NCsoft buys unreal 3 engine.. could it be?

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by psycore, Posted 3-26-'08 View Post
Lineage 2 is Unreal Engine.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jarhok Belouve, Posted 10-31-'08 View Post
I believe Lineage uses an Unreal Engine, it is probably for that.
/facepalm

I do believe discussion on ANet's most recent technological purchase is being discussed here.

Krill

Krill

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

America

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke View Post

I do believe discussion on ANet's most recent technological purchase is being discussed here.
Umbra's software is visualization middleware that is integrated with UE3 (or any compatible game engine). However, I'd be very worried about GW2 development if they have just now licensed a game engine. Even though I love UE3 and could see it working beautifully for GW2 I really doubt that's what NCsoft bought these licenses for, they are probably for their lower budget Korean MMOs.

For the record all you need to run the current crop of UE3 games decently is an ATI X1900 or Nividia 7800+ with a Core 2 Duo or X2 cpu...the current equivalent graphics cards costing about $80. Turn back time four years and that's about what you had to spend to run GW1. You can build an entire computer for under $400 that will run games like Bioshock and UT3 well.

Rhamia Darigaz

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by Operative 14 View Post
One of the main hallmarks of GW is that it runs on a proprietary and unique game engine. I'm sure there will be some games made from those licenses, but not GW2.
graphically, gw isn't good because the engine is unique, it's good because it looks good and runs well on older systems. whether anet accomplishes this with their own engine or with a third-party engine is irrelevant.

Lycan Nibbler

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2006

AZ

Quote:
Originally Posted by arienrhode View Post
However, I'd be very worried about GW2 development if they have just now licensed a game engine.
See, I think of it differently in that just because only now licenses are being noted as being signed, does not mean they havent been working with the software(s) in the build and only when it is closer to the end that actual agreements for the use are tied up.... but maybe Im just being hopeful ^.^

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

This has been discussed earlier (in April, when the licens of the UT3 engine was announced), and it's was said then that the UT3 engine was not licensed for GW2, but for other NCSoft games. Last I heard GW2 would use a proprietary engine.

Umbra is a plug-in library of functions to avoid drawing hidden surfaces, thereby speeding up the rendering of the graphics. It's not tied to any particular engine, although it comes "pre-adapted" to integrate with the UT3 engine. Umbra is used in e.g. Star Wars Galaxies (proprietary), Age of Conan (Dreamworld engine), Project Entropia (Crytek engine), and Everquest 2 (proprietary).
That Umbra will be used in GW2 does not prove that GW2 will use the UT3 engine, or say much of anything about GW2 development status.

Jongo River

Jongo River

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

I think the latest announcement pretty much tells us that ANet do their own licensing, so any NCSoft license has bugger all to do with ANet projects.

Fril Estelin

Fril Estelin

So Serious...

Join Date: Jan 2007

London

Nerfs Are [WHAK]

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius View Post
Umbra is used in e.g. Star Wars Galaxies (proprietary), Age of Conan (Dreamworld engine), Project Entropia (Crytek engine), and Everquest 2 (proprietary).
It's also going to be used by CCP for EVE online, which says a lot about how good it is (and so it means it's becoming commonplace now, it's more about who's not going to use it...).

Lishy

Lishy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2008

Quote:
Originally Posted by zwei2stein View Post
Exactly. GW1 has *superb* graphic engine. I mean, as programmer i am always in awe when i see it in action on my desperately underspecced system.

It makes no sense to get Unreal 3 engine bloat instead.
But shitty animations?
The 3d models are excellent. But the movement of characters *shivers*

wetsparks

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

if you want better character movement you want the euphoria engine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphoria_(gaming_software)

Issac

Issac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2006

Earthrealm

W/A

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nevin View Post
Considering GW has already been built upon the engine Anet is using... I doubt they'll switch and ditch; too much work would go down the drain.

On another note.

Unreal III Engine < Crytek Engine
Man if they used the Cryteks engine, that would look so amazing lol. Need a super computer to see the full beauty of it though lol.