WIP_UDK Environment_1

[hydzior]

HI . I'm new on this forum . First i'll say that i'm not native english speaker ,born in Poland :P (another slavic dude on this world).

Now i'm working on my environment using UDK (earlier UT3) ,Maya ,Photoshop and zBrush.

Some pics:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2713/new3yl.jpg
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7974/new2v.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9856/new1n.jpg
http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3158/robocikss2.th.jpg (http://img37.imageshack.us/i/robocikss2.jpg/)http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7979/collection3.th.jpg (http://img232.imageshack.us/i/collection3.jpg/)

UDK video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY0aa0PONTY

Vimeo for better quality:
http://vimeo.com/23412334

[teaandcigarettes]

Fantastic work. I absolutely love that style you have going out there.

Only one thing bothers me; some of the screenshots seem slightly confusing and hard to look at. It can be due to the amount of small details, but it's hard to tell since you have no AA whatsoever.

Try to take screenshots at higher resolution (I'm pretty sure there was a way to do that) and size them down to get semi-AA effect. That will make your work much more appealing.

edit:
Video looks much cleaner than your shots. Though I would love to see some high-res shots :)


PS:
Króliczki sa urocze ;)

[Asteric]

I agree from what has been said, the screen shots look great, but are a little hard on the eyes right now.

Off topic- Nice to see another from the Toon teaandcigarettes, gerodie?

[DarthNater]

Looks like something out of Fallout 3! I love it! It is a little busy at the moment but it is great work!

[griffinax]

Swell!
Love the details, a bit chaotic, but love it!

[hydzior]

Screenshots updated with better res and AA ;] .

[Lee3dee]

looks awesome! did you make all the assets modular?

[acapulco]

What, with AA? How did you do that? I thought there was no AA in unrealengine. Neox is always looking for a way to do it.
Looks btw really nice! Like it!

[uneditablepoly]

Looks great but like others said, there's a lot going on and sometimes it's hard to look at.

[hydzior]

Juse rescaled the screenshots to a smaller res :] . But for that i was needing to plug external monitor .

Lee3dee yes they're ,except terrain meshes .

[teaandcigarettes]

Glad you up-resed them; looks a lot better :)

It is somewhat chaotic, but I think that's actually a good thing in this case; your scene has that organic feel to it.

You might want to play a little bit with Bloom and contrast settings (never used UE too much, but I believe you should be able to adjust those); some areas (especially 6th screenshot) seem a little bit washed out.

Great work overall.

[serialkiler]

Great work keep it up :D

[Sirdelita]

This is pretty crazy awesome. But yeah it's very busy. It has that same issue I feel ut3 maps have. A cluster fuck of awesome. I totally love and feel dizzy from this chaos :) Keep up the awesome work!

[LoTekK]

Holy shit, this is mad. Hella busy, but really impressive. I'm getting an empire boy vibe from a couple of the shots; any inspiration drawn from his work?

[hydzior]

Empire boy ? Dont know :] Seriously . I've watched many artworks from many artists and really my had is a one big garbage. Can you link me some of his work ??

[Clockwork]

Damn, crazy nice work, man. Fucking awesome!

Talk about your one-man army right here.

[mLink]

This is really impressive. Very busy, but there's plenty of interesting parts to look at. It looks like it would be fun to run around in and shoot some guns. Great feel and style to it.

[cman2k]

Great work man.

"Evolution had an aneurysm" seems oddly appropriate, haha.

[tinokun]

Very cool work you have going on here. :)

[Clockwork]

hydzior, anywhere we can see some more of your work, maybe a portfolio?

[hydzior]

Not really :] Its all i've got now xD . Earlier i was working in TTGames doing lego games . There's nothing good to show and the old portfolio just sucks :] . Thats why i'm doing this scene and planning another one .

[LoTekK]

It's been pretty difficult to find his stuff in the last couple years for some reason, but I had some lying around:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/778345/img201.gif
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/778345/spgct5.png

[hydzior]

Nice stuff !! Now i'm inspired by his work :D .

[Holi]

I love this!
Is there any chances to have a walk on it? Will you share it for unreal 3 players?

[JasonLavoie]

Wow.... just... wow!

[ShadowFox]

This is amazing :O such inspiring stuff! the initial parts of it remind me of that junktown at the beginning of fallout 3. The rest has got such a nice atmospheric look to it!

[Electro]

..and only 55% done, awesome! Keep going! :D

[ShadowFox]

May i ask how long youve worked on this? as I am getting unbelievably inspired by this work that it makes me want to put something together in UDK. you have now gained me as a stalker :P

[adam]

Hmm.. neat. It feels like it was made in Unreal tech. And if that tells you anything then great, because I don't know if I can articulate it properly. It feels a little bloomy, there's coloured lights everywhere, and its overall noisy. The colour palette of the structures aren't very inspired but the architecture as a whole, is.

Cool stuff, I just wish it didn't feel as though I've seen it before :\

[Nitewalkr]

Wow....awsome work, Is that going to be a third person, or first person...Just asking.
The volume of the background music is however, a bit too loud. There is too much blurr around the lights, but than again I am still kinda new to CG and I wouldnt know better then Adam here.

Over all Nice work, Thanks for sharing.
Also please do post the updates when your work is finished..

[Ben Apuna]

I like your scene, it's a bit surreal.

The scene seems a little too brown everywhere, makes it a kind of hard to tell what's what at first glance. You've got that aspect of "next gen" covered.

I look forward to seeing more, keep it up :)

[hydzior]

Yes it's to brown but i'll try to push a little more colors to it ;]
Next big update wil be in february i think. Or maybe earlier :] .

[rollin]

fantastic.. me likes the business all around.. gives the scene a lot of character

[roosterMAP]

wow, i dont think ive ever seen such a detailed scene! I think theres a bit too much bloom tho.

[rebel]

I really like this, I want to get in there and explore!

[warby]

looks great :)

[hydzior]

Screenshots updated . Now without HUD and in better res + two new ones .

[efren_chavez]

Hello.
The amount of detail in your environment is really good. I like the combination of hi-tech and nature overcoming it.
I think you successfully communicate the idea of a futuristic shanty town.

I suppose you are already working on this, but it would be nice to see something inside the buildings, right now they are pretty empty.
The foliage is quite believable. Maybe you could add more of it around the level.
I think you have way too much neon light going on.Why don't you try to eliminate the self-illumination/ glow in the ventilation shafts/fans?
Also try to space out your red and green neon lights a bit more, and maybe mute some of them down.

The concept behind this project is appealing, if those little bunny droids are the main inhabitants of this environment try to place some props that are suited for beings of their size.

[Willburforce]

not so hard to look at!!! :)

Fantastic... this is amazing an inspiring!

I think this looks BETTER than fallout

[Lobão]

B R A V O... =)

[Tom Ellis]

I envy your motivation and persistence to build a scene looking like that!

Reminds me of TekkonKinkreet, really great work!

[ivanushka]

Wow, great work! The colors and details read very well and remind me of graphics that could easily fit into the Gears of War/Unreal Tournament universe.

[hydzior]

I envy your motivation and persistence to build a scene looking like that!

Reminds me of TekkonKinkreet, really great work!

Yeah saw that anime . Was really great and like many others it was inspiring :] .
I've toned down the lights on towers and turned down backlighting on big fans and changed a little bit postprocess effects (less bloom ,dof etc).
Tomorrow i'll put some screens .

[Matroskin]

looks awesome, the complexity is quite impressive :)

Personally, i just don't like glowing colored neons - it kinda breaks the complexity of the architecutre and distracts from the rest of environment.
Other than that - love it.

Maybe later u could post actual static meshes that u used as building blocks? Would help understand hou u built the level ;)

[A.Ceylan]

Man, that's INSANE ...

[hydzior]

Some assets from level:

http://trinity.unreal.pl/Hyde/collection_1.jpg

Little update ... Another mesh for my level (5050 triangles) .

http://trinity.unreal.pl/Hyde/le_bomb.jpg

[Generalvivi]

some awesome stuff there dude! Love the lighting and the architecture !

[A.Kincade]

Wow. This is looking awesome. Kind of a lot to look at but overall feel is great. Cant wait to see more. Keep up the good work.

[c0ldhands]

Dont know why but your texturing style reminds me of Rage. Really great work dude, cool to see something diffrent( pretty tired of scfi hallways). Only crit is like everyone is saying is that its a bit to much on the eye, way to much stuff that is crowded that the eye has trouble understanding. Keep it up dude, when this is finished im sure its gonna raise a few eyebrows!

[osman]

What's really inspiring , is the amount of work you've put in this, great job. And agree with adam and the rest, it's a little bloomy and noisy. Once more, good job :).

[Stertman]

waaahw=D Love this.. the video was creapy and beautiful.. can only say: Great work=).

now go make a game out of it:D

[hydzior]

Yes its a little noisy :] I'll fix that issue but in next scene that i want to work on :} .

Screens with less bloom and other fixes soon . Need to finish two assets that i want to put on this scene before uploading anything .

[planaria]

i disagree with the notion that this is too busy, i absolutely love the chaotic look of it!

keep going, this is very inspiring.

[hydzior]

Screenshots updated on the first page . I've changed the lighting a little ,postprocess effect and some emmisive materials . Gloomy atmosphere from ut3 version is back ,less bloom .

[Christian Hjerpe]

Inspiring work! Saved all the pics for inspiration.

Also agree that the video was a litlle bit creepy but really cool! Gives you a nice feel about the whole setting

[Jesse Moody]

Yeah this is awesome. Can't wait to see more of your work

[Celes]

I like how busy it looks! great details.

[jayoplus]

Nice work. Looks very good indeed.

[Vonklaus]

That is some awesome work you have done! Very inspiring!

[Prophecies]

Your video seems to have it's colors more saturated than in the screenshots. Much better IMO. Some screenshots seem hard to look at, probably because of the awesome amount of detail. But this isn't necessarily a bad thing. It looks great!

[sprunghunt]

Looks excellent. The quality of the texturing and modeling is great and they hold together well.

To make this scene really great I'd put in some small scenes of human habitation. To tell a story of what the inhabitants did before you got there.

for example:

You could put in a small scene with some boxes or a shack, a mattress, with a fire in front, and something cooking on the fire.

I think this would make it better in a way that takes it to the next level. Because then, you're not just making architecture, you're creating a scene. I know a lot of games just don't do this sort of thing so obviously some people must disagree with it.

[hydzior]

i'm planning on doing not only architecture but something that lives :] . Walking/working bunnies etc. But that in the near future :] .

[hydzior]

http://trinity.unreal.pl/Hyde/gate.jpg - New Asset to my environment :]
1740 tris ,1 day of work .

[ShadowFox]

Did you have any pre process before you started creating this? any sketches, story concept and stuff.

I would love to see your thought process and the way you went through with it as this is highly inspiring.

[hydzior]

Everything started from nazi bunny model . When i was watching it another day with some lustmord dark ambient (this music genre is the best for daydreaming :]) in the background ,concept for first building was born :] . It was a factory (baby factory :P). I've got somewhere the whole indoor model without textures . The nazi bunnys were just a simple working drones i(and they still are :P).
After that more smaller ideas for for outdoor stuff came up. Modeled and imported them to UT3 , to see if there's any sense to create something bigger . I liked the results . Factory size was reduced to minimum and i've started to concentrate all my work on outdoors .
There was no preprocess . Only a mix of different ideas merging in time into one.

BTW. sorry for my grammar :] . Still learning :> .

[3DRyan]

Just out curiosity, how long did this take you?! I see stuff like this, and it makes my head spin, lol. I look at this project and wonder how one person can fit so many things into a scene and not devote their life to it. I honestly think this would take me years to do. Amazing stuff, no doubt.

[NightmareShade]

Wow, this is amazing. I like the slum-like atmosphere and the over all look of it. Awesome.

[hydzior]

Little update on first page :] . Trying to make this map less noisy / heavy ,added some new assets ,changed a little lighting and some of the materials .

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFMRvInqeuI

New you tube video test now on UDK .

[Nitewalkr]

Once again hydzior, your work just amazing. At this level of environment art, I simply cant crit it.

A question though: are you planning on populating the environment with mobs and characters and video shoot the game play? That would be amazing. :D

[hydzior]

Theres a plan to create some gameplay demo or just ,a animated concept (this one would be easier to do by myself )

[crazyfingers]

I'm jealous, this is stupid good, an all around great package made by one dude, very impressive. I think the swastikas and baby heads bring the scene down though. It's so unique in its own right, it doesn't feel like it needs to rely on cultural icons, i kinda feel like the environment deserves its own symbols and such. Just my opinion, keep rocking.

[airage]

Sorry i don't have any constructive to offer, but this is just awesome stuff!

[hydzior]

Good point . The swastikas will be changed to the same logo that you can see on flags :] .

[Ged]

Good point . The swastikas will be changed to the same logo that you can see on flags :] .

nice idea, been enjoying this thread :)

[Makkon]

I've got nothing to offer, this is a stunning masterpiece you've created. There was a shot about half way where you paused; it had such perfect lighting and composition it looked like a detailed painting.
You're my hero!

[Harry]

that environment's huge, you are an EPIC pole m8.
Promoted to Husarz

[hobodactyl]

Incredible work, very inspiring! :)

[hydzior]

Im thinking about changing models of my towers :]

Heres' the new prototype :]

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/5940/towerelement.th.jpg (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/towerelement.jpg/)

[Ged]

sweeet! just out of interest what kind of poly count does a piece like that have? I ask because all the pipes and edges look incredibly smooth haha

[hydzior]

5K the main model ,Balconies about 1300triangles per balcony :] . Its not a big problems for todays PC's (Even on my laptop with just gf 8800m gtx with a performance of a desktop 9600gt/8800gt card) ;] but just in case LOD meshes are also created :} .

[felipefrango]

This is awesome, so inspirational! One of the best UDK environments I've ever seen. Hell, one of the best I've ever seen overall! Definitely save it for future reference.

[Apophis3d]

Yeah freaking awesome work love the feel of the piece.

[hydzior]

Finished new tower element:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5940/towerelement.jpg

[Mistry10]

very cool stuff man !

[ajr2764]

You know what I checked this thread out a while ago and I dont know if I ever said this but you sir our bad ass. Really the amount of work, size of the environment and overall quality is insane and by one person only...what else can be said.

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1Q7CqOzWc first day of learning - Just a simple nazi bunny animaton test . Main purpose of this is to put some life in this scene . Bunny will get walk animations ,robo_ss to . Will create some environment animations to .

[Progg]

You are an environmental robot! This thread is pretty epic.

[hydzior]

Just dont have any girlfriend now and got lot of time to spare :] .

[felipefrango]

This level is even more insane in motion, had to fav it for future reference. Amazing!

[Nitewalkr]

Awsome Environment is Awsome; And that fine touch with Nazi Bunny made it Epic...<.< Keep up the good work!. I am still waiting for the time when you will post the video of the game play.

Keep up the good work!!

[hydzior]

Six new shots:

http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/142/progress01.th.jpg (http://img532.imageshack.us/i/progress01.jpg/)http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8075/progress02.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/i/progress02.jpg/)http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3223/progress03e.th.jpg (http://img410.imageshack.us/i/progress03e.jpg/)http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/934/progress04.th.jpg (http://img89.imageshack.us/i/progress04.jpg/)http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4420/progress05.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/progress05.jpg/)http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/5403/progress06.th.jpg (http://img97.imageshack.us/i/progress06.jpg/)

[Mistry10]

very inspirational stuff man !

[hydzior]

Some Full-HD screens:

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/142/progress01.th.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/i/progress01.jpg/)http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8075/progress02.th.jpg (http://img12.imageshack.us/i/progress02.jpg/)http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/3295/progress03.th.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/progress03.jpg/)http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/934/progress04.th.jpg (http://img229.imageshack.us/i/progress04.jpg/)http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/4420/progress05.th.jpg (http://img682.imageshack.us/i/progress05.jpg/)http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/5403/progress06.th.jpg (http://img205.imageshack.us/i/progress06.jpg/)http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/743/progress07.th.jpg (http://img534.imageshack.us/i/progress07.jpg/)http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5360/progress08.th.jpg (http://img41.imageshack.us/i/progress08.jpg/)http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3143/progress09.th.jpg (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/progress09.jpg/)http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1442/progress10.th.jpg (http://img535.imageshack.us/i/progress10.jpg/)

[sampson]

very nice hydzior. i'd like to know is it pretty much 100% is there any bsp at all?...how many assets do u just apply materials to or is everything individuall unwrapped and textured... thanks man

its just fantastic. sort of almost reminds me of ff7 midgar with less neon lights

[hydzior]

No bsp . Biggest assets of buildings in background and smaller one except the towers are using general use materials . Towers (except the roof element) and smaller assets are using individuall uvwrapped materials .

[GarageBay9]

Holy crap.

How long has all of this taken you, hydzior? And what is your workflow like? I can't possibly believe you're hand-authoring hi poly source for all of these objects and baking, that's beyond human. Are you generating normals for some / all of this from grayscale heightmaps?

[ajr2764]

That last comment was sooo funny dude said he's like beyond human which I guess is a good way to put it.

[Amarth93]

this is even beyond godlike....... im stunned how well even a 8800gt/9600gt runs it aswell

[Thegodzero]

Amazing work!

[felipefrango]

Wait, wait, what's all this BSP craziness you're talking about? Never heard of this. :(

[Autocon]

Now this really is a fantastic full envio instead of just 1 or 2 choice shots. Very well done.

[boyluya]

Superb.

[JonathanF]

YOU!!! COMPLETE ME!!! :D just amazing man! its good to know that we here at poly count have the most bad a$$ artist around!

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rTiPLSgbD4 - 70% done video :] .

[ivars]

This is stunning :D Very inspiring!

[Skamberin]

Fantastic work man, great show of dedication and skill. Truly inspiring! :)
When finished, will you release the map to the public?
Also, would it be possible to see a light only version of the map, without the textures?
Great job so far :)

[hydzior]

I'll upload today or tomorrow short version without textures :] .

[hydzior]

...
Also, would it be possible to see a light only version of the map, without the textures?
Great job so far :)

As requested :] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trhHj-2Z3f4

[Skamberin]

Aw sweet! That's an awesomely nice build man!
Even without textures the models and everything looks incredibly impressive :)!
What's the lightmass buildtime for this baby :P

[Drumonman]

Been lurking this one for a while, and I have to post to say I love it. First time I saw it, it reminded me of megaton from Fallout 3. Nice work dude.

[hydzior]

On my core 2 duo 2,5 Ghz about 40 minutes on low ;] (almost 2h on high). This one has been rendered on low .Still a lot faster and with better results than the old renderer used in UT3 or Gears for PC :] .

[Skamberin]

Heavy build times, Would probably reach up in the 3s or 4s on premium eh? Anyway, looking forward to the next update :)

[hydzior]

For me baking premium quality lightmaps ist not to stable . Mostly the UnrealED's crashing after build without a chance to save results :] .

[Alberto Rdrgz]

man, Hyd, dood hats off, great job.

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODRpT28YkEQ - Added matinee flyby camera , lot of postprocess effects :] . Sorry for the fps tho . My PC is to weak to record this map smoothly with fraps . Next videos will be made on new machine :} .

[haiddasalami]

Man so inspired by this thread :) Any chance you can share your workflow? How much of this is modularized?

[hydzior]

Except terrain meshes almost everything :] .

[JasonLavoie]

Makes me sad cause the compression is just soooo bad, I can't really see anything clear... but I do know that it's uber.

You are a huge inspiration man, and I don't know if its been asked before... but you have a job right?

[hydzior]

You need to wait for youtube to encode it :] . After that the 720p res video will popup ;] .
I've uped the links to this video to early :]

[felipefrango]

Ooh, I was gonna mention the compression but now I can't wait to see it finished. Probably gonna add to my favorites as I did to the others. :)

[adam]

The matinee camera does a lot for the presentation - good work!

[GarageBay9]

There's just something about a chipmunk-ized version of the Soviet Anthem that really makes the whole scene... creepy.

[Jesse Moody]

Amazing work.

Few questions.

How long did it take you from start to finish?

How much stuff was high poly and baked down and how much was just low with textures?

Got any individual assets you can share with us?

Even shots from unreals model editor would be great to show us some of your modular pieces you used over and over.

Thanks man and this is inspiring for everyone here i'm sure. Can't wait to see more.

[doc rob]

Very, very nice work.

[hydzior]

Will put some shots from assets used tommorow

Almost all textures even this for generic use were baked from hipolygon models . Theres more low polygon models with generic textures than custom ones with custom textures .
I'm doing this level a year now :] . 5-6 months of intensive work.

[jmchristopher]

That's some great work ya got there, keep it up. :)

[hydzior]

Ehhh still not encoded . Wtf is going on with youtube ... I'll put tommorow new 30fps version .

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2fqzqOB3Vg - 720p 30fps video added :] . Dont even look on the old one , it was deleted :] .
Shame that you'll not see small details like dust etc , becouse youtube encode quality isnt perfect and 720p video on my harddrive looks lot more crisp than the youtube's one .
I'll upload the real 720 also somewhere :] .

[ZacD]

awesome work, I'm not a fan of the video effects though. I really wanna play in that map, or see a game in that style.

[boyluya]

Wicked sick! This is so awesome!! Love it!

[hydzior]

They're some bugs with the lighting on random objects . Lightmap is not baking on them and sometimes on their LOD mesh or main mesh with LOD baked. Its not affecting all meshes from the same class but only some random ones on the level . Tryed to replace the objects with new ones from content browser ,duplicate them ,change positions but with no results ,still this bug exists after bake even on high quality .

OK i'm going to sleep becouse its almost 6 AM here :] .

[Nitewalkr]

Wicked sick! This is so awesome!! Love it!

This, followed by; Still I cant wait for its game play video. :)

EDIT: I think I asked this before but are you planning on putting this scene to a test?

Any initial character (single player) have you thought to impliment in this?

If so, any chance we can look at it? Just a sketch..

If no, is this going to be fps?

Sick work so far by the way. Keep it up!!

[hydzior]

Yeah i've got idea for a game based in this world (ogt the main character in my head ,also new mobs and story):] . I'm thinking of expand this idea in the future :] .

[Skamberin]

Awesome work Hydzi! The camera effect fits pretty nicely, too bad youtube's encoding is bad though, would love to see the particle effects properly.

Just wondering a bit about the sound, will you make further adjustments to the volume and such of the different ambient sounds and possibly add more? Right now the sounds don't mix too well imo, especially the robotic mumbling, it's a bit too loud.
Level is kickass though, just playing it as a little camera would be awesome :D

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEAUbZpoxl0 - drone test xD
Sorry for little delay with screenshots of my assets ,will do them as soon as i'll get more time :] .

[Skamberin]

That's a funky lil drone, nice job animating it! The spotlight attached to each eye is a nice effect too :)
If you find a way to enable proper dynamic shadows cast by each of those lights, do share how :P
Awesome work as always :)

[Shogun3d]

Straight awesome, I can't wait to see this finished :)

[JordanW]

this is fucking awesome.

[Envelope]

I agree with Jordan :)

Great stuff man.

[Zack Fowler]

Exceptional work! Very inspiring to see such an expansive and polished scene come from one person.

[Saiainoshi]

Clearly you love your craft. I love the drone!

[SHEPEIRO]

excellent work

[NinthJake]

The level design is decent, there's too much stuff going on.

The rest is FUCKING AWESOME! It is like a mix of Gears of War and Bioshock, I love the style :D

Everything is beautifully modeled and the textures are super, the only thing that beats it is the lighting. The light rays and the bloom is just amazing. The work of a pro definitely.

I can seriously say that this is the best UDK map I've ever seen. Great job man :)

[felipefrango]

Wait, Bioshock? D:

[NinthJake]

Wait, Bioshock? D:

It is reminding me of Bioshock yeah, I think it is the little robots and the TV screens that does it.

[hydzior]

Yes there're some bioshock influences in here like many other games ,movies ;] . This drone was inspiration from games like bioshock and half life 2 :] . I really like flying around things in games :] .


NinthJake and yes level design is decent ,but i'm just a lil environment artist :] .

[Moosey_G]

This is some amazing work, very inspirational. Reminds me a lot of megaton in fallout 3.

[hydzior]

Its not and update but i want you to show some of my models with wireframe etc. Nothing special tho :] . When it comes to my environment i'm now detailng the indoors :] .

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/696/valvedoormodel.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/i/valvedoormodel.jpg/)http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6089/valvedoortextures.th.jpg (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/valvedoortextures.jpg/)

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3865/ssrobomodel.th.jpg (http://img33.imageshack.us/i/ssrobomodel.jpg/)http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/6236/ssrobotextures.th.jpg (http://img697.imageshack.us/i/ssrobotextures.jpg/)

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1028/lebombmodel.th.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/i/lebombmodel.jpg/)http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7056/lebombtextures.th.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/lebombtextures.jpg/)

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/9811/dronemodel.th.jpg (http://img190.imageshack.us/i/dronemodel.jpg/)http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/5034/dronetextures.th.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/dronetextures.jpg/)

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/5438/towerelmodel.th.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/towerelmodel.jpg/)http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4796/towereltextures.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/i/towereltextures.jpg/)

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1289/collection4.th.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/collection4.jpg/)

More soon as possible :] .

[Skamberin]

Hotness :D Congrats on the frontpage mention :) Whats the total polycount for the UDK scene so far?

[Shogun3d]

Great stuff, thanks for the update :)

[felipefrango]

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

[hydzior]

Hotness :D Congrats on the frontpage mention :) Whats the total polycount for the UDK scene so far?

6.985.917 triangles so far xD . Ofcourse under UDK almost everything is instanced :] and with LOD's.

Just exported whole map to obj and importet it to maya to see the numbers :] . If there's another method or something please share :] .

[Zack Fowler]

If you check the Primitive Stats tab of the content browser, it will tell you the total triangle count as well as other good information. Here's a link to Epic's explanation: UDK Primitive Stats Browser on UDN (https://udn.epicgames.com/Three/LevelOptimization#Primitives%20Stats%20Browser)

[hydzior]

Ok the Primitive stats browser shows 2.419.761 triangles on this scene.

[Zack Fowler]

Hmm! That's a big difference from the count you got from your OBJ. I just noticed that the UDN page I just linked is a little out of date, so I wonder are you going by the number under Triangles or Inst. Triangles? The Inst. Triangles column is the one that will give you the actual total. Triangles will just tell you how much unique geometry is in your scene and per asset.

Congratulations on getting the front page feature by the way. :)

[hydzior]

Yes the inst triangles .

[Skamberin]

A scene this kickass should have no poly limit :P

[god3ila]

Awesome work! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Dude, you're the man!

Do you think, you'll release the UnrealPackage for the community?... Please, please, please... :poly134:

[jacob07777]

So three questions I gotta know about this scene, cuz it is seriously probably the coolest thing I have ever seen on Polycount!

1. How many different unique textures do you have for this guy?

2. What resolution is your largest texture in the scene and what's it on?

3. How long did this take you? Cuz seriously holy hell man nice work!

[Peter H]

:thumbup: Inspirational!

Would love to be able to run around and explore it!

[hydzior]

So three questions I gotta know about this scene, cuz it is seriously probably the coolest thing I have ever seen on Polycount!

1. How many different unique textures do you have for this guy?

2. What resolution is your largest texture in the scene and what's it on?

3. How long did this take you? Cuz seriously holy hell man nice work!


1. Hard to tell right now but i think that aroud 40 .
2. My largest one is 2048x2048 ,and its on ss_robo , on tower element showed couple of posts earlier ,on the bomb ,everything else are just from 256x256 to 1024x1024 .
3. A year of working from time to time (week of work 4-6h a day ,next week doing nothing ...) .

god3ila yes i think about uploading my packages to UDK community :] . Dont know when its happen tho :] .

[hydzior]

i'm back to my old thread :P.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4632/mono1b.jpg
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6098/mono2l.jpg
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/96/mono4.jpg
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5561/mono5.jpg
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/2374/mono6.jpg

One Diff 2kx2k ,normal and spec + masks for emmisives . Yeah and its for the old environment :P
Will put in this week on youtube the last video (i think :P) and then i'm going back to design second scene . Ofcourse in full motion ;] .

[sprunghunt]

cool design.

[chrisradsby]

Looks really sweet man. Loving the progress, great stuff! :)

[felipefrango]

YES! YES!!

[NoltaN]

Glad to see this back again, Love the design for the train! Can't wait to see more.

[yodude87]

really good looking, congratulations :D

[Matroskin]

this train sooo awesome.... And yes, good to see updates after some break ;)

[JubbyJub]

The train reminds me of the EVE Gallente Ship - Iteron, nice design :D

[hydzior]

And some screenes

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/2713/new3yl.jpg
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7974/new2v.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9856/new1n.jpg

[felipefrango]

Amazing! Have you played around with the new UDK features already?

[hydzior]

I dont have dx11 hardware :P. This scene is and will use only dx9 features builded in UDK and some using custom shader node (like anamorphic flares :P or blinn lighting model). My sceond scene (thats already designed and the first model is actualy being made :P) will use some dx11 tech .

[sltrOlsson]

What does Polycount rules say about posting porn?! It's not OK, i'm sitting here with a total UDK-boner! I don't know what to say. It's just, everything! Fucking beautiful!

Looking forward to see your next project! Rembemer to post to WIP pics for us ;)

[michaelmilette]

Awesome work dude loving the sorta scifi grunge feel

[hydzior]

Now a little video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY0aa0PONTY

Vimeo for better quality:
http://vimeo.com/23412334

[Daniël.C]

Struggling to find the words so I'm just gonna say it "flabbergasted:O" "amazing", there I said it:) no really though this is just an amazing amount of work and you still pulled of a coherent and functional looking map despite the size of it all:thumbup:

[Kurry]

Those were the best 8 minutes I've had in a long time. You sir, are awesome.

[luke]

wow ... this is so fucking good, didn't think i'd stay to watch the whole 8min, but it left me wanting more! great work bro

[felipefrango]

wow ... this is so fucking good, didn't think i'd stay to watch the whole 8min, but it left me wanting more! great work bro

Same here, it's just so awesome. You plan on modeling interiors for the buildings?

[hydzior]

Yuup thats the last stage ... i want to finish them . Then i'll go to second scene.

[fearian]

Well this needs to go on the front page. O_O

[Pix]

Your work deserves to be in "Polycount Showcase" and to have it's own banner on the top :D

[hydzior]

fearian it was on the front page couple of months ago :P .

[tommywomble]

God damn this is awesome, hope i can be as good as you one day o.O

[hydzior]

You'll no worries . Practice and never give up :P.

[Snefer]

Why 82% exactly? ;) You have very exact approximations ^^ anyway, gogo finish it now ;)

[hydzior]

Trying to be accurate :p . Yeah :P . The interiors needs lots of new assets xD Will start to create some at the weekend ;]

[Skamberin]

YES! You're back! Life has meaning again :D
Amazing update man, awesome to see you use many of the newer UDK features :)

Honestly this is just looking too incredible man, I'd pay to download this :P Like an interactive piece of UDK art :D

Keep it up!

[cholden]

Love this vid. Please package and release this level so folks can see it in real time.

[hydzior]

Luulz i've found a really old screenshot on some old ftp that've used long time ago :P .

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3059/old10.jpg

As i remember this screen is from first 2 weeks of work on this level ;] . Started using UT3 game .

[feanix]

<ut_announcer> G-g-g-god tier! </ut_announcer>

You know what? If you do a break down on how you decided which assets you were going to create and you approach to modularization I will love you forever. I'm not sure I can get pregnant, but I'll also let you take your best shot.

[Gooner442]

crazy stuff!!... I'm envious, damn you! :-)

[Generalvivi]

Great stuff bro! Looks awesome!

[hydzior]

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5110/gtvs.jpg - a tv dont know for what and where it'll be used :] .

And the old one used in the level:
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7590/tivo1.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1479/tivo2.jpg

I'm thinking on stopping working on this environment . I'm bored . Now i need to find some time to continue work on the second one .

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7t80nT1wps

Yuup thats the Final video . Nothing more will come from Enviro_1 . Its done (almost what i wanted) . No interiors tho because of lack of time and i want to do something new .
Fixed some shaders , lighting , shadowing and some postprocessing + new flythrough . Everything is rendered using DX9 class gpu .

Its done i can move on to Enviro_2 scene with some DX11 features :] .

Thank you all for your comments and some updates will be soon (i think) on my youtube channel .

[ShadowFox]

This has been a huge inspiration! Cant wait for your next environment! Any chance for a downloadable run around of it in the future?

[chriszuko]

Huge inspiration is an understatement to say the least. You ... Rock... and ... now I wanna Rock!

[chrisavigni]

Incredible, sick, awesome, insane,...
One of the best around here! Congrats!

[hydzior]

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8774/screen13n.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/screen13n.jpg/)http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/5530/screen12g.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/screen12g.jpg/)http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5640/screen11zn.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/screen11zn.jpg/)
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/773/screen10lz.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/3/screen10lz.jpg/)http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9895/screen09o.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/219/screen09o.jpg/)http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5772/screen08y.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/screen08y.jpg/)
http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/9403/screen07n.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/814/screen07n.jpg/)http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/4245/screen01an.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/screen01an.jpg/)http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4104/screen02dd.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/screen02dd.jpg/)
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5594/screen03yu.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/23/screen03yu.jpg/)http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/614/screen04hq.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/screen04hq.jpg/)http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5864/screen05w.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/143/screen05w.jpg/)
http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/8163/screen06vx.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/screen06vx.jpg/)


Some FullHD shots .

[ajr2764]

simply amazing work of art look forward to seeing your next project

[mkandersson]

Awsome work. Bookmarking it to my inspiration folder!
Btw how many unique meshes do you have in this environment? Must be quite a lot?
Looking forward to see your next piece.

[Q Z X]

I saw this video on YouTube 2 weeks ago and I was surprised. I thought that it is impossible to create such a masterpiece in the UDK, but I was wrong. Looks very, very professional.

[hydzior]

mkandersson something about 200 avaible and 170 used in this scene.

[felipefrango]

Whaaat, no interiors?! I call shenanigans! :O

How's the performance on this, have you done some sort of benchmark on this to check on FPS, draw calls and whatnot?

[hydzior]

dont touch this on 8800gtx hardware . This scene is not so optimised ;] . MIn reqs are gtx260 for 720p and around 20-30 fps .

[felipefrango]

Ouch! Why the performance hit, too many unique meshes? Actually, how well does UDK cope with such modularity? Not only your environment, but I see modular UDK environments everywhere that have tons of different pieces. I recon this must save a lot of memory but at a certain point it should start to increase fill rates like crazy, right?

[hydzior]

Postprocessing of my scene is eating 50% of performance :P . Then the translucend lightbeams assets ,particles and shaders with some blinn specular and other stuff :] .

[felipefrango]

Hmmm, interesting info man, thanks! Btw, actually forgot to congratulate you on finishing it and making it so damn awesome so...congrats! :D

[Zornx]

amazing you did this all alone respect for the endurance and consistency!
anyone hired you yet?

[OBlastradiusO]

Luv your bizarre Rabbit Nazi look for this environment. Jaw drooping stuff.

[aphexx]

very cool man! has some "oddworld" style in it with all those pipes and colored lights. also the moving lights and projectors are just splendid! good ideas for presentation!

[DJ_Aaron]

Great stuff man , do you use zbrush to create your assets normals or just bake ?

[KennyTies]

Wow! What an amazing environment and you said 170 unique meshes? That awesome. How long did this take you? Im going to have to read through this once I get a chance!

[hydzior]

More than a year with of work with bigger (the biggest one lasted a year becouse of a job) and smaller breaks .
Zornx yeah . Working in the same company as Snefer .
DJ_Aaron zbrush just for some details and for everything else hardsurface modeling :P .

[Skibur]

It's got an Oddworld feel about it. Looks great.

[mosena]

It looks incredible man! good job!

[PowerGamer12]

I definitely like it, the screens are a little hard on the eyes but I loved the video.

[stubs3d]

I just want to say I'm REALLY impressed with this work. I love the style, and the grittiness. Such an excellent atmosphere. I'd love to see more of your work.

[kostyasazonov]

Awesome =)

[LW3]

I like the Russian theme song playing in the background of the video.

[ivanzu]

Awesome work!How long it took you to finish it?

[Zeonidas]

Unbelievable work!

[frontop]

Nice work!

[lucashug]

OMG! That's beautiful!!! Nice work!!!

[njc6425]

WOWWWWWWW awesome stuff man!

[marcinLDZ]

Look awesome. Great job.

[Gods_Requiem]

Love it! Being an entry level environment artist myself this is what I aspire to do :) A level worthy of being posted on a magazines

[PMarjanski]

zajebiste :)

[BearsAremajestic]

Holy hand grenade! This looks amazing! Has that Dishonored vibe about it or is it just me?

[vahid67]

wowwwwwww
are you have a team or you are alone ??

[Zombiecrackers]

Loving the post apocalyptic sci fi look :D

[Zombiecrackers]

Holy hand grenade! This looks amazing! Has that Dishonored vibe about it or is it just me?

Was gonna include that in my post as well haha but yes when I first looked at it I thought Dishonored as well

[hydzior]

wowwwwwww
are you have a team or you are alone ??

I'm alone ;].

BearsAremajestic this was done before the Dishonored (i like this game a lot) game was announced :P.

[hydzior]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EbsFRtELgI

Yeah ... Moved to DX11 with this old scene just to learn some new stuff. It was a good learning experience and the scene received a little bit of fresh air. Now i need to finish key assets for second Enviro and wrapping up everything in UDK should be faster.

In upcoming weeks i'll add some fly videos from my level Museum for Gears of War Judgment SP Compaign, Haven MP DLC level and from another one after commercial release.