Every thing on this venture is made by me and is unrelated to my skilled work.
Device Philosophy
Procedural options are undoubtedly highly effective and customary in productions, however they’re additionally a supply of frustration for artists. I as soon as used a Houdini software in Unreal Engine that will delete your work should you clicked on the subsequent asset!
The purpose of this venture was to develop instruments that I might get pleasure from utilizing as an surroundings artist. I got here up with a couple of design ideas primarily based on my expertise in different tasks:
Decrease friction: If a software feels advanced or unintuitive, artists will keep away from utilizing it. That may result in unoptimized or harmful environments.
Decrease ready time: When a software requires 5 minutes of ready for the output, the artist could have forgotten which modifications led to this consequence. This makes the software tougher to make use of and may result in accepting poor outputs.
Maximize artist management: In AAA productions, each element issues. Artists obtain suggestions from Designers, Leads, and Administrators that may be extraordinarily particular. If the software lacks enough handbook management, it won’t meet their calls for.
Blender Fracture Technology
To create the fracturing system I used to be envisioning, I first needed to generate the fractured items of my modular package with out affecting the modularity of the meshes. This was further difficult with this seamless structure. Any fracture strains or edge injury on the highest/backside of a pillar would reveal the place one piece ends and the subsequent begins.
Usually, offline mesh fracturing is finished in Houdini with instruments just like the RBD Fracture Node. Houdini is undoubtedly probably the most highly effective and versatile answer, but it surely clashes with a few of the ideas I laid out earlier than:
- Utilizing Houdini means extra software program. This could add friction for artists.
- Utilizing Houdini means importing/exporting into Houdini, which suggests extra improvement time.
- Utilizing Houdini means re-processing your meshes if any modifications are made.