Epic has released a new version of the Unreal Engine. But it’s not final yet and it’s not a new main version either. Rather, it is a smaller intermediate step that is intended to further expand the existing strengths of the game engine.
The Unreal Engine 5.1 is now available in a first preview for developers, like Epic in the official forum announced. If you want to get an idea for yourself, you can either use the preview tab Engine
im Epic Games Launcher oder via Repository at GitHub to install.
However, keep in mind that these early preview versions can be unstable and buggy, so you shouldn’t use them for serious projects.
Focus on nanites and lumens
When looking at the most striking changes, it becomes apparent that major innovations have so far been in short supply. There is talk of improved workflows in the area of the world partition, aha. and Large World Coordinates
are now supported, nice, nice. Ui, the cinematic pipeline is said to have learned something new too.
Excuse me, does that leave you cold? Don’t worry, game fans won’t go away empty-handed. Whether on the PC or on the consoles, you can at least look forward to one important improvement that could conjure up some eye candy on our display in the future: Nanite and Lumen are significantly more powerful.
No photo, but lumens and nanites in action: The Unreal Engine 5.1 could take an important step when it comes to being able to enjoy such optics in games.
The two undisputed stars of Unreal Engine 5 have had a big problem so far: Apart from tech demos worth seeing, the features have not yet been used in well-known titles. And that’s for a good reason, given the UE5’s young age, and that’s its craving for powerful hardware.
Unreal Engine 5
These 19 tech demos show you stunning graphics power
In this area, which is important for us gamers, the Unreal Engine 5.1 could finally ensure that even mid-range computers can enjoy the realistic lighting and the almost limitless wealth of detail.
What does that mean specifically? Epic states that the developers are Nanite, Lumen and the Virtual Shadow Maps (high-quality shadows cast in real time) can now be used on PC and consoles in games with up to 60 FPS.
That When
but remains unanswered. No wonder, after all, you can still count the Unreal Engine 5 games on one hand. After all, it should be relatively easy for developers to update their existing projects to version 5.1 and benefit from the performance optimizations.
Which games use the Unreal Engine 5?
Are you looking forward to the upcoming Unreal Engine 5 games or are you feeling cold about Nanite, Lumen and Co.? Which graphic hit on the horizon are you most excited about right now? Let us know in the comments!
