SCI FI scene in unreal

duxun · Feb 2010

WIP scene im working atm in unreal . this scene is inspired by the mass effect universe and it pretty much is my first scene in UDK however i will be finishing/populating this before GDC ... any thoughts i need all the help i can get..

Minos · Feb 2010

Looks like a great start. I'd tweak the lights' radius though. You got big fluorescent lamps that cast very dim lights.

I'm personally working on a Mass Effect 2 fanart scene as well. Eager to see what you come up with this!

Minos · Feb 2010

Doube post, please delete this.

Ben Apuna · Feb 2010

Looks promising, for now it needs a story and some lighting to help tell it.

Mistry10 · Feb 2010

good start man !
I really like the mass effect look !

PredatorGSR · Feb 2010

It reminds me of the test room for the batmobile in batman begins.

duxun · Feb 2010

i ran into a problem with shadows dissapearing or fading out when zooming out..how do you fix that?

another issue is i created foliage and the opacity part shows as black.. i set the material as a blended mask and i plugged in my textures in diffuse and opacity mask..

thanks in advance..

mathes · Feb 2010

It's looking good so far. Before even reading your text, I had flashbacks of small bases on random planets in Mass Effect 1, so you're doing something right.

SouthpawSid · Feb 2010

Try baking out your lighting. Do you have the asses set up with 2 UV channels for lightmaps? And for opacity, If i remember right I plug in alpha into opacity and set to transparent. I could be wrong tho, if your still having the problem let me know I'll pop open UDK and check out what it really was.

duxun · Feb 2010

do you mean build lighting ?.. and i dont have light maps yet. i just learned how to do that. btw i just came home and pluged in my one texture that is 32 bit into unreal and tried again to make the net part of it see thru and nothing.. the opacity part i made white color and i can still see it white in the material editor.. ill be at school on saturday though all day...

duxun · Feb 2010

nvm i figured it out. onto completing this scene .

SouthpawSid · Feb 2010

duxun wrote: »

nvm i figured it out. onto completing this scene .

good to hear.

duxun · Feb 2010

small update im working on this all weekend...cheers..

DennisGlowacki · Feb 2010

Not sure about the lighting. Are you using Lightmass?

I like the geometry though.

duxun · Feb 2010

im setting up my meshes for light mass.. then ill throw in lights and see how that goes ...

DennisGlowacki · Feb 2010

Are you using any BSP or all meshes? Are you generating lightmaps with the udk tool or manually doing a second uv set?

I am really liking this so far and can't wait to see where it goes.
And maybe we will run into each other at GDC

Is it your first time?

duxun · Feb 2010

The only BSP piece is the floor itself...the rest are my meshes. I'm creating a second UV set for the lightmaps..yes it's my first time attending gdc..

duxun · Mar 2010

update.. got more work done..figuring out my lighting set up for this.. still have more pieces that didnt make in the scene yet.. cheers..

duxun · Mar 2010

update... still working on this... crits welcome..

Mistry10 · Mar 2010

loving it even more now.
i would replace the two white lights in the extreme foreground with the blues in the back, i would look alot better

duxun · Mar 2010

the ones on the pillars? on the bottom or the top ???

Mistry10 · Mar 2010

pillars yes.
bottom or top ?
well try both and see what looks best

duxun · Mar 2010

switched those lights ... texturing a few atm .. will post once im done.. got all night tonight..

cholden · Mar 2010

I am curious about the grid texture that's on most things. Is that a placeholder or something final?

duxun · Mar 2010

yes its a place holder texture... im texturing those atm and working on other elements of this scene..

duxun · Mar 2010

update on this . working on finishing this tonight..

nrek · Mar 2010

Hey duxun, the seems to really be coming along. What else do you have in store for this room? Do you plan to place any sort of focal point object in the scene? Because at the moment it feels really empty. Adding something to the scene that would help describe what the purpose of the room is would be a good idea. And this may be personal preference but I think the blue haze from the previous screenshot fit much better than the current yellow/green fog. Keep it up!

duxun · Mar 2010

update... however i still have a slight problem with my focal point... help is welcome..

psychoticprankster · Mar 2010

Loving this but it looks a lil bit to crowded on the floor and to many wires hanging down a bit to low..The scene looks a bit to overdone to me, isn't your focas point the theme ?
well anyway its a bit to over done so trim it down a bit and it should be fine.

duxun · Mar 2010

you have a point ill make those changes and see how it looks .. and yes you dont really need an object to be your focal point . it can also be the theme.. thanks ..

ajr2764 · Mar 2010

Im really digging your stuff so far, im a big fan of sci-fi. I do agree with some of the comments made already. The wires that hang really low make it seem a little cluttered. I like that area where you have the vertical beams connected the one on the floor. What exactly is it for? You could take that and expand on it and make it some sort of console or main area of focus. Is it just in that one area because thats all I see in the shots there. You should think of what goes on it this room and what equipment would be needed to do so. Alot of potential in this I see.

brandoom · Mar 2010

I would play around with the composition of the objects in the scene. The left side is feeling really heavy with both the bench thing and the pillars behind it. Try moving that bench (sorry, not sure what else to call them) over to the right side and move the other two else where, further into the background.

cholden · Mar 2010

I know you said it was temp, but it's that grid texture is being treated as final and it's got to go. I keep thinking it's an editor default texture, and it's cluttering your scene beyond belief.

For additionally clutter, I'd remove the random piles from the floor. It's a trip hazard and just looks like a pipe model sitting halfway through the floor. What's already been said about the clutter is good.

For focal point, consider letting your lighting direct the eye. You can use the doom/quake effect of "oh snap my scene doesn't look good, make it darker, quick!"

duxun · Mar 2010

just got off work. i will work on these changes. will post soon with changes.

1.create and object to give this room purpose/story. panels/console thingy.
2.move those wires higher.
3. move the benches.
4.remove the pipe models from the floor.
5. changing that grid texture on the floor.

3DRyan · Mar 2010

To be honest, I kinda like the grid texture. The level is very simple, and doesn't have a lot going on as far as texturing goes, but I think it works pretty well. Would be interesting to see it more detailed, but that's your call obviously.

Clockwork · Mar 2010

What's the deal with all the hanging cables? It's very contrasting to the otherwise finished and tidy look of the place.

duxun · Mar 2010

heres an update .. i have to leave to GDC hopefully tomorrow night.. i may be calling it done.. but i need polycounts member's crits ...

Mistry10 · Mar 2010

very cool !
i really like the yellow lights.
I would suggest changing the bottom lights on the to close up pillars to white, so you have a contrast between the blue, yellow , white.

vcool · Mar 2010

Looks good but empty.

Ged · Mar 2010

can you make the floor tiles reflective?

duxun · Mar 2010

sounds like a good idea ..

n88tr · Mar 2010

maybe add in a broken pillar, shards of rock, damaged look to it. Other than that lots of good progress in each pic you post... keep it up. I'm interested to see how this ends up.

SCI FI scene in unreal

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