Private old Libary WIP (UE4)

altermind

Finale update:

Full project download link https://goo.gl/7m3nzs

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Hello All... working on a second portfolio piece. This time I'm building a old spooky mansion library... it will be filled with candles and stuff like that... I'm also looking into building a physics implosion of the books into the center of the room... but for now.. just some basic models and my references

References:

UE4 renders:



My previous portfolio piece
Mushroom Enviroment - free download of entire project

Revocare

Not sure if this idea is overdone but I really like the "abundance of candles" look where there's just hilarious amounts of drippy candles on every surface. Looks good for a library or bar scene

altermind

Been working on scripting.. I've built a function in ue4 which lets me divide an images into sections and lets me use a number to call a certain cell
Need to figure out how to build a blueprint and then use that to randomly select a number to drive what texture to place on the colored areas
Progress Shots:
(dDo)
( Maya)

altermind

Preliminary set of stencils that go in the red section.

I plan to build a normal mapped version of these, then emboss and then apply a gold leaf texture to them and cut out a nice alpha.

(Collected from the web at random)

altermind

Still unsure on how to build the blueprint.... any help would be appreciated!

progress:


Each stencil can be cycled thu a selection of 9 images... so 9 titles.. 9 corners 9 side images

currently only 2 books.... 8 planned... + random color variations

nickcomeau

Not sure about the blueprint but I really like the stencils that you have. The books look good so far!

altermind

Decanter added:

DireWolf

I can't quite read what that is. A glass bottle?

altermind

a decanter is a type of very thick crystal container... like this

altermind

Candles:

altermind

Had a brain fail for a few days.... lost a pile o work.... catching up again

Gazu

The Green Book looks like Zelda Hyrule Historia, pretty cool

altermind

A bit more progress

MisterSande

looking good so far, although I find the textures a bit too clean considering your initial desire for a more sinister look. Some questions you can ask yourself: Is the library still being used ? Is it abandoned ? Who is living or lived in this house ?

nastobi123

I dont think there should be candles. Its gonna burn the entire place especially if that place is full of paper and wood. If theres gonna be, it should be away from the case and enclosed in some kind of dome to avoid embers from flying. Also is there a natural light in your scene ? Overall this is really good. I really like the way you did the books with cards. Learned something new. Goodluck !

Nathan M

nastobi123 wrote: »

I dont think there should be candles. Its gonna burn the entire place especially if that place is full of paper and wood. If theres gonna be, it should be away from the case and enclosed in some kind of dome to avoid embers from flying. Also is there a natural light in your scene ? Overall this is really good. I really like the way you did the books with cards. Learned something new. Goodluck !

I agree with your point here, in terms of practicality it wouldnt be very good to have candles lying around.

If you do a quick google search you can find stuff like this to maybe place the candles in:


Also subscriped to the thread, cant wait to see more

altermind

but I like candles

I'll try and make a nice container for them then >.<

osman

I like your progress so far, very clean. If you still need help with BP's let me know. Ask away and I'll try and help you out

nastobi123

Im sorry but its your choice bro

altermind

Totally buggered up this piece.... need to redo its textures totally... and attempt to fix it's light mapping issues...

Makkon

Those wood materials are fabulous. Subbed.

altermind

Bit more progress

MidoriKoishi

+1 what Makkon said. That wood is amazing! The decanter still looks fairly odd though. Maybe try to make it a more opaque type of glass? Something akin to a fancy alcohol bottle.

altermind

Just going to make a rocking chair now I think

I will be making it more creepy and abandoned later at this point.... as I need to show this off tomorrow... but I'll be working more on it for at least a week
or more lol

altermind

MidoriKoishi wrote: »

+1 what Makkon said. That wood is amazing! The decanter still looks fairly odd though. Maybe try to make it a more opaque type of glass? Something akin to a fancy alcohol bottle.

I agree.... the glass is causing me some difficulty.... the opacity does not seem to change... I think the refraction is overriding it somehow.. I'll look into that some more

altermind

MisterSande wrote: »

looking good so far, although I find the textures a bit too clean considering your initial desire for a more sinister look. Some questions you can ask yourself: Is the library still being used ? Is it abandoned ? Who is living or lived in this house ?

At the moment... it's a lived in location... but I am working on some procedural textures that will enable me to paint grunge maps over the objects.. and then animate it aging

Mind you... this might be taxing my limited knowledge lol

altermind

A bit more progress.. taking a day or 2 off... need a break.... the code.... is.. killing.. my... mind

.nL

This is looking sharp. Keep it up!

altermind

current version.... downloadable exe for windows
download link

Hausestate

This looks awesome. We are making a short survival horror adventure what will be placed in a old mansion so this kind of props would be perfect.

Keep up the great work!

altermind

Hausestate wrote: »

This looks awesome. We are making a short survival horror adventure what will be placed in a old mansion so this kind of props would be perfect.

Keep up the great work!

Thanks... keep an eye on this thread... once I'm done I'll release it all it should not be to much longer

B.O.W.

Very good

altermind

micro update:
Fixed lights

altermind

Rebuilt shader networks and redid some textures for much higher res...
added custom sharpen post process with a variable set by the dof... seems to give a nice result... added a modified stock dust effect...

to do:
Build rest of scene LOL
1: Build temp prefabs for layout - Door, Large window, new floor
2: set dressing items - Sofa, desk, candle holder, foot stool, cushion, new paintings, book generator, desk light and Large Drinking atlas world ball thingy.
3: figure out better method for baked shadows.... they are way to chunky!!!
4: look into tweaking CC shadows in case baked shadows remain crappy
5: build custom collider for spiral staircase.

If anyone can help... please give me a yell

ANıL İŞBİLİR

You could try using a depth fade node for the glass container. It should simulate the liquid inside it, give it more depth. Great furniture assets by the way.

ANıL İŞBİLİR

altermind wrote: »

Rebuilt shader networks and redid some textures for much higher res...
added custom sharpen post process with a variable set by the dof... seems to give a nice result... added a modified stock dust effect...

to do:
Build rest of scene LOL
1: Build temp prefabs for layout - Door, Large window, new floor
2: set dressing items - Sofa, desk, candle holder, foot stool, cushion, new paintings, book generator, desk light and Large Drinking atlas world ball thingy.
3: figure out better method for baked shadows.... they are way to chunky!!!
4: look into tweaking CC shadows in case baked shadows remain crappy
5: build custom collider for spiral staircase.

If anyone can help... please give me a yell

If you are having problem with shadows, you could try different lightmass settings. Its under the World Settings.
Try this:
Static lighting level scale: 0.3
Indirect lighting quality: 2
Indirect lighting smoothness: 0.6

This would affect the lightmass build time severely. But should fix any baked light errors and seams.

altermind

Micro update to show that I have not abandoned this project yet

lights have been built into controlable blueprint versions. with controls for static / stationary and an off mode which removes the emissive from the model



Closeup - some experiments on using photos of paintings and extracting normal / occlusion / roughness and making it fit into the render better and react to the small lights in the scene

altermind

Book gen... not working well tho... causing engine slowdowns

altermind

Came back to the project after a break... fixed BP issues... and tidied up the scene enuf to present





More screenshots located here ArtStation

Download entire project here https://goo.gl/7m3nzs