[UE4] Ruins

ANıL İŞBİLİR

Hi everyone, I tried to approach this project differently and finish the environment first before I continue on the actual ruins. I'm happy with the general landscape bu I'm stuck with my trees. Other foliage actors are ok, but i can't seem to adjust the density and geometry of the leaf cards (probably texture too). Is there a good tutorial on speedtree for game assets? Or could you guys share your wisdom?

ZacD

Try clumping together bushes, trees, rocks, etc. Even distribution looks terrible and boring. 

FreneticPonies

Solid start. But the tree branches are too thick, the biological rule is that the area of all branches sum to the area of the branch they are attached to. IE all the branches sprouting off the main trunk are just as thick put together as the main trunk itself.

The broadleaf tree also type has too many branches and not enough leaves.

ANıL İŞBİLİR

@FreneticPonies
Thanks. I actually took the time and examined epics tree models and also some real trees this time. I'm really happy with the new conifers. Now that i look at it the old ones were horrible.

Doxturtle

Scenes looking really good so far, nice job on the grass

Erwannd2d

It is coming to life ! Keep up the great work man  

ANıL İŞBİLİR

Scanned a log the other day, can't decide which texture to use, i modified the textures to be more compatible with the scene. The bottom one is the original, I painted the conifer bark on top but i think it lost some detail in the process.

ANıL İŞBİLİR

Added the roads today, i can finally move on to structures, just have to paint trees everywhere before that.

ANıL İŞBİLİR

Continuing with the meshes. I'm surprised how quick it is to create new types with the same materials and detail meshes.

FreneticPonies

Awesome bridge and water! The ruins themselves could use some breaking up of all the tiling.

homart

You could try using a 3d world positionned noise to break up the tiling!

ZacD

Make sure if there isn't going to be a floor that the columns sit on, there should still be some sort of base platform they are placed on top of. 

HumiIiation

Amazing work man, keep it up and keep us updated!

ANıL İŞBİLİR

Thanks guys. @FreneticPonies I have rubble meshes planned out, they should help hide the repetition. @homart Yeah, I should do something about that, probably blend different textures with the noise brush. @ZacD Of course, looks much better now, I should work on the stairs and add some high walls, maybe a gateway.

ANıL İŞBİLİR

Added more meshes, still using the same materials for the new meshes. Subtle changes to fog and stuff.

ANıL İŞBİLİR

Some minor lighting enhancements. Also added these little hill houses, not sure what to call them.

Sebvhe

I get a Lord of the Rings vibe out of this, and I really like that!

ANıL İŞBİLİR

I've been busy, almost finished all the meshes and materials, did some general placement. Can't decide about the fog, I like the extremely foggy atmosphere up close, but it gets a bit washed out in aerial shots. I use exponential height fog with volumetric option enabled by the way.

ANıL İŞBİLİR

I call this one finished. Some nature assets came out better than I expected, but had to change speedtrees with mesh versions, apparently Epic can't sell assets created with speedtree anymore. Learned much more about modular modeling and texturing.
Its now available on the Unreal Marketplace.
Thanks everyone, for your precious feedback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kHV9dCGDPI&t=2s 
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/eEdA6 
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/ruins 

Ashervisalis

I'd love to explore this place. Lookin sick!

Doxturtle

I love the design on those little huts, great work on this

MarcoAntonio

love this kind of scenes!! Nice work!!