[ #UnrealEngine #environment #news ]Gökhan Karadayı has just created an ecosystem which is based on the “temperate broadleaf forest” biomes. The forest density is made up of pine trees and birch trees. All ecosystems are Real-Time Procedural Placement on landscape. In just 2 minutes, the entire ecosystem is created on 16km2 landscape.
He went to 3 different locations taking image references with more than 5,000 photos from those locations for vegetation and photogrammetry. In total, he made 9 pine trees, 7 birch trees, 29 grasses, 6 flowers, 10 ferns, 14 ground covers, 8 bushes, 27 big rocks, 12 small rocks, 5 mossy forest rocks, 7 birch branches and 10 wood logs and used Reality Capture for photogrammetry.
He visited 3 different locations for references where he took more than 5,000 photos for vegetation and photogrammetry.
This ecosystem is based on the “temperate broadleaf forest” biomes. The forest density is made up of pine trees and birch trees. Depending on your needs, you can create only pine forests, only birch forests, or mixed forests.
In just 2 minutes, the entire ecosystem is created on 16km2 landscape.
He made 10 vegetation maps based on actual plant distributions. In this way, realistic results can be achieved easily and quickly.
Pine forest samples.
Birch forest samples.
Meadow samples.
Photogrammetry results: Dense point cloud :100.000.000 point Texture : 16.384 px Mesh: 32.000.000 poly
Texture samples:
Depending on the slope of the landscape, cliff and rocks are created automatically. 35 degrees slope: Small rocks 55 degrees slope: Cliff
He provided smoother transitions with terrain blending.
Dynamic Snow Material:
He made 3 LODs for the trees. The last LOD is billboard.
He used dynamic light in all environments.
AvailabilityThe Ecosystem pack hasn't been released yet, but would soon be made available in the Unreal Engine market.
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