LogInThe company announced that Unreal Engine 4 users now have access to a huge collection of assets from Paragon.
Awesome news from Epic Games here: the company announced that Unreal Engine 4 users now have access to a huge collection of assets from Paragon, the company’s multiplayer online battle arena game. The assets, built at a cost of over $12 million, feature 20 AAA-quality characters, skins for them, animations, VFX, and dialogues. The best thing is that this collection holds over 1,500 environment goodies from Paragon. You may now download Paragon packs to use in your own UE4 projects.
For those interested in importing Paragon characters into their projects, Epic recommends starting with Shinbi, who comes with an animation Blueprint. This can be used as a framework for animating the other characters in the Paragon packs. Epic is also shipping a sample map that is handy for testing and can be used as a baseline for creating more customized environments.
Available Paragon assets include:
- Characters: 20 Paragon Hero characters will be initially available including all skins for distinct character variants. The release also includes base meshes, thousands of textures, VFX and animation cycles, and dialogue with hundreds of sound cues. The character Shinbi comes with an animation Blueprint which can be tailored to specific needs. Epic sends special thanks to OTOY and 3D Scan Store for granting permission to keep intact the high-quality character materials using their facial and body scanning technologies as part of this release.
- Environments: The Paragon release includes over 1,500 environment assets created for the Agora and Monolith maps, including a sample map for developers to use and customize as desired.
- More to Come: Epic will release millions of dollars worth of additional Paragon asset packs beyond the initial $12 million offering through spring and summer 2018.
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You can find more information and get the packs here. Visit this thread for additional technical guidance and get started using the Paragon assets in Unreal Engine 4.