Should've chosen UE4

Why?

better ngin

If you want super realistic hair shaders then yes, by all means. "UE4 best njin".
And why would you not want super realistic hair shaders?
Oh and super realistic skin shaders.

Two great reasons to choose UE4 over Unity.

Luckily you can program your own shaders
Edited by OrangeJuice on May 6, 2016 at 03:30 AM

Unreal is a great graphical engine, but I'm sure that all those awesome graphics look wierd on my low-poly models

Also, I've got a craptop so I'm more certain of playing my game with 60 FPS when using unity

Pretty sure unity's graphical optimization is pretty poor, but that could have changed with u5, so idk.

Also, unity's documentation, oh i mean "manual", feels so unintuitive to read through, but then again i feel like I've been spoiled by ue4's great documentation. Still better than CryEngine's disgusting docs

I really really like UE4, the documentation is great, an awesome answerhub and forums and so forth.

Unfortunately though it has a lot of issues in recent versions with very simple things (like instanced objects variables resetting to default on 4.10, that was fun), functions available in c++ missing from blueprints and more. I'd also say it really depends on the project your doing. Sure if your building a nice PC shooter game, Unreal would probably be pretty good idea to stick with. Pretty much everything else though like 2d and mobile games, I'd stick to Unity as UE4 is really lacking in those areas unfortunately.

And like Lodex pointed out, UE4 unfortunately seems to have a lot of development focus on adding in new (sometimes pointless) rendering techniques rather then focusing on bug fixes, polishing, and adding new features then can help programmers create better code for their games (at least via blueprint and not c++ ).

Just to point out, it's not like you'll be able to run your game smoother simply because you developed it in Unity instead of UE4. It depends on how your models, your textures and your optimization are used.

I'm on Unity, never tried UE4, but I can definitely say that with the fifth version they did a world of improvements in terms of permormance and graphics. Consider that on the 5.3.3 version I was experiencing some framerate issues (like 25-20 fps), and with the 5.3.4 update now I have solid 30 fps for some weird magic they did. Don't yell on me because I'm developing a game on 30fps instead of 60fps, I still need to upgrade my computer

I'm gonna say, though, that if your GPU supports Directx12 and you're running Unity 5 on Windows 8 on purpose, you genuinely deserve a slap on your face

I have moved from the hek to the bf2 map editor.

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww square maps

it's actually not too bad to work with, i just never got the hang of it

Red = gameplay area.



main encounter around the rock and some minor encounters before the lagoon.



But you can escape to explore and discover easter eggs.

Edited by Halonimator on May 6, 2016 at 05:19 PM

Oh well

IDK about windows 10, I hear of alot of bad things about it

I personally love to explore the maps and try to get into places that I wasn't necessarily supposed to. Its a fundamental aspect of exploration gameplay that is often left out or flattened in design. Nice to see you doing it. Don't be afraid to accent the cliff's 'rockiness' though.

first forerunner interior

aside from the doors, it just looks like a box with a bunch of bevels?

gotta start somewhere

The room itself probably shouldn't be square.

great

I'm a lazy guy but here's some stuff I'm working on and want to actually finish.

not a bad start as far as I can see. Getting some serious hang em high and UNSC vibes from this.

Yeah, you better Finnish this map!

So it ain't going in halo or anything(not that my stuff ever really does), but here's a thing I did.





https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zkRQ4
Edited by samnwck on May 10, 2016 at 12:54 AM

Looks neat, what are you going to use it for?

Edited by Storm on May 10, 2016 at 06:36 AM

Too much dirt and grime IMO even for something that "Had seen many hours of duty"

Substance finger prints are too noticeable in also. In most cases artists prefer to give those sorts of details only a very slight opacity on the roughness map, in your case I think the highlight catches a little more of the oil residue more than I would like but too each their own.

Should also point out that whilst it's kind of cool to include a HDRI in renders it completely distracts from the main point of the image which is your eotech 552.
Personally I think it's cleaner to just stick to a solid BG colour in marmoset.

Would like to see HighPoly model and lowpoly model complete with wireframe if possible.

Edite: Found LP wireframe.


Edited by Super Flanker on May 10, 2016 at 06:02 AM
Edited by Super Flanker on May 10, 2016 at 06:04 AM

So I decided to take a bit of the wear down a bit. I debated for a long time whether it was too noisy but yeah I'd have to agree. I wanted it to look like it had been shoved in the dirt for several months to a year before it was found so lots of environmental effects had had time to show. The thumbprints were also an issue too, before they were too difficult to see at all so I boosted them up a bit but I went a bit high so I brought them down a bit more so they're much more subtle now.

I also went and changed it so only one of the photos has the HDRI environment. I liked the environment (because I thought it fit the theme well) but you were right, it was detracting from the focus which was the model.

Anyways here's some new shots. Added in some new glass materials.





And in different lighting conditions:


Edited by samnwck on May 10, 2016 at 01:26 PM

Made a concept sketch of a door for a map based on a Marathon-class cruiser.

It's not related with planet_flood_b



Halonimator's castle October 31 2016

60$
Edited by Halonimator on May 10, 2016 at 06:04 PM

Not Halo related.

Grass simulator 2016



Been working on a grass material / mesh etc that blends with the landscape in ue4. LOD's are actually relatively close in this picture but tis very hard to notice :)

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