Unreal Engine 5 ushers in a generational leap in visual fidelity, bringing an unprecedented level of detail to game worlds like the Battle Royale Island. Next-gen Unreal Engine 5 features such as
Nanite,
Lumen,
Virtual Shadow Maps, and
Temporal Super Resolution are now available in Fortnite Battle Royale on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and cloud gaming!
Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, and Temporal Super Resolution - In Detail
So what do these UE5 features do in Fortnite Battle Royale exactly? You can read the technical explanations below, or just
skip to the pictures!
Nanite
Nanite provides highly-detailed architectural geometry. Specifically, buildings are rendered from
millions of polygons in real time, and
each brick, stone, wood plank, and wall trim is modeled.
Natural landscapes are highly-detailed too. Individual trees have around
300,000 polygons, and
each stone, flower, and blade of grass is modeled.
Lumen
Lumen reflections provide high-quality ray traced reflections on glossy materials and water.
Also, Lumen provides real-time global illumination at 60 FPS. You’ll see
beautiful interior spaces with bounce lighting, plus
characters reacting to the lighting of their surroundings. (For example, red rugs may bounce red light onto your Outfit.) Also, Outfits that have emissive (a.k.a. glowing) qualities will
scatter light on nearby objects and surfaces.
Virtual Shadow Maps
Virtual Shadow Maps allow for highly detailed shadowing.
Each brick, leaf, and modeled detail will cast a shadow, and character self-shadowing is extremely accurate. This means that things like
hats and other small details on characters will also cast shadows.
Temporal Super Resolution (TSR)
Temporal Super Resolution is an upgrade over Temporal Anti-Aliasing in Fortnite, and allows for
high-quality visuals at a high framerate.