[UE4] Ruins

ANıL İŞBİLİR · Apr 10 2018

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?

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ZacD · Apr 11 2018

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

FreneticPonies · Apr 11 2018

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 · Apr 11 2018

@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.

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Doxturtle · Apr 11 2018

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

Erwannd2d · Apr 11 2018

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

ANıL İŞBİLİR · Apr 16 2018

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.

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ANıL İŞBİLİR · Apr 17 2018

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

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ANıL İŞBİLİR · Apr 25 2018

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

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FreneticPonies · Apr 26 2018

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

homart · Apr 26 2018

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

ZacD · Apr 29 2018

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 · May 2 2018

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

ANıL İŞBİLİR · May 2 2018

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.