Scene from a Movie - ALIENS

Lee3dee

I teamed up with [HP] for the Game Artist "Scene from a Movie" Competition. We have been working on it since Feb 17th. The scene will be rendered in the Crysis engine.

Scene: Exterior of colony LV-426. (Hadleys Hope)


modular barrier


Colonial Marines APC


Utility Vehicle


Crane


modular walkway


Crane Robot


North Lock



Competition ends March 29th.

vj_box

So far so good,looks to be coming together nicely.

Vj

almighty_gir

looks good, could do with some mist effects, and some tweaking to the field of view i think.

killingpeople

The commander was such a dick in that movie.

Tumerboy

that APC is one of my favorite vehicles ever! I want one to drive to work.

Richard Kain

You are constructing the North Lock. But the reference pic you are using for the door quite clearly has "South Lock" written on it. Not terribly important, I just thought it slightly humorous. (there's no reason why the north and south locks can't have identical doors, it's a modular building after all)

So far everything for this environment is looking great! You've done a fine job of collecting and interpreting the source material.

r4ptur3

they mostly come out at night....mostly.

looks badass dude! gonna keep an eye on this post for sure.

mikezoo

Using crysis for your engine of pick? Most rad, the time of day function is so much fun to play with. With some intense adjusting you can come up with some really cool settings. Capturing that "alien" atmosphere shouldn't be much of a problem.

You guys got some great looking props too.:thumbup:

vik

Game over man, game over!

Already looks pretty awesome, hope you can finish in time.

[HP]

Thanks for the good feedback guys! We'll keep this thread alive with some new shots soon.

Richard Kain, Yes, he used the "South Lock" screenshot just to show of the door.
North and South lock buildings are pretty much different buildings, but the doors are the same!

For those interested, here's some of the refs we got:
http://www.helderpinto.com/images/SFAM-Aliens/

Pope Adam

seriously good!!!

Harry

sick onnneeee

Renaud Galand

looking great so far! Remind me of a project I worked on

greenj2

"State of the badass art!"

Looking very tasty so far guys....

Ajax

That's looking great so far

[HP]

Today I spent a few time unwrapping some of the models, and I also messed with the style of the scene a bit. changing the fog color, moon color, contrast, etc.
Here's my first attempt:
(I know it looks weird having only a single textured prop in there, but try and ignore it and just appreciate the "style" and "mood" of the shots.)

Mohawkd_Zombie

Looking great
i was just watching Aliens couple of days ago
love the props
the only thing throwing me off is the perfect ground

are you going to add some variation in the terrain? the puddles of water?

coldkodiak

Cool stuff dude. I was working on an aliens game not too long ago, and this stuff would have been awesome.

00Zero

neat stuff. i was chekcing out your guys stuff on game-artists

Lee3dee

coldkodiak wrote: »

I was working on an aliens game not too long ago, and this stuff would have been awesome.

Yeah we both were working on a piece of aliens franchise not too long ago

hawken

man, I watch this movie a billion times when I was a kid.

APC is the coolest vehicle ever, I still remember the music as it goes charging through the complex.

top work, can't wait to see the finished thing!

Richard Kain

I second the need for more ground variation. I know you're probably not at that point yet. But when you do get there, this environment need tire tracks. It needs big-ass tire tracks all over the place. All of the vehicles associated with Hadley's Hope colony have numerous and enormous tires. It would make sense for the ground in and around the compound to be littered with criss-crossed tire tracks. I don't suppose there is any way to do normal-mapped decals, is there?

We're on an express elevator to hell...going down!

[HP]

eh eh, thanks a bunch guys!

Yeah man, CryEngine2 is also very well know for it's pretty cool decals system, it has pretty much everything you want it to have. (difuse, spec, normal, and more important Parallax mapping)
Of course the ground still needs a lot of work, and as of yet I'm still using a temporary Crysis ground texture. Everything on this scene needs to be custom made so we'll have to make a ground texture to. And some variation to the ground geometry, last but not least, a few puddles of water as well!

Lee3dee

[HP]'s updates



I've been looking for apartments this weekend, getting back into it tonight when we return to Plano. We only have 2 weeks remaining

skullsplitter

Let's hope Rebellion watches in and tries to achieve the same look...

Jeff Parrott

Looking real nice! No major crits.

Loom-In-Essence

Things are looking real good. Keep up the good work.:thumbup:

[HP]

skullsplitter wrote: »

Let's hope Rebellion watches in and tries to achieve the same look...

eh eh, I hope so too! :poly121:

Those guys are the original creators of AvP so, I'm sure they will do a great job!

OldKid

Any questions? Yeah. How do I get out of this chicken shit outfit.- Hudson talking to LT

We're on an express elevator to Hell, goin' down! - Pvt Hudson

By far the best character in the movie. Nice job. Aliens is awesome.

malcolm

That's looking great really cool that it's in the game engine.

[HP]

Thanks guys!

here's the maps I used for the terrain. there's a lot of in-editor material tweaking work involved afterward tho!

drunkill

Looks great, that last ingame shot is fantastic. The lighting and moonlight make the scene look much better. Keep the work up.

Diwan

Damn this scene is going to be awesome! Good Job so far!

Richard Kain

Hell yeah. That new ground texture is working. I would make the Atmosphere processor in the background a bit more visible. The clouds look good, but they are obscuring the Atmosphere processor a bit too much. You've done a great job of constructing the AP, so I see no reason to hide it. Also, it is an iconic part of the film, and is evident in most of the outdoor scenes. Show it off.

00Zero

that ground looks kickass. very nice. id tone down the red on the neon bar sign. it seems too red in comparison with all the blue.

im having a tough time figuring out how to do foot imprints on sand. haha. your guys ground doesnt even look like its tiling. good job

[HP]

Thanks for the good feedback and crits guys.

Here's the APC ingame





(APC Movie pic:


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ae.

how hard is it to import models into cryengine?

jstoner

whats program are you using to model in? maya has no official support, but a user has created an exporter for maya, but it's somewhat buggy and any mesh that would be animated can't be exported out with maya.Xsi has some official support, but the exporter again is buggy. The official tools are all for 3dsmax, and they work just fine. you can find the plugins in the crysis sdk, also includes a photoshop plugin for crytiffs.

[HP]

ae. wrote: »

how hard is it to import models into cryengine?

It's not, eh eh...

Importing assets it's really easy, if you use 3Dsmax. (The exporter for other apps like XSI is a bit buggy, but still works.)
The Material Editor is a bit hard to master at first, but after you understand how it works, it's really powerful, i can recreate exactly the kind of surfaces I want in a few seconds.
http://doc.crymod.com/AssetCreation/frames.html?frmname=topic&frmfile=index.html


About those 2 screenshots I've posted yesterday, the Wet/Rain shader looks so awesome in motion, but on screenshots it's nothing but noise, so I'm considering removing it for the final submitions screenshots.

jstoner

you're the same hp from crymod right?

[HP]

jstoner wrote: »

you're the same hp from crymod right?

Yep.

Thewiruz

Omg!! Im an Alien fan!!!!

I love this!,Keep up the work

skullsplitter

[HP] wrote: »

eh eh, I hope so too! :poly121:

Those guys are the original creators of AvP so, I'm sure they will do a great job!

They didn't make anything shockingly good after that title, and personally, as a game, AvP2 is the better one.

AvP had the atmosphere, AvP2 had the story and polished edges...

Thewiruz

yes the second movie is the best ,3rd and 4th suck,AVP aswell

skullsplitter

Can't exactly agree with you, although Aliens is a briljant piece of a bigger picture, it is actually quite shallow, but acceptible because the performance was so well done.

To me, A3 was the gem, but I mainly like it's pacing, characters, sets and alien-design.

Stubbs

In my opinion Aliens is most definitely the best, it really was one of the main if not the main inspiration for the ever-flourishing "sci-fi-corridor/space-marine/horror" concept we see everywhere nowadays. I feel that Alien3 does get a bad rap and it really is a better movie than most people give it credit for, although still not as good as Alien or Aliens. Alien 4 is crap, so was AVP.

The scene is looking good by the way.

Richard Kain

Yes, I can't agree with your assesment, SkullSplitter. The cast in Alien 3 is surprisingly solid, but the actual character development is even shallower than what is seen in Aliens. A large part of this derives from the characters' disposable nature. You get the impression early on that they will all end up as cannon fodder. The sets are interesting initially, but become extremely repetitive. The environments in Aliens mixed things up a lot more.

The pacing is an interesting point. I can see why some fans would prefer the pacing in Alien 3. It gets into things a lot faster than its predecessor. The entire first half of Aliens is used for character development and building of tension. The actual payoff doesn't come until much later in the film. However, the quality of the acting and character development more than makes up for the slow initial pace.

I also agree that Alien 3 is better than some critics seem to think. Despite some of its shortcomings, it definitely has its moments, and its own unique flavor. In fact, its level of disparity from the previous films in the series is one of its best points. If you have the two-disc collectors edition of Alien 3, I strongly recommend checking out the behind-the-scenes extras and commentaries. The initial pitch for the film's plot is very different from what eventually came to be.

Alien Resurrection never happened. Repeat this mantra to yourself while rocking back and forth and crying softly. It never happened.

ScoobyDoofus

I realize I am in the minority here, but I've enjoyed all the Alien films on some level, even the AVP films. I think its obvious that 1 & 2 were the best, but the other 4 (including the AVP's) were better than a good 95% of the sci-horror films out there.

You guys are doing some stunning work on this scene. I cannot wait to see more updates. Very impressive.

michi.be

man the gameplay sucks. *jockin*

Cool work HP as usual.

[HP]

Another small update:

Vitor

Hey there HP mate,