# Coming Soon: The Unreal Engine forums are leveling up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** unreal-engine\ **Created:** [April 5, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475 "2021-04-05T17:29:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amanda.Schade](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Amanda.Schade](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Amanda.Schade)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/1 "2021-04-05T17:29:15Z")
And we’re live! Thank you all so much for your patience during the migration. Explore the site a bit and please share your feedback with us on the new experience in the #site-feedback category! 🥰 * * * Hey folks! You’re hearing it here first—new Unreal Engine forums will be arriving soon and you can look forward to the first in a series of updates coming to you, the Unreal community. Later this week, you will find the Unreal Engine forums on a new platform with a fresh coat of paint, ready for you to explore! With this update, we aim to provide you with an upgraded discussion experience, featuring better search and discoverability of topics, performance improvements, more customizable preferences and notifications, and all kinds of other enhancements. All data from the current forums will be migrated over, including threads, posts, and account badges. We also want to make sure you feel comfortable in the new space, so we haven’t moved much around, and the layout should feel very familiar. Following the launch, you may notice new categories and a bit of reorganization. We’ll be sure to keep you updated as we go along this journey together. Starting **Tuesday, April 6 at 10:30 PM EDT** , the Unreal Engine forums will be placed in a read-only state as we begin the migration process. The process will last through the night and is expected to **complete by 3PM EDT on Wednesday, April 7**. As with any platform change, we expect a few bumps along the way and we’ll soon share a link to a site feedback topic. We welcome any and all feedback regarding the style, layout, categories, functionality, quirks, etc. in this thread. Thank you for your patience as we transition to this exciting next stage of the Unreal Engine Forums! ---
**Author:** ![BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/bruno_xavier/32/1110230_2.png) [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BrUnO_XaVIeR)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/2 "2021-04-05T17:45:38Z")
As long as I can keep all my personal data (lots of PMs and bookmarked content)… Hope we don’t lose data :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Jessy5765](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jessy5765/32/466385_2.png) [@Jessy5765](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Jessy5765)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/3 "2021-04-05T19:27:58Z")
Awesome! Cant to see how they look and what new alerts/features will be there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SkyeEden](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/skyeeden/32/1116094_2.png) [@SkyeEden](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SkyeEden)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/4 "2021-04-05T19:55:16Z")
> [@BrUnO\_XaVIeR](#): > > As long as I can keep all my personal data (lots of PMs and bookmarked content)… > Hope we don’t lose data :eek: All bookmarked content should automatically redirect! 🙂 As for PMs- they are being migrated too! So you shouldn’t experience any loss of content- only gain! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TechLord](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/techlord/32/1040563_2.png) [@TechLord](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/TechLord)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/5 "2021-04-05T23:09:55Z")
Will we have Avatars? ---
**Author:** ![DamirH](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/damirh/32/906591_2.png) [@DamirH](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/DamirH)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/6 "2021-04-06T00:01:40Z")
Looking forward to it. Ever since the first forum upgrade a couple of years back the usability has really taken a huge hit. ---
**Author:** ![JaredTherriault](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jaredtherriault/32/1194499_2.png) [@JaredTherriault](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JaredTherriault)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/8 "2021-04-06T05:56:01Z")
I really hope we get dark mode back 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_SquarePeg](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Mr\_SquarePeg](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Mr_SquarePeg)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/9 "2021-04-06T07:08:22Z")
Well this is some welcome news 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Divivor](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/divivor/32/88717_2.png) [@Divivor](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Divivor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/10 "2021-04-06T09:06:00Z")
> [@JaredTherriault](#): > > I really hope we get dark mode back 🙂 But…there is dark mode, I am using it. ಠ\_ಠ It’s at the bottom of the forum website where it says “EpicForum Style”. ---
**Author:** ![Shmoopy1701](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/shmoopy1701/32/1194536_2.png) [@Shmoopy1701](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Shmoopy1701)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/11 "2021-04-06T13:10:45Z")
> [@Divivor](#): > > But…there is dark mode, I am using it. ಠ\_ಠ > > It’s at the bottom of the forum website where it says “EpicForum Style”. Wow never knew. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![ryanjon2040](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/ryanjon2040/32/906587_2.png) [@ryanjon2040](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/ryanjon2040)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/13 "2021-04-06T13:41:09Z")
> [@Amanda.Schade](#): > > Following the launch, you may notice **new categories** and a bit of reorganization. Unreal Engine 5? :D:D:D:D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![Rawalanche](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/rawalanche/32/906578_2.png) [@Rawalanche](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Rawalanche)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/14 "2021-04-06T14:52:07Z")
I really hope for discourse 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tefel](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/tefel/32/1194573_2.png) [@Tefel](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Tefel)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/15 "2021-04-06T15:05:14Z")
Great news! Can’t wait to try it! ---
**Author:** ![herb64](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@herb64](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/herb64)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/16 "2021-04-06T15:24:39Z")
Is it possible that the currently observed launcher problems could somehow be related to this? See [https://forums.unrealengine.com/unre…led-ec-bi-ls-3](https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/feedback-for-epic/1593793-launcher-sign-in-failed-ec-bi-ls-3) ---
**Author:** ![Slavq](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Slavq](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Slavq)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/17 "2021-04-06T15:34:15Z")
That’s awesome, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Cattiest](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Cattiest](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Cattiest)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/18 "2021-04-06T17:18:37Z")
Great, hoping for a dark mode! ---
**Author:** ![JaredTherriault](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/jaredtherriault/32/1194499_2.png) [@JaredTherriault](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/JaredTherriault)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/19 "2021-04-07T02:03:03Z")
> [@Divivor](#): > > But…there is dark mode, I am using it. ಠ\_ಠ > > It’s at the bottom of the forum website where it says “EpicForum Style”. yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ---
**Author:** ![Amanda.Schade](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Amanda.Schade](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Amanda.Schade)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/20 "2021-04-07T21:18:01Z")
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**Author:** ![Frenetic\_Pony](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Frenetic\_Pony](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Frenetic_Pony)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/21 "2021-04-07T21:41:30Z")
Why on earth is Dark Mode default? Dark Mode lowers reading comprehension. Don’t argue with me, argue with 6 separate studies all confirming the same thing: [Wait, is dark mode actually bad for productivity?](https://zapier.com/blog/dark-mode-bad-productivity/) Dark mode is a meme. And the interface is… fine except for browsing which forum to go into, that part is awful. All the other changes make sense. EG here: [forums.unrealengine.com/](http://forums.unrealengine.com/) change that part. ---
**Author:** ![Amanda.Schade](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Amanda.Schade](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Amanda.Schade)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475/22 "2021-04-07T21:55:14Z")
We’ll be exploring an official light theme, but in the meantime, there is a “WCAG Light” theme that you can select in your Account Preferences. ![Screen Shot 2021-04-07 at 5.51.39 PM](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/3X/5/f/5f0835cb2c325b1eab9310dbeb744c149a611b78.png) [Next page](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/coming-soon-the-unreal-engine-forums-are-leveling-up/211475.md?page=2)