Whats Wrong with Epic? Dynamic Lighting, GI and Shadows!!

[Chosker]

@Maximum-Dev;711756

@ginwakeup, The engine is not free. Epic charges 5% for anything you release. Which despite being open source, makes it valid for users to expect Epic to do something for them once they have an issue they can’t address on their own.

actually in the eula there’s a tiny little detail…

5. Royalty
You agree to pay Epic a royalty equal to 5% of all worldwide gross revenue actually attributable to each Product, regardless of whether that revenue is received by you or any other person or legal entity, as follows:
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e. Revenue from advance payments for a Product (from a publisher or otherwise);

if you’re a studio and you get funding this means you already owe Epic money.

so the only way the engine is free is if you use it for free and release your games for free :rolleyes: