For those whom don't know what the Unreal Engine is, it's a game engine. Much like the current game engine that drives The Sims today. Some Simmers including my self have seen the Unreal Engine in action. If you have played Doom, Conan Exiles and other games. These games are driven by the Unreal Engine. On to why what this is all about, I have just got done reading part of a article that Simsvip has up on their website. The article is about Sims 5 and the Blue Plumbob. In part of that article they had talked about The Sims might be having the Unreal Engine for it's game engine in the future. Now it's safe to say that Sims 4 is not likely to have the Unreal Engine as it's game engine. But they did say in the article that the next Sims game just might be driven by the Unreal Engine. Which might not be a bad thing for The Sims in the future because you get excellent detailing and sharper lines in the game and other wonderful game play animation. Conan Exiles is driven by Unreal 4 which is the fourth iteration in the Unreal Engine line. With Unreal 4, the hair on the characters heads move much like hair does in RL when there's a breeze blowing. The Unreal Engine can take The Sims in a direction that it's never gone before.

"sunman502;d-987670" wrote:Fbecause you get excellent detailing and sharper lines in the game and other wonderful game play animation. Conan Exiles is driven by Unreal 4 which is the fourth iteration in the Unreal Engine line. With Unreal 4, the hair on the characters heads move much like hair does in RL when there's a breeze blowing. The Unreal Engine can take The Sims in a direction that it's never gone before.You cannot predict how the game is going to look like based on what engine it uses.For example, this is a game made in Unreal Engine 4:https://i.imgur.com/4yXdnq1.jpgThis is also a game made in Unreal Engine 4:https://i.imgur.com/1yapCr0.jpgAlso this game:https://i.imgur.com/lZzPfxC.jpgAnd this game:https://i.imgur.com/Ms5JXTp.jpgAnd this:https://i.imgur.com/M3j5Jpb.jpgAll of these games are made in Unreal Engine 4. Do they all have realistic hair physics, excellent details, and wonderful animation? Nope.

Also note that it’s possible that The Sims 5 will only be prototyped in UE and meanwhile a custom engine is being build for the game itself.

Unreal Engine reminds me of the PC games that my father & I played back in 1986.

It's very unlikely The Sims 5 will be running on Unreal Engine. It's free to use, until you make more than 1 million USD. From that point on, companies will have to pay 5% royalties over their earnings. Considering The Sims 4 just crossed 1 billion in lifetime revenue, had they used Unreal Engine, they would have had to pay 50 million USD to Epic Games. EA would never.And also, a game like The Sims doesn't need half of the features present in Unreal Engine. By building their own engine the game will be less bloated. Which is a nice thing. You don't need gigabytes of first person shooter data in the base game.

If it wasn't for the networking job they currently have up there I would agree that they are likely just prototyping in Unreal Engine. To me though it's looking more likely that they will end up using Unreal Engine. They will no doubt consider the opportunities vs costs with using different engines. e.g. how many developers would it take, and how long to make a new engine. Would the engine work well longer term, etc etc.

Unreal Engine and The Sims | EA Forums

elelunicy
New Spectator
4 years ago
"sunman502;d-987670" wrote:
Fbecause you get excellent detailing and sharper lines in the game and other wonderful game play animation. Conan Exiles is driven by Unreal 4 which is the fourth iteration in the Unreal Engine line. With Unreal 4, the hair on the characters heads move much like hair does in RL when there's a breeze blowing. The Unreal Engine can take The Sims in a direction that it's never gone before.

You cannot predict how the game is going to look like based on what engine it uses.

For example, this is a game made in Unreal Engine 4:

https://i.imgur.com/4yXdnq1.jpg

This is also a game made in Unreal Engine 4:

https://i.imgur.com/1yapCr0.jpg

Also this game:

https://i.imgur.com/lZzPfxC.jpg

And this game:

https://i.imgur.com/Ms5JXTp.jpg

And this:

https://i.imgur.com/M3j5Jpb.jpg

All of these games are made in Unreal Engine 4. Do they all have realistic hair physics, excellent details, and wonderful animation? Nope.
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
Also note that it’s possible that The Sims 5 will only be prototyped in UE and meanwhile a custom engine is being build for the game itself.
SEREFRAS
Seasoned Veteran
4 years ago
Unreal Engine reminds me of the PC games that my father & I played back in 1986.
Feestbloempje
4 years ago
It's very unlikely The Sims 5 will be running on Unreal Engine. It's free to use, until you make more than 1 million USD. From that point on, companies will have to pay 5% royalties over their earnings. Considering The Sims 4 just crossed 1 billion in lifetime revenue, had they used Unreal Engine, they would have had to pay 50 million USD to Epic Games. EA would never.

And also, a game like The Sims doesn't need half of the features present in Unreal Engine. By building their own engine the game will be less bloated. Which is a nice thing. You don't need gigabytes of first person shooter data in the base game.
agent_clone
4 years ago
If it wasn't for the networking job they currently have up there I would agree that they are likely just prototyping in Unreal Engine. To me though it's looking more likely that they will end up using Unreal Engine. They will no doubt consider the opportunities vs costs with using different engines. e.g. how many developers would it take, and how long to make a new engine. Would the engine work well longer term, etc etc.
elelunicy
New Spectator
4 years ago
"GreenTurtle;c-17823581" wrote:
Considering The Sims 4 just crossed 1 billion in lifetime revenue

Not just, but 2 years ago. The last two years were actually TS4's best years to date since launch, making roughly $350 million in FY20 and $450 million in FY21. TS4's lifetime revenue currently stands at close to $1.8 billion and should cross $2 billion by the end of this year.
SMAN292
4 years ago
"elelunicy;c-17823503" wrote:
"sunman502;d-987670" wrote:
Fbecause you get excellent detailing and sharper lines in the game and other wonderful game play animation. Conan Exiles is driven by Unreal 4 which is the fourth iteration in the Unreal Engine line. With Unreal 4, the hair on the characters heads move much like hair does in RL when there's a breeze blowing. The Unreal Engine can take The Sims in a direction that it's never gone before.

You cannot predict how the game is going to look like based on what engine it uses.

For example, this is a game made in Unreal Engine 4:

https://i.imgur.com/4yXdnq1.jpg

This is also a game made in Unreal Engine 4:

https://i.imgur.com/1yapCr0.jpg

Also this game:

https://i.imgur.com/lZzPfxC.jpg

And this game:

https://i.imgur.com/Ms5JXTp.jpg

And this:

https://i.imgur.com/M3j5Jpb.jpg

All of these games are made in Unreal Engine 4. Do they all have realistic hair physics, excellent details, and wonderful animation? Nope.

I did not say that all the game that run on Unreal 4 are like that. I only said that Conan Exiles has this realistic hair physics. And all this is just speculation, except for the part about Conan Exiles hair physic. That part is not speculation, it's fact. And any one who has played Conan Exiles before like me knows this.
Simburian
New Traveler
4 years ago
EA were experimenting with hair like that years ago I remember. I was following SimGuruGrant at that time, as a bit of a fan, and somehow that came up in my searches of the places he was visiting then he mentioned on Twitter, even on his holidays and the EA studios in those places like Stockholm etc. Sad person I was then! :#
Cinebar
4 years ago
It is possible but I don't know, however there are several versions of the Unreal Engine. Mass Effect (serials) are built on the Unreal Enginexxx whatever that number may be now.

For more homework take a look at all the games that are built with the later versions of the Unreal Engine. They don't all look like the pictures posted in this thread, many people wouldn't know it.

Some names you may know, Fortnite, StarWars Jedi etc. (Fortnite to my knowledge, from gamers who play it, state it is an intensive graphic user of CPU and GPU so, can't be played on a toaster, who knows, but I do know that game is used as a test game that is used in benchmarks very often when comparing video cards etc.).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unreal_Engine_games
catloverplayer
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
"DevSims91;c-17831285" wrote:
As long as we get an amazing base game and good expansion packs that expand the game and any other kind of pack they want to throw out gives things you will enjoy and it’s not buggy and fun to play because the sims will be deeper and the worlds will be a cross between two and three I really don’t care what engine they use I just want to be able to also have enough space for my sims 2 game.

And as long as we get a single player mode.