Unity to Unreal Engine 5: Was it Worth It? 

Thankss!

Thanks so much! Yea especially in gamedev I think its important to try new things, totally agree with you!

no i am a unity developer and i can say its just becoming shit day by day and i already have switched to ue5,but its too overwhelming for me ,can you please say where to start and try and learn ue5

I totally get you, thats the reason I was debating it a lot before switching

Actor is the equivalent of GameObjects. The are just things that can be spawned in the world. Did you meant Pawns or Characters? Those can contains components (same as Unity) but Characters for example have built-in movements and many features to facilitate your life. Yeah, C++ can be daunthing but Unreal C++ gameplay code is very easy since it's has its own engine types for automatic garbage collection. You don't need to manage the lifetime of your instances. But I get, it's initial learning curve is a bit higher than Unity, give it more time, it's ok to be lost a first. Once you are past that, you will never look back again...

Yea absolutley. I will be going back for another game in the future, if its 2D though, since I know the ins and outs of Unity.

Tysm! Anything peticular I should talk about more?

@@Mr.overload I'm not sure, I'd like to hear how maybe c# differs from the blueprint and c++ workflow. Lots of Unity users are afraid of UE due to c++ and the fear of manual memory management and garbage collection but don't realise unreal does this stuff automatically. Maybe you could talk about how you optimise now compared to before. I use UE primarily but I find myself spending a lot of time optimising. I assume its mostly the same as Unity in that respect though

@@MonsterJuiced Sure, thats a great idea, I'll do that!

The game isnt out, but I'll send a link when I am back at my PC!

Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback, I'll do that in the next Devlog!

@@Mr.overload np, keep it up!

@@nikolaaa7180 Thanks!

Tysm! Means alot!

because c++ in Unreal Engine is like the ZBrush UI all over again.

@@Lloyd_2001 is it that bad? So how does it differ from standard C++? ( might I put blender and gimp Ui on the comparison? Ok ok blender is improving)

@@litjellyfish meh the c++ part is not that bad, just lack of good tutorials and good documentation. Very hard to find that one specific thing without the information being outdated. But it's doable

@@Lloyd_2001 yeah I guess thaT. from what I heard from friends (I only work in mobile now so unity of proprietary engines) C++ is heavily used in bigger studies AAA that use unreal. But of course that knowledge is not discussed or go open. When it comes to small studios or one man indie it seems more it’s simpler games made by a “semi programmer” that do everything and “code” in Blueprint

@@litjellyfish yeah don't let it stop you from trying unreal. You can get pretty far letting chatgpt explain the code and API, Or just do blueprints only.

Totally agree, except I am missing c# sometimes

I regret everything.

@@Someone-mm3jl How come?

@@Mr.overload There's so many systems I have yet to figure out despite looking up several tutorials, even messing around with things on my own. Mostly to do with the character / anim blueprints, actions, all that.

@@Someone-mm3jl Yea I get that, but I guess its like that with every new engine

Ahahha I mean its good progess! How is it going?

@@Mr.overload pretty good so far but i want to switch to unreal engine lol

@@lextyi I mean you can try it out for a month or two and tell us how it went

@@Mr.overload sure! but i won't try it now tho probably need to wait until summer vocation

@@lextyi sounds good

Merci, merci, je suis content d'entendre ça

mais?

Yea i totally get that

its the same man..... if you want to make film with an engine well ue5 is better but for games they both the same

Absolutely!

No, I'm actually german :D

Exakt ja

Unreal has got good VR Support though!

@@Mr.overload if you are going PCVR, yes. If you are going native for devices, its a little behind other options.

@@josemartins-game Oh I didn't know, can you explain more?

@@Mr.overload ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-u1sHJraQrN8.htmlsi=_jl_uzfmMB4r-asO

​@josemartins-game I've made a few mobile VR games and not encountered any issues so far. Plus Vulkan supports nanite and lumen for mobile ;)

I agree, I took some time to learn c++ eventually, but from a programming standpoint I like unity much more

oh yeah and i HATE fucking visual studio

@@Lloyd_2001 If you do Unreal in c++ you should definitly switch to Rider. It's 10000x better. Visual Studio is really not designed for unreal even the debugging side there is litteraly 0 upside to sticking to visual in this case (I still use visual for Unity though)

@@sneakysunset1765 I know but sadly im broke.

@@Lloyd_2001 mb i forgot it s bot free. I've got it from my uni

Depends on your type of game though, right?

2d, Yes! But Godot closed the game in 3d aswell

​@@Mr.overload Well... Unless you're looking for high-end graphics or are an enterprise, go with Unreal. But otherwise, Godot is a great choice, if you'd ask me. Also, amazing content, enjoy a sub!

@@readyplayer2197 Tysm for the info and the sub! I apreciate it!

Not a very good advice. Better stay with unity. I wouldn't ever waste my time on learning new tools and i would prefer to continue learning what I'm already good with.