Unity 5 release date?

Oh, interesting - hadn't realised that. Got more info? Wish Unity was a little more verbose about this.

 

Uh...they did actually, i think i read about it in the unity tech blog

 

They need to use big letters and simple words.

 

Lot's of LIGHTS, pretty PICTURES, good PERFORMANCE. . yeah first thing I did when I opened U5 was switch the fully deferred renderer on. Not sure how much of an impact it made, but I'm sure it'll come in handy.

There we go me old navigator.

 

Yeah sure, you had to... but I'm talking about the rendering details of it under the hood. I still haven't seen the blog post regarding that specific.

 

Ahhhh...yeah i see....this one is true then, i already ask it couple times in the forum, but haven't got any reply about what and how much the difference between the old deferred and the new one....

 

The blog about the differences between deferred and deferred has been deferred.

 

and which one is deferred??

 

There's some info about deferred rendering in the following presentation by Aras (pages 42-45)

http://aras-p.info/texts/files/201403-GDC_UnityPhysicallyBasedShading_notes.pdf

 

I hope UT5 to keep a simple forward renderer for all 2D games, simple 3D mobile or any people wanting to make a desktop game able to run on old hardware also.

 

Unity 5 supports forward rendering.

Edit: I am a beta tester.

 

Good

 

Transparency can be done in deffered, some people have done that already. Anyway keeping forward for larger projects needing to target larger compatibility systems is good.

 

They discussed the features they are working on pretty thoroughly at Unite.
I know it's not the same a working roadmap doc, but I found it interesting all the same.

 

Has the open beta started ? preordered a few months back and not heard anything since...

 

What the hell is going on? March 18 was the announcement and still no release date no information at all, its being left in the dark about this release. You guys over at unity are taking way to long to let people know about any progress on this release. Has it accrued to anyone that we might of halted of production because of this pending release.

 

Beta 6 right now, with the doll demo project. it's not a release date but it's still something. they're working hard on it to make it awesome.

 

And for all other people using Free, will it be some date annoucement ?

 

If you would've asked anyone, anyone, that halting production while waiting for the next version was a good idea.... you'd have been called an idiot. This one's on you.

 

If there's one thing I've learned about the internet... it's that the only thing people love doing more than calling other people idiots directly, is to call other people idiots indirectly.

 

What do you mean by first beta to customers (5.0b1)?
So is this a separate build outside the release cycle because by then they could be on 5b18 or something?
Thanks

 

I'm sure it just refers to public beta. It's in a more controlled private beta right now.

 

Um I've got a good reason for waiting for release but thanks for your pointless comment lol.

 

Hi all, does anybody know if preordering unity 5 pro automatically gives you an access to the closed beta? I was unable to find this simple information by myself...
And one more question: is the current unity 5 api in its final form? Or will there be changes until release?

 

Nope... no access to closed beta...

 

Honestly, with all the bugs and shortcomings it currently has I doubt anyone would want to start porting their projects to 5.0, or even doing any significant work in it without direct support from UT.

Just wait for the open beta or full release.

 

It was just to get prepared for webgl deployment and to benchmark it properly, for us to be fully ready once final version is out...
But thanks for the answers Metron and LaneFox

 

Give us public beta already

 

There are situations where it would be appropriate to begin development in the beta. "Because I want the latest toys" isn't one of them, of course. But if a) you need one or more of the features coming in 5, and b) don't expect to release within the next ~3-4 months, and c) are content to handle bugs and hurdles that come up... then yes, that project is appropriate for use in the 5 beta.

We did this with 4.6 and it's worked pretty well for us. The time that we've spent wrestling with 4.6's beta pains is, ultimately, dwarfed by the amount of time that having access to the new UI tools has saved us. IMO, that's worth it. At least, it has been in this project.

 

I understand that, but keep in mind 4.6b is public, and significantly more stable than 5.0b

 

any word on where we are at with unity 5? summer came and went :/

 

Whaaaat........summer is end............????!!!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!

 

Unity 5 is currently at beta 7. It is getting better with each version. As far as I know from experience, there is going to be another summer next year.

 

Yea well they did say that it would be out this summer.. infact somewhere in the beginning of this same thread. Just hope what they are working on is worth the delay. Cause im about to use marmoset skyshops probes instead of unitys lol.. Seems like marmoset has more features like the fact that they can blend and fade between each other.

 

They never said it would be out in the summer. They said 4.6 would be out in the summer (and it was, technically). They said they were under pressure to get Unity 5 out in the summer, which is an entirely different thing. So basically:

Boss: I want Unity 5 done by the end of summer!
Underling: OK, we'll try.
Boss: I mean it!
Underling: ::cringe::
... ::time passes:: ...
Boss: So is it done yet?
Underling: Um...
Boss: ::dangerously:: Yeeees?
Underling: Er...nope. ::ducks::
Boss: ::swings baseball bat through the air where underling's head was just a moment ago::

--Eric

 

You are likely referring to this:

This is not any kind of official statement.

A wise person once said: Never rely on unreleased features.

 

Yes, Dantus that is what i was referring too. I guess its my assumption that it would be out since that was the goal. Was the 4-8 weeks thing until the beta is available publicly to preorder customers a goal too or a fact? Cause its hard having to read between the lines on these statements. Its like telling us to get our hopes up and not to jump ship and switch engines. lol

 

the engine is improving with every single beta [Currently beta 7], the only thing I'm concerned about is the Reflection Probes, I hope they go the right away about doing reflections.

 

Yea im concerned about that myself. The fading between probes per location needs to be in there otherwise its totally unuseable for anything that moves. It would force us to use marmoset skyshop.

 

Comments like yours ("where is Unity5, they said it would be released by now") are what Unity hoped to avoid and why they didn't use to share much with the community about upcoming developments...
Unity5 hasn't been released yet for pretty obvious reasons. I believe you and everyone else, wouldn't like to use something that doesn't work properly.
Just be patient and don't make plans without knowing when it will be available.

 

I am looking forward to the public roadmap. Hopefully they are going to create a new section here in the forum just people to complain about features that are not yet available or not in time.

 

I don't really wanna rant about this where is unity 5 thing, too, but slowly i'm starting to wonder if this even stays legally justifiable. I'm not a lawyer and don't even wanna have this appear as a threat.
But they started taking pre-order money for 5 quite a while ago (one could have done a lot of other things with this money in this unexpected long period of time) and fail to deliver a somewhat reliable releasedate over and over again and we still don't have one and even then just have a beta for pre-orders somewhat in sight, without any confirmed approx date ofc. (maybe - like i think to remember they've dropped an announced public beta before).

I'm just getting a little impatient and start to believe it was just a thing to keep people from switching to UE.