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Re: [UDK] The Apex Observatory
So Azzamat I though about that double plane technique of yours and wondered if I could do it with a shader. Turns out I can! [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqKG6FuABqE"]UDK Fake Thickness Material - YouTube[/ame] The concept is basically to offset the texture with a Bump Offset node (also known as Parallax), then… -
Re: [UDK] The Apex Observatory
Oh yeah, tonight is going to be spent on reference scrounging and figuring out a better way to get that platform working. Also, this never bodes well when you're looking for reference: XD -
Re: [UDK] The Apex Observatory
Just did a quick texture pass on the walkway to snag any issues with UV's and textures and such. I discovered that shadows won't render if the UV's go outside 0-1 space. And I ran into a problem with baking lightmaps. It seems like meshes with transparency won't cast shadows when using Lightmass, although realtime shadows… -
Re: [UDK] The Apex Observatory
Finally finished this gosh darn thang. Still lots of room for improvement and things I want to add and tweak, but it's time to move on. The scene was designed with a point and click adventure in mind, so this is the angle it would appear in game. I laid it out in a way so that they player would always be visible. The… -
Re: [UDK] The Apex Observatory
Spot on Marc, I was thinking the same thing while detailing it. But zBrush is not too good at doing high level transfrmations like that so I'll give it more of a tapering shape with a Lattice Deformer in Maya. I'm also thinking I need to sit down and figure out an art direction properly. Right now I'm sort of pushing and…
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