Unreal Engine 5.1 Now Available
The release of Unreal Engine version 5.1 is expected to increase the chances of playing high-tech games from Epic Games at 60 frames per second. Provided we play on consoles or powerful PCs.
Unreal Engine 5 has received new features. The popular engine has been updated to version 5.1, which is expected to further beautify the visuals of games, while making life easier for developers and easing the burden on players' computers (or consoles) a bit.
The update introduces a huge number of fixes to virtually all features of Epic Games' engine. They include optimization of Nanite, Lumen and VSM technologies (Virtual Shadow Maps), so that Unreal Engine 5 games run on "next-gen consoles and high-performance PCs" at 60 frames per second.
This also includes automated Pipline State Object (PSO) caching, which makes it easier to quickly prepare a project to be compatible with DirectX 12 libraries. By the way the problem with so-called shader compilation stutters has been reduced, as promised in June. This will also improve performance, in this case when loading new locations.
Version 5.1 also allows for the creation of huge worlds and bodies of water without loss of "precision," and in the latter case also with minimal memory consumption. Added to this are the debuts of tools based on artificial intelligence, which have finally left the experimental phase.
If you are interested in the full list of changes in Unreal Engine 5.1, take a look at the official website of this technology. In addition, a video will be published later today, in which Epic Games will discuss in detail the novelties introduced in the new version of the engine.
