[UDK] DE: HR - Dr Megan Reed's Office

knj

Sometime ago I've started working on a scene that's heavily based on concept of the Reed's office




This is the first place you start when playing, but in game it's much different in terms of light and ambient, so i will try to stick to this concept as much as possible. Of course I do this in my spare time, so I'm working pretty slow.

This is my progress so far



I'm almost ready for a final shot, just need to add somesmall props that are missing and tweak some texture / light a lil bit more. After that I want to make a small flythrough in that environent.

Crits and tips are very welcome

Kimon

Looking great. Sure, some stuff are different in size compared to the original concept art, but as you said, it's only heavily based and not meant to be an exact copy.

May I ask how you go about making the lightmaps for a scene like this?

NomadSoul2501

And here I thought you posted the concept twice
Seriously great scene. I'd say if possible, push the lighting some more.
Darken the scene up and have the screens provide more localized light.
I love how in the concept they are telling small stories about the world.
If you could make yours not as blown out I think it would add that effect to your scene too.

Can't wait to see this finished.

knj

Kimon - yeah, some stuff look different in terms of how big they are, concept art still is a concept art, there are some proportion and perspective issue that i had to fix in my 3d "world" also in the background, right corner I've put a plant instead of a statue. This plant looks and blend with this scene much better than the statue for my taste.
As for lightmaps ? Every asset have a seperate uv channel with all faces. If there is some other way around it, I have no idea

NomadSoul - yea I need to put some more light value in there, but as for the light itself, man at first when i saw the concept art i was like : OK this looks fairly easy. But it took me like 5 days to get the basic light in that scene, lol. Trust me that concept art have fake light as shieeet and yes, i need to take that bloom down

Thanks alot for feedback guys

knj

Ok guys here is the final shot, but still i have some more work to do on materials, to make them look better in motion and make a small flythrough

knj

Here are the really final shots, and a short video, but Camtasia killed my frame rate and I'w waiting for a new graphics card, after that i will redo the vid with AA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q86tOWMFoSE

and the shots

NomadSoul2501

This looks fantastic!
Loving the light changes and the reflections are killer

knj

Thank you man ! much appreciate !

Shiv

for the video, why dont you just record it using udk's in engine recording stuff?

See http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/CapturingCinematicsAndGameplay.html
from
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85041

Or using matinee completely and the in game menu
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/MovieCapture.html

Then you can guarantee smooth framerate as it will render as it goes.

knj

Oh, I didn't know UDK have these kind of tools, thanks man !

holzi

Good job man, the mood is exactly the same as in the concept - I'm impressed,

yurid9

Looks really good. The only thing that bugs me is that the plant looks very incomplete. It needs good normal maps for the leaf veins and specular. Also I am guessing you are using emissive node for the cube maps which can be lowered a little. Or maybe breakup the floor spec values. Other than that, the lighting is just spot on.

knj

Again, thank you guys for great feedback and nice words!
Yurid - yea man, but this is not like regular plant, it's more like "metal ish" plant, some kind of my Sci/fi plant so not organic. As for reflections, I was tweaking and looking at it a lot, and it was way to subtle when lowered the emissive value, at least for my taset

locater16

I've rarely seen anything that so perfectly matched the concept art. Fantastic job!

Mitch Cosgrave

Damn KNJ. Not only is this one of my favourite pieces of concept art around, it featured as my desktop wallpaper but you did it amazing justice. Well done!

knj

Thank you guys