Megascans No Longer Free after 2024 but there's options

What do ya'll think?

Winbush, do you know what happened to the 18,000 free Quixel assets? Where can I find them because I am only seeing about 2,000. Did Unreal Engine pull a bait and switch? I am missing 16,000of my free assets or am I not looking in the right place?

i downloaded quicxel bridge today and nothing is downloadable, is says "GET IS ON FAB" but the link given does not work, are you guys experiencing the same?

you cant get them free in till fab

You're a Boss!

PLEASE PIN THIS COMMENT: Bountless Entertainment has a video teaching how to run a script that will auto purchase all the Megascans with just a few clicks, but it must be done before Fab takes over in 2025!

welp time to put those fries in the bag

Such a joke how they've lured everyone in to now make them pay. Presume they'll be the inevitable subscription model being brought in too.

It makes sense to keep the old content free while considering a paid version for new scans. However, it would be great if everything could stay free. I’m sure there are other ways to generate revenue, and many people, like me, might find it tough to pay.

megascans is overrated anyway... Their textures, surfaces and meshes are all sub-par. Good for noobs. It was useful to have it at your fingertips for supplementing or testing.

the problem with reality scan is that you have to travel the world to capture the environments, and have good equipaments and etc, that were exactly what the quixel team was making, traveling the world for us, for free, it’s sad that we’ve lost it

Me quickly Download All Quixel Asset but 8 Terabytes 🤣🤣😂😂

Huge mistake!

Important differentiation!
Do existing users need to "download" the assets in order to continue to use them for free, or will it be enough to "aquire them" in your Megascans account ???

If we claim all of the asset now, can it still be free in the 2025?

Bait and switch

Thank you for talking me off that ledge.

Did John Riccitiello get hired at Epic Games now?
What is going on?

i hot a question, if i get all the assets on my quixel account, will i still be able to access it afterwards?

I was planning to start learning UE5 in a few months after years of Blender, not for games but 3d animations. I`m a hobbyist and now I`m biased, whether I should. Megascans already not free, so probably will be Quixel Mixer and Metahumanm and then UE itself...

I would love some regional pricing, it's not that bad for my currency but there are other countries have really weak currencies...
Still, these are disheartening news for people learning the software at the moment but I guess it was bound to happen.

EDIT: Nah fuck that, it says "STARTING at 1 dollar", so it could be any price 😅, RIP new creators ins 2025.

This video probaly just boosted 8tb drive sales haha.

Are Megascans and Bridge integrated? Does that mean Bridge assets are no longer free to try?

well i guess im removing my netflix subscription to pay for this instead 🤷‍♂

Damn I’m just learning unreal engine 😢

Yeah I dont trust all that..i purchased most of the stuff last year haha..

Will Marketplace's free assets become paid? Please reply

Mann I called this one

Thank you!

There is a script that markes all assets as purchased on linkedin.

What a bad move, adobe , unity and now epic and quixel ! Guys…. :( I’m junior artist still learning to build worlds in UE, that quixel was awesome, too bad it letting us down too..

I'm so tired of companies strategizing how to rip us all off... so this news doesn't surprise me, just makes me more tired

Obviously would like it all to continue to be free but I wish they at least gave us the option for a subscription to keep access to the whole library. I like to play around with different options and having to buy it piecemeal is going to limit that quite a bit.

Ugh.

Absolutely crushing blow. While I totally get the move and understand why they have to do it, it’s just disappointing. They need to look at Blackmagic and figure out how they’ve been able to release DaVinci/fusion for free for so long (and the studio versions are only $300) with this news and the fact that UE 5.4 is also no longer free for bigger studios it’s getting harder and harder to stay in this ecosystem. Definitely cheaper than C4D, Autodesk, Houdini…but it’s a bit alarming and I feel like the Epic creative system will slowly turn into them in the future (in the worst ways)

Did Autodesk buy Unreal Quixel? If there's a company that likes to ruin things, it's them! Hahahaha!

What about Metahumans and the Metahuman animator? Will there be charge?

Ok so here's my question. If you access Fab in Unreal and try to use a Megascan model or a Metahuman after 2025, will we have to pay or can we still access those assets for free?

Megascans is one thing but I still don't get it what happens to all the paid content you currently own in Marketplace. That includes assets, plugins, blueprints etc. Does that transfer to FAB or gets lost or what the actual dick happens to them? Epic communication is unclear or I didn't read the small print.

Artists shouldn't rely on free assets provided by big companies.. they're evil and 'free' is their marketing strategy.. go learn substance designer, painter, and blender, zbrush... and create your own assets, materials.. megascans are generic and effortless.

Not sure if you'll see this or not, but I would really love your take: In the upcoming Fab release, will it have a) ability to organize and categorize your UE assets, and b) easy access to which items have updates?

I'm a little disappointed Megascans won't be free anymore, but I understand they gotta pay bills. Pricing structure is very reasonable, though.

Thanks so much! Take care, stay awesome.

How can I download my entire Megascans account to my hard drive?

Honesty pretty depressed about this. It was one of the key selling points of Unreal and allowed me, with no money, to get into creating work that looked reasonable to get started. I was afraid Adobe would buy it and take it off the market to reduce competition for Substance but this is somehow worse. I don't want to seem defrateet but this makes Unreal all the more impossible to break into. Megascans really was it's major selling point for me.

Just the way Megascans was free and would become paid in a few months, so the others that are currently free can also become paid tomorrow. Nothing is guaranteed so long it isn't yours.

What about quixel bridge?

This is terrible news. It makes me sad. Times are had enough without having to now worry about how much it's going to cost me to make some art, animation, or game idea I have on a weekend.

They giveth and they taketh

Seems like I’m going to have my own little 8 terabyte library ☺️

Hi @JonathanWinbush, if I have an unreal engine license, do I have to purchase the assets or download them so that I retain them after it switches to fab?

Adobe is fucked up, Maxon is messing up, now Quixel is messing up, whats next?