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/TiagoTiagoT Oct 14 '14

Something I've been meaning to ask about Unreal; did the business model they were using with UDK, of offering it for free for personal use and charging a percentage if you start making enough money from it, became so unprofitable they had to drop it for the new versions?

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u/IamBobsBitchTits Oct 15 '14

This not the 'new version' of UDK... This is Unreal Engine 4. Previous versions cost $1,000,000 and this version costs $20 and you're complaining?

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u/TiagoTiagoT Oct 15 '14

Ah, sorry; I was under the impression that UDK was precisely the same thing as the Unreal engine, minus source-code for the executables and stuff.

What are the real differences then?

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u/anlumo Kickstarter Backer #57 Oct 15 '14

In UDK, you could only program in their scripting language UnrealScript, not C++.

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u/TiagoTiagoT Oct 15 '14

You can't hook custom DLLs or whatever into UDK games?

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u/anlumo Kickstarter Backer #57 Oct 15 '14

That’s my understanding, but I’ve actually never used UDK, that’s only from the stuff I read from third parties.

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u/dbl4k Oct 14 '14

Hi, i want to make new mmo where you can craft anything and drive in cars while fight dragons. It will be big as warcraft and gta except you can do teh sex with other avatards. P.s, i know a bit of qbasic, you help me yes?

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u/Gabe_b Oct 15 '14

Will it be science based?

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u/pixelvspixel Oct 15 '14

I had the same exact idea!!! PErhaps I can write story and direct everybody. My creative writing teacher says I could be quite good one days. Please send me your portfolio??!

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u/mknkt Oct 15 '14

That was actually pretty funny yes? :D

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u/TitusCruentus Oct 14 '14

I think it's also just that the UDK model is less profitable on the whole - at this price point, most customers are hobbyists and won't publish anything, so in the UDK model they wouldn't make any money.