[UE4] Foliage interaction systems
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Hi guys,
I always thought that foliage in most games could use some love.
I found out that there weren't that manny foliage bending examples out there, most seem to resort to Shaders,
which does not look good on larger foliage types.
get the project files here: https://gum.co/UByh
get the project process paper here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_1...pfWEtyTHM/view
Based on jonas Molgaards tutorials and jean-Francois Levesque's paper i managed to create a set of folliage systems.
Includes:
- physical Foliage bending (spawning and despawning physics actors)
- reaction like forces and impulses (explosions)
- A vertex shader to add more floatyness to the leaves
- Fire propagation
- Foliage trampling by heavy objects
Currently i'm working to release the project files along with a paper on how my thought process was along the way via gumroad.
If there are any questions, feedback,... please post it below!
artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6z0zW
vimeo:
I always thought that foliage in most games could use some love.
I found out that there weren't that manny foliage bending examples out there, most seem to resort to Shaders,
which does not look good on larger foliage types.
get the project files here: https://gum.co/UByh
get the project process paper here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_1...pfWEtyTHM/view
Based on jonas Molgaards tutorials and jean-Francois Levesque's paper i managed to create a set of folliage systems.
Includes:
- physical Foliage bending (spawning and despawning physics actors)
- reaction like forces and impulses (explosions)
- A vertex shader to add more floatyness to the leaves
- Fire propagation
- Foliage trampling by heavy objects
Currently i'm working to release the project files along with a paper on how my thought process was along the way via gumroad.
If there are any questions, feedback,... please post it below!
artstation: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/6z0zW
vimeo:
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/201269628" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p><a href="">Unreal engine intractable Foliage systems</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user53845774">Sander Vander Meiren</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
Replies
Vertex shaders, but after a lot of fudging used for all foliage, including trees. More importantly it's incredibly fast.
I also wrote a small paper on my thought process of solving interactions with foliage.
which you can download here (181 mb):
https://drive.google.com/open…
Project files:
https://gum.co/UByh