Quixel Megascans to be 100% FREE FOR EVERYONE UNTIL END OF 2024!!! ...Then Free For Nobody. 

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"Disney Make MASSIVE Investment in Epic Games" of course it's no longer free.

For those who misunderstood, wait for Fab to launch in October. That's where the perpetual, engine agnostic license will be.

This is not going to go the way they think. I understand the reason why they are making megascans pay to use but the whole reason a large chunk of people switched to using unreal engine was “This engine allows me to make AAA quality visuals for free and I also get a ton of free 3D models for free with megascans” If you make people pay for something they got for free in the past they will leave and not use your engine.

Mike, there is something way more important here: Epic have just rugpulled EVERYONE using the “Free Megascans with UE” option. That option won’t exist going forward. They have also 3x the price of assets compared to the point system. All in all, this is bad news. Do not be distracted by the brief free period.

If someone writes a script to automate this, please let us all know!

Next Step: No more monthly free assets.

Wtf they just killed the main advantage of Unreal over Unity. Nanite now makes even less sense to use since megascans getting paywalled.

Once that Fortnite money run out, the villain arc begin

The way it's worded in the announcement makes me think that the thing one should do is actually wait for Fab to launch and then "buy" all the Quixel assets on Fab before the end of 2024, rather than doing it now on Quixel. Getting them on Fab will give you universal licences not limited to Unreal (whereas on Quixel, I think it's the same old UE-only licence, at leas that's what the wording implies) and it also sounds like they'll be ending Bridge support at some point in the future and they don't actually say that Quixel assets purchased via Bridge/the Quixel website will convert to Fab licences for those same assets. Maybe they will but the fact that they haven't explicitly mentioned it makes me think they won't.

epic might have shot themselves in the foot

Mike... It specifically states that you must acquire the Megascans through FAB, which hasn't even launched yet. This is to create the migration of users to FAB. So don't waste yours and people's time saying to go acquire everything.

I have a bad feeling about this. Nothing free comes cheap.

Time to buy a 16 TB hard drive and start downloading...

Wow imagine the amount of Terabytes you gonna need for this.

I figured something was going on with Quixel. They've only added a handful of models to Bridge all year.

If someone writes a script for doing this automatically, please let me know!

Sorry guys - my wife just put her foot down. "We are NOT storing anymore of your cr@p in the garage or basement until you start throwing some of it out first!"

Thank you for the heads up! This is pretty awesome, just wanted to add a few things. Fab officially launches mid-October and will offer multi-platform support including Unreal and Unity, with more engines to come, as well as support for tools like Blender, Maya, Cinema 4d, and Adobe Substance 3d. They are going to have full integration with Unreal so you can access assets without having to leave the editor. Also, AI transparency- they will allow creators to be able to control whether their assets can be used to train generative AI programs and will require sellers to clearly state whether their assets were created with the help of generative AI or not. Plus, they will give their assurance that Epic will not use people's content to train generative AI programs. I really hope they add support for Godot, that would be great! Again, thanks for the info.

There better be a hoarding script because isn't enough time for all that clicking.

We will "Go and get everything" Just give another remainder and if you found a automation script.

They completely abandoned Mixer.

I dipped my toe into UE largely because it had such a large library of included content for experimentation and just playing around. Definitely pushes me to look at other options if only to play around with in my spare time.

I'll be hoarding textures this whole month

PLEASE make another video when FAB launches

Looks like this is going to be the final nail in the coffin for *Quixel Mixer* . A lot of people were excited about its free Megascans integration with Unreal Engine, but now *Adobe* and *Unity* must be thrilled. *Substance Painter* will stay on top, not that Mixer was much of a threat anyway

Disney always ruining lives. I knew it would be for the worst, I just knew it.

When you just switched from Unity to Unreal..

So unity has started to recover and now Epic is starting bullshit practices? Is there some kind of poop ball that they keep handing over to each other or so?

I never thought unreal would go this direction. I wonder if everything in our vaults in market place will be erased including our projects.

Not gonna lie, huge change to pipeline and workflows like this sucks to infinity

You can't make something free for your users, then go back and charge them for what was previously free. Bunch of bs in my opinion. What a massive scummy move, coming from epic this is highly disappointing. I have looked up to Epic because of how much they help the community, but this? Come on man. Like sure, if they want to start charging for megascans thats fine. But they should do that for any NEW assets they add. The whole library as it is should remain free. Wtf

shortsightedness, unreal is so difficult to learn, making materials free would have attracted a lot of young people to learn and make worlds. corporate greed sucks balls

I guess Quixel Mixer is no longer being developed because there haven't been any recent updates or announcements about it.

oh good, Epic ruining another thing they bought, like artstation before it... you just KNOW they will do something next year to ruin everyone who grabbed stuff during this period in some way

Mike please this is a request, if anyone makes any script please make a video. Will be waiting for that notification.

I just hope Quixel Mixer continues to work.

Waiting for FAB launch to automate this 🎉

I dont get it. So better wait till FAB launches to download these? It gonna take a while to acquire all the stuff. How do I know If I claimed something? I only see "download" icon.

I have a question since UE marketplace will be replace by FAB does it also mark the end of UE marketplace of free 5 assets per month?

That's unfortunate, I am not a graphic designer and Quixel helped me make realistic looking environments quickly and easily. The ease of bringing in realistic environment assets in UE was one reason I moved over to it. This is NOT a good move, especially for small game developers that are programming focused, used UE for the Quixel addon.

this is the best news this month, I really need it for my project and the license will remain forever, THIS FANTASTIC !!!!!

I was waiting for new computer to use unreal and megascan and now they are taking away everything & I am still watching people creating stunning stuff with it. What a life :'(

Honestly I'm more suprised they didn't do it sooner. The whole stuff is done at masive losses. Training people to be cheapskases isn't good. They end up devaluating the product/people who made the work and become entitled thinking the services for free forever. Developers need to get paid for their stuff at the end of the day. I've seen the reation on dev twitter and the comments really are pretty bad.

Thanks for heads up.

Probably going to need a few extra TBs for all that nanite level geometry and 8192x8192 textures sets.

Hasn't the purchase price been measured yet?

There is a difference from creating a new account versus using the EPIC account? In the website shows 3 License as free, but when login with our epic account the License is the Unreal Unlimited.

It says “you can use it forever” that is not the same as saying “you can use it for free forever”. For that reason I think it may prove to be a waste of time acquiring the whole library.

The megascans site is already crashing.. Will hit it later and grab everything.

Not an automation script but you can click on the little download button on each item in the browse section, then allow your browser to keep blocking the downloads.

So tired of these greedy companies from the direct tv ESPN spat now to this. Hate them all

Ironically just yesterday I was being frustrated during my 3D modeling process because I didn't have the textures I needed for the object I was modeling. Welp, guess that's not a problem anymore😆

In the new store, you will have two licenses when purchasing assets, personal and professional, each with a price. Everything we get for free before the end of 2024 will be ours, but only as a personal license, no longer professional or commercial.

Did not see this one coming!

Yep, time to buy an external hard drive or two... This might take a minute.... lol,, thanks for the video

I don't understand. Do I have to download all of it or claim?

well who ever wants to get the quixel megascans assets start today, there should about 18k-19k assets to take up for free until end of this year.

What is the Fab standard license? Does it cover commercial use?

damn, I'm running out of hard drive space....😂

all unreal users right now are panic downloading quixel assets.

So I need to press "download" on every item before I own that assets? Yikes! We need a scripts for this!

We’re so chalked.

Wait, I don;t really get it, if I do not use Unreal, but want to get the assets I should set a notification on oct first and claim all the assets or should I do something right now?

My question is: Do I need to acquire & download or is it enough with just acquiring them?

Website has already crashed...

BRUH that's so rush Gussie i must grab theme now xd Bruh i hate when companies do that ...

Havent used megascans in a bit, by "claim" "purchase" "aquire" them- do you mean when you select a megascan (mesh/texture) select it's resolution (1k-8k) then download?

What about Mac Users, last time I checked FAB was not available for Mac’s ? I use Twinmotion but I cannot use all it rendering features due to the macs graphics card. ????

It all depends on the license though, regardless of if you can download it for free.

I think I will make my own stuff, megascans was "fun" to use but honestly was always a bit of a hassle and very limited even if they had thousands of stuff, try to make a plate of food with it and you will see why I call it limited. Also this is an account migration tactic if they add a "get everything free button" I will jump if not I will pass I guess.

Well, the stuff that i dowload over Quixel is considered purchased, so all you need to do is download all stuff to register as purchased, right?

Still on team Unity, but some UE users sure seem to find ways to complain about HOW they get their free stuff. I guess it's just a positive for me, but then again I don't really care for hyperrealistic styles in games.

So if I buy it I can put it in an unreal project and use it in my unity projects?

Such a sad day. I wonder why they couldnt make it free at the point of use and charge for those models you use in a final project or better yet free for unreal engine users and lock export from unreal unless you've paid.

So if I claim this free stuff, and then after 2024 will I be able to use the free stuff i got commercially and not worry?

Wish i had enough space on my computer

lol Epic drives FOMO train with yet another store launch

Welp... I guess I know what I'm doing with that new SSD I just bought... errrr currently purchasing ... lol

this is huge!

Do we know how much they are going to charge for megascans?

Epic offering megascans free to UE users was always an anti-competitive move, though Epic ending the free lunch in service of taking over the asset marketplace market share isn't great.

how many terrabytes do I need for everything?

Can we use our purchased assets commercially? Can we use them in other engines?

I would probably avoid using a script because the automated requests sent to their server are going to get you either banned from their service, or block your IP. It is safer to just dedicate a weekend to acquired them manually.

Unreal engine goona paid soon for all 😢

man it will take hundreds of TB if not more to download the whole Quixel assets, imo only AA or AAA projects benefit from those kind of assets

Do they allow you to use these assets with unity?

What will happen to my Metahumans? Can I download them from Quixel Bridge or they will shut it down?

Time for someone to download all and Soulseek ;)

how does one buy of there???

so it will be paid asset later but it can also be used in other software such as Godot / Blender? and we better get them now while it is free? 🤔❔

This is why i rather use Godot instead of other engines so i dont have to deal with corporation bull*hit.

So wait-should I download them right now through quixel bridge? Or should I wait till Fab is released?

Typical behavior. Rip

So get yourself a couple of Tb hard drives and get it all

Time to switch back to substance painter

Did anyone find a good way to do this manually? Like is there a way to buy/download collections or do I have to do it for every single asset?

Holy shit the entitlement in the comment section is insane. You guys complain about Epic Games all day, in any context you can. Remember that they've showered you guys with assets and work worth millions upon millions of US dollars for free when you crawl back to Unity or Godot reusing the same assets, both of which have inferior tools.

I for one have used unreal engine sense 2016, ill never use unreal engine again after this