Question about the future Unreal Engine 5

anonymous_user_87c412e0 · May 17, 2020, 3:34am

If you’re creating a game using UE 4.25 and your characters are all UE 4.25 compatible,
will you be able to use them in Unreal Engine 5.0? I don’t want to pickup anything from the Market place
If it’s soon will be unusable in UE 5 Thanks

anonymous_user_87c412e0 · May 18, 2020, 9:11pm

Answered my own question. Looks like there won’t be backwards compatibility with the items created for 4.25 and lower. Too bad there’s no conversion util. Would be nice to carry forward, but ain’t complaining though looking at the new advance V5 engine.

BrUnO_XaVIeR · May 18, 2020, 9:40pm

5 is Unreal 4 + better rendering technology.
It’s not a new engine created from scratch.

Compatibility won’t be perfect, but won’t be impossible as well.

DarkS474 · May 19, 2020, 8:10am

Unreal Engine 4 & 5 timeline

Unreal Engine 4.25 already supports next-generation console platforms from Sony and Microsoft, and Epic is working closely with console manufacturers and dozens of game developers and publishers using Unreal Engine 4 to build next-gen games.

Unreal Engine 5 will be available in preview in early 2021, and in full release late in 2021, supporting next-generation consoles, current-generation consoles, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.

We’re designing for forward compatibility, so you can get started with next-gen development now in UE4 and move your projects to UE5 when ready.

We will release Fortnite, built with UE4, on next-gen consoles at launch and, in keeping with our commitment to prove out industry-leading features through internal production, migrate the game to UE5 in mid-2021.

brushify.io · May 20, 2020, 7:17am

Not sure where you’re getting that info. They never said 4.25 or lower. The official information is here:

There’s nothing there stating that older UE4 content isn’t forward compatible. UE4 has always supported forward compatibility of assets (e.g. Assets created in 4.20 can be brought into 4.25.)