[WIP] UDK Pirate Hideout scene

JonathanLambert · May 2012

I'm building this scene from a concept I found online by Artyom Vlaskin.

There are a few light map issues and very few textures at this point. Crits welcome.

odium · May 2012

Awesome start, loving this.

sltrOlsson · May 2012

Ah, very nice indeed! Seems that you have some shading errors on the smaller pillars on the house. Close to the bridge..

Looking forward for some updates!

biofrost · May 2012

Nothing to crit so far, can't wait to see how this turns out!

Alberto Rdrgz · May 2012

real clean stuff!

TheGoozah · May 2012

A popular scene

--> http://www.game-artist.net/forums/work-progress/17881-harbour-environment.html
Only comment right now is that sltrOlsson is right and you also have some seams in your bridge too (right in the 2 corners).
Keep it up! Cheers

JonathanLambert · May 2012

I needed a break from modeling boards, so I started on a skull prop that is going to be hanging from the arch over the bridge. I'm not going to get too crazy with the detail on this piece because it will be pretty small on screen.

This is still very much a WIP.

JonathanLambert · May 2012

OK, I finished the skull prop hi poly. Time to model the low and bake it down.
Mmmmmmmm bacon.

JonathanLambert · Jun 2012

I'm getting the textures and shaders built up. It's looking a little bland at the moment but I'll fix that with props, decals, and some texture blending parameters in the master material.

I'm still trying to figure out the best way to do the windows. I didn't construct the interior and I'm not sure how to fake the refraction. I'm thinking of using one cube map for reflection, one to fake refraction, lerping them with a fresnel term, and make the mat 100% opaque. Any advice?

BluntPencil · Jun 2012

The design is gorgeous, but the overall structure strikes me as almost too well-built to be a "pirate hideout". How about banging it up a bit, make things a bit more bent and warped. Right now it looks like it was constructed recently by an architect with top-grade tools - the angles and shapes just read as too "clean" for the subject matter to me, if that makes any sense.

JonathanLambert · Jun 2012

Thanks, you make a good point. After I get a little closer to being done I'll do a damage pass. Stain decals, missing rope, missing boards, broken windows, etc.

SirCalalot · Jun 2012

There is a good thread on the Epic forums detailing how to achieve nice-looking glass.

A great technique he uses is to use a Cubemap for reflection, and then to mirror that same Cubemap to fake a refraction (pretty much what you already mentioned tbh).

Skybex · Jun 2012

Loving how this is progressing. My only comment is that in the concept it looks like this building has been constructed using parts of a boat, especially the roof, with a lot of the boat supports still added. Where as your roof looks like it was constructed specifically as a roof.

This concept by the same artist coveys what I mean better than my words.

http://cghub.com/images/view/90648/

JonathanLambert · Jun 2012

I've started learning how to use the landscape tools and I'm making some damaged versions of the static meshes. The sky and water materials are udk's and will be replaced. I still have a lot to do but crits are always appreciated.

Thanks

BenHenry · Jun 2012

Wow, this looks awesome! cant wait to see more!

guhhh · Jun 2012

great scene!!! im following this thread now .... keep rockin

Arac · Jun 2012

Looks great!

Love the concept you've selected and the execution so far.

JonathanLambert · Jul 2012

Added some barrels and changed the landscape. I plan on adding foilage and some more props to make it look lived in.

MrNinjutsu · Jul 2012

This is looking great, i'll be a keeping a tab on this! Keep up the cool work.

SirCalalot · Jul 2012

Definitely a step up - it really is coming together now you have an environment surrounding your hideout.

For your water, you could connect a Fresnel in your opacity node chain to make it more reflective/diffuse when viewed at an angle. I know it's only a work in progress at the moment, but thought it would help sell the effect for the time-being

JonathanLambert · Jul 2012

Thanks, I figure I'm about 80% there. This is only my 3rd piece of game art, so I've learned a ton about workflow and UDK from this scene. It has been a slow process because I have stop to learn the tools each time I get to a new stage of development.

maverickhornet · Jul 2012

All I've got going through my head is "Yo ho Yo ho... A pirates life for me!"

Cool stuffz

JonathanLambert · Jul 2012

Small Update:
I made a wrecked boat and littered the beach with rum barrels.

Texelion · Jul 2012

Looking good. I hope you will also add some stuff on the beach, clams, seaweed, broken wood, bottles, a siren ? ^^

SuperFranky · Jul 2012

looks neat

toxic_h2o · Jul 2012

Looking cool man, I will be watching.

Dysengaged · Jul 2012

toxic_h2o wrote: »

Looking cool man, I will be watching.

Looking awesome

really like what youve done so far.
are you going to keep the default sky in udk or make your own to go along with your scene?
also, how did you go about creating to rope along the boardwalk? as in mesh wise?

Keep it up, will be looking forward to more

JonathanLambert · Aug 2012

A little progress.

nathanbarrett · Aug 2012

Looking good man, needs more mood but other than that the actual hideout looks awesome.

My only crit is that the windows in the fourth image look really flat

Here:

JonathanLambert · Oct 2012

I made new skydome and water shaders and changed the lighting. I'm looking for crits before I update my website with this work.

and a fly through.

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SirCalalot · Oct 2012

I think that the scene looks wonderful

However, that being said, the current sky seems really at odds with the lighting and the colour of the water - which would be relfecting the sky somewhat.

With that sort of set-up I'd expect to see a bight blue, almost entirely clear sky.

The surrounding hills also have some quite evident tiling. Perhaps overlaying a large texture with a much lower tiling rate would break the repetition up a bit more.

Keep up the good work!

JonathanLambert · Oct 2012

Excellent points!

Thanks

nedwork · Oct 2012

Good job. I did similar scene a year ago.

http://www.thanet-art.com/gallery_piratetown.html

Quickel · Oct 2012

Yeah I would agree the sky looks too gray for the lighting you have. I personally like the happier lighting so I'd change the skydome before I'd change the lighting.

I like what you did with the beach and the foliage...really adds to the scene. Not sure if you have time for more props and stuff around the actual structure but it would really help make the scene feel more alive.

Santewi · Oct 2012

The new water shader looks cool, would you mind showing the normalmap you're using?

MystiqueX · Oct 2012

Nice work! The model looks great, but the textures are too monotonous if you ask me...

danpaz3d · Oct 2012

Main thing for me is the water looks way off. Make it the same colour as the sky, then a bit darker. Or make the sky the same colour as the water.

Well done!

JonathanLambert · Oct 2012

I fixed the skybox to match the water. I also added a crow's nest with a dynamically simulated flag and a cargo net to climb to the top. The textures on the crow's nest and cargo net are temporary.

I am going to add a cannon, ship steering wheel, and other odds and ends to flesh the scene out as suggested. I want to revisit the background terrain shapes and blend in some more grass textures for variation. Any more ideas or crits are appreciated.

Thanks for all of the valuable input.

nedwork · Oct 2012

Very good. I feel like the wood textures are too clean. I think you can add more grime to that or add leaking decals on top.

SirCalalot · Oct 2012

Leaking decals?
You should probably see a doctor about that... :P

The sky look tons better @JonathanLambert.

Just out of interest - do you have the lighitng build set to 'Preview'?

JonathanLambert · Oct 2012

I think it was last built on medium or high but the light maps are mipping out way too fast.
Anyone know where the lightmap mipping distances are set?

JonathanLambert · Oct 2012

I added some more props, tweaked the background, and I'm in the process of adding decals to break up the repetitive textures. The lighting needs to be rebuilt.

Cannon now with a %100 more bird shit decals! I still need to ruff up the texture a bit.

SirCalalot · Oct 2012

That's a damn-fine looking wheel.

The only thing that comes to mind at the moment is how some of the textures such as the wooden walls looks great and grungy, where a lot of the other textures look quite clean and new - but I'm aware that you're probably doing this as I type...

Mr.Cash · Oct 2012

Man, I'm really loving your work so far. Very nice textures and light behavior of your assets.
But I think your canon looks a bit to unused, since it's standing next to water. A bit more dirt/rust/scratches could do a lot here.

But still very impressive work. Keep it up!

EDIT: I'm seeing some mapping issues on that pillar behind your wheel

shotgun · Oct 2012

NedEx's pirate town does look remarkably similar to this in terms of architecture (which is even better in this case, imo)

The textures, in general, do feel too clean. There r no transitions between materials (poles coming out of water should be darker and have moss, for instance) and overall weather effects

For the record, if it weren't for the pirate flag and the thread title, I'd have never thought this to be a pirate hangout

JonathanLambert · Oct 2012

shotgun wrote: »

NedEx's pirate town does look remarkably similar to this in terms of architecture (which is even better in this case, imo)

The textures, in general, do feel too clean. There r no transitions between materials (poles coming out of water should be darker and have moss, for instance) and overall weather effects

For the record, if it weren't for the pirate flag and the thread title, I'd have never thought this to be a pirate hangout

It's based off of this concept:

Good point about the poles coming out of the water.

@ Mr.Cash Thanks, when I'm done there is going to be water stains, scuff marks, and bird shit everywhere.

James R Jenkins · Oct 2012

looks awesome the concept of it is really neet

JonathanLambert · Nov 2012

Updated with suggestions from the fine folks of PolyCount.

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guhhh · Nov 2012

Great updates!!! can i say something that is bothering me a little bit? The model and texture looks really great but i think is too beige, the range of color are almost the same for everything.... i think more color between the woods will add more to your model.

[WIP] UDK Pirate Hideout scene

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