Empires on UE4: UE4 is FREE edition

There are a lot of things I don't like about planetside. None of them are the cosmetic enhancements. Though I don't really look at those since they're mildly unnoticeable (to my limited experience) and with people blinky blinking in and out I pay more attention to that and being sniped :p

Don't get me wrong, Planetside has a good base for a game, but I've never felt really connected in it. There's heart missing, for me, and I know you can replace heart with community, but that still doesn't give it to a game. It means players like me, who've played a fair amount but not loads, just get isolated.

Also Planetside utilises highly un-visible gameplay compared to Empires - it's designed with a lot of subterfuge in mind, compared to Empires which is more about seeing the enemy and targeting them.

Babbled on about Planetside, but that's really uncalled for since we're just talking hats. Which will probably be cool...so...I'll go away now :p

 

I imported my NF medium tank just to see what it would look like, pretty impressed despite the lack of any specular map.

 

Shit looks sexy.

 

I wonder if you add some nf decals on it.

As to stay on topic, would it be feasible to have some support for random textures? Im kinda thinking when a vehicle spawns it can spawn with some decals that set it apart from the other vehicles. (Military markings for Be, some emblems or different cannon barrels for Nf)

 

blueprints have a random function that can do just that, you just feed different things you want to randomise and it randomly chooses between each. Whether you have to create different textures or are able to throw up different decals I can't say, that would be up to whoever implements it, but yes it's feasible.

 

Im just throwing it out there, it seems like a somewhat of a easy way to make the game seem to have more detail while also making it so players can communicate wihtout having to say "the x third from the left'.


Oh and before i forget, a minor powergoal that id think would make the game look kinda cool, as id not seen it anywhere else : Tanks affecting the ground they drive on. Threads make mud flap around [why do empires map dont have any muddy ground anyway] and leave visible marks, ditto grass or sand.

 

No, there wouldn't be any of that.

We have to write tank code anyway. Stuff like turret rotation, multiseat vehicle... etc. It's 100% on us to decide how tanks will behave and make it happen.

 

Team selection now works.



That came out WAAAAAAYYY better than I expected

 

When the tank code is made you could always sell it on the UE4 marketplace.
Along with any other content. Might help with funding Empires 2.

 

They don't allow C++ code on the marketplace, unfortunately. I could probably do it in bp and it could kinda work, but I eventually want to move that code to C++ for Empires 2 for performance reasons.

 

Yup, I have the same problem.

 

4.7.2
Took me about 7 hours then it finished.
Downloaded fine.Took about half hour.
But the validation was at 90% after 6 hours. Didn't notice. (was playing assassin's creed rogue)
Closed it removed read only from the files. Restarted it with uac virtualization
About a half hour later it finished.

 

Try just deleting the engine and redownloading

 

Most of the engine underwent a dramatic change in 4.7. The project is not compatible with 4.6

 

Would you chose one version and stick with it?

 

Not my fault Epic keeps releasing cool shit with each version. There are a number of things that will be in 4.8 that I really want to use (dynamic navmesh generation, DFAO (distance field ambient occlusion), Future Async framework (dispatch out a task, do other things, when you need the result of that task the code then waits))... so we'll be upating to that when it comes out.

I want to keep the game updated on engine versions regardless. Epic is constantly iterating on the engine, optimizing it and improving it. Keeping updated is just going to be part of the development process.

 

Is anyone able to take a look at getting the Empires assets into Unreal Engine? I have the SMDs, I just need someone with modelling experience who can figure out a conversion process that works. When we get the process figured out, we can delegate the actual conversion work to a bunch of monkeys community members to help out.

 

Install the smd plugin for blender. Then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC1_m0VdKIY

I would think that every thing would be better off if textured in UE4.