Scorn Dev Reassures Xbox Fans on Unreal Engine 5, Says Raytracing Will Be Used on Case-by-Case Basis

During our interview with Scorn Game Managing director Ljubomir Peklar, we asked his opinion on the Unreal Engine 5 tech demo, since Contemptuousness is also based on Unreal Engine applied science. Commencement of all, he confirmed that there are no plans to port the game to the new version as it could take disastrous results for the final production.

Then he dived onto the specifics of the Unreal Engine 5 tech demo and too went on to reassure Xbox fans who might accept worried later on Epic wouldn't confirm how that PlayStation 5 demo could run on the upcoming Xbox Series X console.<

That demo looked very impressive. Even more so on the development side, if all that was said is true without some major caveats. It looks similar all three platforms will be able to use the engine quite well. For those that are worried that the Unreal Engine 5 is built around the fastest SSD with custom I/O, look at it this way. Even if Epic for some reason wanted to create an engine simply for that system I doubt that they would pattern it to be primarily focused on the arrangement's slowest part (compared to
other parts in that system). Theoretically, If I had to choose I would rather accept an average speed SSD (an even slower than the one in Series 10) and have more memory. Now since that kind of arrangement would exist obviously too expensive, these SSDs with custom I/O solutions are the best option.

As a follow-up, nosotros likewise inquired with Peklar virtually the role that real-time raytracing volition take in the upcoming years. Given that PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Serial X will all feature hardware support for raytracing, many gamers thought virtually every game would characteristic some form of existent-time raytracing. Yet, it turns out that's not actually the case - Scorn itself won't support it, for case, and the Unreal Engine 5 tech demo showcased the amazing Lumen global illumination technique that doesn't rely on triangle raytracing.

Peklar warned that developers shouldn't shoehorn new technologies such as raytracing into a game just because they tin, and added it should be expected on a case-by-case ground only rather than past default.

Every bit you saw with that Unreal Engine 5 demo there are other ways to go that GI equivalent. Developers have been using Ray Tracing to create static GI for years. Real-time Ray Tracing is certainly a breakthrough. Information technology volition exist a much more than useful tool for the developers in the future than a mind-blowingly obvious feature for players to notice. You looked at the tag to see if it was at that place. Through the years developers take developed many different techniques to fake aspects of what Ray Tracing tin attain, from reflections to shadows and AO.

These 'fakes' have some limitations. Presentation is more static, furnishings at certain angles break the illusion, simply for the nearly role, it looks pretty good. Sometimes when the new technology becomes available some developers start overusing it only to show it off, without thinking about the context in which it'southward getting used. That is why yous are starting to run into games that have rooms with all reflective surfaces or inappropriate lighting conditions but to show off the technology. Technology should be in service of what you are trying to accomplish, not the other style around. So yes, Existent-time Ray Tracing will undoubtedly exist a consummate solution in the future, but in the nearest future developers volition utilise information technology on case to case footing.