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We get to get on the stream to talk about the newest preview and also to answer your questions about UE4 and 4.9! Make sure to ask if what comes after 4.9; UE5 or 4.10. Get ready once again for a big stream to highlight all the awesome new stuff coming in 4.9!
Sweet! Can we get some info on blueprints being usable with the foliage tool now? The card says “Done in 4.9”
Also, any info on when we will be able to use different meshes for different ages in a cluster with the procedural foliage tool? Or perhaps just different meshes in the same foliage type so we at least don’t have to have clusters consisting of only one mesh.
UMG - What’s new in 4.9? Any plan on style management? Replay - Is there any new stuff for this awesome functionality? Following UT code, they are doing a lot of changes to get everything setup, is there any plan to merge thoses changes for? Building Performance - 4.8 was hit by some Rebuild performance because UHT was parsing all the Header files even with no changes. I know that 4.7 changes has been integrated back in 4.9, anything other improvment? Crash Report - 4.8 got an issue where the Crash Message is not properly reported in the logs of a cooked version; Do 4.9 have fix this?
Could you talk a little about the new area shadows from stationary lights in 4.9?
How was the limitation of fixed penumbra sizes resolved? Are the shadows still stored in distance fields?
Other than looking worse with low-resolution light maps, what limitations exist for the new system? Can any surface type cast them? Can movable objects receive soft shadows from the static environment?
Will there be any updates to the hidden forward rendering options added in 4.8? Will those options be unhidden?
