It's neither - it is deferred rendering (more flexible than Forward if you know what you're doing), but doesn't use Lumen. It uses baked lighting. Some Lumen experiments to come soon, using 5.4 and a very beefy GPU :)

Amen haha

I did play it again recently, and it is still brilliant :)

A worrying but accurate assessment, I think. Especially since my studio is making a PCVR game that absolutely could not run on Quest - even the 3. Its a small team, but a very cool project. It uses Nanite, millions of triangles and tries to push for next gen visuals at every turn, without requiring a 4090 to play. We're targeting PS5/Xbox Series X performance as our benchmark, with FSR to boost perf on lower end machines. These days, its best to program it to run on flatscreen as well as VR, to make up the numbers and access a wider player base, which is our approach to justify targeting high-end VR. PSVR 2 also helps, though its still quite niche. We think we can pull off a successful game without the Deckard, but I want to see the high-end industry thrive. That's where the excitement is, as well as the true frontier of immersive gaming! I'd rather do a series of high end games than pivot to mobile, as most of my peers have done. I guess we'll see :) Wish us luck lol! Worst case, we'll port it to the quest 5 in 2028

I have some friends working at Rockstar - I will scream at them to add VR next time I catch up :)

Same!

Thanks a lot :) Same to you! Your videos are always such a great guide for what's possible in UE5 - and its always months before anyone else! Looking forward to seeing what comes next :) And yes, that's one of the more annoying limitations on static lighting for Nanite at the moment. There is a workaround that is fine for mid-poly workflows though. If you adjust the relative error for the fallback mesh down to 0 (or a smaller figure for more complex organic meshes), then the fallback mesh that is used for the bake, is the same is the Nanite mesh. Its not ideal, as the entire scene is now a lot heavier for non-nanite platforms. Ideally, there would be an option to 'Use Nanite Mesh for Static Lighting' that gets included in future versions. I haven't requested a feature like that yet, but I also haven't checked if anyone else has. Other workarounds we're looking into include: a) Changing the fallback mesh at build time back to defaults. b) Having a more explicit workflow that builds simplified levels for non-nanite platforms (mostly mobile). Both come with drawbacks, but in the short term we're fine with the current setup, as we can still keep building our projects :)

@@AlistairHume great point!!