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  • L Offline
    L i am
    last edited by 6 Dec 2019, 10:31

    Just came across unreal engine on youtube and my mind was blown ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ˜ฎ It is free and looks jawdroppingly amazing. Does anyone know the story about the app? It sounds to good to be true. What is there bussiness model? Anyone had any experience with it?

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      Bep
      last edited by 6 Dec 2019, 12:06

      See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Engine

      "History is written by the winners"

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      • L Offline
        L i am
        last edited by 6 Dec 2019, 13:01

        Thanks guys, I actually meant twin motion ๐Ÿ˜ณ

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          pilou
          last edited by 6 Dec 2019, 13:04

          It's not an easy prog, a long learning curve! ๐Ÿ˜„

          But if you want something more pleasant with its engine render (no need to have UE4)
          try the free TWinMotion! ๐Ÿ˜„ + the Quixel Megascan Bridge Mixer galaxy progs (free too)

          Have fun! ๐Ÿ˜Ž
          Ps Direct intregation with SU!

          Frenchy Pilou
          Is beautiful that please without concept!
          My Little site :)

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            pilou
            last edited by 6 Dec 2019, 13:05

            ๐Ÿ˜„
            Twinmotion was a French product before the Epic Games story! ๐Ÿ˜‰

            Frenchy Pilou
            Is beautiful that please without concept!
            My Little site :)

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              kaas
              last edited by 6 Dec 2019, 15:58

              UnrealEngine(UE) is amazing, the possibilities are endless and they keep growing every day.
              It has a (big) learning curve though.

              Some additional info;

              • The engine is in development all the time. The documentation is not up to date. Be prepared to Google and search on the forum a lot.
              • There are many tutorial videos on YouTube but the info might be wrong due to the first point.
              • SketchUp is not the best companion to UE. No good mapping tools, no multiple UV channels, no bones, no animations etc. A growing number of objects I pass through Blender nowadays.
              • TwinMotion was bought by Epic this year. It uses the UnrealEngine tech for the visuals. Epic at one point stated in the (near) future you would be able to import TwinMotion project files into UE. That would be really great - just make a quick setup in TwinMotion (using all the libraries) and unlock all functionality / more complex stuff in UE.
              • You can use UE for free IF you're using it for visualizing / simulating your own designs.
              • Its really fun!Switching to UE / VR helps a lot in the design process.
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                Mike Amos
                last edited by 7 Dec 2019, 11:47

                The problem with unreal engine is the updating process, it's flawed. I tried updating to 4.23 and have nothing working now. A pain in the grass. No response to contacts yet either.

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                  kaas
                  last edited by 7 Dec 2019, 13:57

                  @mike amos said:

                  The problem with unreal engine is the updating process, it's flawed. I tried updating to 4.23 and have nothing working now. A pain in the grass.

                  True - when upgrading to a new version - all kinds of functionality can/will break due to changes/improvements to the engine. For this reason, gameDevs tend to stick to one version - even if its already several years old.

                  Maybe I can help - whats the problem you're having? Been using UE since 2015 so I might have run into the same problem and know a solution.

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                    L i am
                    last edited by 8 Dec 2019, 01:23

                    Thanks for the responses guys! As I pionted out I meant twin motion not unreal engine. Have been playing with it for a day and having fun. Mike could you not uninstall your version and reinstall the for now at least, free version?

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                      Mike Amos
                      last edited by 8 Dec 2019, 12:22

                      Well I have finally got unreal engine to v4,23 but as yet the exporters will not install into sketchup at all. I have Twinmotion which is not a problem but the datasmith exporters will not. I have been trying the correct v4.23 exporters and they install to the pc just not sketchup.

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                        pilou
                        last edited by 8 Dec 2019, 13:18

                        From FAQ
                        @unknownuser said:

                        Do I need to have Unreal Engine to use Twinmotion?
                        No, you donโ€™t need to have Unreal Engine or Unreal Studio to use Twinmotion.

                        Frenchy Pilou
                        Is beautiful that please without concept!
                        My Little site :)

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                          kaas
                          last edited by 8 Dec 2019, 13:34

                          @mike amos said:

                          Well I have finally got unreal engine to v4,23 but as yet the exporters will not install into sketchup at all. I have Twinmotion which is not a problem but the datasmith exporters will not. I have been trying the correct v4.23 exporters and they install to the pc just not sketchup.

                          Strange problem - just to be sure; did you upgrade to the latest 4.23.1? Also, did you try the latest UnrealDatasmithSketchUpExporter? (4_23_E1)?

                          Seems there was a problem with SketchUp & Datasmith in 4.23 at one point. No idea if its related. https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/unreal-studio/1660788-sketchup-datasmith-re-import-after-upgrade-to-4-23

                          You can also try posting this issue on their forum https://forums.unrealengine.com/unreal-engine/unreal-studio

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                            L i am
                            last edited by 8 Dec 2019, 13:53

                            @mike amos said:

                            Well I have finally got unreal engine to v4,23 but as yet the exporters will not install into sketchup at all. I have Twinmotion which is not a problem but the datasmith exporters will not. I have been trying the correct v4.23 exporters and they install to the pc just not sketchup.

                            Hey Mike did you try importing the SKP file into Twinmotion rather than the other way around than like exportingfrom sketchup? My bet is that will work.

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