Great stuff Josh! Thanks for sharing buddy.
I love how simplistic all the modular pieces look and how amazing they end up in the final level.
I also love how in this shot the steps seamlessly blend into the building: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2863/9512299398_15e94474f6_o.jpg
Were there any alpha planes involved or are the texture values just so closely matched?
Snefer - Thanks dude! Yeah Nick did a great job on that map We had a lot of fun doing something that was different from the Gears norm
d1ver - Thank you, Im happy to share and Im glad that youre diggin it As far as the stairs, yeah it was just a very simple mesh. For the material, we used just the Stone Underlay textures from the stucco as well as DepthBiasedAlpha with a Bias of 2.2 It definitely got the job done, and cheap too!
Thanks for the spot on the wiki
iansmithartist - Thanks! NP, if you have any other questions, Ill definitely answer if I can, hehe.
really awesome stuff man, thanks for sharing.
Like d1ver asked and you responded to him already, but maybe i'm a little slow can u please explain how u did the transition between the stairs and the wall ? is it unique mesh that you used for the blending ? or are the stairs one big mesh ?
raul - Thanks dude! I love your game art thread btw
Mouhsine Adnani - Thanks! Sure, the transition was just using the mesh that I posted a screenshot of a few posts back. We fit it to the corners where the stairs met the wall, then used the stone texture we already had, and used the DepthBiasedAlpha to get a soft blend betweem the divider mesh, and the stairs/wall. It softened it out to give that nice soft blend. Heres a couple screenshots to show it a little better
Also, I forgot to post these 2 rubble piles and a few random scraps using I did for the Epilogue. These were the first pieces of art I did for the game. All on 1 texture.
This all looks amazing, thanks for sharing all these breakdowns! I used that depth biased alpha trick for piles of sand so they better blended with the surfaces they were placed on. The effect kinda breaks down a bit when you have one pile intersecting another though.
quick question, since you used a lot of modular parts for the buildings and a vert blend material how did you handle the seams between modules so the blend looked continuous? looking at the wireframe image it looks like there's an extra set of edges at the border of each module. Is that intended to help with those transitions between modules? Ok maybe that wasn't a quick question.
NickGW - Thanks, my pleasure So yes I placed an extra row near the edges just to get a better blend. The stucco texture was seamless throughout all meshes, but in case there were any lightmap bleeding issues so we could paint maybe some grime or broken stone. In the end, I had to go back and stitch a few of the bigger buildings together, but all in all it worked out great.
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I love how simplistic all the modular pieces look and how amazing they end up in the final level.
I also love how in this shot the steps seamlessly blend into the building:
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2863/9512299398_15e94474f6_o.jpg
Were there any alpha planes involved or are the texture values just so closely matched?
Btw, up you go into the wiki:
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryReferenceGameArt#Gears_of_War:_Judgment_.282013.29
Cheers
Thanks for taking the time to break down some of your workflow.
d1ver - Thank you, Im happy to share and Im glad that youre diggin it
Thanks for the spot on the wiki
iansmithartist - Thanks! NP, if you have any other questions, Ill definitely answer if I can, hehe.
Like d1ver asked and you responded to him already, but maybe i'm a little slow
Thanks !
Mouhsine Adnani - Thanks! Sure, the transition was just using the mesh that I posted a screenshot of a few posts back. We fit it to the corners where the stairs met the wall, then used the stone texture we already had, and used the DepthBiasedAlpha to get a soft blend betweem the divider mesh, and the stairs/wall. It softened it out to give that nice soft blend. Heres a couple screenshots to show it a little better
Also, I forgot to post these 2 rubble piles and a few random scraps using I did for the Epilogue. These were the first pieces of art I did for the game. All on 1 texture.
quick question, since you used a lot of modular parts for the buildings and a vert blend material how did you handle the seams between modules so the blend looked continuous? looking at the wireframe image it looks like there's an extra set of edges at the border of each module. Is that intended to help with those transitions between modules? Ok maybe that wasn't a quick question.
keep up the great work