UT3 The Making of CTF-Pipeline - Page 2

Mr. UglyPants · 3rd Sep 2009, 03:23 PM

Shot da whooooooooop! ^^

Phopojijo · 3rd Sep 2009, 03:40 PM

It's SHOOP DA WHOOP YOU JERK I'M CHARGIN MAH LAZURS!!!!

TurdDrive · 3rd Sep 2009, 03:41 PM

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stevelois · 3rd Sep 2009, 04:24 PM

Wow Bazz, your last post showing your progress is simply amazing. Honestly

I always loved those old, damaged materials. It's really nice my Bazz

cooloola · 4th Sep 2009, 12:33 AM

One quick question, what program are you using to generate the normal maps and the height maps? The materials look fan-****ing-tastic.

[Insta]-Loque · 9th Sep 2009, 03:03 AM

Wow, these UT3 maps are more complexed to make than a fully fledged trance track with automation in Cubase 5

Great art dude!

Bazzwano · 19th Sep 2009, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cooloola

One quick question, what program are you using to generate the normal maps and the height maps? The materials look fan-****ing-tastic.

Hey Cooloola

There is more to it then just the program, In fact I'm using a combination of crazybump, and the nvidia normal map photoshop plugin for developers.

But what I'm doing before I generate a normal texture is in some cases boosting the contrast, or, in the case of my bricks, I painted the dark cracks in a new layer set with a blend mode of darken before generating the normal. After the normal was generated I turned this layer off when I saved my diffuse targa.
See it here. The first picture is my diffuse the second shows the darker lines I added before generating my normal.

Here's some other things I have been working on. A simple Pillar that incorporates my brick material.

This is a texture I'm working on which will be applied to my caves.

And below is what is going to be a old broken brick arch mesh. I am going to make this by modeling 4 high detail bricks and baking the detail into low poly versions before finally bending them to shape. I'm going to bend it once I have laid out my UVs, this way I can use the same texture for a strait version.

And here is a quick drawing I did at work to help me imagine where I was heading.

This final picture is by no means any part of my level, its merely a collection of meshes I made (excluding the lantern, I'm still making that) that I just add and put together in the engine to see how it looks in my lighting. but I thought I would show it anyway.

SkaarjMaster · 19th Sep 2009, 11:06 PM

Good stuff! Can't wait for the final.

cooloola · 20th Sep 2009, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazzwano

Hey Cooloola

There is more to it then just the program, In fact I'm using a combination of crazybump, and the nvidia normal map photoshop plugin for developers

Yeah, Crazybump is awesome I miss it

Keep up the great work on the map.

acapulco · 20th Sep 2009, 03:23 PM

Yer, following this on and on. Like what I'm seeing. What I am not seeing is the column. And those bricks are a bit to round.
Second thing is the colors in your map. Are you going to just give it colors over light?

Mr. UglyPants · 20th Sep 2009, 05:15 PM

Its looking terrific Bazz. Cannot wait. You should someday also think of making a Jailbreak map, or convert some of your maps to Jailbreak.

Bazzwano · 27th Sep 2009, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acapulco

Yer, following this on and on. Like what I'm seeing. What I am not seeing is the column. And those bricks are a bit to round.
Second thing is the colors in your map. Are you going to just give it colors over light?

Not entirely sure what you mean, but I will light my map as I always have, and IMO my bricks turned out just as I wanted them to. Thanks for your support man

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. UglyPants

Its looking terrific Bazz. Cannot wait. You should someday also think of making a Jailbreak map, or convert some of your maps to Jailbreak.

Thanks Mr Pants haha and everyone else for there positive comments.

I will be posting the Pre-Alpha Layout so if anyone is keen they can have a run round and give me some comments.

In the meantime here's some more pictures of what I have been working on.
Here's the final of the brick Arch that I was making. I'm trying to keep it very modular so that I can use these pieces in many ways in the level.

And these pics are of a high poly version and a low poly version of a lantern that I am working on. Still needs allot of texture work. Edit, Just added the final as seen in the unreal engine.

Darkdrium · 27th Sep 2009, 08:18 PM

Shouldn't the strap on the lantern be lowered because of gravity? Unless the lamps will be suspended.

Bazzwano · 27th Sep 2009, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darkdrium

Shouldn't the strap on the lantern be lowered because of gravity? Unless the lamps will be suspended.

It is on a small angle but that's how it would be in real life due to the hooks and the hole that its through being on an angle. This reference image shows what I mean. a lot of pictures on the net show these types of lanterns with there handles stuck up. I can easily change it if it looks a little weird, but I might be hanging some of these.
http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/PHI2823.jpg

Bazzwano · 20th Oct 2009, 03:42 AM

Hi everyone How are we doing.

Sorry I have not posted In a while, I have found allot of fun playing Wipeout HD and things can also be pretty hectic when mates want to have a night on the town every second day :-s haha.

Anyway here is the latest. remember its all WIP and noting is final.

I have been making a set of Lights (another two) to share the texture space of the lantern, so I will use one material for all three to save on memory and performance. They use the same Light casing to save texture space too.

And here is a low poly wooden plank with only an ambient occlusion texture applied at this stage. Still got to do all the texture work.

Some industrial details. Yet to be renders and I'm going to add 3 models into the one texture map.

And Finally a set of Pipes I made one Monday. Started with a medium poly version in max, exported it out to mudbox, sculpted in some small details on to a high poly 2.5m Poly model. then finally baked the normal maps onto the Low poly versions you see there, yet to be textured.

LP version about 600 polys from memory.

Hope you find it interesting, if there are things you want me to post about the process let me know and ill do my best to add as much info as possible.

Jetfire · 20th Oct 2009, 03:51 AM

Bear in mind, before getting too happy with saving tex space by making multiple models share mats- physmats for surface impact decals/emitters/sounds- what would ya do if your wooden plank, the metal lamp frame, and the glass part of the lamps were all on the same material? ^_^

Bazzwano · 20th Oct 2009, 04:00 AM

AHhh. haha good point. Lucky for me I have not mixed the type of physical materials. Ie wood on its own, metal on its own etc.

didn't think about it, but out of simple organization I luckily didn't fall into that trap. thanks for letting me know though

The light you see with the initial wood plank on the back will actually require two material IDs.

SuperAlgae · 20th Oct 2009, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetfire

Bear in mind, before getting too happy with saving tex space by making multiple models share mats- physmats for surface impact decals/emitters/sounds- what would ya do if your wooden plank, the metal lamp frame, and the glass part of the lamps were all on the same material? ^_^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazzwano

AHhh. haha good point. Lucky for me I have not mixed the type of physical materials.

Isn't it really the textures that use a lot of memory? I think you could make two materials using the same texture without using much extra memory.

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DM-HardFall .. download and screenshots

G.Lecter · 20th Oct 2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bazzwano

This may sound a bit stupid from a non-architectural point of view, but arches never have an even number of pieces...

Anyway, stuff looks fantastic... Cant wait!

Bazzwano · 21st Oct 2009, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperAlgae

Isn't it really the textures that use a lot of memory? I think you could make two materials using the same texture without using much extra memory.

________________________________________
Jesse (SuperAlgae) Banet
DM-HardFall .. download and screenshots

Yeah that's what I mean sorry, I was saying they dont have a texture yet because I'm going to bake 3 meshes into the one texture map.

Quote:

Originally Posted by G.Lecter

This may sound a bit stupid from a non-architectural point of view, but arches never have an even number of pieces...

Anyway, stuff looks fantastic... Cant wait!

my reference would say otherwise

but it is questionable.

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4994/famagusta.jpg

Thanks thought

3rd Sep 2009, 03:23 PM	#21
Mr. UglyPants 2007 never existed, it was all a dream. Join Date: Aug. 22nd, 2005 Location: Canada... eh Posts: 1,985	Shot da whooooooooop! ^^ __________________ "Yes, BattleFront 2 looks cool. However, the ability to capture a command post is insignificant next to the power to capture an entire planet."

3rd Sep 2009, 03:40 PM	#22
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4th Sep 2009, 12:33 AM	#25
cooloola A good samaritan Join Date: Dec. 31st, 2005 Posts: 787	One quick question, what program are you using to generate the normal maps and the height maps? The materials look fan-****ing-tastic. __________________ I am jumping on this bandwagon!

9th Sep 2009, 03:03 AM	#26
[Insta]-Loque Registered User Join Date: Sep. 3rd, 2009 Posts: 8	Wow, these UT3 maps are more complexed to make than a fully fledged trance track with automation in Cubase 5 Great art dude! __________________

3rd Sep 2009, 04:24 PM	#24
stevelois Registered User Join Date: Aug. 31st, 2009 Posts: 173	Wow Bazz, your last post showing your progress is simply amazing. Honestly I always loved those old, damaged materials. It's really nice my Bazz

19th Sep 2009, 11:06 PM	#28
SkaarjMaster enemy of time Join Date: Sep. 1st, 2000 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 4,357	Good stuff! Can't wait for the final. __________________ Insite Reviews: right here in the web archive

20th Sep 2009, 03:23 PM	#30
acapulco Registered User Join Date: Mar. 6th, 2009 Posts: 29	Yer, following this on and on. Like what I'm seeing. What I am not seeing is the column. And those bricks are a bit to round. Second thing is the colors in your map. Are you going to just give it colors over light?

20th Sep 2009, 05:15 PM	#31
Mr. UglyPants 2007 never existed, it was all a dream. Join Date: Aug. 22nd, 2005 Location: Canada... eh Posts: 1,985	Its looking terrific Bazz. Cannot wait. You should someday also think of making a Jailbreak map, or convert some of your maps to Jailbreak. __________________ "Yes, BattleFront 2 looks cool. However, the ability to capture a command post is insignificant next to the power to capture an entire planet."

27th Sep 2009, 08:18 PM	#33
Darkdrium 20% Cooler Join Date: Jun. 6th, 2008 Location: Montreal Posts: 3,247	Shouldn't the strap on the lantern be lowered because of gravity? Unless the lamps will be suspended.

20th Oct 2009, 03:42 AM	#35
Bazzwano Hi, I'm Bryan Join Date: Jan. 20th, 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 602	Hi everyone How are we doing. Sorry I have not posted In a while, I have found allot of fun playing Wipeout HD and things can also be pretty hectic when mates want to have a night on the town every second day :-s haha. Anyway here is the latest. remember its all WIP and noting is final. I have been making a set of Lights (another two) to share the texture space of the lantern, so I will use one material for all three to save on memory and performance. They use the same Light casing to save texture space too. And here is a low poly wooden plank with only an ambient occlusion texture applied at this stage. Still got to do all the texture work. Some industrial details. Yet to be renders and I'm going to add 3 models into the one texture map. And Finally a set of Pipes I made one Monday. Started with a medium poly version in max, exported it out to mudbox, sculpted in some small details on to a high poly 2.5m Poly model. then finally baked the normal maps onto the Low poly versions you see there, yet to be textured. LP version about 600 polys from memory. Hope you find it interesting, if there are things you want me to post about the process let me know and ill do my best to add as much info as possible. __________________ Whatever beat that drives the impulse, whatever tune that carries through, What's in a soul that rattles empty, in this reality too few Dark Tranquillity member since April 07 + 600 posts CTF-Safeguard3, CTF-Dreary3, CTF-Stratus (V1.2), CTF-Pipeline(WIP) My Rig: CPU:C2D-E8500, GPU:GF-250GTS, RAM:4GB 6800C4, HDD: 2x 150gb WD Raptor, CASE: Mini Gigibyte MX Last edited by Bazzwano; 20th Oct 2009 at 03:44 AM.

20th Oct 2009, 03:51 AM	#36
Jetfire Registered User Join Date: Jul. 25th, 2005 Posts: 354	Bear in mind, before getting too happy with saving tex space by making multiple models share mats- physmats for surface impact decals/emitters/sounds- what would ya do if your wooden plank, the metal lamp frame, and the glass part of the lamps were all on the same material? ^_^ __________________ US

20th Oct 2009, 04:00 AM	#37
Bazzwano Hi, I'm Bryan Join Date: Jan. 20th, 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 602	AHhh. haha good point. Lucky for me I have not mixed the type of physical materials. Ie wood on its own, metal on its own etc. didn't think about it, but out of simple organization I luckily didn't fall into that trap. thanks for letting me know though The light you see with the initial wood plank on the back will actually require two material IDs. __________________ Whatever beat that drives the impulse, whatever tune that carries through, What's in a soul that rattles empty, in this reality too few Dark Tranquillity member since April 07 + 600 posts CTF-Safeguard3, CTF-Dreary3, CTF-Stratus (V1.2), CTF-Pipeline(WIP) My Rig: CPU:C2D-E8500, GPU:GF-250GTS, RAM:4GB 6800C4, HDD: 2x 150gb WD Raptor, CASE: Mini Gigibyte MX Last edited by Bazzwano; 20th Oct 2009 at 04:01 AM.

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