Fortnite fans rejoice! Epic Games, its publisher, offers software called Unreal Editor that allows players to create their own levels. Enough to spark interest in this very popular game.
With around 350 million users worldwide, Fortnite is undoubtedly one of the most popular games. And although its principle has evolved without radically changing – it’s still an online game of the Battle Royale type in which 100 players can compete on a “map”, a kind of gigantic virtual arena – it has has undergone some important changes in its latest versions. Thus, a few months ago, Chapter 4 marked Fortnite’s transition to Unreal Engine 5, a next-generation graphics engine that offers better visual representation with more detail and ray tracing – a ray tracing technique – for players to make his world more realistic than ever make.
And so that fans can go even further in their universe, Epic Games, the publisher of Fornite, has just developed its Creative Mode, a tool that will allow the most daring to personalize the game by creating their own levels. This software, called Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), available on Epic’s website since March 22, allows games and experiences to be designed, developed and published directly in Fortnite, according to the publisher.
Unreal Editor: Fortnite personalized by and for players
This editor adds new features to Fortnite’s creative mode. With it, players can create custom content such as building materials – very useful in the game to protect yourself from enemies or to monitor an area from above – but also “textures, animations and audio content” as well as new sets and visual effects. and even collaborate live with other players. We also note the arrival of a new programming language called Verse. In its beta version, it is a “prototype API and framework, but Verse’s capabilities will grow as the language evolves.” Verse will become a fully supported programming language that will be loaded into the Unreal Engine,” to use the words of Epic Games.
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With the current Fortnite creative mode, the player can build and modify islands by controlling a character on the game map.With this version 2.0, he will have access to the new tools of the UEFN without having to impersonate one. Each player’s creations are shared with the rest of the global community of 270 million players as soon as they are published on the online gaming platform. Developers accustomed to using the Unreal Engine – which inspired the Unreal Editor – won’t feel out of place, as they’ll find the software’s familiar interface. But be careful, the editor will be limited: of course it will not be possible to use the new creative mode as if we were using the entire Unreal Engine and therefore do anything. The tools will then be further developed to “add more functions […]giving developers control over even more aspects of their Fortnite experiences and expanding the capabilities of the Verse API and framework. The Unreal Editor for Fortnite is now available for download. And, another piece of good news, the publisher is implementing the new Creator Economy 2.0 program, which should use 40% of the net revenue generated by the Fortnite store to reward creators, making it even more creative!
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