Country Environment
Hey there guys my name is Andy and this is my my first post on here. I have been working on an environment for some time as part of my final year project at uni and believe it or not this is the first time I have ever used UDK. I mainly work as a concept and 3D artist but after seeing loads of beautiful environments in the Unreal engine I felt I had to try my hand at it. I have had loads of set backs and am still experiencing some but I'm almost done now.
he main problem I am experiencing at the moment is strange striped shadows on my terrain. Had a little look round the other forum threads and I think it may be something to do with shadowdepthbias. but still haven't found anything thats helped. I have a dominant directional light in the scene and both static and dynamic objects in it too. Any help would be much appreciated as I have done a video fly through but the shadows are making it look crap!
Also any other Feedback would be most welcome.
he main problem I am experiencing at the moment is strange striped shadows on my terrain. Had a little look round the other forum threads and I think it may be something to do with shadowdepthbias. but still haven't found anything thats helped. I have a dominant directional light in the scene and both static and dynamic objects in it too. Any help would be much appreciated as I have done a video fly through but the shadows are making it look crap!
Also any other Feedback would be most welcome.
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And thanks yeah I agree I need to add in a few little details which I am in the process of doing but it takes a while.
There should be taller grass immediately around the posts where the water tends to gather and animals are less likely to eat it.
Tree roots should be indicated at least by raised mounds at the base of the trees, if not at least partially visible, especially on the stump by the buildings. The stump itself should also have numerous deep cuts on top to show that it has been used for years to split wood.
The ivy appears to grow down from the roof, rather than up from the ground. The stalk should be thickest at the base, and the branches should fan out from the base. The vines should also cling to the walls, rather than hanging loose, and they should branch generally upwards.
The skybox is of an cloudy sky, while the scene itself is brightly lit as though on a clear day. You should try to either match the lighting to the sky or the sky to the lighting.
Have you looked at the tree tutorial by Damian over at Eat 3D? If not, your trees just happens to look a lot like them. If you want to use this as a portfolio piece, just remember that people in the industry knows what the outcome of the big tutorials looks like. It dosn't reflect very good at you
I think you have a really neat looking scene this far! Try to stay away from to much contrast in your darker colors though, it looks a bit burnt here and there. Keep up the good work!
I would strongly suggest that you dont take other peoples work and say that it is your own. You took the time to get the assets, i would defiantly take some more time in following the tutorial so you know how to make your own.
I'll also get on and make some roots for the trees and probably decrease the amount of clouds in the scene. The texture size for the building is 1024x1024 however I so have a 2048x2048 version of it. I have resized most of the textures in the scene to increase the performance but I dont't think its made a big enough difference so Its probably worth changing them back.
Interesting, ground texture, post process and lighting looks similar as well