Entropia News: MindArk signs deal for Unreal Engine 5

A: All old features will remain in the game, so you will continue to get stuck on trees, walls, rocks and so on. Mindark is working hard to make sure they still happen this way, even the Unreal 5 Engine removed them.
During this time mobs will continue to fly to get unstuck, while flying mobs will fly underground to keep the cheating spirit of entropia universe alive....

 

So long and thanks for all the fish. I'm not "up"(read "down") grading to Windows "looks worse, runs worse, is harder to use, restricts you more, breaks in uninformative ways" 10, just for Entropia.

Still, this is Mindark. Chances are, by the time they've done it, something newer and flashier will have come along and UE5 will be on version 7 or forgotten entirely and Windows 12 will have been released. If CE2 was anything to go by it won't be feature complete for at least a year or more after release either.

I think it speaks volumes that the first news they put out about this is a press release. We all know how much they love their press releases. Get the hype up for virtually zero effort. Anyone else would keep their mouths shut till they actually have something worth showing.

In short, holding my breath I won't be.

Wistrel

 

Joking aside (and this isn't even a joke - it's a statement of likely accuracy), a new engine won't solve any of these problems. Just because an engine has certain capabilities it still requires a capable artist/programmer to wield them something MA has proven beyond a shadow of doubt over the years that they simply don't have. They never utilised Gamebryo to it's fullest degree as evidenced by others who did. Same with Cryengine2. While I grant they pulled off an impressive mod to convert it from a "level based" engine to something capable of spanning a much larger distance and even shoe horned it to have a notion of space, so much remains unutilised. Case in point did you ever see rain, physics or a whirlwind in Entropia? Cause I didn't...

https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...nreal-engine-5-prnewswire.282453/post-3766797

https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...nreal-engine-5-prnewswire.282453/post-3766801

 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mind...al-engine-5-activity-6815977291307356160-r8Vd

What do you say ?

Fake news ?

IPO ?

 

its not fake.
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...s-deal-for-unreal-engine-5-prnewswire.282453/

http://www.entropiaplanets.com/threads/entropia-universe-unreal-engine-5-migration-faq.22859/

Dunno about IPO

 

Thanks for sharing the topic, I didn't even bother checking on their official forum , my mistake.
I just wonder how they managed to pay for it and hire competent people to deal with the engine...thus my question about change of ownership ?
We all know how it's going to end..... : badly.

 

Saw this on the other forum :D Reading some of the posts there... I'm beginning to see what @McCormick means about some of the people there... it's like some sort of bizarre gaslighting where some (not all) people seem to be blisfully unaware or in denial that there are problems with Mindark. The amount of CE2 blaming going on as well... even when you cite specific examples of things that CE2 does that entropia could use but doesn't or point out that some bits of Entropia look nice people go "oh yeh the engine is too hard to use to make the rest of the game look nice"... @McCormick would say it's a form of sickness... I'm beginning to wonder if he is right. The whole announcement defo reminded me of his video where Mindark keep announcing "the next great thing" and everyone just runs to it and forgets the other things.

 

Yeh we got a thread going on the announcement post harvested from the web and some discussion too on the one about hiring some person who seemed to be making good progress on 3d design (it diverted - such is life). Anyhow that comment from the ex dev is interesting...

cesar leon - Principal Software Engineer - HARMAN International | LinkedIn

Actionscript.... ewww! That explains a lot about the laggy/clunky UI in Entropia. Did Crytek have a studio in Mexico at one point too? I have a weird feeling they did... (they had quite a few studios at one point but many were closed during "the troubles")

 

Sorry, couldn't resist sharing this one too that someone made... too perfect!

 

When the same handfull of highly questionable gam(bl)ers, either payed by Mindark or heavily involved with the company business in the background, keep acting like little children (on purpose)...like...seeing a videogame for the very 1st time...

...everytime Mindark makes a random announcement on the forum about their giant scam machinery...then and only then it must be real...it must be...unreal...

With a highly trustable "company" like Mindark in the background...and all those fishy things that happened by now...lets set sails, lets head towards the (new) land of broken promises, lies and scams, where "friends" simply steal of their "friends"...where so called "events" always end with toxic accusations, thievery and player bans. History repeating.

A land, where the community actually "enjoys" getting fed with lies. Since about a decade.
Because they simply cant afford to loose their previous investments. (and ofc future investments)

Let the good times roll ! There will be better days, right ?

Everything will be better with Unreal Engine 5 now...of course...

And keep in mind, it is not allowed to talk like this on the official forum, because the very same community that got fucked so often, will dislike you in a blink of an eye...because they know its true, but will ignore it. Thats actually the saddest part here, having to deal with mental issues regarding gambling AND having to face the truth...

Anyway...

Im so excited !!!1 x'D

 

HEhe I thought you'd like the opportunity for a new word pun @McCormick unreal times ahead indeed for Untropia

Wist

PS that video is exactly the one I was thinking of. Now shut up and enjoy your Eomon migration everyone ;)

 

Mindark always use the same reciepie, who ever is CEO....

 

I was wondering... are there any of the original programmers who first wrote the game left?

 

godmode on. HOF that bankrupts the game next 5 years. Done.

Yes, you know it shouldn't happen but we will See... You know Mindark's great history of showing their ability to test everything before it's live.

 

Looks like EUs upgrade to UE5 is actually going to happen then.

 

one day