The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[Fat-Alfie]

I am now happy with the environment for my Feldbergring track The ugly tree walls have all gone, replaced with 37,603 super-low poly trees (4 tris each). I have 11 different types of trees, all mapped to a single 1024 x 512 texture (which means I only needed to add 20 individual kstree_groups to cover the entire terrain. I can't see any impact on performance at all, although I have not yet added the 3D grass

Also, for the first time ever, I have tried adding accurate tree / building shadows to my terrain's diffuse texture. In the past I have tried to place 3D trees to coincide with the trees on the diffuse texture, but this time I have airbrushed out all the 'real' trees and baked an AO texture in 3ds max using my X and Y trees. Overall I am pretty happy with the results, and it looks quite convincing from the cockpit view

 

[hal4000]

 

[DutchDevil79]

I am now happy with the environment for my Feldbergring track The ugly tree walls have all gone, replaced with 37,603 super-low poly trees (4 tris each). I have 11 different types of trees, all mapped to a single 1024 x 512 texture (which means I only needed to add 20 individual kstree_groups to cover the entire terrain. I can't see any impact on performance at all, although I have not yet added the 3D grass

Also, for the first time ever, I have tried adding accurate tree / building shadows to my terrain's diffuse texture. In the past I have tried to place 3D trees to coincide with the trees on the diffuse texture, but this time I have airbrushed out all the 'real' trees and baked an AO texture in 3ds max using my X and Y trees. Overall I am pretty happy with the results, and it looks quite convincing from the cockpit view

Wow, looks like a massive improovement over the beta I got to try. You really been working on the track lately. Good to see so much progress! Keep it up!

 

[Blamer]

I am now happy with the environment for my Feldbergring track The ugly tree walls have all gone, replaced with 37,603 super-low poly trees (4 tris each). I have 11 different types of trees, all mapped to a single 1024 x 512 texture (which means I only needed to add 20 individual kstree_groups to cover the entire terrain. I can't see any impact on performance at all, although I have not yet added the 3D grass

Also, for the first time ever, I have tried adding accurate tree / building shadows to my terrain's diffuse texture. In the past I have tried to place 3D trees to coincide with the trees on the diffuse texture, but this time I have airbrushed out all the 'real' trees and baked an AO texture in 3ds max using my X and Y trees. Overall I am pretty happy with the results, and it looks quite convincing from the cockpit view

Should... you...
wanted to...
hmmm..
may... I...
beta...

 

[A3DR]

I am now happy with the environment for my Feldbergring track The ugly tree walls have all gone, replaced with 37,603 super-low poly trees (4 tris each). I have 11 different types of trees, all mapped to a single 1024 x 512 texture (which means I only needed to add 20 individual kstree_groups to cover the entire terrain. I can't see any impact on performance at all, although I have not yet added the 3D grass

Also, for the first time ever, I have tried adding accurate tree / building shadows to my terrain's diffuse texture. In the past I have tried to place 3D trees to coincide with the trees on the diffuse texture, but this time I have airbrushed out all the 'real' trees and baked an AO texture in 3ds max using my X and Y trees. Overall I am pretty happy with the results, and it looks quite convincing from the cockpit view

Amazing visuals! so all those AO shadows are baked into a huge texture? (no idea how tracks are set up)

Been doing something different for a change

Meant for @Phoenix77 PCH track and part of a bigger project we have

Haven't done one these kind of assets in a while, it was a quick one but fun to do. For now it's rendered in UE4 using a single PBR material in a 2048px map. Will have to translate it to AC and most likely into a 1024px map.

 

[Tomcul]

I am now happy with the environment for my Feldbergring track The ugly tree walls have all gone, replaced with 37,603 super-low poly trees (4 tris each). I have 11 different types of trees, all mapped to a single 1024 x 512 texture (which means I only needed to add 20 individual kstree_groups to cover the entire terrain. I can't see any impact on performance at all, although I have not yet added the 3D grass

Also, for the first time ever, I have tried adding accurate tree / building shadows to my terrain's diffuse texture. In the past I have tried to place 3D trees to coincide with the trees on the diffuse texture, but this time I have airbrushed out all the 'real' trees and baked an AO texture in 3ds max using my X and Y trees. Overall I am pretty happy with the results, and it looks quite convincing from the cockpit view

I’m gonna go there in VR and have a little picnic!!
Very nice looking.

 

[Ben O'Bro]

part of a bigger project we have

BIGGER than 100 something km

GTAssetto Corsa ?

 

[A3DR]

BIGGER than 100 something km

GTAssetto Corsa ?

LOL, I'll post any progress when there's actually something to show

For now, the first test was successful

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Amazing visuals! so all those AO shadows are baked into a huge texture? (no idea how tracks are set up).

Yes, the terrain uses a single 4096px diffuse texture, 4096px MAP texture and 4x detail textures. I substituted all of the Y and X trees in 3ds max for objects that would cast shadows and then rendered the AO to a 4096px texture.

I have taken to baking all of my track assets (where practical), so all of the houses, marshal posts, even the wooden fences, all have correct AO shading and I think it makes the world of difference

Love your track assets, btw

 

[A3DR]

Yes, the terrain uses a single 4096px diffuse texture, 4096px MAP texture and 4x detail textures. I substituted all of the Y and X trees in 3ds max for objects that would cast shadows and then rendered the AO to a 4096px texture.

I have taken to baking all of my track assets (where practical), so all of the houses, marshal posts, even the wooden fences, all have correct AO shading and I think it makes the world of difference

Love your track assets, btw

Thanks! and you bet the AO adds a lot of depth to the scene. Thought the terrain texture was based on detail maps or generated in a more procedural way, didn't know a huge 4k map can cover such large area.

 

[Fat-Alfie]

Yeah, it's about 7km square for Feldbergring. My heart said use 8192px but my head said 4096px

 

[LilSki]

Yeah, it's about 7km square for Feldbergring. My heart said use 8192px but my head said 4096px

Watkins is using 2x 8192 diffuse textures from a high res ortho image. Go with the 8192 IMO.

 

[Sergio Loro]

LOL, I'll post any progress when there's actually something to show

For now, the first test was successful

View attachment 243761

beatiful work Daniel

 

[Phoenix77]

Amazing visuals! so all those AO shadows are baked into a huge texture? (no idea how tracks are set up)

Been doing something different for a change
View attachment 243751
Meant for @Phoenix77 PCH track and part of a bigger project we have

Haven't done one these kind of assets in a while, it was a quick one but fun to do. For now it's rendered in UE4 using a single PBR material in a 2048px map. Will have to translate it to AC and most likely into a 1024px map.

Absolutely stunning mate! Where's the wow button when you need it...
That's the best way I can describe that without using profanity!

 

[formulaHEINE]

The Haas bunnies are ready for your easter weekend!
Get them here: http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/2018-haas-vf-18-rss-formula-hybrid-2018-hd-4k-2k.20374/

 

[Andy-R]

I couldn't find "the what other people are working on thread" so I'll post this video here.

I'm still having to do in car orienteering as I don't know the track well yet and am double-declutching downshifts (poorly) so it is far from a hotlap of the track but all the better to view the scenery of Fat Alfie's Feldberg circuit!

 

[Fritz-Kola]

Does anybody know if the DRM mod is still 'alive'?
Didn't see any news since June or so.

Yeah it is still alive. Soverlands posted about it in the last modding car roundup thread.

I'm surprised no one's posted that video here yet. Looks like the release isn't too far away anymore.

 

[Leonardo Ratafiá]

I am now happy with the environment for my Feldbergring track The ugly tree walls have all gone, replaced with 37,603 super-low poly trees (4 tris each). I have 11 different types of trees, all mapped to a single 1024 x 512 texture (which means I only needed to add 20 individual kstree_groups to cover the entire terrain. I can't see any impact on performance at all, although I have not yet added the 3D grass

Also, for the first time ever, I have tried adding accurate tree / building shadows to my terrain's diffuse texture. In the past I have tried to place 3D trees to coincide with the trees on the diffuse texture, but this time I have airbrushed out all the 'real' trees and baked an AO texture in 3ds max using my X and Y trees. Overall I am pretty happy with the results, and it looks quite convincing from the cockpit view

It looks exTREEmly good!

 

[katikomer]

I am now happy with the environment for my Feldbergring track The ugly tree walls have all gone, replaced with 37,603 super-low poly trees (4 tris each). I have 11 different types of trees, all mapped to a single 1024 x 512 texture (which means I only needed to add 20 individual kstree_groups to cover the entire terrain. I can't see any impact on performance at all, although I have not yet added the 3D grass

Also, for the first time ever, I have tried adding accurate tree / building shadows to my terrain's diffuse texture. In the past I have tried to place 3D trees to coincide with the trees on the diffuse texture, but this time I have airbrushed out all the 'real' trees and baked an AO texture in 3ds max using my X and Y trees. Overall I am pretty happy with the results, and it looks quite convincing from the cockpit view

I might as well start deleting all my other tracks because they won’t be driven once once this beauty is released. Looking amazing @Fat-Alfie

 

[SamtheStupid]

Started working on something special