Moses Saintfleur UE4 Foliage Thread

Soul Exist · Apr 2016

I've been trying to figure out the best foliage creation workflow for myself and I think i'm getting closer to something i'm comfortable with. So, I made the grass with Zbrush Fibermesh and baked the Normal, Vertex Color, Alpha, and Cavity map using Xnormal. Then I made two low poly cards inside of Maya, exported them and placed them procedurally with SpeedTree's generation tools. This single patch is 264 tris. Soon i'll move onto trees and other plants but in the meantime, check out these screenshots.

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mickeyvpn · Apr 2016

Hi @MosesTheCGArtist

I like the result. Did you make tall grass with similar workflow(ZBrush FiberMesh --> Bake Maps)?

Soul Exist · Apr 2016

The tall ones that look like wheat was just an image with alpha mask. Those weren't done using Fibermesh

defragger · Apr 2016

looks really good.

Can you tell us more about the Zbrush Fibermesh approach?

Soul Exist · Apr 2016

I'll be making a tutorial sometime soon. I'll let everyone know when it's up.

John Baxter · Apr 2016

That grass looks amazing! Probably the most realistic I've seen.

I've been trying to figure out a way to make grass perform better in UE4. The big chokepoint for me is the overlapping transparency that UE4 hates. If you have a big field of grass, framerate plummets.

Chase · May 2016

Great results! Fiber mesh looks like a good alternative

Moses Saintfleur UE4 Foliage Thread

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