Hi!
I’m working on a project where I want the player to have quite large amount of locations (levels) for him to travel between. Level streaming is not a good option (kinda overkill) for what I have in mind, so I’ve been thinking of some creative loading screen.
What I came up with is kind of X-COM 2 style screen, where characters ride along in a car exchanging random dialogues with cinematic views on the car rolling along the road, and I’m wondering if it is possible to make a seamlessly endless terrain with foliage just passing by without end (until player decides to hit button to end loading :))
The endless-runner method with meshes popping in and out is kinda not the case, so is there some way to do something alike with terrain(landscape)?
One option I see is to create a reeeeeaaaallly wide circle landscape, so it would seem like a straight road, but it
a - can still be visibly curved and denies some cinematic shots
b - does not really fit the desirably small size of a “loading screen level”
I havn’t played XCOM but I think what you want is an endless seeming world loading screen in which the player can run. Kind of like Assassin’s Creed have. I think you would find this tutorial helpful.
No, that’s not quite the thing I’m looking for. I need (or at least what would seem to be) an endless >landscape< with foliage, road, ground materials, all constantly passing by the player.
Oh. I have an interesting idea in mind. It will not work as it is and might not be easily implementable, but it is an idea.
Make a material 2-sided material with texture of a landscape and sky. Now put a panner node on it to make the texture move towards the player. Apply that material to a sphere that encloses the player.
Definitely not be exactly what you are looking for but, just an idea that popped in my head
Maybe you can find some inspiration and do something with it as I’m not an expert with materials.
