Modelling several rock formations

Xets92 · Oct 2017

Hi,

So im planning on modelling several large rock formations for an environment im working on, which texture wise will all have the same look. I'm currently creating high poly sculpts for all the rocks. I'm wondering if I should be baking each rock and create separate textures for each rock, or creating a single rock material and applying this to all the rocks in ue4. I know how to do both, but im not really sure what would be optimal for something like this.

Thanks

rexo12 · Oct 2017

It's all about the detail you want. The first method will take longer, but probably look better, second method will be much faster, but might look a bit generic. Are these props that the player is very likely to notice and comment on?

Xets92 · Oct 2017

They will be large so pretty noticeable, so it would probably be worth taking the time to get the better look.

kary · Oct 2017

If they're large try something more along the lines of what they did in Ghost Recon: https://80.lv/articles/landscape-and-material-pipeline-of-ghost-recon-wildlands/ just custom bake will likely look rough on large things. Custom + tiling should work out well.

Modelling several rock formations

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