UDK Stormdrain/sewer

TheMetaMorphe

Hello there,

This is my sewer scene inside UDK. This is my first scene inside UDK, usually I make props and vehicles etc.



As you can see It's a lot inspired by mirror's edge ( I love that game ).

In my opinion the scene isn't finished yet and I need your advices to improve it.

Thanks by advance !

TheMetaMorphe

Here an old video to see the water in motion [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbBFV1wgbKw"]UDK - Stormdrain - YouTube[/ame]

passerby

needs a point of interest, and im guessing your trying to capture the Mirrors Edge feel.

TheMetaMorphe

Yeah in a sense yes. Do you have any suggestion concerning a point of interest ?

Anthy9986

I agree with the point of interest comment. I would suggest either adding another asset that would go under the light on the right wall and make that your point of interest or if you didn't want to add another item try highlighting the words on the wall more with the lighting so that your eye is drawn to the back wall. In your video the two walls you have lit are almost completely bare.

Seirei

I'd suggest to add a door and one of these fuse boxes. Just some details so it doesn't look as empty as it looks right now. I know that the overall Mirrors Edge style is pretty minimalistic but if you take a look at this screenshot you'll notice that the environment still has it's details.



I would also suggest that you look out for your specular levels. The whole place looks like it got flooded a few minutes ago. ^^

SirCalalot

Looking good so far!
How did you go about getting the water to flow round the bend?
If you used a Flow Map, what was your creation method?

In terms of the area's simplicity, I reckon some yellow railings running along the water's edge and some more piping should create a nice contrast

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passerby

sir catalot, i think it might just be a scrolling texture with some creative uv's

SirCalalot

I figured as much, but there wasn't any of the usual artifacting that occurs with such a method - so the water must have quite a comparatively dense mesh on the curve

TheMetaMorphe

Ok thanks guys for the feedbacks ! I'll post new screens soon.

For the water I'm using the flow map techniques that valve used in L4D and Portal 2.

To create the flow map texture I've used 3ds Max and I edited the normals of my water plane and then back my normal map and remove the blue channel.

passerby

TheMetaMorphe wrote: »

For the water I'm using the flow map techniques that valve used in L4D and Portal 2.

To create the flow map texture I've used 3ds Max and I edited the normals of my water plane and then back my normal map and remove the blue channel.

this may be of some interest to you, really simplifies things, when it works. little incomplete and buggy atm, but it is still actively being developed, so should get polished off at some point.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97215

TheMetaMorphe

Thanks !

SirCalalot

That is extremely helpful!
Chears @passerby

TheMetaMorphe

Ok so here a small updtate :



I'm making a door too.

scotthomer

Compositionally I really like it, so much intrigue created by the curvature of the tunnel. The composition moves from left to right, (the same way we read) which makes the whole thing work even better. Loving the colours, maybe could do with the non-blue lighting being slightly warmer (but not too much) so you get that sense of hot to cold lighting zones. The concrete pillar could possibly benefit from some horizontal banding from where the concrete will have been "poured", like this:
or this

http://www.flickr.com/groups/nikon_d90_d40_users_group_/discuss/72157624119582801/ - Found that discussion thread really useful before.


This looks awesome! Subscribed.

Habboi

As a huge fan of the Mirrors Edge style I think you've done a great job capturing it. I would add some sort of trim to the bottom of the supports as it looks like they're floating on the floor.

Fomori

Yup. Love the ME style as well. Like where you're going. The floor concrete material looks a bit too shiny. Is it supposed to be wet?

TheMetaMorphe

Thank you guys for the the tips and support !

scotthomer : Thank you for the comment and the article, very interresting.

Habboi : what do you mean by a trim? A mesh or just a texture ? Thanks !

Fomori : Thanks ! Yes it is .

Regarding your suggestions I came up with this :

Habboi

Sorry I assumed you knew what a trim was. I'll just paint a quick example.

http://upload.habboi.co.uk/exampleme.jpg

SirCalalot

I'm not sure I'm a fan of the blue objects as well as the predominately blue lighting...

But those railings look slpendiferous

TheMetaMorphe

Habboi : It's fine, I was't really sure, now I am .

SirCalalot : Well I like it that way for now but it is not fixed yet. Thanks !

SirCalalot

Haha, don't worry, I wasn't having a go

Port-Seven

At first glance I thought the scene looked a little too clean for a sewer. Would it be possible to to add a tiny bit of dirt or a little more grunge on the ground without loosing the Mirror's Edge style? I know for the most part the environments have a really clean look to them but that's what I feel is missing. Looks like it'll end up looking great though. =]

TheMetaMorphe

Well Well, I've added some dirt on the floor :

SirCalalot

Mmm, purdy.
It definitely adds to the scene.

Like garlic in a meal

TheMetaMorphe

Yeah I agree Thanks !

TheMetaMorphe

Ok so here my first final :



Hope you like it and thank you again for all the feedbacks !

Fomori

Hmmm. Only thing that's bothering me are the yellow lights on the boxes on the wall. They look to flat and too yellow. I would give them more bloom so they don't look so flat and I think they would look better as red or maybe desaturate the yellow a bit.

Habboi

Would love to see some texture flats! And I think you can do more with this environment. Why stop with this corridor? Make some more areas using the same content and it'll give you more pictures to slap on the portfolio.

Darkleopard

I kind of feel that the blue light is to heavy and i agree with fomori on the yellow lights.

Nice scene, definitely Mirrors edge influenced. Good work!