Unreal Engine 5.5 full release is out and there are even more new cool stuff!

[@Demienj]

תודה!

[@LeafBranchGames]

Thank you very much for the generous support!

[@esotericgamedev]

Good video thanks mate

[@LeafBranchGames]

Thank you!

[@gamesbyaaron]

Great stuff per usual. I won't be using what's in the update as a PSX focused dev, but it is pretty cool, and I appreciate the update!

[@LeafBranchGames]

There was a huge push for mobile related development as well mentioned in the highlighs. While a PSX isn't really a mobile device, maybe there is some overlap there that could be of interest. Make sure to check out hte highlights video from Epic and see if there might be something of interest!

[@dwain.d]

The longer I have procrastinated on my project the more features that are being added that I find are directly useful. I have a programming qualification and consider myself proficient at that side of things but my road block has been trying to learn the more artistic side of things. I've needed a solution to facial animations for a long time and this might be it. My project has no close ups (it's a fixed camera adventure game inspired by the LucasArts and Sierra classics) so it doesn't need to be perfect, and as long as I correctly setup the morph targets/bones and I can simply plug in an audio file then that is going to save me a lot of sleepless nights.

[@LeafBranchGames]

This sounds like a perfect match to add some flavor and immersion for your project. I can totally understand the procrastination and seeing more and great features that make it either easier to create certain parts or just straight up add new feature sets. :)

[@Simple_Fox]

Many games have been criticized for "bad animations" for the average viewer. Facial animations that are just the mouth moving. It's uncanny and people don't talk like that. Eyes, eyebrows, ears, neck, and nose movement are also a part of speaking. Mouth-only movement is gonna catch all these new game-devs off guard.

[@LeafBranchGames]

While it is true that there are some games have been criticized for bad animations, those tend to be from studios considered of high quality, like triple-A studios. What you need to consider here is that this allows indies to go from no facial animations to some, which is a really big deal in difference. Even if the facial expressions don't fully convey the feeling behind it. In addition to that you could make some basic poses of for example angry or sad facial expressions and pair with mouth animations to get even further.

[@Spagooter9375]

sick

[@LeafBranchGames]

Indeed!

[@50shadesofskittles9]

Dude that was short. Just getting into the flow of the video and there’s the outro. lol

[@LeafBranchGames]

Hehe, true! Hopefully I will document some of the cool new stuff individually as I test them out and gather findings. Just wanted to make sure everyone learned about 5.5 dropping as well as some of the new and very cool things!

[@50shadesofskittles9]

@@LeafBranchGames yep. Does look exiting.

[@mikelkram]

first)🎉

[@LeafBranchGames]

Indeed!

[@Короткоіясно-ь8р]

This “release” is an instant crap - it fails to compile on Linux. And what is even more confusing that 5.6 version builds and works on Linux pretty nice.

[@LeafBranchGames]

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Make sure to report issues to Epic to have them remedied.