This Isn't A Real Hangar, This Is What Unreal Engine 4 Is Capable Of

DSOGaming writes: "Artist Javier Lajara is currently working on an unbelievable ‘Hangar’ map in Unreal Engine 4. Javier decided to ditch Unity (via which this map was originally created) over Epic’s engine, and has been experimenting with the lighting system available in it. And while this is still a WIP project, we can’t help but be amazed at the image fidelity achieved with it. This is by far the most realistic scene we’ve ever seen, and shows what Unreal Engine 4 is capable of."

[xer0]

lol - it doesn't even look photo realistic.

Anyhoo.. Kinda tired of unreal engine.
Looking forward to Fox engine, and Silent Hills (PT).

[FriedGoat]

Yes,

PT was quite photorealistic in some areas.

[Psygnosis333]

In some areas ? :D

[Alex_Boro]

PT wasn't the best looking or realistic looking game but the design of the atmosphere and the creepiness to everything made it look really good.

[XBLSkull]

I hadn't tried it but isn't PT just using the full power of the PS4 to render a simple hallway? Or was there more to it than that?

I might have to dig the PS4 out of the closet and give it a try, is it still available or was it for like gamescom week only?

[Darkwatchman]

PT was far from photorealistic...

[psman012]

Photorealistic, no. But it looks excellent for a game engine. it's definitely not CG quality (the walls for example look awful and flat), but if this was turned into a game, it wouldn't look too bad.

[Timesplitter14]

that's really one of the less impressive demos of UE4 so far. Way too much bloom, and textures are pretty low-quality (especially on the airplane).

But I dont like these demos in general. They always show perfectly clean and simple surfaces, with no humans, or plants, or motion, or anything that is actually difficult to pull off. I want a tech demo that shows what real games can look like.

[MRMagoo123]

It's probably because it would take about 30 years to do a demo with ppl in.

[sinspirit]

I think it's because their is no warm light even though the door is open. And the lights on the wall are ridiculously too bright for a room with so much light inside.

Some people think it's always about turning settings up and crunching more numbers. It's the attention to detail and accuracy.

[ChickeyCantor]

"Anyhoo.. Kinda tired of unreal engine. "

I don't think you understand how this works, lol. It all comes down to the artists. The engine is simply a tool ( yes technical features and all, but to discredit UE4? whut It hasn't been utilized yet).

[zep]

indeed you speak the truth so awesomee they all look like plastic must be all the same artist on all ue games last gen

[ChickeyCantor]

@zep

A lot of UDK users make use of assets they got with the engine. That's why a lot of materials look alike. However you can create your own shaders and materials. It's most likely they bought asset packs to boost their production.

Pretending this is all UDK can do is hilariously ignorant. Fox engine is fairly similar to UDK and any other engine because they all use modern techniques. Non of them use space magic. NON. They are all bound to the computational power of today.

It comes down to art design and how clever you use the shaders.

Your comment is garbage mate, just like 90% of the people here who want to be technical about something.

[xer0]

Thanks but I don't need a lecture.
I'm a 30 something developer with 10 years behind me.

I know exactly how it works - thanks.

This is hardly a shining example of unreal engine in use. The author hypes up the story beyond belief.

[zep]

i dont give a fck i dont buy games made using eu or anything related because i dont like that fact that most of its game are all shity looking plastic go defend ur engine i bet you work for epic lol garabage im no pro i just play games video games you can have all ur tech stuff lol sleep well now

[Downtown boogey]

How can you be tired of Unreal Engine?
Have you been working on it for too long..?

[SuperBlur]

Yup , at first i thought it was a plane from GTA V

[ChickeyCantor]

"This is hardly a shining example of unreal engine in use."

Yet you said "anyhoo kinda tired of unreal engine". UDK4 hasn't even been utilized properly. You probably barely touched it and you're saying you're tired of software that is just out .

I'm not buying your "10 years of development" nonsense. You're buying into Fox engine but already seem to be done with UDK4. LOL.

Both engines will look fairly similar (Both engines use modern techniques anyway ). And let's drop the pretentiousness you have no clue what is possible with both engines. Yet you seem to prefer one over the other.

"The author hypes up the story beyond belief."

I wasn't disputing that.

[Paprika]

Unreal engine doesn't make holidays. But if they did....

[tkato]

Seriously?, did you even consider that in a real hanger besides a plane there are also a lot of equipment and people running around?.

Doesn't look photo realistic, looks like a somebody that doesn't how to set up a scene tried to make something in UE4, and even that came out wrong.

[Neixus]

Fox Engine has always been the best to look photo realistic, UE4 is more of a game'ish style in my opinion.

[ChickeyCantor]

lol the things you people say.

[ExiledBlitz]

I have to agree with Nexius as far as photo-realism is concerned. The Fox Engine demos were subtle and attentive to small detail. When they put the demo photos and real photos side by side it was a bit difficult to tell which was which for a moment.

These Unreal demos, while pretty, have unrealistic light sources, too much bloom and the surfaces are too clean and shiny. It's still carrying the stylistic tropes we adopted last gen when those techniques were relatively new and impressive.

However, I feel like the jury is still out on which will look better a console with fixed mid-rage (albeit highly specialized) hardware. Ground Zeroes has its moments visually (especially in regards to lighting), but I don't feel like it's taking full advantage of next gen hardware as it is a cross-generation game and the code has to run on low-end hardware as well.

Also it's important to realize that not every game is meant to look realistic and Unreal might be far superior at creating colorful and highly stylized visuals.

[Syntax-Error]

Fox Engine does look amazing. Have you looked at the textures and close ups in MGS? They are almost flawless and show no pixels or jaggies. The plane doesn't even cast a shadow. The lighting was terrible.

[aerisbueller]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[DanielGearSolid]

It looks to pristine to be realistic

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

And this is why it's called the unreal engine, because it's unrealllllllllllllll!

[rextraordinaire]

Doesn't look real at all. O-o

[IIFloodyII]

You could say it looks unreal.

I'll get my coat.

[rextraordinaire]

What you did there. I see it!

[MRMagoo123]

I see someone did it 4 comments up tho first called whirlwind.

[raptorjacob]

No, no whirlwind did it an hour after

[Gamerbeyond]

theres a massive gap between what UE is capable of and what developers actually make.

[Gore-Content]

An EMPTY hangar. Wooow, we have a bright gaming future ahead of us.

[j0ncap125]

Holy shit this author must have the worst eyesight on the planet.

[john2]

Guess Mark Rein also has a bad eyesight (since this is perhaps one of the few fan maps he's been interested in) ;)

https://twitter.com/MarkRei...

[Timesplitter14]

The title is pretty spot-on.

Unreal Engine 4 is not capable of real hangars

[CaptainPunch]

More trash from DSOG

[Paprika]

These are largely pointless IMO. They should be releasing trailers on how vastly improved we can see skin rendered,, weather effects, character models, dynamic stuff.... I'm no tech head but I know impressive stuff when I see it...

[metalgod88]

Impressive visuals, but I want to see some actual gameplay. Just some shooting, maybe an explosion. I want to see what it can really do.

[kamakaz3md]

lol like most have said... it doesnt even look real. Only types of animation that can throw you off are cars!

[Muzikguy]

Looks like something from N64!! /s

I've never liked things like this because they never represent the final product. Show me a game in action with all the "bells and whistles", lots of things going on, and great graphics to boot. I don't believe anything that just shows a static picture or motion involving just a face, or a fire...

[orakle44]

Not very impressive at all..........why is this an article at all?

[wannabe gamer]

it would help if they gave us the full resolution images and not just a small slideshow

[ChickeyCantor]

I like how everyone is bashing a WIP. Stay classy N4G.

[mayberry]

I work in a super-large aircraft hanger, and these pics are not realistic. Wth!

[SilentNegotiator]

Big deal. Less articles of tech demos from final year computer art students, more articles about good looking UE4 titles that are actually games.

[clouds5]

Dude.. I wanna see games with gameplay.

[llMurcielagoll]

*sigh* I need a new Flight Simulator in my life. I am tired of the buggy unsupported FSX -_-

[SinisterKieran]

no shit, i can tell its not real.

[tekksin]

yeah but I'm not dealing with fucking kismet. I'll stick with unity.

[blakstarz]

doesn't look that bad at all....

[bandit905]

its great that the unreal 4 engine can do that...but im pretty sure this gen of consoles cant handle all that in a retail game....that like high powered pc territory

[FastRedPonyCar]

Decent looking but not photo realistic. I don't blame the engine for that though. I think the artist could make it more photoreal. The preview the UT14 team showed was more photorealistic than this.

http://assets.vg247.com/cur...

[BongSmack]

Wow! I REALLY hope UE4 is capable of better than that. Realistically UE4 will never achieve photo realism, 5 might.