Looks like a good start. Looking forward to seeing how you plan to fill the scene. Right now the area is pretty bare, I think it would be cool to populate the area with trees and a little bit of vegetation similar to the image you posted.
Thanks :) Unfortunately I know nothing about shaders. I've made blueberry, canna and some other plants. In the end I have 25 different vegetation: grasses, lavenders, flowers, mint, thyme, blueberry, rhubarb, canna, iris and some more :)
Thanks everyone, i'm really glad you like it! Froyok, Pangahas, TeriyakiStyle -> yep i was planning to make a pass for a few props to place there and there, same thing for the vegetation =) Fnitrox->okey i'll post some screens later =) jeremiah_bigley-> Woups. =x
I noticed with making trees myself that less is more. What I mean is you want to use more planes to construct with lots of negative space between the vegetation. This is so it can layer up without turning into a mass of green with no defining features.
Ok, so today I blocked out a bunch of vegetation and some smaller rockpiles. Here's the progress! Aaaand: I need to watch out so it doesn't become too noisy now tho. ^^ Might have to clean up the scene a bit.
Hey Neox, I've taken a look at your tutorial on the custom shader, really well made. I was just wondering if you apply this shader network to all the environment models, I mean buildings, vegetation etc.. ? Does it work well with Lightmass?
Thank you :smiley: A little update because I have been asked this a lot: Dust and ground vegetation use deferred decals with tiling world-aligned textures, modulated with a heightmap and using a falloff at the edges derived from the Decals UV-coordinates.
Superb, the only thing I don't like is the relative mushiness of that big tree trunk. Also, would be cool if there was a way to achieve in UE4 what was called 'Cap opacity fall off' in CE3's vegetation shader. That would help with the tree crowns a little.
I've started an indoor herb and vegetable garden in my apartment, after putting it off for so long. Now I cross my fingers and hope things actually grow :p There is way more to indoor gardening than I would have thought!
Looks awesome :) I would have to agree that the moss needs some more variation.It is not entirely readable that it is supposed to be a mossy texture. Moss tends to have some darker colors in it. It might also be a good idea to add some other vegetation such as ivy or vines.