RinCity Train Station Unreal 4 upgrade :)

[RinDreamX]

Hi All,
I started a small project converting my Personal Old Environment work I did using Unreal3 (UDK) to Unreal 4.
I was curious on how the stylize with strong color but believable environment would look like using Physical Based Shaders and HDR Lighting.
Hence I started the project.
In the beginning I thought it's going to be a week worth of work, but it ended up taking me 3 weeks. (almost every Weekday nights to complete XD)
Being a camera nerd, I uses blueprint to modify Camera Actor Class to have effective focal length FOV system and true dof system just like real camera.

In any case here is the video an some screenshots.
I personally think the effort worth the visual upgrade, but I'll let you guys decide whether it's worth the upgrade or not.

[RinDreamX]

Great looking game. Looks very neat. Was the music in the video yours?

Thanks, but it's not a game, just a showcase scene demo.
The music is not mine. It's E.S Posthumus - Isunova Pi
AmazonLink

[ExoticWorld_Studios]

Great looking game. Looks very neat. Was the music in the video yours?

[RinDreamX]

@KingBadger3D Thanks for the compliment.
The light ratio is only proper for my particular setup only, you can still use it if you want.
I specify this in the breakdown:
Directional light 768 and lightmass Environment scale 96 ...
Also don't forget that FOG will also require to use the HDR value to match
Multiply the value of your fog in the color picker (in my case I set mine to be value 32 and 20)
My Skybox emissive multiplier is 35.

If you were to follow that number by the text and have light bulb on your scene, you'll be setting it's lumens down to value of single digits. Hence why I wrote the extensive information about unreal HDR Lighting system numbering in the breakdown to suite people needs in their lighting.

As for the camera breakdown, the image I post is 100% image size, I didn't resize it.
My original camera BP it's a lot more confusing as I put many test instructions, not to mentioned the final result is imperfect hence why I didn't release it. I hope people re-create it in order to understand it then improve upon it.

Tbh, the system is effective when the user understood how it works fundamentally.
There's a classic saying Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today.
Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime, hence the extensive breakdown

I sincerely apologize if the breakdown is confusing and not helping

[KingBadger3D]

Thanks for the interest.
Currently it's just an empty scene with nothing interactive so I'm not sure releasing the realtime version of this scene is a good idea.
I might change my mind in the future when I got time, but I'm currently busy working on another Unreal 4 mini project

@Daerst Glad that you found the breakdown useful.

Great work, The breakdown was kind but the images are too small to realy help. Anychance you could just strip out the main scene assets and just provide a basic empty scene with your sun lighting/HDR and world light settings etc all left at what they were for the scene, also the camera within the scene would be helpfull and all blueprints including the focal tricks. Basicly just empty scene with sun setup/camera/post pro etc. That would be super handy. Cheers KB

[RinDreamX]

Great work. Can we have a download link?

Thanks for the interest.
Currently it's just an empty scene with nothing interactive so I'm not sure releasing the realtime version of this scene is a good idea.
I might change my mind in the future when I got time, but I'm currently busy working on another Unreal 4 mini project

@Daerst Glad that you found the breakdown useful.

[Daerst]

Stunning work and a ton of thanks for the technical breakdown! Very good read

[vbaguirov]

Great work. Can we have a download link?

[RinDreamX]

This is fantastic work.

But that's not nearly all I want to say.

HUGELY - THANK YOU!!!

The technical breakdown of what you've done is amazingly detailed and generous of you and your time, knowledge, effort and wisdom.

I owe you!

Hey appreciate the acknowledgement and glad if my breakdown can help people.
The idea is for people to get inspired and make cool stuff that in return inspired me to make better things and jump start this virtuous circle

[dissid3ntly]

This is fantastic work.

But that's not nearly all I want to say.

HUGELY - THANK YOU!!!

The technical breakdown of what you've done is amazingly detailed and generous of you and your time, knowledge, effort and wisdom.

I owe you!

[SE_JonF]

Beautiful scene, great work! =)

[hobbitjack]

Looks fantastic, well done!

[RinDreamX]

Glad you guys liked the videos, hope you guys find the breakdown useful

[Stevelois]

Lovely work. The end result is really great

Awesome job (even if I don't remember seeing the UDK version) !

[Cruward]

The internet is a wonderful thing for that

Yeah I've been doing my best by following tutorials.. but it's difficult when you get stuck, maybe I just need a clearer view of what I want to make.