Workflow changes from UE4 to UE5 question...
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Ive been working in UE4 for a project the last few years but have now been jumping over to UE5 for some personal projects. What are the must-adapt-to workflows that have changed from UE4 to UE5 for environment artists? I know nanite/lumen, but Im talking about more workflow changes...are there any? I see some artists blocking out fully in UE5...is this something thats becoming common these days? I know about PCG as well, which seems super powerful. Anything else?
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The biggest changes are things like world partition and level instancing which mean you can think differently about how you structure resources and manage the way you build worlds, everything else is an opt in tool that you can either adopt or not depending on your needs / whether it actually functions or not (not a given)
I like the modelling tools - they're very helpful for blocking out or making simple changes to assets
The PCG tools are a big step up from procedural foliage volumes etc. there's absolutely fuck all documentation and to my mind some vital features missing but as long as you're not wanting to do anything too clever they're capable enough. I have noticed some issues with refresh/rebuilds when you're using lots of volumes covering large areas so much like most of the other new ue5 features it works great until you try to make a game with it.