TerraCrowds in Action: High-Performance Crowd Simulations with UE | Unreal Fest Orlando 2025

Описание: In this session, Roland Geraerts of uCrowds explores the core design ideas of the TerraCrowds engine, including its integration with Unreal Engine components like MetaHumans and MassAI.

This session covers memory-oriented design, crowd logic for controlling characters, and the Explicit Corridor Map for efficient pathfinding. Other topics include best practices for writing (memory-oriented) high-performance code, offering insights into achieving speeds up to 100x faster than object-oriented approaches.

Come by and hear how Geraerts and his team designed an architecture that enables accurate pathfinding where NPCs move naturally and avoid obstacles effectively. You’ll see first-hand how Its multi-level planning architecture—from global route planning to local adjustments—enhances realism and control in simulations.

This session demonstrates how to effectively utilize the software in simulation scenarios and digital twins. Attendees will gain hands-on knowledge of working with the Unreal Engine plugin and see live demonstrations of its capabilities.