Unreal Engine for Fortnite – Everything Revealed About UEFN

Unreal Engine for Fortnite (UEFN) is a new PC application designed for creating, developing, and publishing games and experiences for the popular battle royale game, Fortnite.

With UEFN, creators will have access to a range of powerful tools and workflows, Control Rig, and the new programming language Verse.

This article will explore everything you need to know about UEFN, including its key features. There are differences between Fortnite Creative and Unreal Engine 5, but we’ll review everything below.

When Does Unreal Engine for Fortnite Release?

Epic Games has confirmed that the long-awaited Unreal Engine for Fortnite will be released on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The new editor will be available exclusively on the Epic Games Store, and players can add it to their wishlist in preparation for its release.

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What Can You Do With Unreal Engine for Fortnite?

UEFN is a PC application designed for creating, developing, and publishing games and experiences for Fortnite. In addition to custom asset import, modeling, materials, VFX, Sequencer, and Control Rig, it offers many powerful tools and workflows. UEFN allows creators to produce and publish games and experiences that can be enjoyed by millions of Fortnite

Millions of players can enjoy UEFN, including: 

• Build landscapes to create and flesh out the environment
• Import:
  • Meshes
  • Textures
  • Animation
  • Audio
• Create larger experiences with World Partition
• Use Niagara to create VFX effects
• Design gameplay with Verse
• Use Fab to discover and import assets
• Create custom content with modeling and material tools
• Use Live Edit to collaborate in real-time with others.

UEFN also includes integrated revision control to collaborate with Unreal Revision Control.

How Is Unreal Engine for Fortnite Different From Fortnite Creative?

UEFN is a PC-only editor that enables 3D viewport workstyles with the creation tools found in Fortnite Creative. However, unlike in Fortnite Creative, creators build and edit their islands by controlling a character inside Fortnite.

UEFN provides access to a range of tools and workflows from the PC-based Unreal Editor, which is similar to those used by Epic Games to develop Fortnite Battle Royale.

While UEFN builds on the concepts used in the Fortnite Creative toolset, it includes additional features and capabilities, such as Verse’s new programming language. With this language, you can manipulate or chain together devices and create new game logic easily.

Unlike Fortnite Creative, which uses its own creation tools known as Devices, UEFN uses these Devices as the primary building blocks for authoring game mechanics, and these can be used in tandem with Verse.

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How Is Unreal Engine Fortnite Different From Unreal Engine 5?

UEFN is designed to create experiences for Fortnite and combines the creation tools from Fortnite Creative with the Unreal Editor. This enables Unreal Engine creators to develop content for Fortnite using a familiar interface. Every experience created is published on the Fortnite platform, reaching a built-in audience of millions.

However, unlike Unreal Engine 5, UEFN has some key differences and limitations not present in Unreal Engine. For example, it uses the creation tools from Fortnite Creative, known as Devices, as the primary building blocks for authoring game mechanics. In contrast, Unreal Engine offers a more extensive set of tools and workflows.

Additionally, UEFN is exclusively designed for creating content for Fortnite. Unreal Engine offers broader applications for developing games and experiences across multiple platforms.

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