Epic Games announced the release of the first preview build of the upcoming Unreal Engine 4.11 update. The company highlighted the details of the release in a post on the UE community forum.
Epic Games said the Unreal Engine 4.11 preview 1 is available now but cautioned that the preview should not be considered a stable build. The company has not had the chance to fully test the updates, and it remains under “heavy active development.” The company urged developers not to convert their active projects to the preview build, suggesting making a copy for testing purposes instead.
Epic Games said the UE 4.11 preview period will be longer than past build previews, as the team is hoping to find as many bugs as possible before the final release and believes that the longer preview period will grant developers more time to discover and report issues. The company said that this preview build is less stable than preview 1 of 4.10 was and that it debated withholding the release but ultimately decided that it would rather let the early adopters explore the new build through the holidays.
Epic Games said that UE4.11 comes with a number of new rendering features such as the New Physically Based Shading Model for eyes, cloth and realistic hair. EU4.11 Preview 1 also introduces new platform updates such as support for Metal on Mac and Visual Studio 2015 on XboxOne. For the complete list of updates that you can expect in the current preview build, see the Unreal Engine forum post with all the details.
The Unreal Engine 4.11 Preview 1 is available through the Epic Games Launcher and GitHub. The company asks that if you find a bug, report it to the Bug Report section of the Unreal Engine AnswerHub.
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