TD Testing Areas (downloads)

The AO looks really good and the lighting in those last two examples is really impressive.

Last edited by zester (2013-10-04 05:39:08)

Thanks Zester and Anael.

Hey Zester, those areas were all made with the Texture Atlas plugin for Blender. AO map and shadow map as well.

Yes Anael, I am glad you have shadows in your Engine (unity makes you pay)

Guess how long it took to make each area? Just a few minutes!

Modeled it in Google Sketchup
Exported using a Sketchup obj export plugin
Imported into Blender
Used texture atlas to UV unwrap it
Baked ambient occlusion (set to mix mode)
Baked shadows (shadows set to overlay mode. You could use add or screen also)
Exported the maps to my game's maps folder
Exported the mesh to the meshs folder
Imported it into Maratis

I used 1024x1024 size images for the maps (reason you might see aliasing in the texture)
I also used only 20 samples for the ambient occlusion.
I had to use an edge split modifier on the sketchup models in blender

Last edited by Tutorial Doctor (2013-10-04 14:40:30)

Haha. Isn't it all about learning to love? Hehe

Added another test level HALLWAY

That's sorta interesting. I was just thinking the same thing! haha. I was getting ready to start a topic on it.

One thing I am lacking is good animation skills (or at least I want to make the process faster). I am thinking of buying an xbox kinect and using it as a motion capture device.

I will make a tutorial on how I do these interiors. They are so simple and fast. Sort of like the way you do your characters. I will think of a format for that topic and create it soon.

Thanks.

Added an office level. The door is not operable. This is a good area to test object interactions. You could put animated objects in the room to give it some life. Perhaps throw a sound in there.

I'd like some suggestions on types of testing areas I should make.

Last edited by Tutorial Doctor (2013-10-14 02:53:56)

Added a St Petersburg area (Someone should recognize this one). hehe.