I was very happy to figure subUV functions. I can take a set of images such as bullet hole variations on one texture and randomize them easily. Here is a pic how to set it up.
Then all you have to do is to create a dynamic material instance and set the frame index as shown here.
It may seem easy, but I was sure happy to get it working Plus I tied the decal template based on weapon type and impact surface for even more fun!
Have fun Deving!
P.S. One note that tricked me up for a bit was the Z setting for the Decal size. This is actually the Z-Depth at which the decal will penetrate past the collision to the model surface. If you set it too low, the decal will not show up.
I havenāt used Maya for baking any normals for UE4, so that could well be true, I was only going by Epicās comments that xNormal was closer. If Mayaās tangent space is close to UE4ās, then that is clearly the best option.
When it comes to tangent space issues, though, all I meant was that no program is objectively ābetterā as such, itās just, some programs are going to be closer to UE4ās tangent space than others. And if Handplane ends up supporting UE4 (thereās no reason it canāt, since the UE4 source code is available) then that will end up being the best option.
I totally agree and I heard through the grapevine(maybe the polycount ) someone said that handplane UE4 support is coming. I also sent an email to handplane3d a couple of months ago to find out, but no response
On another note, your project looks awesome and I look forward to seeing more about it
I had some fun making burned decals for the laser and energy weapons! I also just released it for voting on the trello board. Check it out here VOTE if you Like it
It really does make movement feel great. I tried getting something like that to work in UE4 when I first started out a couple months ago. I knew Iād have to use curves but I didnāt know you could use curves with a custom x value. Is it possible to graph with an x value that doesnāt represent time? Either way, the implementation of your graphs are excellent!
Thanks again! You could put custom x time length in for the curve, but for modularity I like to āNormalizeā the curves to 0 to 1 or -1 to 1, then you can just control the magnitude with the Animblueprints. The curve editor is a really poweful toolkit in which can be applied several different ways for any number of game systems.
In that way, X can be anything you want time, direction, speedā¦ and the same goes for Y or for any relationship between two variables. =)
yours decals efects are awesome
Iām thinking to this,I want to keep the damages and replicate thru network,
if a player will visit the same area he should see the damage,I want the damage to be persistent,
do you have any ideea how this can be achieved?
If you want to replicate the decals down to the network, it would just cost the initial transmit bandwidth. Then you can put ā0ā for lifespan for an infinite duration. Then you just need to do performance tests to find out how many decals get created before you need to worry about framerate. Thats down and dirtyā¦
The problem is when you have people join in after decals get placed, they would not see them because they werenāt there to receive the initial transmission. You would need to build a decal manager to handle this. The decal manager would need to store an array of active decals placed and always transmit them to newly connected players on first join.
Then you would want to optimize further like by building an aggregate system. This would be if I shoot in the same spot 10 times, I donāt need 10 decals drawn ontop each other for performance cost. You would just delete the underlying decals.
Iām just thinking out loud here, but you could go really in-depth on a system like this, but you really need to understand your performance limits for max decals and decal shader complexities which I would urge you to do first
thank you for those good ideas :),
if every building will get 1000 bullets probable will be heavy to simulate all for a new player or for a new building,
I thinking if there is a efficient way to alter the original building material,apply like a mask maybe with a parent material so the user will not ārepaintā all the history ,
I not sure how I can replicate a material I have many things to learn
Yeah, i 'm not sure on that. It is something Iāve thought about before. Currently, you could blend a texture dynamically with a material variable but that is over the whole material file and not point specific. However, if you could somehow use the worldspace coordinates maybe a possible way to do a blend to a single point radially. Iām not sure how that would work for multiple points/bulletsā¦ if that was even feasibleā¦
I do like your idea of masking but I have no idea how to implement. Rendering is one of my weaker areas. It would be nice if you could have a damaged layer blended under the normal texture layer, you could use the shape of the decal as the alpha mask to apply to the spot you want uncovered. Imagine photoshop masking, you only have to deal with a greyscale channel buffer. Then even if you worked out a render solution other problems would probably show up for sortingā¦ hehe
Even though I couldnāt help you with a solution, thanks for the thought experiment. =)
Looks great! I really canāt wait to play the game, it really has the oportunity to be a next great RTS
I would love to see more videos, pictures of the models and ingame
Thanks Zackstefy, the guys and I appreciate the support! We going through a big push here putting UMG in and taking Slate out. We hope to be showing more screenshots soon.
Our next character, The Reaver, is starting the modeling process very soon. I canāt wait to use his roll mechanic. Rama already has a great roll system going =)
Iāve taken some time and did my first UMG & Matinee project. I figured the Main Menu would be a good way to learn them. Once I saw the StarFx on the marketplace, I knew what I wanted to do.
This was a quick proto-type and lots still to do, but I was happy with the UMG + Matinee synergy. I had massive fun doing it!
Oh God iām so excited about this game, looks AWESOME SO FAR.
Btw, can you show some environment work? Since iām more an environment artist iād love to see some game-props or making-of tutorials
Weāve been busy working on all aspects of Abatron. Our concept artist, Rod, dove into Substance Painter during the holiday and did a mass retexturing. We decided to just go ahead and re-texture the old game models. This lets us do several things:
Get people playing our game faster
Get more practice using our new texturing programs
Let us nail down any last minute changes for the new design after playerās feedback
Eventually, all the buildings will be remodeled to our new Haagenti theme. For now, it allows us to better use our time by focusing more on balancing game play instead of perfecting the visuals of everything at once.
Plus I tied the decal template based on weapon type and impact surface for even more fun!
