http://nintendoeverything.com/ninte...nship-and-bringing-unreal-engine-4-to-switch/
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Switch dev talk - How Epic got in touch with Nintendo, future updates details, more
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Succinct Verbosity
Member
I/m really interested in what happens regarding this moving forward. From my experiences as a gamer Unreal Engine 4 has struck me as the better engine for ports and scalibility compared to its rivals. Used to be that i'd route for Unity due to the low barrier of entry for indies, but now Epic have solvwed that issue I tend to dread hearing an advanced game is on unity.
TheMoon
Member
So the Switch export button is real?
Dude. Switch-switch. It's right there!.
The Bookerman
Member
I should really download the latest build of UE4.
I'm like 5-6 versions behind.
Snake Pass is a UE 4 game and it's already out.
I'm like 5-6 versions behind.
Snake Pass is a UE 4 game and it's already out.
Jaguar Victory
Member
Why?
Dark Cloud
Member
This is hilarious lol!
No one is talking about the fact that Switch run Casa Barragan in 720p, possibly even 1080p with a few adjustments?
SporeCrawler
Member
probably just bunch of bs.. there was no reason for them not to support UE3 on wiiu either. doesnt matter at this point. it looks like they are working with nintendo on switch. the siwtch port button is great news
SinCityAssassin
Member
It's a lot harder to coordinate business meetings with a foreign entity if you have not established an office in the same country. You can't just contact NCL through Nintendo of America or Europe to discuss your engine working on their hardware without significant bureaucratical delay.
JonnyDBrit
Member
E3 seems like the earliest opportunity. Given how they're stressing this point of Switch's viability with commonly used game engines, I'd wonder if they'd dedicate a portion of the show to, well, showing off what games run on UE4 and are coming to Switch. A little display to assure devs that yes, their games can run on the new platform.
Herb Alpert
Banned
Yeah they're taking their sweet time... Maybe UE4 implementation wasn't fully ready for launch and it has been since only recently? Snake pass was a smaller game that didn't need so much time? dunno...
SinCityAssassin
Member
That's not how architecture works. It's the framework, not power. There's a reason why the PS4 can't play PS1 games and it's definitely not because it doesn't have the power.
I assume they're talking strictly about the GPU here.
TGS will be big for switch i bet.
It all makes sense!
Fredrik
Member
Snake Pass has already been materialised, the Switch version is fantastic.
Herb Alpert
Banned
I hope so. If not, I'll stay away from GAF cause things will go ugly.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Haha, things will get ugly either way, with passed the point of no return on that (though I'm not even sure there was even a place before that point in the first place).
family_guy
Member
Weird when PS3 had support years earlier.
It's not impossible Switch becomes the system selling the most in coming years. It's still a bet, but not impossible.
Maybe if Nintendo start using it.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Sony's branches are more globalized and in-touch with the main headquarters than the Japan-centered NCL.
Vindicated.
btw Snake Pass was UE4, not super hot on Switch, though quite demanding on other consoles too.
btw Snake Pass was UE4, not super hot on Switch, though quite demanding on other consoles too.
There's twenty Japanese ue4 titles, they have to be announced somewhere!
Robin64
Member
I mean, yeah, but it wasn't stunning on other machines either, such as running at 1536 x 864 on PS4.
TheMoon
Member
That was from around Wii U's debut E3, iirc.
hemo memo
Member
Not entirely. Yes there is an 'export to Switch' option, but porting in general is also not as simple as that.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
I mean the game is graphically intensive as fuck, it's insane really. Check out it's benchmarks on a 1080 GTX.
Sure, I don't imagine anyone thought there wouldn't be tweaking involved.
I'm counting it
Sounds like you answered yourself. The fact that the console can run such an intensive game, even with a few compromises in terms of resolution and a couple of effects turned down, is a good signal, not a bad one.
And yet we have people categorically saying that Switch can't run this and that lol.
Snake Pass was graphically intensive, especially with all that grass (which varied between consoles) but there wasn't exactly a lot going on for CPU stuff. It was pretty much just a snake and and some platforms, some of them moved.
Cutting out 40% of the resolution and toning things down can help for some games, but I'm not sure games with more cpu calculations would fare as well. Though maybe there was heavy snake body simulation physics behind the scenes
Cutting out 40% of the resolution and toning things down can help for some games, but I'm not sure games with more cpu calculations would fare as well. Though maybe there was heavy snake body simulation physics behind the scenes
wonderful103
Member
Were you one of the developers of Snake Pass?
Snake Pass was graphically intensive, especially with all that grass (which varied between consoles) but there wasn't exactly a lot going on for CPU stuff. It was pretty much just a snake and and some platforms, some of them moved.
Cutting out 40% of the resolution and toning things down can help for some games, but I'm not sure games with more cpu calculations would fare as well. Though maybe there was heavy snake body simulation physics behind the scenes
Wasn't the digital foundry analysis that it was a very CPU intensive game because of all of the physics calculations of the snake and enviornment? Which is why even a lot of more powerful hardware struggled to run it a bit?
frankie_baby
Member
Snake Pass was graphically intensive, especially with all that grass (which varied between consoles) but there wasn't exactly a lot going on for CPU stuff. It was pretty much just a snake and and some platforms, some of them moved.
Cutting out 40% of the resolution and toning things down can help for some games, but I'm not sure games with more cpu calculations would fare as well. Though maybe there was heavy snake body simulation physics behind the scenes
Switch fares better CPU wise in comparison to ps4 than it does GPU wise
Yeah there was according to DF, if for some reason your eyes didn't suggest you anything after seeing how the snake moves and reacts to various surfaces/platforms.Though maybe there was heavy snake body simulation physics behind the scenes
No...I played the game. There's a snake and some platforms. Sure, friction and weight are checked... but if that's too much work for the cpu, it's not a great sign for something like GTA is it.
I think they were talking more about the lack of official UE2 on Gamecube than UE3. The lack of UE3 on Wii was a given.
You say "just a snake and some platforms," but that snake is actually an incredibly complicated set of physics calculations. It's not like, say, Mario who is essentially just a set of animations laid upon a 3D model, the entire thing has to be handled by the CPU on-the-fly along with taking into account friction, weight, etc. This Digital Foundry video explains it in a bit more depth.
I'm not implying that I know for certain what the Switch is capable of, but Snake Pass isn't as undemanding as many think it is; it's why even the PS4 Pro couldn't handle it at 60fps.
wonderful103
Member
No. Just... no.
Well Epic Japan has at least twice hyped up Japanese UE4 games for Switch but so far we only know about SMT4(and presumably DQXI).
That was definitely the case but we're seeing some games announced for 2018 that are probably skipping Switch.(talking Code Vein, they're being coy with platforms)
frankie_baby
Member
I think some people seem to dismiss snake pass on a technical level as they just think "indie game" instead of realising it was made by a developer that normally works on games for major publishers