Fallout 4/Bloodborne shading technique?

vlad_the_implyer

Is there a specific name or a way to achieve the shading that's used on characters in Fallout 4 and gear and characters in Bloodborne? It's very smooth and even wax-like.

Here's a sample, i can't find the exact lighting conditions to show it off in FO4, but in Bloodborne everything looks like that.

Farfarer

My guess is it's some variant of deferred SSS (sub-surface scattering).

They all have silly acronyms with lots of 'S's, but I can't be sure which particular version an engine uses;
SSSSS (screen-space subsurface scattering)
SSSS (separable sub-surface scattering)
etc...

Millenia

I'm pretty sure Fallout 4 uses screen-space subsurface scattering, at least there's files referring to SSSSS in the game archives.

vlad_the_implyer

Thanks! It seems that Bloodborne uses separable SSS and Fallout 4 uses screen-space SSS and overall mid-res quality of the assets brings those two looks closer together. Cheers!

echofourpapa

So, the moral of the story is the more 'S's in the name, the better the skin?   

Panupat

I don't see anything out of ordinary here. Except maybe nice, big, soft light. The rim light hitting the chin of that character on the top right is pretty nice.