Stephen Phillips

Here's a #UE5 tutorial for using render targets to make a character movement heatmap. Put people in your space and see where they go! I made it for architectural design purposes but there are lots of fun effects you can do with render targets. dev.epicgames.com/community/lear…

My Unreal Fest Orlando talk is now on YouTube! I covered a TON of Twinmotion features, some basic beginner things and a lot of advanced niche things. Regardless of how you use TM, I hope you come away with a few nuggets of inspiration. youtu.be/bWAZly-yTr0

@fermata_studio Yes, there are a few things from that video that I want to publish the code for. I plan to clean it up a bit and make a tutorial, but I won't have time for a little bit.

My presentation from the Cesium Developer Conference is now available if you couldn't be there in person. It's titled "Real Time Fun with Cesium and Unreal Engine" because there are so many creative ways you can manipulate geospatial data in UE youtu.be/SSGmtLQBCdY

The new "Celestial Vault" plugin in Unreal Engine 5.6 gives you geo-accurate stars, planets, and moon phases. I was able to use it to test out astrophotography positions across the globe with @CesiumJS and Google Earth. It works great with long exposure and time lapse, too!

New Twinmotion update! 🚀 2025.1.1 is here! 3D Grass: lush lawns in seconds 🌿 Cloud-based configurators ☁️ NVIDIA DLSS 4 support 🤯 New navigation modes, 10 new clay materials, improvements to the modeling tools and much more! 🔥 Details in our blog: epic.gm/twinmotion-202…

🌟 We're excited to announce the release of the 'Dark Ruins' sample project, now available for free on @Fab: bit.ly/3P1QWtm

Did you know? In-progress and future Megascans are on a public roadmap page for your consideration and planning. There's even a feedback feature to officially recommend a biome or asset to be scanned. #quixel #megascans #ue5 portal.productboard.com/epicgames/32-m…

Go beneath the surface of fungi-inspired architecture at Burning Man 🏜️ Burning Man 2024 saw a team of Colombian women represent their country with artwork for the first time. Discover why UE and Twinmotion were key in designing the fungi-themed installation: epic.gm/real-time-burn…

VisionOS for Unreal Engine 5.5 doesn't require a source build!!

Stoked to see my Unreal Fest talk already published! Here I give an overview of the 3 major products in the Unreal Engine subscription, @Twinmotion, @UnrealEngine, and @RealityCapture_. You get TM and RC for FREE, so you may as well learn how to use 'em! youtube.com/watch?v=CQY6e_…

A New Dawn. We're entering the next chapter of the franchise and changing the recipe for how we make Halo games. Go behind the scenes with Project Foundry to explore the creative potential of Halo in @UnrealEngine 5. 🎥 aka.ms/HaloANewDawn

Halo is entering a new dawn. All future games will use Unreal Engine, and multiple projects are in development. Find out more in our exclusive interview: news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/10/…

The Unreal Fest Seattle Agenda just dropped 😲 Fascinating conversations, mind-expanding moments, and one Epic party. Grab your ticket for Unreal Fest Seattle today, coming September 30 – October 3: unrealengine.com/events/unreal-…

Hey everyone! I just released UDCore, a free, open-source Unreal Engine plugin! It's still in early stages, but it currently provides over 60 helpful functions/blueprint nodes. Check it out and let me know your thoughts! github.com/UnrealDirectiv…

#UE5 and #UEFN videos are pouring in from Unreal Fest Prague. Don't miss them. @UnrealEngine/videos" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@UnrealEngine/…

@HighlySpammable @UnrealEngine I sense a lot of people looking at Unreal are intimidated by the AAA reputation and there's still plenty of messaging to clear up about stylized games, simple graphics, turning off unused rendering features, etc.

I have a talk coming up that's focusing on things devs would've liked to have known that would've helped in switching to @UnrealEngine. I don't usually do posts like this but if you have any advice I'd love to have a montage of tweets at the end with advice from you folks!

@HighlySpammable @UnrealEngine My newbie mistake was putting too much into the Level Blueprint because it was so easy at first. The basics of actor communication and referencing is important.

Game Developer @jourverse has released a five-part Vehicle AI YouTube tutorial series on building a traffic system in @UnrealEngine 5. Watch it here: 80.lv/articles/maste… #ue5 #unrealengine5 #gamedev #indiedev

@BattleAxeVR @McBradd @mattworkman @Antisimplistic @OlixOliver Mobile VR is indeed a whole different ballgame and the source of a lot of frustration with Unreal. I haven’t dabbled with that in a while.

@3DStephen @McBradd @mattworkman @Antisimplistic @OlixOliver I suspect if Epic finally did decide to make Fortnite run in VR on standalone headsets like Quest 3, you'd run into the same headaches / frustrations many of us already experience daily, namely wrestling with an engine that struggles to pass 45 fps even w/ all bells/whistles off.

Someone told me they "couldn't get an empty #UE5 scene to render higher than 60 FPS" (make sure you profile in Standalone, folks). After running a test I figured some people would benefit from a reminder that you can opt out of Nanite, Lumen, and all the advanced rendering features that have been added to the engine over the years. Start developing like it's 2015 again and reap the benefits of modern hardware. 435 FPS pictured below @ 1920x1080. Less than 1% GPU usage! 😬