Rocket League moving to Unreal Engine 5.

[bjdn!]

Hi,
i've been wondering for the past few days on if it would be a good thing to transfer Rocket League over to Unreal Engine 5.
Don't get me wrong i don't have a problem with Unreal Engine, it's just there are some pros and cons on having Rocket League in Unreal Engine 5.
The transition could either make or brake the game, personally i don't want to see a game that i've played for over 5 years now go down to the mud, of course i will always keep playing but if this transition goes south, it would mean overall content both in the game and for content creators would be close to none.
But if all goes good and the game racks up in players, it would be nothing but a bright future ahead for the game and Psyonix.
All in all i will always support Psyonix and keep playing Rocket League :)

It would be great if you could let me know your thoughts on this decision!

[Thunkey]

I trust in psyonix to do it right, but you are accurate this could make or break rocket league

[Volodesi]

For context -

https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/p7oyyf/rocket_league_moving_to_unreal_engine_5_confirmed/h9lqm9m/?context=1000

"Upgrading the technology that powers Rocket League, including a move to UE5, is something we are actively working on. This is a long-term project for us, and we'll share more details when we're ready to show our players what's coming next." - Psyonix Devin

[John Hadley]

Epic already removed support for 32-bit versions of Windows, for video cards with DirectX versions less than 11.0, and for Linux. I would guess all of that was so that it could support versions of Unreal Engine past UE3 which it originally shipped with. It should be very simple for them to move to the latest UE now since they aren't supporting anything legacy.

[RaccoonBiceps.♡]

ue5 means no bakkesmod, for a while if ever again
I cant play without alpha boost & fully blacked car plz

[Corona Scurrae]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย theMonkeeMan:

I trust in psyonix to do it right, but you are accurate this could make or break rocket league

more than it is right now? psyonix definitely can haha

[Simo62bit]

probably several things could change, as the graphics engine is an essential part of games that can incredibly transform functionality.
this video seems pretty accurate, I recommend it to give you an idea:
https://youtu.be/h_UbuSrVrgI

[quickER 🛠]

Wanted to recommend checking Rocket Science's video too.

I hope it will be good change as well for easier access for example tools for creating maps.
Who knows, maybe Bakkes features for training could be implemented in base game too.
On other side minimum system requirements can be changed little bit I guess.
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Also according this comment on Subreddit about Voice Chat - UE5 will be earliest maybe after Season 6 :
">Does voice chat require Unreal engine 5? Or can you add that using 3?

We're adding voice chat back while the game is running on UE3. Right now this is scheduled for Season 6 (subject to change, but that's the current target)."
https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/podrnn/patch_notes_v204/hcvv6go

[Nico]

So why is everyone so sure that it will be just an update
It could be just a separate version? But then it won't be available on steam

[Crimsn't]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย RaccoonBiceps:

ue5 means no bakkesmod, for a while if ever again
I cant play without alpha boost & fully blacked car plz

XD

[GamingWithSilvertail]

the game is on UE 3 what makes you think its on 4?

[Volodesi]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย GamingWithSilvertail:

the game is on UE 3 what makes you think its on 4?

Who even said it was on 4?

[garfield]

It's like csgo moving to source 2, but it's actually happening with rocket league

[bjdn!]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Garfield:

It's like csgo moving to source 2, but it's actually happening with rocket league

Frfr

[DrDammKid]

Still waiting

[SapphireSouls]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย DrDammKid:

Still waiting

At this point the only thing happening with this game in the next couple years is it either gets shut down because 90% of the playerbase are alt acc smurfs not buying MTX, or they absorb the game into Fortnite.