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The Coalition: Alpha Point demo + Character Rendering Test on Unreal Engine 5
- Thread starter Theorry
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I wonder if these assets will be used in that unnamed project TC was talking about to get their heads around UE5?
This is the GDC talk going behind the scenes of that technical demo, what can be done on Xbox Series X with early Unreal Engine 5 build and what to do or not to do with that engine, how are the tools working with such high quality assets and how to solve the different issues that they had tackled.
This looks pretty amazing! Excited to see what they'll do in their next project.
It says in the video "Test Assets do not represent a game product".
It says in the video "Test Assets do not represent a game product".
My feelings as well. Maybe once they start showing more organic stuff in these demos I'll be more excited for it. It's still basically robots and rocks
The character models don't look particularly impressive compared to games that are already out there, but damn the lighting in that demo is nuts
I hope rocks and desert aren't going to become "the UE5 look" in the same way a couple effects and artistic decisions defined early UE3 games aesthetics :D
It's clear the coalition didn't have a lot of time to put this together; its basically a single scene from different angles.
I was expecting a bit more tbh; this doesn't touch last year's UE5 demo and it's not that exciting in itself.
It's clear the coalition didn't have a lot of time to put this together; its basically a single scene from different angles.
I was expecting a bit more tbh; this doesn't touch last year's UE5 demo and it's not that exciting in itself.
You expected this small demo to be more impressive than the Demo from Epic that was made with much more resources than this side project ?
Let us bet UE/Sony didn't make the demo last year with only a few people.
Can people please stop?
As a dive into this first foray into UE5 and working with Epic to improve it for the Series X and S, this is pretty exciting. They have the demo running at 46 fps and have a path with GPU optimization work from Epic to be able to get it to 60 fps which is a great sign for what they're targeting with their next game.
The leaps in overall image quality are just insane and I can't wait to see all this work they're putting in to optimize UE5 for XSX|S come to fruition across all of XGS that use UE as their engine.
The leaps in overall image quality are just insane and I can't wait to see all this work they're putting in to optimize UE5 for XSX|S come to fruition across all of XGS that use UE as their engine.
It already looks like that.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but afaik nanite doesn't work well with foliage / trees. And megascans also don't include foliage?
Pretty sure lots of existing UE games isn't going for photorealism
Not much to worry about
then you'll get games that use this tech that aren't photorealistic
Don't think anyone is realistically going to be rendering hair like that in game, but the demo is impressive.
It'll be fine. The coalition concluded the engine will unlock their artistic visions and create amazingly detailed worlds. I doubt all they see is rocks in their future if their gears titles have anything to say.
Not more impressive than that, no but I've been watching UE5 demos users put together in the days and weeks following early access release and I thougth the Coalition would have something... meatier. Something a little bit more articulated. I was especially hoping for "not rocks" tbh.
What's the problem with me not finding the demo especially interesting or impressive?
The making of alpha point is definitely the most interesting part of this, though it's making me somewhat sceptical about last year's demo.
Nanite doesn't support translucency or dual sided textures so things like grass and trees will still be handled in a traditional pipeline. That said, they mention in the presentation the vines they're able to put into Nanite because they're not moving and there is no translucency to them.
This doesn't mean that all games are going to be rocks and sand though. That's just what's the fastest and "easiest" way to test it with the assets that are available or were replaced by TC. The Megascans that are available are limited right now so that's why everything looks the same but that library will grow and devs will build out new tools that help them get the millions of triangles they need to properly run Nanite over time.
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That environment was giving me some Jedi Fallen Order Dathomir vibes. Hopefully they're on Unreal 5 for the sequel!
