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by CmonDev 4444 days ago
They could also use C# instead of UnrealScript on top of C++. This way you would be able to leverage the Visual Studio while getting one of the best languages. It would make Unity3d guys welcome once they need something better as well.

PS: I like the BluePrint though.
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kevingadd 4444 days ago
To second what scott_s said, you'd have a huge interop layer. The fact that C# has a closer match to C++ types and primitives doesn't mean you have no interop. Unity has a huge surface area between the C++ parts of the engine and the C# parts of the engine; a ton of work goes into maintaining that, and it complicates porting to new target platforms like the web (can't just feed everything through emscripten).
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azakai 4444 days ago
Yes, C# and other .NET languages are nice, but the open source implementation (Mono) ends up being difficult to port to novel platforms due to a combination of technical and legal issues.
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scott_s 4444 days ago
They would still need an interoperability layer, which was one of the main reasons for dropping UnrealScript.
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kcbanner 4443 days ago
I feel like .NET is a bad choice for this.
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