Fortnite Chapter 4 debuts with drastically improved visuals thanks to Unreal Engine 5.1

Players can anticipate a ton of brand-new content as Epic launches Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1. As Fortnite Battle Royale makes use of Unreal Engine 5.1, users of the PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S will find “next gen” features in the game. This includes UE5 features like Temporal Super Resolution, Virtual Shadow Maps, Nanite, and Lumen.

The game looks and runs better thanks to new features in Unreal Engine 5.1. A new level of detail is added to game worlds like the Battle Royale Island with the release of Unreal Engine 5, which debuted earlier this year. We’ve been waiting for UE5 games that use its key new technologies since its announcement more than two years ago.

More information about Fortnite’s use of the engine, however, was provided on the developer’s blog. It is a fantastic way to promote Epic’s advantages since it produces both Fortnite and Unreal Engine. Chapter 4 of Epic’s top-grossing game has already been teased with a few images.

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Fortnite Unreal Engine 5 Update, what are Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps and TSR?

Nanite and Lumen. These terms are probably familiar to you if you’ve followed the new advancements in video games over the past few years in any way. However, the potential has mainly been represented by demos and assurances from its developers, Epic Games.

What is Nanite in UE5?

Nanite, which offers “highly-detailed architectural geometry,” is used by UE5. This results in a noticeable improvement in environmental clarity and detail as buildings are rendered in real time from millions of polygons, with each component brick, stone, wood plank, and wall trim being sculpted. This includes all of nature’s elements, including trees, flowers, and every blade of grass and flower. It’s a huge miracle from the days when thousands of thousands of polygons were used to create entire video games.

What is Lumen in UE5?

Lumen, on the other hand, refers to real-time global illumination at 60 frames per second as well as high-quality ray traced reflections on shiny surfaces and water. Virtual Shadow Maps also enhance shadows because they allow for the partial shading of even small details on characters, such as clothing. With Temporal Super Resolution (TSR), high-quality images can be viewed at a faster framerate.

What are Virtual Shadow Maps and Temporal Super Resolution (TSR)?

Virtual Shadow Maps enable fine-grained shadowing. Every brick, foliage, and simulated detail will produce a shadow, and player body’s shadow will be very accurate. This means that hats and other minor details on characters will cast shadows as well.

Temporal Super Resolution in Fortnite is an improvement over Temporal Anti-Aliasing, allowing for high-quality visual elements at a high framerate.

Here’s how to Enable these settings in Fortnite

PC players will need to change their settings to make the most of everything, and Epic has a blog article on how to do this. Nvidia Maxwell-generation (RTX 20 series) or newer graphics cards or AMD GCN-generation (RX 5700 or newer) graphics cards are the minimum hardware requirements. On the PS5 or Xbox Series X/S, console users must disable the 120fps mode in order to use Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, and TSR.

The Growth of Epic Games’s Unreal Engine

Beyond video games, Unreal has expanded its market. Currently, Unreal Engine is integrated into more than 300 virtual production stages worldwide and has been used on over 425 film and television productions. The number of animation productions using Unreal Engine has increased dramatically, from 15 productions from 2015 to 2019 to more than 160 productions from 2020 to 2022.

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