How to make moss

hallowseve · 1:56AM

Do you create moss in Substance Designer, or is there a method to do it in SpeedTree to use as a texture for blending? I'm aiming for realistic results.

Eric Chadwick · 2:34PM

Searched "moss" and got this as 2nd result, might help you: https://polycount.com/discussion/130038/ryse-moss-tutorial/p1

hallowseve · 3:50PM

Thank you! It indicates that the content isn't accessible in this region, which is quite frustrating.

Neox · 4:31PM

hallowseve said:

Thank you! It indicates that the content isn't accessible in this region, which is quite frustrating.

which of the content isnt available in your region?

hallowseve · 6:43PM

Neox said:

hallowseve said:

Thank you! It indicates that the content isn't accessible in this region, which is quite frustrating.

which of the content isnt available in your region?

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/pl/qye0g5d8g78a.png

This is what i get

Eric Chadwick · 6:50PM

Yeah that’s Imgur, complying with the new content laws in the UK. I’ll see about moving all the images into our servers.

Eric Chadwick · 7:00PM

OK all images now re-hosted on Polycount. Also, the third post has a PDF of the whole thing, which is nice!

Eric Chadwick · 7:03PM

Oh also... when I searched the forums for "moss" it turned up a reply to someone's art that had a link to a breakdown by one of the Naughty Dog artists.
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/4965R1

He doesn't talk about the moss specifically, but the rest of the page is awesome and well worth taking a close look at. Plus there's a YouTube video of the whole ZBrush/Substance/etc. workflow for making terrains in The Last Of Us.

Fabi_G · 9:53PM

Hi! Another approach would be to blend in a tiling moss texture set using a mask (vertex paint, texture map, direction, ...). Then, to break up the silhouette, you could add a layer of moss cards on top. With foliage that conforms to an object, you might want to transfer the objects' vertex normals to the foliage to get a more unified shading. Aside from overgrowth on unique objects, you could probably create some generic moss patches, base mesh and cards spawned on top, for general use.

All that said, to find a good solution for your engine of choice, I would look for sample content that has the fidelity you're looking for, then learn from it or re-purpose it. When starting out I would keep it simple.

Eric Chadwick · 10:16PM

Yeah that looks like exactly the technique they used at Naughty Dog.

How to make moss

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