Squad is being ported to Unreal 5.
Is the performance getting better?
(nope)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiPVjKDcADg
#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

That's a new thing: Wuchang Fallen Feathers "optimization" patches have actually just removed native rendering and forced upscaling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2YxTJxLv-E
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#WTF@GameDEV

Comments section!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji0Hfiswcjo
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#GameEngines@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

This scene is 74 polygons!

Meanwhile, AAA developers will tell you there have to be billions of them to make a good-looking scene.

#3DArt@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

Modern assets streaming be like: we updated the game! Now it just no longer loads up anything if you have 8GB VRAM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeOq4L-Ch0 (Digital Foundry)

#Hardware@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

ARK: Lost Colony is seemingly the worst optimized game so far (yes, Unreal Engine 5):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R89rS3tuuRU
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#Optimization@GameDEV

Monster Hunter Wilds severe FPS drops were traced to a faulty DLC ownership check that constantly runs and heavily burdens the CPU. Testing showed the game runs terribly (20–25 FPS) on accounts with no DLC but smoothly (80+ FPS) on accounts with many DLC items. Bypassing the check dramatically improves performance, indicating an unintentional optimization bug.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MonsterHunter/comments/1qcy3hn/mh_wilds_bad_performance_mystery_solved/ — Digital Foundry reached out to the user and are now investigating the issue as well. Capcom literally failed the worst possible way.

#Optimization@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

Oh, crap, the gameplay video has worse framerate than Lumiere Brothers movies:

https://www.youtube.com/live/pwRpK8eoLLE?si=4KQU&t=1395 (Timer is set to the worst part)
#Optimization@GameDEV

Meme related

#meme@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

While Microsoft is working on "Advanced Shader Delivery", Intel just made it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFpUzMFVGDE
#Shaders@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV
#Intel@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV

Cursed

#Blender@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

What?! 😮

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn9zNs0XZDk
#Optimization@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

😏 Cursed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKm2_D6RiXE
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#Hardware@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

Forza Horizon 6 is unplayable on 8GB cards. Despite them being the most popular on Steam. Even for 1080p you need 12GB VRAM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcyEkfIu1w0
#Optimization@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV

Claims UE5 game is optimized + owns a 5090... it's getting 80 FPS indoors on that setup (ignore his 472 claim on the preview).

#NVIDIA@GameDEV
#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

Bots optimization for an RTS game

#RTS@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

A curious physics benchmark (from here), then the person ran Unreal Chaos and it's somehow not scalable at all

#Physics@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV
#Unity@GameDEV
#UnrealEngine@GameDEV

Got Possessors a few weeks ago and it looks perfect for handhelds at first glance. But the bitch is made on Unreal Engine 5 so na uh — enjoy low FPS and stutters.

Even on 5090 it ain't running that well and can't reach 60 on handhelds regardless of the settings. Yeah, a 2.5D game with stylized visuals and painted characters.

#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

Heart Machine lost funding and has been dismantled. Almost all of the employees are fired. It's not clear who was that publisher that left the deal.

Possessor(s) was the only game I played from them and it was comically bad in terms of optimization — a 2.5D stylized game that runs worse than Hogwarts Legacy. All thanks to Unreal Engine 5! Because of that issue, they've had to lower the price drastically (to $9.99) after the release.

Already warned you about it: https://xn--r1a.website/GameDEV/10600 — absolutely deserved failure. Oh, and Zoë Quinn was working with them for a few years.

#LayOffs@GameDEV