[UE4] Moon landscape - WIP

ZombieDEV · May 2017

I'm doing this landscape for fun, made with world machine, quixel, and unreal engine 4.
Appreciate feedback

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jth852 · May 2017

Those craters look awesome! Nice work. There's a weird line from a color change in the first photo, where that hill gets a lot lighter. It looks a bit off there.

Sebvhe · May 2017

It does really feel like the moon, or at least how I expect it to be. Although, if you think about it, erosion is almost non existent on the moon, right? Therefore all these erosion lines on the craters on the second shot, shouldn't really exist. It almost looks like you have rivers

Xendance · May 2017

Yea, the only erosion that should happen on moon is from meteorites. And since that kicks up a lot of fine dust, the surface would probably be relatively smooth.

macoll · May 2017

Looks really cool, gg

ZombieDEV · May 2017

@jth852 this?

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ZombieDEV · May 2017

@Sebvhe @Xendance yep, i fixed, now better i think

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@macoll thanks dude!

jth852 · May 2017

Yup that was the line I was talking about. The new version looks much better. And I agree with the water erosion surface noise being taken out is a good move but but it looks a little too smooth now. The impact site is flattened but the surrounding ground is still rough. One way to add some surface noise back would be smaller holes where smaller rock fragments hit the surface (like in this picture from google).

Image: http://oldsite.david-tyler.com/uploaded_images/moon%203-4-09%2016%20x%209%20%20Stoffler%20Maginus.jpg

Xendance · May 2017

If landscape resolution isn't enough, you could try using decals for the craters too. I think with D-Buffer decals you can have a normal map only decal if you want to.

ZombieDEV · May 2017

@jth852 in this case i made a little piece of the surface, your reference is a great portion of the moon.
my reference:

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jth852 · May 2017

Oh my bad I thought the crater image was a distant view. Cool reference images. But your images look really awesome next to your reference its definitely good work.

Sebvhe · May 2017

Yes I think you should keep it simple and stick to your references. I would probably make your pebbles normal much dimmer and add more geometry rock instead, it does look a bit flat at the moment. Also, I think your lighting is a bit too dark, in the references some parts are very bright and contrasted.
Oh and next up, add a freaking rover! haha

ZombieDEV · May 2017

@Sebvhe
Thanks dude!

ZombieDEV · Jun 2017

After a busy time, I have been able to do something

WIP

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Scifi-panel inspired in the concept from Xavier Henry.

ZombieDEV · Jun 2017

Final Screenshot in Unreal engine 4

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Tetsunjin · Oct 2019

Hello ZombieDEV. Nice picture ! I was looking for moon landscape on google and I got this topic as one of the results.

I would love to create such moon landscape for a map. Could you give me some advices ? Is it better to create a moon landscape directly in UE4 or with World Machine ? I don't know world machine but I know that there is plenty of tutorials about UE4. So what do you recommend ?

[UE4] Moon landscape - WIP

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