Fantasy Cavern City CE3
polycounter lvl 7
I've been working on this for a bit now. I'm not entirely sure if its done. There may be a few things to add/changes to be made still. Comments and critique welcome.
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Very nice! Please show us some closeups and breakdowns?
Wow Helder Pinto himself! Your tutorials are awesome! The bloom was actually something I fought with a bit. I can definitely see what your saying. The sky is actually already at extremely low brightness levels. I thought it looked weird even darker. It didn't have the same dramatic impact. Its pretty dark inside that cavern. The only other option I think would be to go for more of a night scene, which would be a bit of a different tone. I'm sad it kills the scene for you
You're not the only one to comment on the ceiling rocks. They are definetaly some concern. I was looking at this oil painter who did it in a cave painting of his. Bad idea I guess, lol.
Hey buddy, it's not killing the scene for me, was just trying to point out a few things to make it even more awesome than it already is!
Keep us updated with more.
I'm trying to do a fly through, but am having some technical issues with the ssr flickering horribly on the water when there is camera movement.
Btw, for better AA:
r_postMSAA 2
r_PostMSAAEdgeFilterNV 2
r_PostMSAAInEditingMode 1
r_PostMSAAMode 2
Not so much are more angles as 'closer look plox'.
The ocean reflection I mean (I thought screen space reflection was the term, but now I'm thinking I'm mistaken). According to the crydev forums moving my project to 3.3.9 may solve my issue. I'll definetaly try that aa stuff though too.
Thanks for the comments guys! The city is only as fleshed out as needed to create an impression of a city from a distance. It breaks down upon a close examination. I'm working on a video though.
Also how did you achieve that lighting if you don't mind me asking?
As for the lighting, I'm using a ton of point lights of different colors, some negative lights. Basically I used the point lights to splash color around like a painter. I put green in the large space right of the pillar, splashed warm orange on the foreground as if the lights across the water are casting light. The point lights are subtle but make a huge difference.
The time of day settings were hours of messing around. I would mess for a few hours till I thought I had something, then save off the .tod file, rinse and repeat. In the end I compared them all and chose the one I liked best.
Hope that explains it a little.
Awesome work. It's so different and out there, reminds me of a concept that I saw and wanted to do. Haven't started it yet...maybe I will one day and try to capture the amazing atmosphere and detail you have here.
Thanks! You should do it! Get started! I experimented with a sunset for sure. Wasn't as mystical.