-probably hasn't used a cryengine editing kit-

-assumes you need a third party modding program, and source code-
Edited by OrangeJuice on Feb 17, 2014 at 01:29 PM

I have used ce3 and i prefer unity or udk more.

And no i dont, hes saying hes putting this into contingency like thats the case.

who said that?



mudbox - free
cryengine 3 - free
vray - 1,040 USD

wonder why



in terms of making previews for models, it's always good to have a preset scene handy so you can easily import a model, render, and save images without redoing the lighting for each one. having cubemaps/HDRs is also useful since a lot of game engines support them, often making previews look more appealing.

here's a preset scene I've made for random things using a chamfer box, a cubemap, and a single skylight with shadows. the chamfer box provides a floor and a wall without corners sticking out for a studio-esque appearance, the cubemap provides lighting info and bends around normals much more noticeably, and the skylight occludes shapes that are further away from open space, darkening internals and adding ambient occlusion to the scene. takes a few seconds to render, but almost always provides better results than 3dsmax's default lighting setup.

for most of your images, there's noticeable grains near the edges of normals. you can adjust blur settings inside the material editor to get rid of those by using higher blur/filtering settings.

you can put specular maps into the specular color slot instead of the specular value to give more control over specular settings and to automatically mask reflections without needing to change the cubemap.

when using halo 4 models, keep in mind that they were created with zbrush; zbrush's normals are created to store all normal data, so the models need to be smoothed to 180 degrees.

here's a scene I made that you can use, and a render created using it. the materials and lighting are already set up, and a few HDRs are included.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53550883/preview_scene.zip

Bring back the model quality

Any chance you could upload a .3ds file? I run Max 8.

They used mudbox and a bit of zbrush. Not just zbrush.
Edited by Ki11erFTW on Feb 21, 2014 at 04:38 PM

mental ray is magical.

halo 4 elite has no rigging, but at least the t-pose looks like it's sitting
Edited by master noob on Feb 22, 2014 at 12:11 AM

how long does it take to render a mental ray on your pc noob?

Masternoob, can you teach me how to do good lighting?

Maybe something like that and outdoors lighting.

The 300x200 images shown took around 5-10 minutes, but their full resolution versions(800x1200) take around 2 hours or more.



well, depends on the type of rendering you're going to do. in those still shots, there are over 5 lights to add different effects to the mesh. in both, there's a plane in front of the camera to add an additive gradient to emulate light volume.

it really depends on what look you're trying to achieve.

for outdoors lighting, I usually just follow this and add lights/adjust exposure wherever needed:
http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/15/ENU/3ds-Max-Help/index.html?url=files/GUID-7E800FDD-5709-4A3A-9F5F-900BFB63AC7B.htm,topicNumber=d30e347062


Edited by master noob on Feb 21, 2014 at 09:20 PM

Looks nice i already put in Game Traxus. some pics




Stills Wip

Can you tell me the steps you did?

Eventually.

In the meantime,






The artists behind Halo 4's models are pretty talented, shame that whoever directed their style was dead in the head.

Can you show the zealot in blue? Cuzz jul mdama.

What do you mean by eventually? T-T

Also, I think the hex on their armors are too visible.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS POST IS PURE WIN, THE TEXT ESPECIALLY. (CAPS LOCK, DECIDED NOT TO REMOVE DUE TO LAZINESS AND EMPHASIS)

Is that using the setup I gave you? If it is. How did you get the zealot's armor color to work out right? I couldn't figure it out for the life of me

C: i want to show you a Unsc Map what i made a few weeks ago.

^Looks cool. the background needs to be a lot more detailled, but I think you know that. Othersise I reccomend you to use less scenery and put stuff in the BSP or Halo will cry quickly.

@Masternoob : awesome renders, but the h4 elite model is horrible.

nope, wasn't 2010 compatible. the CC map is stored in the control texture's alpha, other than that I don't know what you mean.

@Bourrin, Thanks...
Updates.


Edited by Horeb on Mar 6, 2014 at 11:42 AM

@Horeb: what's that in the distance? Pier or bridge? Or something else?
Edited by Dante on Mar 6, 2014 at 07:28 PM

working on Halo map and it's small.







Edited by sshers4 on Mar 12, 2014 at 07:36 PM
Edited by sshers4 on Mar 12, 2014 at 07:38 PM

wheres da halo gunz.
Edited by MEGASEAN2812 on Mar 12, 2014 at 08:30 PM

That topography looks god awful. Use some canyon references.

U insane killer dats ce3 the topographeh is beetiful screw ur ce topographee this is ce3 topographeee get on his leval yolo bilbo swaggins 360!!!

Do explain how a cryengine editor map is a halo map.

Yes.

Gotta agree with Ki11er, your cliffs are almost entirely walls (although the literal purpose behind them lol, they're gross to look at). Flesh em out.

References that may or may not be helpful: 1, 2, 3

So, I got a new computer after I broke the LCD screen on my previous laptop. I haven't touched 3D modelling since 26th of January, and I made this. Aside from it being bland and repetitive, is there anything else you guys find unpleasant?

The...benches? They're ugly. Scene would look much better without them.

I am going to use contingency assets :)

Why not figure out how to replace and add weapons in Cry? There are many custom assets on Halomaps. Also, that map will be sitting on your HDD for awhile.

I don't know how to do those and there is no tutorial for it.