Resistance 3 Environment (UE4)

ftsmith

Hi, this is a project I just started working on to recreate an environment from one of my favorite franchise. I just set up basic primitives and place holders so that I can get the camera angle, lighting, and proportion down before I start doing the serious stuff. I started working on the ground texture and I'm probably going to focus on the walls and pillars first. Before I dive too deep into the rabbit hole let me know if there is any issues or things I can fix. All feedback is appreciated. Thanks.

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Adel0n

Love the concept choice, Blockout looks good for me. Keep up

ftsmith

Adel0n said:

Love the concept choice, Blockout looks good for me. Keep up

Thanks. Glad to know I'm going in the right direction.

ftsmith

Update:

Just finished on the main dirt texture. Will probably make another texture to vert blend but this is good for now.

amirabd2130

looking forward to see this progress further

ftsmith

Update:

Finished working on the wood and cloth for the ceiling, but I'll probably have to rework the ceiling, it doesn't look that good. Now I'm going to work on the walls so that they look natural and also spend some time on the back corner (on the right side) so that I can get that folding effect. I probably have to make a custom hight map. As always any c & c is appreciated.

ftsmith

Update:

Just finished with my first material pass for some of the props. Of course there is a lot of things I have to change on the the textures but I'm glad I got a rough start. One of the major problems I have to tackle is matching the colors to the reference and having a natural looking ceiling and wall, but I think I can fix both those with some trial and error. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Benvox2

Nice, it's starting to take form now, are you using dynamic or static lighting?

ftsmith

Benvox2 said:

Nice, it's starting to take form now, are you using dynamic or static lighting?

I'm using static. I don't have that much experience in dynamic lighting. I should also mention all the screen shots had the lighting baked on preview mode so it is low quality.

ftsmith

Update:

Just finished modeling, texturing, and placing all the major props that I could see in the reference. Just looking at the picture I know I have to spend some more time with lighting and go back on a couple of models to change some of the textures. I probably will start after I make one or two more ground textures to vert blend. As always any critiques or criticisms is more than welcomed.

ftsmith

Update:

Been doing a lot of lighting work and some extra details like to fog and the light shafts. I got the light closer to the reference but in return all of my meshes look like garbage, so i have to work on that. The lights aren't quite there but it's close. Like always any feedback os appreciated.

Benvox2

It is nice to see it gradually come together! The fog in the background is a nice touch, how did you implement that? Looking at the concept I think for lighting overall you need a bit more contrast.

ftsmith

 Thanks for the tip. For the fog I basically followed this tutorial and modified some of the settings :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOdTrIB5te0

ftsmith

Did some major light rework and realized that Unreal works 100 times better on my PC than my Mac so glad I made that choice. I don't want to call it done and it's probably not by professional standards, but I don't know what else to do besides minor tweaks (and I'm kind of getting tired of this project) . If any one have any suggestions I'll be more than happy to implement them.

Benvox2

Huge improvement man, looks much more lively now. Do you have a post process volume? As a final tweak if you have not already, I would use colour grading to nudge the values closer to the concept. Should not take long but will be effective.

ftsmith

I think I got the lighting and colors  pretty close to the reference. I'm probably just going to slap my name on it and call it done (unless there's something major I have to fix). I think the end result is ok. there's probably a million things I could have done to make it better, but I'm pretty burned out on this project. However it was a great learning experience especially for lighting. And a special shout out to Benvox2 for the numerous feedback.

Benvox2

You are absolutely correct mate. Being able to call something done is a great skill in itself. As I found out myself recently to avoid a never ending project. As an added bonus you scene looks great too! I think the things you learn on the way are the most valuable. It means the next project you start you will be in a much better position. Well done man.

Ged

its coming along well, I think your camera is placed a bit too near the roof, in the concept it seems like someone is looking ahead toward horizon level from eye height(about 6ft from floor). In your shot it looks like someone has attached a camera near the cieling that is looking down at the floor rather than off toward the horizon. The floor has an odd quality, it almost looks unlit in places, like the materials arent catching the light properly. Most of the materials are reacting nicely to your lighting

Eric Chadwick

This looks great!

Why PNGs though? Ouch my download speed.  PNGs Suck on Polycount

ftsmith

 I'm glad you guys thinks it looks good. After a couple of weeks on working on this I couldn't tell if it looked good or not.

@Ged is this camera angle better? I also lightened up the really dark dirt spots slightly.

@Eric and it's in jpg