Can I render a scene in ue4 and use it in another engine?

damlaar · February 17, 2021, 7:13pm

I want to make a visual novel in Ren’Py and I would like to do it with renders made in Ue4. Does the Unreal Engine license allow me to do that?

darthviper107 · February 17, 2021, 7:43pm

I think you could, but given that the final piece would be a form of interactive media you would still need to pay licensing fees to Epic according to the licensing terms.

damlaar · February 17, 2021, 9:32pm

And Quixel Megascans files, which would be free in Unreal Engine 4. Can I render them and use them in my Ren’Py game?

Kinos141 · February 17, 2021, 11:15pm

You can use renders from UE4. Renders are images, so I don’t see why you can’t. You should still email Epic Games to find out.

darthviper107 · February 18, 2021, 4:07pm

You can use renders in another game engine, but again, you’d still be required to pay royalties to Epic.

midgunner66 · January 13, 2022, 7:33am

From EULA - Unreal Engine:

What is a Non-Engine Product?
From EULA - Unreal Engine (and Game-Engine-Technologie von Unreal - Unreal Engine):

(A) Allowed forms of Distribution and Sublicensing

You may Distribute Products or the Licensed Technology as follows:

a. Non-Engine Products - You may Distribute Non-Engine Products to any third party. “Non-Engine Product” means a Product made using the Licensed Technology that does not include any Engine Code or any Paid Content Distributed in uncooked source format (in each case, including as modified by you under the License) and does not require any Engine Code (including as modified by you under the License) to run. For example, and subject to the foregoing, you may freely Distribute non-interactive linear media products (e.g., broadcast or streamed video files, cartoons, movies, or images) rendered using the Engine Code, and asset files (other than UE-Only Content) developed or used with the Engine Code, including in products that use or rely on other video game engines. For clarity, this section does not constitute a license under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise.