Archive notice: This article was originally published on 13 August 2020. It has been translated from German where applicable and lightly edited for clarity while preserving its historical context.
Crowd data inside Unreal Engine
Toolchefs released Atoms Unreal Beta 1.5, updating the plugin used to import animated 3D characters into Unreal Engine. The beta added simulation optimisation, support for importing different tables, a texture-atlas generator and skeleton LODs.
Installation and changes
The release notes list the remaining features and bug fixes. Toolchefs also published an open-beta guide covering installation and operation. Test character import, LOD switching and simulation performance on a representative crowd scene before production use.