ION Austin Uses Unreal Engine

So that's the end of the Thief series, without a Dark Engine (or Dark Engine like new creation) it will suck, you'll see. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Does anyone know how much the Unreal engine costs, relative to the latest id software engine? I know Id charges $300k for their current generation technology...

The thing is... I've looked at UT source code and Q3 source code, and Q3 is far, far *far* cleaner and easier to use. So the only reason I can think of for using an unreal engine is price. Would be sorta "wacky-nutty" (ie. stupid) if they both cost roughly the same.

-Ted

cool

Hopefully they'll have some good large outdoor areas (that complex level in Deus ROCKED)

I doubted they would use the DOOM3 engine. there are NEVER any games that come out using id's new engine until id releases their game using their engine

cant wait for Deus Ex and Thief 3

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! why? oh god why? not unreal again! I was so hoping they would choose doom 3.

Well, I suppose it could have been worse, they could have chosen lithtech. sigh

is this the same Ion-Austin that closed down a couple of weeks ago?


*laff*

Talk about a no-brainer decision.

Doom 3?

*laughs*

The unreal warfare renderer has been rewritten completely. At this point in the game I wouldnt be concerned at all that Dues Ex and Theif 3 are on UW tech. In fact, so far the UW tech looks VERY promising (though not as impressive looking as the doom3 tech, natch)

goddammit when will ever be able to be free of this evil Unreal tech!

Well, whatever happens, I don't want this to remain a common occurence in an ION Austin game:
http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/iotd//9/thumbs/deuserror.jpg

Am I the only one rooting for the in house engine? Sure the Dark Engine had its quirks, but it was best suited for the Thief enviroment.

This is really a no-brainer,

Doom3? Obviously I would love Thief and/or DeusEx using it but I didnt see if happening at all, were talking about an engine which is *not* complete yet, I dont see how id could be selling an engine which isnt even finished yet. The truth is probably, Doom3 was never an option, looking at the history it takes about a year or so before we start seeing third party companies releasing their games using the new id tech.

Take away Doom3 and you are left with Newest Unreal Tech, Lithech, Q3 engine, or in-house engine, by *far* my first choice there would be the new unreal tech, im sure these games will look amazing using it, obviously not a good as a doom3 class games, however perhaps the next iteration of ionstorm games can use doom3 tech, ie. I wouldnt be surprised if we see (if they get made) Thief4,DeusEx3 using an advanced Doom3 engine in a couple of years.

I'm happy with this, the future is bright as far as i'm concerned.

I really doubt Carmack is licensing the DOOM III engine yet, they typicaly dont let developers begin work until they have their flag ship title out the door (it would steal their thunder.) So this isnt really of any suprise to me.

Im pretty glad aswell, i like both engine types, they have there own distinct look, variation is good if u ask me.

fuck! they could've reworked the dark engine and it would still be better than unreal engine. granted the dark engine is not the most advanced, but at least you felt connected to your character and how he moved.

I know a lot of you bash Lithtech, but I think it would have worked well for Thief 3. Oh well, I'm sure that the new Unreal tech will be stunning : ) I'm very excited about both DE2 anf Thief 3.

Um.....duh?

This is exactly what ION needed for their games... they need something that can be modified easily and handle large distances

semms like someone doesn't like using id Engines ;)

I thought Ion already had another unreal license and that people were guessing it would be used for one of those games already

maybe im misremembering but i thought that was the case.

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