(UDK) Bandits Hideout

aajohnny

Hey,
So I am starting a new environment on the side, and I am inspired by Borderlands to make some sort of stylized environment. I want to make this place some sort of bandit hideout, but I will update it as I go and hopefully it will be more clear by then:

Modular pieces:



and the work in progress in the UDK. The sides aren't done yet, but got the front so far:




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I do have a problem with the floor as there are random black "stains" anybody know what could cause that? Well thanks for looking and I am looking forward to suggestions and crits!

Hayden Zammit

Looks neat so far. As for the black stains, could itbe the light maps or something?

aajohnny

Thanks. It might be, but its used a lot in the floor and there aren't any black stains in the other ones. Its weird i'll have to check out the lightmaps.

Jungsik

whaohhh gonna follow this, i love the color you chose, orange with a tint of red in it !

AlexLeighton

Make sure your lightmap UVs have no overlap and build with production lighting and see if the stains go away. Looks superb otherwise.

aajohnny

Thanks guys,
I did fix a few lightmap errors, but it must be something with that particular floor tile, I replaced it with other ones I made. Does it look any better?

Hayden Zammit

I think the new floor looks way better. Looks more simple and easier to read.

eazy

i am totally diggin this environment. good job fixing the floor! one thing, tho, you might want to add some more detail to the door. its function doesn't come across super clear right away, like which way would the panels swing open, or would they slide into the walls? just some thoughts.

aajohnny

Thank you both.

I will add more floor details, maybe a keypad of some sort to add onto the way of the door actually opening, maybe a floor panel to step on as well, i'll have to figure something out

Noodle!

Looks very nice so far!

I do think the wear around the bolts in the plates stand out very much, and is larger and more worn that it should be. In cases like the door frame I also get the heavy handed feeling where you've worn off the entire surrounding edge instead of varying it.
Also, on the metal plates that don't seem to have paint on them (or maybe they're painted grey?) you're using the same texturing as if paint was chipped off around the bolts.

I like the colors though, a great shade of orange and I think it'll turn out excellent.

aajohnny

Thanks Noodle, so your saying I should add more wear to the floor tiles?

S2Engine

Very cool, love the style! Is this supposed to be a set of buildings that are outdoors, or is it set indoors? If it's the latter I'd get a ceiling in there and seal off the corridors soon so you can get an idea of how lighting will work, since it'll probably react differently than the sunlighting. Great stuff!

jeremiah_bigley

Nice and clean sir! I am watching you! :shifty:

aajohnny

@ S2Engine - Thank you. It is supposed to be an outdoor scene

@ Jeremiah_Bigley - Thank you!

aajohnny

Well a quick update, I added some supports and the stairs. I plan on using the metal plates on the stairs as a wall surrounding the platform, or at least attached to railings. Does the stairs fit the scene so far?

HandSandwich

The stairs and the corrugated metal clash a bit with what you have already. I'd say either clean up that metal or grime up the other spots as they're pretty clean in comparison

Hayden Zammit

I agree that the stairs are clashing with the rest of the design. I think you should stick with the clean original style.

aajohnny

Okay thank you both, i'll have to fix that for the next update

Artist_in_a_box

this looks very 'portal' so far lol

Mooglesarelittle

Looking great so far man, although I agree with Hand and Hayden about the stairs. I think some bandit graffiti/clan tags would really help sell this.

aajohnny

Haha Artist_in_a_box i'll take that as a compliment

and thanks Mooglesarelittle, i'll clean up the stairs and make some graffiti decals , I actually have a lot of decals to make!

Snader

The two material types definitely clash, but the stairs are the one that 's looking the most Borderlands=y.

aajohnny

Its been a really long time, but I am starting to work on this again ( I don't think it's a bandit hideout anymore ha)

chrisradsby

Hmm, it's quite nice, but it doesn't make a lot of sense right now. Not to me at least ^^

Maybe try building vertically more? If you have everything modular in your 3d-software, try building everything in there first. (maybe not everything) but the main buildings. Putting together modular parts in UDK will probably just up the chances that you'll have lighting-bugs in the end when the walls are not welded together.

I think scale is an issue, the bolts look really big. I think you need to sit down, and have a big think on what looks right and what doesn't, then go and fix it. The metal floor looks off to me, mainly because it's solid metal and everything has really sharp edges. Maybe like a metal grating floor (alpha) with some corrugated metal sheets on it would work better ? Something that feels more "put together by bandits".

You got the groundwork done now experiment a bit and don't get stuck in just one way of doing things! Keep working!