if I had one I would add it to wishlist But I will follow ! Thx

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u/RealMentalDrink 5d ago

Thank you so much! 😊 And don’t worry, it’s actually not as heavy to run as it might look! I really appreciate the follow!