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5 Factors Which Vary Unreal Engine 5 from Unreal Engine 4 

iXie gaming

The world of game development has seen a significant shift with the recent release of Unreal Engine 5, which promises to bring an unprecedented level of realism and interactivity to gaming experiences. With this new iteration, there are several key factors that distinguish Unreal Engine 5 from its predecessor, Unreal Engine 4.

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What is Level of Detail (LOD) in 3D Modeling? | Techniques & software

CG Spectrum

It helps reduce the amount of detail by simplifying polygons and textures as they get further away from the camera. Here are three software programs used in 3D modeling for creating LOD models: Unreal Engine Unreal Engine has the built-in functionality to automatically create LODs out of the textures you use, which saves a lot of time.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: String and StringName are now mostly cross-compatible throughout the engine API, as well as in various GDScript-specific expressions and statements ( GH-68747 ). Core: Add feature tags to signify engine float precision ( GH-69538 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: String and StringName are now mostly cross-compatible throughout the engine API, as well as in various GDScript-specific expressions and statements ( GH-68747 ). Core: Add feature tags to signify engine float precision ( GH-69538 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7,

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Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Mircosoft Game Dev

Donations and corporate grants play a vital role in enabling us to develop Godot at this sustained pace, since they are our only source of income, and are used 100% to pay developers to work on the engine. The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.2.3 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). Sprite3D: Use mesh instead of immediate for drawing Sprite3D ( GH-39867 ). TileSet: Fix potential crash when editing polygons ( GH-40560 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Thirdparty library updates (mbedtls 2.16.7,