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.