No nuclear facilities...

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I’m new to UE and found this in the Terms & Conditions…

General Restrictions

You may not engage in any activity with respect to the Licensed Technology, including as incorporated into a Product, (1) for any gambling-related activities or Products (as defined by law in the jurisdiction of use); (2) for operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation, aircraft communication systems or air traffic control machines, or for military use; (3) in violation of any applicable law or regulation; (4) in which the Licensed Technology is rented or leased; (5) that misappropriates any of Epic’s other products or services; (6) in support of a claim by you or any third party that the Licensed Technology infringes a patent. You also may not sell or a security interest in the Licensed Technology.

…well I guess I’ll have to use Cryengine for my project :wink: XD LOL.

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Yeah, that clause killed a lot of promising projects :slight_smile:

PS: Moved this to off-topic

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That line just ruined Pinky and the 's plot to take over the world.

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Well, let’s just say that you’d be in some real trouble if float precision error was a thing and your nuke ended up .1 degrees (10KM) away from it’s target.

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Float precision? Bah, c’mon, real men use integers.

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Darn! My plan to take over the world has been foiled! Curse you Epic! Curse you!!! :wink:

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I must be a god… Random Floats ftw!

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Whoop-Whoop!

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My two favorite parts of the EULA are

1: You can’t use UE4 for aircraft or drone control/flight specifically, but it doesn’t mention boats or spacecraft (Still wouldn’t do it if I was you).

2: If you make a coin-op arcade machine, you owe no royalties on profits from that. I love classic arcades!

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Hmmm, Could do some type of Toy Soldier thing where you’re playing a game but actually controlling a real fighter spacecraft.

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I thought US drones are controlled this way? :wink:

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The Nuclear restriction is very common for software. All of the software I worked on in the tech industry had the same restriction. Most also had the restriction that they couldn’t be used in any kind of medical life support system, I don’t see that restriction with UE4, so someone could make a hella cool cardiac particle display :wink:

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See, you just need to use it to operate a cold fusion (more accurately known as Low Energy Nuclear Reactions/Lattice Assisted Nuclear Reactions etc.) experiment instead, problem solved :cool:

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I think Epic Games was more worried about this :slight_smile:

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No Ender’s Game for Predator Drones !

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I watched the “WarGames” movie a few times. Note how computer tech changed over 30 years!

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YES! Girls actually ARE interested in “tech” guys nowadays, not just in the movies!

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The boy in the movie almost started World War III by using a program to auto-dial all of the phone numbers and hacked into a few sites.

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i’m wondering about “military use” restriction. Which tools (i.e. muscles :)) do software company (software giant) have to stop inappropriate using of software? I bet that EULA doesnt work in such case (even inside of USA).

yeah, it makes sense, that’s why CryEngine is more suitable for such kind of projects.