When does this move to Unreal Engine 5 ?

[Fancyslimshady]

Any news, post or article that advises the ETA ?

[Shady Knights]

The most recent news/mention of it I could find was here:

https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/18937/gamescom-interview-after-7-years-pubg-prepares-for-a-second-leap-forward

"We're preparing a lot to ensure that PUBG continues to be beloved for many years to come. As we mentioned in our 2024 development roadmap, we've initiated a project to transition PUBG to the latest game development engine, Unreal Engine 5. This move will allow us to introduce new content, enhance service quality, and expand our communication channels, all with the goal of making the game even more enjoyable. We plan to reveal more details as we progress."

No commitment on dates at all. Even in the Roadmap in March, there was no commitment to deliver it, but "planning to" so who knows when it will actually be done.

[Fancyslimshady]

Originally posted by Shady Knights:

The most recent news/mention of it I could find was here:

https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/18937/gamescom-interview-after-7-years-pubg-prepares-for-a-second-leap-forward

"We're preparing a lot to ensure that PUBG continues to be beloved for many years to come. As we mentioned in our 2024 development roadmap, we've initiated a project to transition PUBG to the latest game development engine, Unreal Engine 5. This move will allow us to introduce new content, enhance service quality, and expand our communication channels, all with the goal of making the game even more enjoyable. We plan to reveal more details as we progress."

No commitment on dates at all. Even in the Roadmap in March, there was no commitment to deliver it, but "planning to" so who knows when it will actually be done.

thank you

[Lega]

Originally posted by Fancyslimshady:

Originally posted by Shady Knights:

The most recent news/mention of it I could find was here:

https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/18937/gamescom-interview-after-7-years-pubg-prepares-for-a-second-leap-forward

"We're preparing a lot to ensure that PUBG continues to be beloved for many years to come. As we mentioned in our 2024 development roadmap, we've initiated a project to transition PUBG to the latest game development engine, Unreal Engine 5. This move will allow us to introduce new content, enhance service quality, and expand our communication channels, all with the goal of making the game even more enjoyable. We plan to reveal more details as we progress."

No commitment on dates at all. Even in the Roadmap in March, there was no commitment to deliver it, but "planning to" so who knows when it will actually be done.

thank you

They have to rewrite the game for the new engine because a port doesn't work, related to the words of an Unreal Engine coder I spoke to.

What would be a good date for the release?

March 2027 is the 10th anniversary of PUBG and the best time to finish an overhaul.

"we've initiated a project",it means, they started the project this year and 3 years are realistically.

[femboy cumstain]

Originally posted by Lega:

They have to rewrite the game for the new engine because a port doesn't work, related to the words of an Unreal Engine coder I spoke to.

For most games, transitioning development or a finished project from UE3/4 to UE5 is actually incredibly easy. It's designed to be as seamless as possible by Epic.

However, PUBG Corp has obviously made heavy modifications to the whole engine; these feature additions have to be completely rewritten for UE5. All materials have to be completely remade, too, which means there's a very good chance none of the existing clothing, vehicle, and weapon skins will be present in the engine update - Valve doing it with CS2 is different as Valve built both engines and designed support for CS materials in CS2.

All this is likely a 5+ year project. Essentially, the entire game has to be remade from scratch inside UE5.

They likely started working on the UE5 version several years ago, I would suspect when it was first made available to developers. They're only talking about it now because they're "getting close," but thinking 3 years for a complete game port of this size is super silly. Also "we've initiated a project" doesn't insinuate how recently they've initiated it.

PUBG Corp has a history of not sharing anything until it's close to release. Even early builds of maps they had players test, like Sanhok during development, was always done near the end of the map development cycle.

[Lega]

Originally posted by کkﻻ:

For most games, transitioning development or a finished project from UE3/4 to UE5 is actually incredibly easy. It's designed to be as seamless as possible by Epic.

However, PUBG Corp has obviously made heavy modifications to the whole engine; these feature additions have to be completely rewritten for UE5. All materials have to be completely remade, too, which means there's a very good chance none of the existing clothing, vehicle, and weapon skins will be present in the engine update - Valve doing it with CS2 is different as Valve built both engines and designed support for CS materials in CS2.

All this is likely a 5+ year project. Essentially, the entire game has to be remade from scratch inside UE5.

I don't think it takes 5 years but only PUBG knows the answer.

We will see.

[Fancyslimshady]

Originally posted by Lega:

Originally posted by Fancyslimshady:

thank you

They have to rewrite the game for the new engine because a port doesn't work, related to the words of an Unreal Engine coder I spoke to.

What would be a good date for the release?

March 2027 is the 10th anniversary of PUBG and the best time to finish an overhaul.

"we've initiated a project",it means, they started the project this year and 3 years are realistically.

Isnt UE5 built with tools to make transitioning from UE4 to UE5 easier ??

[Lega]

Originally posted by Fancyslimshady:

Originally posted by Lega:

They have to rewrite the game for the new engine because a port doesn't work, related to the words of an Unreal Engine coder I spoke to.

What would be a good date for the release?

March 2027 is the 10th anniversary of PUBG and the best time to finish an overhaul.

"we've initiated a project",it means, they started the project this year and 3 years are realistically.

Isnt UE5 built with tools to make transitioning from UE4 to UE5 easier ??

Maybe but there are many things they can't port.

Maybe not everything but certain plugins PUBG use cause problems.

Either because they are incompatible with UE5 or like @کkﻻ said, the change too much about it.

I asked an Unreal Engine senior coder and he told me they had to rewrite it.

[femboy cumstain]

Originally posted by Fancyslimshady:

Isnt UE5 built with tools to make transitioning from UE4 to UE5 easier ??

Yes, but that simple transition is only for developers who are using unmodified builds of unreal engine. Meaning companies like PUBG Corp who have heavily-modified builds of the engine can't simply "port" everything over.

[Fancyslimshady]

Originally posted by کkﻻ:

Originally posted by Fancyslimshady:

Isnt UE5 built with tools to make transitioning from UE4 to UE5 easier ??

Yes, but that simple transition is only for developers who are using unmodified builds of unreal engine. Meaning companies like PUBG Corp who have heavily-modified builds of the engine can't simply "port" everything over.

ah gotcha

[miikoeh]

maybe they need to hide their cheat engine even better.

[Fancyslimshady]

Originally posted by miikoeh:

maybe they need to hide their cheat engine even better.