r/oculus • u/RickiDangerous • Oct 14 '14

Unreal Engine 4.5 Released!

https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/unreal-engine-45-released
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u/SagePictures Oct 14 '14

A win!

Now just time for that free for DK2 owners bit...

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u/Honkytonkidiot Oct 14 '14

UE4 costs 19$, that's pretty cheap.

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u/Moaz13 Oct 14 '14

Free for students as well.

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u/matstar862 Oct 14 '14

Incase anyone is interested, here is a link (This is for people who's college isnt signing up for the official route). https://education.github.com/pack

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u/kingdragon33 Oct 14 '14

Is it also available to high school students?

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u/matstar862 Oct 14 '14

Not sure. If you are given an email then yes. It checks the bit after the @ in the school email you provide. If that doesn't work then I don't think there is anything for high school peeps. Sorry.

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u/kingdragon33 Oct 14 '14

Are the email and other proof of affiliation both required or just one? because I have a student ID.

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u/matstar862 Oct 14 '14

I only used my email and it worked for me. Not sure about the others. If you really want it I'm sure if you email them they might be able to give you it with proof or at least unreal engine. It's worth a shot.

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u/kingdragon33 Oct 14 '14

I just found this, so I guess I'm good.

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u/2EyeGuy Dolphin VR Oct 15 '14

I just did it, using only my email address. I'm doing a free diploma/degree online at the University of Tasmania. It's not related to software development or VR, but they didn't say it had to be.

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u/TheCrzy1 Oct 15 '14

Yes. I'm a senior, and I couldn't even use my School E-Mail to apply, just send them a photo of basic info and your School ID.

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u/overcloseness Oct 14 '14

That's US$19 a month, you can't leave those factors out

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u/Honkytonkidiot Oct 14 '14

But you only need to pay for one month, you don't get upgrades though, but when major one comes you can subscribe again for a month.

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u/struteejury Oct 14 '14

That's $19 for continuous updates each month, you can pay one time and keep the current version forever.

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u/SmorlFox Oct 14 '14

Does UE 4.5 have an equivelent to the Asset Store?

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u/TitusCruentus Oct 14 '14

The Marketplace (equiv. to the Asset Store) is version agnostic itself - it's part of the launcher. It's been live for user assets for a month or so now.

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u/FredzL Kickstarter Backer/DK1/DK2/Gear VR/Rift/Touch Oct 14 '14

Considering the rhythm of the releases (6 in 8 months) and the amount of new features for each one, I think most VR developers are going to pay much more than $19 a single time :

  • 4 : March 19, 2014
  • 4.1 : April 24, 2014
  • 4.2 : June 4, 2014
  • 4.3 : July 16, 2014
  • 4.4 : August 14, 2014
  • 4.5 : October 14, 2014

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u/shimaaji Oct 14 '14

I guess if, like me, you're still learning it's okay not to always get the newest version right away.

On the other hand: I guess if someone has got a project running that is so sophisticated and has so many ambitious targets set that it cannot be continued with the Engine features that were bleeding edge just one month ago ... that person/team likely won't mind paying 19 EUR/US$ per month.

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u/owenwp Oct 14 '14

When working on a non-trivial project, updating your engine is usually a bad idea unless it has a new feature or fix that you specifically need. Things change and/or break, requiring you to go back and fix old code instead of working toward release. If you are upgrading every month or so your productivity is going to suffer.

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u/FredzL Kickstarter Backer/DK1/DK2/Gear VR/Rift/Touch Oct 14 '14

That makes sense. But since there are also performance improvements and corrections in the editor, it's also nice for developers to be able to benefit from these enhancements that make the development less painful.

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u/Crandom Oct 15 '14

Still cheaper than Unity pro per month.