Unreal Engine 4.16 Brings New Rendering Features, Performance Improvements

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Gaming on 24 May 2017 at 10:19 AM EDT. 7 Comments
LINUX GAMING
Epic Games has announced the release of Unreal Engine 4.16 as the latest feature release to the UE4 game engine.

Unreal Engine 4.16 presents new rendering and animation features, performance improvements primarily for mobile and console platforms, much faster garbage collection, Nintendo Switch support, Android virtual keyboard support, and much more -- Epic says there are 160 improvements with this release.

Some of the specific rendering work with Unreal Engine 4.16 includes volumetric fog, lightweight rigid body and low-level cloth simulation, and a lot of work on the engine's animation system.

More details on Unreal Engine 4.16 via UnrealEngine.com.
Related News
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.

Popular News This Week