Megascans is Now Free for All 3D Software

[@UnrealSensei]

Subscribe because the next video will cover how to get all the Megascan 3D assets when Fab releases next Month!

[@Unreal.Unreal.Engine]

i don't like these changes at all, i feel like this is the end for beginners, it definitely hurts newbies and bigger companies probably not going to care about 0.99$ per asset

[@antoniosuarez7881]

I think is better buying a pair of 5 tb hard drives and download everything instead pay 14,000 usd even if you pay you will have to store all those assets think about it

[@UnrealSensei]

@@antoniosuarez7881 This will be explained in the next video but you just have to add the assets to Fab to keep them. You don't have to download them

[@borrowedtruths6955]

I have a feeling that not only Megascans but Sketchfab and perhaps others they own will, sooner or later, not be available "forever." That's why I'm adding 12 Terabytes to the computer and spending the next three months downloading into my hard drive everything that I think I may need over the years to come.

[@DejayClayton]

I completely agree that Epic is charging for Megascans so as to not undercut the competition, competition which will bring them commission revenue.

[@TUKMAK]

Crazy times! I'm glad we have someone that can keep us up to date when things are confusing and tricky. Thank you Sensei 🙏

[@jayjadotte1683]

AI generated 3d content is going to be all over that Fab

[@jamesc5801]

Maybe. Assets have to be submitted for review so there might be some curation involved. Not sure though

[@joshuagoldshteyn8651]

The quality of 3d content generation is improving significantly. If it's a relatively simple model/texture, it's starting to be a viable candidate with little to no post processing.

[@RedmotionGames]

Wouldn't be surprised if fab will use the store content as training data for future AI systems. People will need to read the T&Cs to check this.

[@joshuagoldshteyn8651]

@@RedmotionGames This is quite likely and to be expected with anything posted on the internet these days.

[@tomgirl366]

Than its benefit for epic games, ai generated or not, at the end it only about money ,epic games cares only for seling

[@JC-jz6rx]

this is what happens when disney enters the picture

[@Goofy_Toons]

when I first saw that Disney deal with Epic I had a bad feeling. Late stage capitalism dictates all business decisions at the end of the day.

[@bauzel5890]

Oviously they need money because they fucked up the Star Wars universe.

[@wilismatrix9847]

I hope some dev guru will make a script to purchase all the assets from fab at once when it is online.

[@Terandium]

They will, if not I’ll make one and put it on GitHub. Expect it written in golang :)

[@cdjwmusic]

There is already a script for Bridge. It's not going to port to Fab, but at least you own all Quixel assets under current license until they shut down Bridge

[@tingamer2508]

Before you add 18k assets you may not even use to your library, ask yourself first if it’s worth cluttering your library and making it hard to find stuff you do want to use.

[@b4dsku11]

Theres a video named : Add All Quixel Megascans Assets to Your Account in 5 minutes, and it works like a charm

[@imcartermatic]

@@tingamer2508 organize it?? is it worth finding the stuff you want to use in the store or on quixel?? cuz you gotta do it on there too. you can have all of them on your library and just filter them up. its almost the same as quixel. maybe a bit more annoying, but hey, could save you thousands of dollars.

[@borg_cube]

This hurts and discourages solo-developers and small teams who doesn't have money to spend on development.

[@JPLAVFX]

Whilst I can see the benefit of getting their assets for free, I'm not seeing why solo developers and small teams *need* to use Megascans. If you are producing something with the production values that demand the quality of Megascans assets, $100-$500 for some Megascans packs is going to be a tiny percentage of what you need to spend. If it's going to discourage you, yes, you should be discouraged from using Megascans, because chances are, you're not spending the money to properly optimise your scenes after you dump a ton of highly detailed assets in there, and you're not spending the money to make your bespoke models, animations, effects to the same quality level.

[@OverJumpRally]

I agree on all the points. Some MegaScans should stay free to help with the onboarding, but having all of them free as they were now hurt the perception of other assets being sold. MegaScans should have two tiers: low-poly and up to 2k textures should be free; this way, you can still use them for prototyping and learning. 4-8k and high-poly should be paid, as they would be used for production projects.

[@juschu85]

At least technically, the free ones could still be used for production as long as they are in the background. You might even prefer the free ones for that use-case.

[@ochiazic]

I guess we're gonna start massdownloading everything before it goes $$$, or hope that someone's gonna host a "pirate" cloud with everything

[@ashscott6068]

No need though. They can just use the same licence agreement Unreal engine has: It's free for you to download and use, but if you make a game or whatever that starts making bank, Epic gets a cut.

[@daxx7]

I don't agree with Megascans being a "competitor" to other artists selling their assets on FAB. Megascans being free was actually one of the main reasons why so many people are using it. Bodycam, for example, was made by students, and I don't think a lot of students have that much money to spend on a few hundred assets. Having the library that is already there for free and then charging for the new ones that they add regularly would be an ideal situation, but realistically, it won't happen, lol. Thanks for the breakdown, Sensei.

[@czzrd1370]

Unrecord isn't released tho because they need investors 😅 you talking about bodycam?

[@daxx7]

@czzrd1370 omg my bad, i did mean to say bodycam lol.

[@OverJumpRally]

Bodycam uses mostly packages bought from the Marketplace. Sure, there are several MegaScans assets but they are still a small percentage and, if they weren't free, they wouldn't have changed the budget for that game that much.

[@czzrd1370]

@@OverJumpRally They use hella megascans assets tho. From landscape all the way to the graffiti. I have found a few assets they used from the marketplace store which are definitely not cheap by any means but to say not having megascans wouldn't change their budget much is a terrible take.

[@_TwoDot]

It would be epic if you upload when Fab releases that way we can all “purchase” the free assets

[@UnrealSensei]

I will upload a follow up video when Fab releases covering the fastest way to get the assets and an indepth look at Fab

[@_TwoDot]

@@UnrealSensei that is awesome, you always do great thing for game devs, thank you!

[@inspirion5500]

@@UnrealSensei i already did, i used a script and used the F12console, you ahve to use it multiple times and i now have 15,873 assets out of 18,489

[@adnanebadi3798]

​@@UnrealSenseiOne less thing I need to remember. Thank you Sensei.

[@yeetbro3659]

pun intended?

[@WesleyVanroose]

Feels like Epic is shooting itself in the foot with this move. It’s not as bad as what Unity did, but it’s still not great.

[@kazioo2]

Or they realized they shot themselves in the foot when they made it all free in the first place. How many years will it take them to realize giving all these free games on EGS doesn't matter when the client is so bad compared to Steam no one wants to use it? They sometimes have the wrong priorities. The chances of turning Fortinte into generalized platform are also rather low and it's affecting the future of Unreal (UE6 focusing on Verse language etc.)

[@forcews]

...but if it allows to produce more Megascans then maybe it is not that bad. Most important is that Unreal itself never becomes paid for everyone and stays like it is currently. Who earns has to pay and hobby and learning is free for the world.

[@John-ee4qr]

I dont think so, it is a good move, they will release tree assets and mega assembly next year and tempt artist to still subscribe to megascans with it

[@OverJumpRally]

@@forcews Exactly. More variety, more game-ready assets, better biomes, etc. And faster releases. MegaScans have been extremely slow at releasing new assets, compared to Dekogon's stuff, for example.

[@crediblesalamander8056]

​@@kazioo2i genuinely don't understand how people are so annoyed by a client (which you don't interact with during gameplay), that they'd rather spend 40+ dollars on a game they could've gotten for free. why? it's inconvenient for sure, but really?

[@0x_Anakin]

You have one of the best UE channels on YT hands down.

[@Kevinaya]

I'm surprised this won't become a subscription service

[@christopherarendt3531]

NGL in my experience I got into UE5 (the last time I'd used it was UE1 I think lol) BECAUSE there was a MASSIVE, FREE, HIGH QUALITY POOL OF RESOURCES. Can't imagine I would have made that switch from Unity without Megascans being available. They should really reconsider, at least having the lower quality or older assets be freely available.

[@Berimus]

Thank you for this information! I only recently began learning Unreal and haven't wanted to spend any money because it is rather difficult learning. Might have to convince my husband to let me buy my external hard drive sooner rather than later! I have learned so much from your free tutorials that have made me create a goal of getting the Master Class next year to learn even more! Thank you for providing your expertise and knowledge to those of us wanting to learn!

[@londoriath3764]

You cannot finish everything You just might have to consider that subscription. I only hope it'll be affordable

[@UnrealSensei]

You do not have to download the assets, just add them to your Fab library when it releases

[@excelsian512]

I knew this day would come!! I'm so happy to have the entire library already downloaded on a remote database 😊

[@Martinit0]

I think your reasoning why assets will no longer be free is correct. If Fab is supposed to be a commercial marketplace it makes totally sense. Basically it's a pivot from trying to promote Unreal Engine to operating Fab as an asset marketplace that can generate revenue for both Epic Games and artists. For artists this is great news. The fact that Epic announced this beforehand is commendable. This is the way.

[@tarettime9392]

This is only great news for artists that sell assets. It’s a huge loss for the entire industry as a whole.

[@HakoTaco1]

​​​@@tarettime9392No it isn't, if you can't afford to spend a few bucks on assets, you have bigger problems than you realize.

[@HakoTaco1]

​@@tarettime9392No it isn't

[@ibbles]

I hope they do something similar to what they currently do on the Unreal Marketplace with the Free For The Month stuff. Have one Megascans pack be free per month so that we can build a library of assets over time.

[@sigrid714]

The blog says that some Megascans content will still be free after the switch to FAB. That could be the demo content. Also wouldn't be surprised if they do periodic free Megascans giveaways like they do with Unreal Marketplace Asset Packs, though, it's not certain either at this point that they'll even continue the monthly free asset giveaways after they move to FAB.

[@TedThomasTT]

Worth remembering Epic is not your friend. I think your theory is correct but they've probably also noticed they've acquired all the users they were ever going to get through free megascans. If EGS had ever taken off then the free games would also have stopped. If Unity had never been invented Unreal would still cost millions to licence.

[@doomgb4994]

Valid point. This move was discouraging for me at first but it also encouraged me to scan more my own assets

[@CouchWarrior561]

Don't be discouraged, at the end of the day you would probably use your own unique and optimized assets anyway. Megascans actually aren't perfect and have many flaws when you try to apply them for real production

[@noiseworks]

i like this mindset

[@doomgb4994]

@@CouchWarrior561 not having collision is one of most unbelievable flaws of Megascan😅

[@OverJumpRally]

@@doomgb4994 You can create collisions in UE5 exceptionally easily.

[@Art-hn1xk]

@@doomgb4994 It has collision. In the details panel of the asset set collision complexity to "Use Complex Collision As Simple".

[@coloneljcd6041]

Epic : Lets take our devs for all they got, if Unity can do it so can we! Unity: welcome back my precious

[@ziad_jkhan]

Harvest time

[@christopherarendt3531]

About time to start using those Asset Store packages we left behind :D

[@lazonian]

THANK YOU I kept seeing so many people like you said panic downloading. Thank you for clarification!

[@trumpsaloser]

only he is wrong. you can start doing it now. Read the statement from unreal that this guy choose not to. It clearly says that anything you have currently in your library, TODAY, will stay there and be yours forever. In other words, TODAY if you get all the assets you will have them forever, even after the launch of Fab... like it is clearly stated in the announcement from Epic.

[@IndianCitizen04]

Unity take this as their opportunity to bounce back. Unreal has a great Ecosystem as because they are virtually free. Unity realized their mistake and perhaps rectify themselves to be floated.

[@GAMarine137]

I think this decision will back-fire. I know they are looking for more revenue during shaky economy, but a big selling point of learning UE was free Megascans.

[@myBeam10]

As a solo indie, I can assure you that I am not buying a bunch of rocks for 25 bucks, no matter the "justification" brought up for megascan. I understand the justification is that they want money, but taking away an already acquired service/product and cement it behind a paywall has never proven itself to be a viable strategy.

[@Leosalvaje_]

I couldn't agree moree

[@warpup7778]

this is what i enjoy, people doing hard work so people can freely use their creativity. this is whats best for humanity. more can be done.

[@ziad_jkhan]

Not sure what you mean by more can be done. I'm curious so feel free to elaborate?

[@firemani]

@@ziad_jkhan everybody deserves to get paid, if they worked for it, people are expecting everything free, that is what it means I guess.

[@ziad_jkhan]

@@firemani Sure, everyone needs to have their basic needs met but hoarding freely replicable knowledge for profit at the expense of the poor is not what's best for humanity I'm afraid. There's more to it under the hood. May be lookup Tromsite to get a better idea.

[@ziad_jkhan]

@@firemani Sure, everyone needs to have their basic needs met but hoarding freely replicable knowledge for profit at the expense of the poor is not what's best for humanity I'm afraid. There's more to it under the hood and I'm open to discussing about it.

[@firemani]

@@ziad_jkhan well I am not against humanity, it is just humans are yet to evolve from unlimited expectation of money, when they have a stomach of few inches.

[@SpieleSuchti894]

sounds like a scam to hook us into using the assets when they cost money again

[@JaraCert]

I was a little shocked by this, because I started learning in UE about 2 months ago, so having free assets to learn and experiment is a great and very helpfull bonus to have 🤔 looking forward to your video on the best method to get all the assets for free, keep up the good work 👍

[@ShahabEslamian]

I'm not paying 0.99 cents per asset. The only reason I have time to play around with Unreal Engine is because I don't have a job.

[@user-50fvi58djr0]

why do I need Unreal, when I must pay for megascans? Feels like Epic is shooting itself in the foot with this move

[@Leosalvaje_]

is CONCORDING itself in a FABulous way

[@MikeR.1986]

Why does Epic need you?

[@Mushbee]

Damn, 2nd clickbait video title I've seen today... Was hoping they reverted their decision.

[@tbunreall]

They should all be free for non commercial purposes, when you decide to sell the game, you'd have to purchase

[@cgvizzy]

Thanks for the info! I agree that they should have a collection of free assets available. It's what got me interested in trying UE5 in the first place. I can understand why they want to "level the playing field" as you put it, so I can't be too upset by their decision to put a price to the assets in the future. It is a bit of a bummer, though.

[@sheldondrake8935]

it's just shitty beancounter greed. it's not surprising, but it's still small-brain thinking.

[@mirzamunif]

I agree with you, and this is something the whole community needs to ask for so the barrier of entry isn't too undesirable. Everything used in sample content should be free, as it helps new people coming into the scene.

[@brandonjacksoon]

Thanks Unreal Sensei!

[@gorbashgaming1470]

This is how Fab will build monopoly. Which is never good in a long term.

[@YahiyaJasem]

I love your take on why the made the assets paid, great job as always!

[@krectus]

This is probably the close thing to an angry rant we'll ever see from Unreal Sensei. The guy has all the chill.

[@notmnvshr]

not good

[@Dante02d12]

"Free until the end of this year" is absolutely not free.

[@OverJumpRally]

It's free for a limited time, so still free.

[@IlseMulAuthor]

Oh, I'll have to download everything while I can as soon as I can. Of course they are most certainly worth the price, but being on a very, VERY tight budget, getting them free is much better! I wonder how will it work with all the megascans packages that are available in the current marketplace. And other assets I've bought/gotten for free in the marketplace. I assume those that are in my vault, will still available once the transformation to Fab starts....

[@FVMods]

I have a feeling all this was planned ahead of time, they knew what they were doing since the beginning.

[@tracken]

I really don’t like the change. Offering Bridge assets for free for 5 years and then charging for them is really just a bait and switch. Everyone who develops in UE5 and has gotten used to creating levels with them now has to pay for the same creations they could use for free just a day ago after the New Year. Also the pricing model is ridiculously steep. $25 for rocks that have been free for the public for half a decade is detached from reality pricing. Very few people are going to pay that, especially when they can’t be previewed in engine. Finally, this is going to heavily slow the amount of new game designers coming into the industry. Let’s not pretend like UE5 is simple to jump in and use for the average person. In fact, I would say the word overwhelming comes to mind when we’re talking about UE5. The simplicity of having Bridge be able to drag and drop a bunch of free assets and trying to then take those free assets and make something cool is the best way for new users to learn many of the world building tools. And that’s basically just going to be gone. My prediction: the fab market place is going to fail majorly, people who already use Bridge will either pirate the assets or only use what they can get for free, and new UE5 users will slow tremendously. Terrible choice by Epic. 0/10

[@containedhurricane]

I bet Epic Games' profit from Fortnite has been decreasing tremendously, hence their unpopular decisions lately

[@fray989]

Reading and listening comprehension on the internet is at an all time low. These people that you're talking about, that are already using these assets, are not losing them next year. They get to keep them if they claim them before January. No one is getting bait and switched, you get to literally keep them for free if you're one of the people that has been using them to create levels this whole time. Your whole first paragraph is just wrong. Your point about new people coming into the engine, that's totally valid. They'll have much fewer options now if they come into the Epic/UE ecosystem after the end of this year. That part really sucks.

[@alieditorss]

I am very sad about this decision made by Epic This will make many people who are in poor countries or countries that do not support universal aid find it more difficult to learn. Those who pin their hopes on that free library😥😥

[@nashdiy8570]

I was only getting mega scans because they were free. If I have to pay for them I’ll pass.

[@ShomitSarkar]

Many like me in the field of archviz, who have recently decided to make a shift from lumion or d5 render, will have to shift back to them from UE. As we all know the learning curve of UE is epic and now if assets become unreachable as before, then whats the point of staying with UE?

[@iloveeveryone8611]

My 1TB drive just came in... I'm on a download marathon.

[@SuperMyckie]

😂😂😂 yoh

[@christopherarendt3531]

FYI I just read in some other comment reply that you don't have to download anything; as soon as FAB comes online you can just add them to your account somehow and then you have them forever. I assume just like the monthly freebies on UEM

[@NAOYFB]

Already downloaded every single item to my storage drives. Everything in max quality. Not taking any risks.

[@CalligraphySpirit]

I recently started with the UE, so this is kind of blow...

[@SanctuaryLife]

Well there goes my plans to get into Unreal Engine next year

[@OverJumpRally]

There are tons more reasons to start learning UE5, trust me.

[@SanctuaryLife]

@@OverJumpRally What happens when you need some assets if you do? Rocks, trees, pay $25 for some? then what? $1000s more to get the project done?

[@RadIguanas]

No. When you try and see some don't fit, you oughtta buy another $1000s of em

[@SanctuaryLife]

@@RadIguanas So spend $10,000 on a UE5 project that might not even go anywhere?

[@Zentrify]

@@SanctuaryLife Someone made a script for purchasing all of the content on the site while it's still free

[@SodaDjinn]

Whether this is a good or bad development remains to be seen but that name definitely isn't going to be one of Fab's selling points.

[@mike95826]

A better solution would be to have a yearly subscription that gave access to everything up to something like 500 assets for $99 then, once over that years usage, have the per piece price, then have tiers for heavy users such as for 1,000, 10,000 then more.

[@pescadorCardoso]

That's why it's best to wait for Unreal Sensei to actually explain what's new, instead of wasting my time watching the youtubers who run to be the first to post a video about something and get half of the facts wrong. Thanks man.

[@VolumeProfileHelp]

Another problem is it's nice to download a pallet of assets as you world build and drag and drop trying different things to see how they fit in the environment. Like a bunch of different rocks etc. You don't end up using everything you download. When you are paying $1 an item, you will start making financial decisions instead of letting the creativity flow. IMO it would be better to have a low cost subscription service. They'll probably make more money that way anyway as for an example, even a $10 sub renewing each month by 100,000 members is 12 Million a year.

[@DroolingDrilling]

This is ridiculous. A HUGE part of what made me wanna start learning UE5 was it’s free asset library for realistic scans. It’s stupid that we have to manually get each individual asset. Especially for those who will join AFTER 2025 who will not be able to redeem the current asset library for free. Also, can someone answer this question, so you can claim these assets for free on FAB and keep them forever, does that mean you can use them only on UE5 forever? Or will Blender require these assets to be redeemed in it’s own marketplace? My understanding is you have access to the files and the files are compatible with other engines now. But some info in this video makes it sound like only UE5 will let you keep the assets and the other engines will only have a timely trial to try those assets but won’t be usable after the fact.

[@cristian2452]

no, if you redem on fab, the license is for any 3d software, no just ue5. But only if you redem before 2025 and after the launch of fab.

[@DroolingDrilling]

@@cristian2452 okay good, that’s at least some common sense

[@levitycreations]

Great insight on why you think Epic Games is choosing to charge for Megascans after 2024. I agree with you. It seems like a wise decision to level the playing field by making FAB an attractive market for asset creators, without the steep competition from a massive free Megascans library.

[@Magma-uw7yo]

Hopefully I see this video now, I'll download all the megascan assets now to have my backup

[@davewills148]

It seems a well thought out change, many developers and professionals are the main target for the refresh, creating content and assets i would believe takes time, resources and manpower, wonderful to see a Corp doing some solid restructuring and forward thinking. Can't wait for FAB. PS: Do you think there's a slight chance your being allowed to use a script to Glut-Pool all those assets, don't you think they have a cybersecurity/IT dept?, c'mon for christs sake.

[@sparklesapp6853]

I guess we won't know if FAB will be the Hero or the Villain for creators till 2025

[@myBeam10]

I guess we already know. Let's not cope and lie to ourselves.

[@sparklesapp6853]

@@myBeam10 Yeah I think you might be right.... I was just hoping it wont turn out like this.. I'm still learning to create in Unreal/ Blender and rely mostly on KZbin tutorials that have us grab things from Megacsans library and other places. But with this change happening sooner than later, I don't know how this is going to go ...my very core is telling me they will become the Villain to ALL creators ( Blender, Maya, Unity and more ) and there will be nothing we will be able to do about it.

[@crutherfordmusic]

When someone owns the marketplace, things always get worse over time.

[@kameenavery9616]

I am wondering if Epic will have Megascan bundles on the Free for the month marketplace. That way we can still get assets periodically without the price. Though if they are as low cost for Low Quality, as in this video that may not deter people from UE as much as might be expected

[@justiceforusall7038]

well dang, I've been trying to learn UE since 4.26 and this channel has been clutch so thank you for this clarification. That said, I know businesses have to make money and I'd love to get so good I can sell assets, but people are broke. I wish there was some middle ground. I didn't know UE was free, and if I had, I would have perused my dream much earlier indeed of getting a 2 year CS degree only to learn I was bad at programing. There has to be a better way.

[@GaradrielS]

Worst decision ever.

[@cms9902]

Vast sums of money making the worst decision ever. Just look at the Tech sector as a whole. A pipeline of disingenuous crap

[@tiergeist2639]

it will kill a lot of creativity and new users...but they want that. why? censored...

[@robbie2044]

Megascans is literally unmatched. Almost 19k assets? Unreal... If anything is worth getting it is Megascans.

[@mikeha]

how practical will it be to "grab" them for free, all 14k assets?

[@TedThomasTT]

people will create scripts hopefully

[@OverJumpRally]

They already made a script for adding them via the Quixel website, so I guess they are making a script that would work with FAB as well.

[@gnoel5722]

there is already scripts available that takes 5 minutes to grab the whole librairy

[@trumpsaloser]

@@TedThomasTT google it there are dozens of videos since 3 hours after this was annouced

[@ablatif89]

I encourage people to learn 3D modeling and do their own stuff, you can 3D scan by yourself too if you have a good camera. If you are able to build a good scene by yourself without free/purchased assets, that will make you an expert artist, and you can sell it too and earn from it.

[@OlavSchneider]

They need to maybe offer free sample assets on that fab store.

[@TUKMAK]

I think you make an incredible point. It's a problem on turbosquad when someone makes a highquality asset and doesn't price it at its value and undercuts it instead. It then sets a precedent that that is what the value should be when in reality it's not a sustainable pricing strategy

[@PentaKillMedia]

Sensei, you're the best. I love your videos

[@waltarron]

So, what's going to happen with the Quixel Bridge? Does this only include the Megascans category of Quixel or does it also include other things such as textures and some objects?

[@MarisFreimanis]

Good for everyone who is using UE right now, bummer for everyone else. Hopefully we will get some start packs that we can use for content!

[@subomiayo8938]

Can you make a video of what assets you recommend to get before it becomes paid

[@pubgnewstatebynoob7345]

What I thinkin about this situation - Unreal Engine 3 was paid and it's cost was very big. But after some time thay make 4th engine free but if you make good game and sell this game for good money, you must pay a % to UE devs, so I think, after some time UEngineers will do same thing with fab

[@ng-lr4nl]

Do we need to download them or do we just need to have them in our Fab library?

[@UnrealSensei]

When Fab releases you just add them to your library, no need to download

[@ng-lr4nl]

@@UnrealSensei perfect, it would eat up my NAS space otherwise

[@simonzhang3D]

@@ng-lr4nl but only this year! Next year the stuff will cost money!

[@trumpsaloser]

@@UnrealSensei this is false information, did you not read the announcement?? everything you have ever used in megascans is yours forever and tied to your epic account and gets ported over to Fab when you sign in. This means that is you put everything in your library no it will carry over just like everything else you used before mass DL. If you're gonna shill for Epic fine, but don't give out false info. There is a script out right now that allows people to add everything automatically and will stop working when everything is ported over to Fab. Why not tell people about that like the rest of the unreal channels? Are you trying to screw over your audience to get in good with Epic or something? WTF dude??

[@TheFunDimension]

This is not an “even field”. Assents cost a shit ton of money. People sell their games for less than an asset pack cost, so it is going to be a big hit for the grand majority of people that can barely pay for a developer team, let alone a solo developer. Check the terms of service, as far as I remember, all the assets you get from the UE store will remain free after the migration, unless there is something I missed or changes have been made.

[@HishamYey]

what if already designed my game environment using megascans what should i do am i supposed to reown them using fab

[@trumpsaloser]

No, this dude didnt understand the press release. Everything you ever used in megacans is yours forever and tied to your account

[@edwinungerer7989]

the store to buy and sell will be hugeee

[@sparklesapp6853]

What about the assent we already have or used in the past...will that be taken away from us once theyy turn into FAB????

[@dimaananyev5336]

I think it is reasonable for epic to make free the library of assets they have now for Unreal users, it is after all the reason for our loyalty. I remember this moment when the news came out that epic is opening up the megascan library for their users. I was amazed and delighted by this move by the company then, telling everyone how awesome epics are, feeling sincere gratitude every time I occasionally accessed the megascans library. Now I'm going to have to change my mind, too bad.

[@CouchWarrior561]

Nobody cares about your loyalty, lol.

[@noiseworks]

@@CouchWarrior561 exactly, the unreal and blender user base are so entitled

[@dimaananyev5336]

@@CouchWarrior561 Maybe "Nobody" don't cares about loyalty, but "Someone" does. And the one who thinks about such things is more far-sighted than the one who doesn't. There is competition in the world, in this regard, the loyalty of not a particular person, but many persons, often determines the final success or not.

[@Peak_Stone]

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[@Albert_Riseal]

Yeah! Good vibes

[@CataleptiCat]

All I ask from FAB is a way to sort by best selling or by rating. I love UE5 but the marketplace has terrible sorting.

[@ajzanfa]

My only question is: seeing from the way they phrased their tweets, it seems new megascans will drop with the FAB launch, and only THESE will be free, not all megascans from the current Quixel library. What happens with the megascans that are currently available on Quixel for free? Am I missing something?

[@ThomasAndersonPhD]

When Fab comes out, will there be a way to bulk-get all the assets? or would one have to get all 14,000 assets one at a time?

[@andraswizard1]

Is it possible to summarise the used assets in the UnrealSensei Academy course (I know it is a lot of them) ? Then we need to download just those to follow you through the course if somebody has already started it, but can not end the learning curve until next year.

[@Garnish1412]

IMO as long as the current megascans asset remains free is eough. It is such a bold movement to make megascans free in the first place. Moreover the only way for unreal to make money now is revenue share from big studios only. Since unreal marketplace is a silent grave, most of the assets have 0 reviews😅. So it is understandable that they want to make more small money from the marketplace by balancing the market itself

[@D0d_]

Pretty sad news tbh. Would've been great to keep it free for non-commercial users. I've been using Megascans for years on both Blender and Unreal and it's been a great tool to promote some of my music. The incentive to create and learn will probably be lost if everyone has to pay for each and everyone of them. One could argue that such high quality assets being free was quite surprising to begin with.

[@userunknownxx1]

I have never used megascans but obviously its sad that its no longer free. However, I see the merging of all different sites as a great way to give consumers a more streamlined experience where they will be able to find what they are looking for a lot easier.

[@g60force]

seems to happen a lot... start FREE make as much people commited as possible... even companis / trainers / tutorial ... that could previously link to the FREE item will now need to be payed for by the new users 2025

[@PixelVagrant]

Am I the only one confused? You say its free for every 3D programs and then you say its no longer free for Unreal? now someone clarify me in simple terms.. meaning if I add all the assets to my epic account now.. will I have to download and keep them to use it later or since I added its free forever? or until Epic store is shut?

[@shanobicross]

Thanks so much for the video! So where does this put some of your earlier content that covers obtaining assets from Quixel Bridge and Epic Market Place?

[@amitupadhyay1369]

What will happen to the assets we already bought from the marketplace?

[@gusmendez2564]

looks like i need to download everything on mega scans before the year is up

[@Chak666]

It was already free for all 3d apps when you logged in with an Epic account...

[@iemlogical2300]

They want to train some AI from one source rather than going with multiple marketplaces

[@seansvensson4400]

already downloaded 1 tb

[@leonaraya2149]

This makes me think if UNREAL ENGINE soon will be a subscription app too. Well if this happens, nothing left to do.

[@OverJumpRally]

I'd pay for UE5, the value is incredible. Way better than any Adobe product, for example.

[@Martinit0]

I don't think it follows. Rather they want to generate additional revenue from an asset marketplace instead of relying on UE alone. It should incentivize more artists tom come forward with new assets - raising the quality for everyone.

[@monah62rus]

This is all cool, of course, but here's the question: how can I buy models if we have sanctions in the country and there is no way to buy such content, just like there is no way to sell it!?

[@ujugamestudio]

I don't mind. I do think about epic games the same way they provide Unreal Engine and givaways for free! I hope Epic Games will look us the same way.

[@vrwizard2616]

we are on the edge of ai 3d asset creation. does epic try to make some last money before they become obsolete?

[@pajeetsingh]

What would be the size of entire dump of all assets in megascans?