[UE4] M.A.R.S

Maximum-Dev

Hi Polycounters!

I did some Mars work and it's still very WIP.
UE4's lighting definitely needs some work.
Would die for a cryengine like TOD system. It's really tricky to make some specific atmospheres in UE4.
Currently using a Directional Light, a Skylight and an Exponential Height Fog.

Will post updates soon.

Maximum-Dev

Added mesh to landscape blending functionality.
Here's a before/after comparison.

Maximum-Dev

Scatter meshes with seamless blending to terrain.

another caveman

Personnal opinion here, I don't know what kind of mood you are going for, but when it comes to Mars might be weird but I don't like seeing it so red, check the NASA Curiosity photographs, those bright sand colors are lovely :


Keep it up!

Maximum-Dev

another caveman, I actually gave gave that lighting a try at the beginning but the problem was it looked like a typical "earth" desert, not another planet. To make it feel off-earth I picked The Martian movie as my reference for lighting, it's almost all red-ish which looked kinda cool because it looked very different from typical earth colors. Anyway, thanks! I appreciate it.

I've done some tweaks in PPV and took a couple screens!