[UE4] SAMPA - A near-future sci-fi city
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Hey everyone, great news, You can now try an early version of the VR version of this!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxmVUA7tAu8&feature=youtu.be&a
Tons of screenshots:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KP31y
Car/Tree models by Helder Pinto
Player's body by Paulo Italo/Carlos David
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxmVUA7tAu8&feature=youtu.be&aTons of screenshots:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/KP31y
Car/Tree models by Helder Pinto
Player's body by Paulo Italo/Carlos David
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Figured it's about time I started a WIP thread to document progress on my new scene, simply called "SAMPA" for now.
My goal here is to make a small near-future city corner to get started with the PBR workflow and take advantage of the new Unreal 4 goodness. Loving the engine so far, it's like a dream coming true
Anyway, it's still pretty early in development but hopefully the vision I have for this should already be pretty clear. Some assets are in completely different stages of completion than others so nevermind the placeholder stuff for now.
I'd say this is about 30% done so far, still a long way to go!
Adding a functional element to your scene will increase belivability and make it be more relate-able and detailed.
Hope this helps.
Sorry but for me thats the random sci-fi stuff without function you posted. Like factory floors in which workers break ones leg.
Industry look is only important for a industry zone and not for a living area.
This concept http://gryphart.deviantart.com/art/Lower-Hengsha-Street-191390261
think is better.
Maybe add air handling units, wirings and adversing banners.
I feel like a combination of the advice you've been given so far would be good: a couple of more functional infrastructure things would help sell it, AND more advertisements, banners, and so on. One thing I'd personally love to see is a vehicle or two. Everything has such a slick, futuristic look, and it makes me want to see what kind of fancy cars they have in this future city
That said, I agree that more smaller details are often missing from these kind of projects, but I'd keep it straightforward and down to earth. Bollards, street signs, grates, posters, light fixtures and what have you.
I'd love to see how this env breaks down Minos!
side topic:
Alex - I think greebles on that level can actually destroy a sense of functionality - although I must admit 343 do it best. My mental rule is that the more greebling in a design, the more removed it is from seeming 'contemporary'.
My plan for now is to pump out modular pieces and base hero pieces and then dress the scene with props which will hopefully address both the lack of scale and theming. The composition will probably change later on too once I get more base pieces.
In fact, when I started this scene it had a much bigger scope which I ended up reducing drastically mainly because of how annoying it is to make good lightmap uvs in Unreal if you make everything unique.
Something that really bothers me too is how everything is so close to the street, I'll definitely address that next.
Anyways, here's my original blockout, most of these ideas will probably make it to the final scene, specially the backdrop:
And a GIF showing the windows parallax effect better:
Also, don't be afraid to use more geometry to get more interesting silhouettes and shapes. We're at the point now where we don't have to have noticeable faceted edges. Just don't go crazy with unnecessary geometry. Play some more with different bevel widths on your edges too. In real life everything doesn't have the same bevel to it.
Made a few new buildings and pieces, right now I'm just laying the base work for the fluff which will come next
Also, it's my first test with lightmass, really surprised how smooth it looks!
I'm in love with this new AO, it's perfect for what I want and looks waaay beter than lightmaps. Epic did a kickass job with this
Awesome scene so far man!
Have you settled on a size of the area yet? I really like the scale, but it would be so cool to see an entire block with alleyways and what not rather than a diorama-esque street section.
My I ask what the AO does in your scene? Can you show it with and without please?
@fearian: Definitely man! I'm in a bit of a dilemma right now regarding the composition of the scene tbh, so for now I'll just focus on finishing these base pieces.
@DireWolf: Sure!
The main street is pretty much done architecture wise (still need lots of props) and it will be more of a commercial area. I also blocked out two other small areas (which I'll work on next): a small backalley filled with small shops and a corporate plaza (which part of can be seen at the end of this picture).
(Make sure your skylight is set to Movable and Cast Shadows is on)
@Pogos: I also found out this weekend that it doesn't support cubemap reflections at all
Forgot to post this before, fixed my parallax shader to support emissive on the background layer only and tweaked the art a bit, looks much better imo
I took some time to learn the new dDo this weekend and redid most of my materials. The difference is night and day, I can't see myself working on PBR stuff without dDo anymore :P
Also got some trees in there, they are not the best but they should do the job for now (still gonna tweak the colors a bit tho). Again, keep in mind that there's a lot of placeholder stuff in there.
Like the future copan back there
Btw, if anyone knows where I can get quality game ready foliage for a reasonable price (like 30 bucks for a pack or something) please let me know!
What about using speed tree? One month sub is 20 bucks.. Or you could buy one of these https://store.speedtree.com/?
Looking amazing man, really looking forward to the final presentation!
I really really like it! Awesome material definition and great composing !
YEah I see what you mean, the colors were much "easier" on the eyes before right? The way I've been doing lighting so far is by placing lights wherever I feel like, just to have a good idea of how the final piece will look like quickly. I'll do a complete lighting and color correction pass next and hopefully get some of the coziness back
Anyways, this was a huge learning experience. Thanks everyone who contributed with feedback and encouragement along the way!
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I'd love to see some breakdowns if possible!
And yes, breakdowns!!!
Grats once again bro, dat next-gen