Star Trek Mutara Battle in Unreal Engine - WIP A

[@Theman122082]

I would love to see a COMPLETE recreation.. this is spectacular work!!

[@Spyro84gamer]

I agree.

[@Omniscape]

Trust me, so do I. I just wish someone else has dont it already so I dont have to, haha. Currently I'm waiting for some support from the UNREAL marketplace community so I can get a better nebula volumetrics in engine. while desperately trying to find an RTX 4090.

[@michaelreilly7106]

Looks great. Put it all together and then get paramount to rerelease the updated version.

[@ascelot]

@@Omniscape Tbh, I dont want you to finish the video lol Makes me depressed that if UE5 can do this, omg, what could say for BridgeCommander 2 if using the same engine could look like that and how it could play out like.

[@pwc7475]

so would i

[@fr3nchy226]

Very cool! I love how the Reliant's torpedo actually comes reasonably close to the Enterprise here, rather than missing by 3 entire ship lengths as in the original film.

[@3Rayfire]

The miss in the film makes sense, the torpedoes sensors shouldn't have been able to detect anything so it just goes straight.

[@fr3nchy226]

@@3Rayfire I suppose that shows how good at aiming Chekov really is, even shortly after having a slug inside his head!

[@dixievfd55]

@@fr3nchy226 He only missed because Enterprise hit a bit of turbulence right as he takes the shot. Though the scene right after where Khan gives the order to fire the torpedo looks as though Reliant actually got hit because he's holding onto the ops console for dear life.

[@brendancaulfield970]

​@@dixievfd55 the Enterprise's phaser shot created turbulence in the nebula (or something), shaking the Reliant.

[@lorzon]

It's kind of amazing when you think about how a GAME engine has become so advanced that it can recreate FILM effects from the 80s and it's nearly impossible to tell the difference.

[@James-kx5ci]

Just going to be flat out honest and say that for a WIP this whole thing is fucking amazing. Both the Enterprise and Reliant look GLORIOUS using the unreal engine. Definitely can’t wait to see the finished version!

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Kirk: Evasive Starboard! Enterprise...F that, I'm gonna Run!

[@cujoedaman]

This is how you update something while still respecting the original. It's little things like the way the ships move compared to the original. The updated, but still faithful recreation of the phasers and warp effects. The lighting of the nebula is spot on too. This 1min video does more for Star Trek than the entire updated look of the TOS series as a whole.

[@pgc8931]

This is by far the best quality remake Ive found on youtube. Please keep up the good work

[@Alexus1138]

The motion of the ships is VERY satisfying

[@bloodyirishman5758]

Quite impressive. Really liked how the Enterprise continued her arc to starboard to get behind the Reliant the first time and the torpedo effect when the Reliant fired at the Enterprise. Only negative is that there wasn't more...

[@hydrochloricacid2146]

This is incredible work man! So many star trek fan vids done in Unreal or Blender are painful to watch and immediately recognizable as such, but this really looks like it came out of ST II

[@Omniscape]

Thanks! Unreal Engine still clearly has its limits as opposed to full on renders. But yes todays modern game engines have come a long way. But back to what you said, art direction, lighting and shot composition is very important to convey the original's look and feel. Under less capable hands those same practical miniatures can look like garbage if it wasn't executed by ILM's artistic eyes. Case in point, Star Trek 5

[@cmj0929]

No it doesn’t it clearly looks like CGI and that’s ok lmao it’s still incredibly well done either way

[@jean-mi1825]

I can't wait for you to to the whole battle. This is outstanding!

[@ServantOfOdin]

wow, this looks epic. I love it so far.

[@Singularityseries]

Fantastic work!!!!

[@JohnL2112]

This makes me unreasonably happy

[@dissectingdiy]

While this looked absolutely amazing. At the end so much was missing and to be desired. I really hope you continue to work on this, but so far. Wow!

[@stephendarroch5565]

Some of that was just too beautiful, fantastic work!

[@sockatume]

Wonderful HDR treatment on this!

[@ChrisWright75]

Oustanding!!! This deserves tons more views!

[@manicpanda8741]

The torpedo trail left me stunned

[@pokes404]

Man, that reveal at 0:29 reminded me why the Constitution Refit is still my 2nd favorite ship in the whole franchise (the Galaxy class just edges it out of the top spot).

[@jp9403]

fantastic!

[@brendancaulfield970]

I'm here thinking "ah yeah, but ue5 will only do static clouds!" And right then you bust the Enterprise right through a cloud to prove me wrong! That and the way you casually NAIL the warp out effect!

[@moffxanatos6376]

People complain about the JJ Abrams Star Trek movies putting the viewscreens on windows, but I can't help but think that if they had windows they'd have a much easier time seeing and hitting each other. At least in situations like this.

[@DjDavidElix]

The lighting… wow…. And camera scopes… just in complete awe you did great!!

[@WeTravelbyNight]

One day, I hope to be this good.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Extremely well done.

[@ptaylor5014]

Vey nice, can't wait to see it all finished 👍👍

[@montedoran9305]

NOW, THIS is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ‼️

[@SupremeCleave]

Great work!

[@SinbadNaiver]

it'S gotta be Unreral Engine 5, nothing can make the torpedoes as realistic as this! :O

[@MatthewHall]

Awesome recreation!

[@josephwilson5450]

Using my best Torg ST III impression, "Impressive. He can make realistic looking ST II visual effects". Yeah, I know, it looses some of its punch when translating to english from klingon. :)

[@Omniscape]

"STATION"

[@tonyf8167]

we need to see the whole thing... 1st remake that actually looks better than the original!

[@StefanDaImka]

the moment, when fanart looks better than the movie...

[@d99x4z4]

40 years later...

[@SmegulonPrime]

Basically the same

[@montedoran9305]

FACTS! 💯

[@wolfgangjr74]

@@SmegulonPrime Thats what I was going to say. The practical effects back then where pretty good considering how good this video looks. I think the only difference is the lack of film grain and crispness of this new interpretation. Fantastic work by everyone old and new.

[@SmegulonPrime]

@@wolfgangjr74 that's not what I said

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

Omg...I just made this video 1k likes landmark.... because, the ending was unexpected. 😮 I hope there's more coming! I love the alternate angle of the Aft torpedo from the Reliant missing the Enterprise, very cool touch!

[@Ephisus]

Pretty freaking sweet.

[@mrdestroyer7815]

Left out the best part

[@colecovw.2171]

Looks great!

[@nx1379]

Damnit! More. MORE!!!🥰🥰🥰

[@jorgezarco9269]

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982) was the film that saved Star Trek. James Horner recycled some music from the horror film Wolfen(1981). The Khan music is a "four note motif".

[@Firefox13A]

Nice! Can’t wait for finished product!

[@joshuakarp2586]

This is AMAZING! They need to hire you to redo the VFX for the film!

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

This is very impressive. That being said it’s impressive as an exercise and would not work for the actual film for a host of reasons.

[@scupking]

I want movies 2-6 to be remastered with great CGI like this. They did a good job with the motion picture last year.

[@knighriderredux]

Incredible work, could've fooled me that this was using actual physical models.

[@tylerrea2568]

TREK PERFECTION!!!!!

[@dixievfd55]

Very good re-creation. Your shots are very close in appearance to the originals except for the Reliant firing the torpedo back at Enterprise. That's a better angle to see the torpedo's motion.

[@maybetoby]

Amazing, dude

[@zofo264]

Nice job!

[@johnpatrick8035]

Well done.

[@frainhairylobes3065]

Awesome!

[@christopherrobin4619]

Why is it that we only get this cool stuff on youtube? This is what fans want yet The TV shows are a #DEI dumpster fire written by Buffy fan fiction wannabe's

[@Joshyohmygoshy]

Sauce for the goose Mr Savic

[@DocHellfish]

WELL DONE OMG!

[@levelemup]

Is this possible to share the phaser and torpedo blueprint? We make a fanfilm and it would help to create a shot. we would give you full credits

[@JGG1701]

Just now say this! Wonderful work. Do you have anymore?🙂

[@mohanicus]

That was fantastic undated from one of the very best trek movies ever made..paramount need to see these and redo the saga with update effect like these through all of them

[@theadjucator]

Outstanding! Love it

[@dracopendragon6829]

not bad. I look forward to seeing the finished project.

[@lancemiller5658]

Simply awesome!

[@leistico]

very cool. The only critique I have for what I see here is that maybe the ships would look a bit more realistic if they were moving a bit slower. Part of the drama in the original is that there are these two lumbering hulks who cannot see each other, so the possibility of collision is very real. In the overhead shot of Reliant near the beginning in the actual scene, it looks like it slows down halfway through the shot. A sense of weight and mass would go a long way.

[@Hibernicus1968]

I like the faster combat. In the original series, the _Enterprise_ frequently fought other ships _while at warp_ (e.g. Journey to Babel), and usually at longer ranges. Frequently (again, see Journey to Babel) the enemy ship is never seen, or is seen only as a moving light. This was actually for budgetary reasons -- they couldn't afford to make a whole new enemy ship model -- but it ended up being more realistic. The vastness of space, it might be visually exciting on the movie screen, but it's simply not believable that ships possessing long-ranged weapons, and targeting computers and sensors, both centuries beyond what we have to day, would fight battles at such close distances they would be prone to physically colliding with each other. It makes sense that ships would fight each other from far outside _visual_ range.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

If someone had just been looking out the windows in the Enterprise's arboretum....

[@J4CKC00P3R]

Hot damn this looks good

[@jtno2]

Excellent job! I didn't know you could do this kind of stuff on Unreal Engine(thought it was just for games). I thought you had to use a 3d modeling/animation program like blender or 3DS Max.

[@PaulGanpatt]

I enjoyed that 😊

[@tonyhsloanejr]

Very cool. Subbed

[@Xenthorx]

Excellent!

[@JHC_76]

👌🏽 could u make a longer video next time great job 👏🏼

[@Wildstar40]

Kahn: "Damn my two dimensional thinking !"

[@STho205]

I thought when Spock said that line we were about to see Enterprise shoot straight up through Reliant...but we got the submarine ocean dive and rise...with ships remaining flat in an imaginary plane to engage.

[@cda133]

That is awesome. Can you finish the full battle?

[@SkyraHope]

This is how it should have been! Great video!👍🤘

[@leonardmccoy9178]

That looked amazing

[@larnregis]

Apart from the post processing, does the Unreal Engine manage to produce such amazing results in real time? Or do you had to wait for the frames to be rendered and then combine them afterwards into a video?

[@Omniscape]

Real time. Had to do some simulation optimization to keep fps to a 24fps lock and minimum.

[@sagaswp]

Evasive starboard!

[@cjkalandek996]

Only thing I'd do differently is add some film emulation to make it look more old-fashioned.

[@hornet718]

WELL DONE!!!!

[@KlingonCaptain]

When they said that the recent (still going) Superman TV series was going to use Unreal engine for the visual effects I was skeptical, but recently I realized that it probably saves them untold hours and money. Pixar (which is also a software company) is about to lose their primary source of income. Pixar's powerful new version of RenderMan is about to be obsolete and nobody will buy it anymore if Unreal can do the same job in a fraction of the time for less money.

[@Omniscape]

Dont forget the Mandalorian. The "Volume" digital stage uses Unreal engine as their backbone.

[@danivarius]

Except the enterprise running lights aren’t all there.

[@snakeplisken6242]

Badass

[@chance3611]

Hey would you reccomend Blender or Unreal Engine for animating stuff like this? I have a decent understanding of Blender but i've seen more and more of UE5 being used recently.

[@Omniscape]

Would recommend blender or other 3d app of preference for modeling and uving. No getting around that. Unreal for material making and animating. Nice to see results in realtime with nanite and lumen plus other post effects. Unreal does have a render mode that doesnt require a beefy gpu to play what you want animate with minimum 24fps with motion blur. Im still on the fence on particles and volumetrics.

[@obrhoff]

UE5?

[@petebyrdie4799]

Beautiful! I love James Horner's score for this movie, too. I don't think there's a better Star Trek score.

[@Omniscape]

After watching TWOK, watch Aliens. You can never unhear the many "recycled" motifs. Particularly the Dropship's landing on the platform at the end.

[@petebyrdie4799]

@@Omniscape I remember. He's notorious for it. I was watching the original Willow the other day in preparation for the new series, and a snippet of TWOK turned up there, too.

[@AlyssMa7rin]

@@Omniscape Troy, as well. He basically completely reused the theme for the original Stargate movie.

[@leokeatonn]

0:56 holy shit this is so fuckin good, the music is still A+++

[@smileygabe22]

Subscribed

[@dbroadwayvfx]

This is awesome, but I recommend you look at your motion blur settings. The motion blur setting feels too high. Standard movie motion blur is a shutter speed of half the frame rate. So if the frame rate is 24fps, the shutter would be 1/48th. This is sometimes in numerical values, so 0.5. Other times it's in shutter angle which would be 180.

[@Omniscape]

Will look into tightening those up. At the moment my motion blur options are limited in the Unreal Engine when stuck using temporal anti aliasing. Using multi sample anti aliasing (typical in traditional rendering) in the engine it breaks the smoke simulations making them end early between camera cuts.

[@JasonAdank]

@@Omniscape make each shot its own sequence instead of using camera cuts within a larger all encompassing sequence. Comp the shots together elsewhere. Davinci Resolve is free....

[@BakerImageGroup]

Fantastic! How are you doing the volumetrics?

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

When you play old Unreal Gold (2k) and you find yourself in the skybox while using no clipping cheat....

[@hempelswelt]

Great work! You should re-do the effects for Star Trek V!

[@Inthatgoodway]

Khaaaaaaaaan!

[@marcozolo3536]

Can you redo DS9 Sacrifice of Angels Cardassian/Dominion VS The Klingons with The Federation battle scene?

[@leelanger1231]

Can we get the whole battle in Unreal?!

[@johnedelmann6711]

Why do we have to know it uses the Unreal engine?

[@joeyhollywood4640]

Please upload a section of this to steam's Wallpaper Engine. I would really enjoy it!

[@scotty28653]

Hey now.... Kirk doesn't run from a fight!?

[@andrewcummings5023]

Good Video A Little Creepy

[@TromboneConductor767]

Holy shit.

[@rezo-azalynacodex8492]

Your textures are wrong. Remember that the Enterprise had hull damage on the port engineering section.

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

What a way to bring No Nut November to an end!!! Time for a cold shower

[@geoffreyrichardson8738]

F@*#ed up the ending

[@brettcooper3893]

Enterprise GTFO!

[@miltonkiller707]

Textures are not up to par. It needs a lot more work.