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Mortal Kombat 11 is UE3, Not UE4 Game
- Thread starter NeoRaider
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The game uses a "new graphics engine" which is just marketing jargon more than anything, though it doesn't necessarily mean they have to stop using UE3 as they can just iterate on their custom graphics pipeline, just like Injustice 2.
MK11 looks similar to MKX and Injustice 2 anyways tbh.
MK11 looks similar to MKX and Injustice 2 anyways tbh.
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Familiarity I guess.
It looks absolutely amazing so I'm not complaining at all.
Guess that explains why the character models never made it past MK9 in terms of the facial modeling that comes across almost uncanny valley to me, but that's just my opinion.
EDIT: Clarification.
EDIT: Clarification.
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Just like Arkham Night - those WB studios love the UE3 engine xD
UE3 has no native Switch support - UE4 would make the port easier.
don't remember that injustice was advertised as UE4 at some point, but if is still UE3 anyways, as how Injustice 2 is currently supporting 21:9 and having amazing performance and netcode, I have good expectations for the PC port of MK11
It's totally possible that it's modified enough to warrant that, even if it isn't UE4.
You the only person here who has seen it running on the Switch apparently. How do you know it runs well?
Yup, QLOC are going to do a fantastic job if the PC version of Mortal Kombat XL is anything to go by. The original team porting Mortal Kombat X did a horrible job.
Guess that explains why the character models never made it past MK: Armageddon in terms of looks.
then what the hell is this?
I think that's what the Netherrealm dev was responding to. Claims it's their material modeller.
What? No. It's probably the reason it doesn't run better, if anything
Troll harder.
Is that supposed to be your rebuttal? Those character models look bad, even if they are high definition. Just looks at Liu Kang.
LOL touché.
"Why?"
Probably because they've built their own toolchain upon the base of the base UE3 middleware. It's not something you can just switch out when you've got a lot of things built on it. I'd assume that at this point, they likely have a whole lot more of their own software running there than things that are left over from UE.
Their graphics pipeline is most certainly not base UE3 anymore, and that's really what most people on this forum think "engine" means.
EDIT: That picture of their modeling tool basically just means the above.
Probably because they've built their own toolchain upon the base of the base UE3 middleware. It's not something you can just switch out when you've got a lot of things built on it. I'd assume that at this point, they likely have a whole lot more of their own software running there than things that are left over from UE.
Their graphics pipeline is most certainly not base UE3 anymore, and that's really what most people on this forum think "engine" means.
EDIT: That picture of their modeling tool basically just means the above.
I remember hearing NetherRealm had to tear down and retool a lot of UE3 for MK9, particularly to get it running at 60fps on consoles. Maybe they've just been building on top of their own fork of UE3 every since?
It wouldn't be unprecedented at all. The Splinter Cell games after Pandora Tomorrow I think all run on forks of Unreal 2.5, all the way up to Blacklist, never actually switching to UE3. Call of Duty famously still runs on what are essentially forks of Quake III. The Far Cry series' various stages of Ubisoft's Dunia engine are all forks of CryEngine 1.
That Liu Kang model is from MK9.
The leap from MK9 and MKX was significant, not to mention the faces in Injustice 2.
It wouldn't be unprecedented at all. The Splinter Cell games after Pandora Tomorrow I think all run on forks of Unreal 2.5, all the way up to Blacklist, never actually switching to UE3. Call of Duty famously still runs on what are essentially forks of Quake III. The Far Cry series' various stages of Ubisoft's Dunia engine are all forks of CryEngine 1.
That Liu Kang model is from MK9.
The leap from MK9 and MKX was significant, not to mention the faces in Injustice 2.
To people asking why? The question is WHY NOT? UE3 produced the likes of GGXRD and Batman Arkham Knight and of course, Injustice 2 and this game this gen. UE3 is clearly far from being out of gas
First two are MK9, bottom two are MK11.
But it's okay, if you don't see the difference between this:
And this:
Then I don't know what to tell you.
That's the same character btw.
Dude, are you for real?! Those first two pictures are from MK9!
Well I can't find the tweet in OP anymore so maybe he had a brain fart?
yea, the fact it's an image and not a link to the tweet is pretty suspect
I dunno how much less work it would be, but from how MK11 look, they're making a lot of new assets for the Switch version regardless of which engine they use. Game has to run at 60fps after all.
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How can i know when developer working on the game literally said they are using UE3??Huh, you sure the game ain't using UE4, OP?
This is clearly the UE4 Blueprint editor
Maybe the 'heavy modifications' included reskinning UE3 to looks exactly like the UE4 UI, for some reason?then what the hell is this?
What a low effort nonsense post. If you're going to say dumb shit at least make it engaging.
Looks like they took the front end of UE4 and ported it to their unique version of UE3. I've been on teams that have talked about doing this before.another shot
someone's incorrect here
They way the UE4 front end organizes information is probably an improvement to what they had before.
Probably easier to modify their base and have a stable game they could iterate on instead of starting from scratch. People on ERA worry too much about engines to be honest, its a tool that can help in some areas and be largely inconsequential in others.