so the creators of the game squad can update the version of the engine without writing phrases like “it’s too difficult” etc?
is it really difficult to update the engine of a game made with unreal engine 4? to switch the engine version of the game from 4.23 to 4.26?
if a game uses ue4.23 is it difficult to upgrade to version 4.26?
In a nutshell - no. You CAN just open your project with the new engine and, after a lot of shader compilation, you’re done.
BUT: it is recommended to do this to a copy of your project, in fact you’ll get asked that if you try and open with a later version. I would recommend it.
Sometimes, if you have used some nodes in blueprint ( for example ) which are being phased out, you might things don’t work quite as they used to. You’ll have to rummage around and see what’s what. But that’s unlikely.
so the creators of the game squad can update the version of the engine without writing phrases like “it’s too difficult” etc?
Like I say, it really depends. They might be using something very specific to that version of the engine. There’s no way of knowing without going into the code with someone who helped write it.