[UE4] Mirror's Edge Fanart Environment
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Hi I am working on some fanart for my favorite game of all time and here are some WIP screenshots
the layout of the level (chapter 1 section 2) isn't very accurate and the paintings are stolen from the internet (they're temporary though) (but not anymore. because i made em now) and most of the props are just blockouts and clean materials are hard, man
Hi I am working on some fanart for my favorite game of all time and here are some WIP screenshots
the layout of the level (chapter 1 section 2) isn't very accurate and the paintings are stolen from the internet (they're temporary though) (but not anymore. because i made em now) and most of the props are just blockouts and clean materials are hard, man
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This makes me want to reconsider doing a stylized Faith model....
I can't wait for ME2 to come out. i Hope they don't blow it gameplay wise.
It's like this engine was made for another Mirrors Edge.
Looks great!
thank you! I figured that with the cleanliness of the materials not giving off a lot of visual interest by themselves, I'd have to rely heavily on the lighting to solidify the scene
good thing, too! UE4's lightmass has been treating me very well
..except for this one error! if anyone can help me out that would be really really appreciated because I'm stumped - lightmap UVs are completely unique and have a relatively high resolution density
thanks! the sofa's a total placeholder right now, though :x
yep, when I originally planned to do this (because with the admiration I have for the game - it was only a matter of time) in Cryengine 3 to test out its LPV solution
...and just at the beginning of my planning stages, UE4 comes out! It was the perfect fit and timing
I rescued some props from the placeholder pound today:
I rarely see ultra clean environments that look realistic, so this is pretty awesome
wait what is new that he used? looks like he is still using all the stuff that is in the previous version. Also, awesome environment! Mirrors edge has always been one of my favorite looking games.
Screen space reflections, reflection environment, PBR materials, IES profiles for the lights, to name a few new features present here.
IES gobo is the only thing that actually looks new. Pretty sure all of this stuff could have been achieved in previous UE versions.
IES Profiles could probably be replicated fairly well with light functions as well (and maybe a point light on the contact surface to pretend light bounce..?) but UE4 does make things like setting up environment probes / materials a lot more convenient :B
although I suppose something like SS reflections and the unified specular blurring based on roughness would be the hardest to achieve in previous versions on the technical side - That's easily what impresses me the most (also the layered materials, but I haven't had a need for that yet - the materials aren't really complex enough to warrant a separation by mask)
but yes, I'm sure it's entirely possible to replicate it pretty much exactly in earlier iterations.. it'd be pretty cool to port the same environment across different engines to find out!
ah shoot... I'll try to get the image back when I get back from school, but basically what it was was that there was an unexplainable bunch of pure black shadows on the sides of a model (unexplainable being that the obvious bases are covered like overlapping lightmap UVs etc)
...and the problem - no worries if there's no fixing it, I'll probably redo it as it's looking a bit jagged in comparison
*edit - Hah fixed, totally meant Mirror's Edge : )
here's one of the materials - I haven't tweaked the materials for the old rendering method so it looks very duct-taped and not very natural
later, though
Would be awesome to see a UE3/4 comparison of your scene
Awesome work.