Week 3

Weekly Overview:

This week I went to two UE4 workshops hosted by Chris Murphy. I finished off modelling my robot for my short animation, and I began work on my cross discipline project.

What have I made this week?

Rapid Production project:

For my rapid production project this week, I made an animatic which ill be basing my shots and timing around. I used Photoshop to redraw and add some shots to my storyboard which I then took into After Effects and Premiere to put together. I also finished modelling the rest of the parts needed for my robot, which I then put together to finish the look of my robot. I also modelled a couple more tools to go on my work bench.

This week I also started setting up my environment in UE4 for my robot.

Animatic:

Robot:

Tools:

Environment:

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Specialisation:

I didn’t end up doing much this week for my specialisation, however I did start to add some blueprints into my environment. I added a day/night cycle and a light that automatically turns on and off depending on what time of day it is. This will be useful for when I add a city into my environment; having it all light up during night.

With this blueprint you can also change the time each cycle lasts (in minutes).

Day-Night Cycle Day-NightDetails LampAutoTurnonoff

Cross Discipline:

This week I started work on my cross discipline project with my friend who is doing programming. We are going to be making a small project in UE4 that explores different ways to make cool stuff. Its going to be a series of simulation rooms to show off small environments and game modes within the engine.

So far, we’ve been able to make a plant ‘spawn’ out of the ground when the player walks near it. Using a material we made a cool effect for the plant.

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Blueprint for spawning plant Bush Material

Trello Board:

https://trello.com/b/Xh4Hk69E/david-bath-cross-discipline-simulation-room

What have I learned?

Chris Murphy:

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This week, thanks to the help of two UE4 workshops I went to, I’ve learnt a lot more about the UE4 engine itself and a bit more about tech art in UE4.

I learnt about using Flow Maps and how to incorporate them into rivers and lakes.

I also learnt a bit more about advanced Shaders and how the technical side comes into making them

In the workshop, Chris made a death laser that replaced a grass texture on the environment with a lava texture which was controlled by the user.