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The document summarizes the process taken by the author to create a 3D environment. They began by determining scale of buildings, then modeled basic cube structures to differentiate accessible and inaccessible buildings. Various interior and exterior models were created, such as doors, windows, furniture. Models were textured and the environment was laid out. Additional details like trees, bushes and animated doors were added. An overlooking tower area was also designed, featuring a library interior with artifacts, bookshelves and paintings. The author documented each step and provided screenshots of the progressing 3D environment.
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- 1. The firststepin my3D environmentcreationprocess,wastodeterminethe scale of the different buildingsinmyenvironment,Ineededtodifferentiate the scale forthree differentbuildingsthatI will model tobe accessible andinaccessible,The inaccessiblebuildingmodelswillbe simply modelledusingbasiccubesthatwill be texturedwithdoors,windowsandroofsaddedtothem.The accessible buildingsmodelswill be modelledsimilarlythoughtheywill be accessibleandwill have modelsonthe inside.There will be 3differentsizesof house building,asmall singleflooredbuilding, a slightlybiggersingle flooredbuildingandalargertwo flooredbuilding. Beloware screenshotsof me determiningthe bestsizesforthe buildings,youcanclearlysee the 3 differentbuildingsizes.l Iwill model themfurtherusingthesebasiccubestoscale the accessible and inaccessiblefinal models.
- 3. The nextstepI tookwas to create doors andwindowsasyoucan see below.Icreatedsimplemodels inslightlydifferentvariationsthatwill be featuredonthe inaccessible andaccessible building models.Colourswill be alteredinfinal productiontocreate variationtomy3D environment though mostof the modelswill be the same throughout.Below youcan see the processI wentthrough usingprimitive shapestoaddand alterothershapestoreplicate simplewindowsanddoorsin differentvariationsandamidstandbelow themyouwill see the othermodelsIcreatedinLightwave Modellerformyenvironment. All of these modelswere createdusingmysketchdrawings. Door model
- 8. Stepsmodel
- 9. Windowmodel
- 13. Grass model
- 17. Sofamodel TV and TV stand model
- 19. Diningchairmodel
- 20. Nowthat I have a large amountof my models,Iamreadyto importsome of themandstart to layout my 3D environment,incorrelationtomyplanning. Thoughbefore Icoulddo thisI had to ensure thatall of mymodelswere texturedwithUV maps,so theydo notall appear the same plaincolour. As youcan see below,Ialreadyassignedcolourstomymodels,Ijustdidnotassignthemas UV textures,sotheydonotstay attachedto the models. Iwill now UV map all of these modelswith simple textured colours,asIdo notwant to make my environmenttoocomplexandrealisticlooking, as it ismore aimedat people of ayoungerage.
- 21. FirstlyIlaidout the objectsasI saw fitand thenaddedthe texturedversionsnexttothem, to replicate the layoutthoughwithaddedtextures. Ialsoaddedthe grassmodel below the building model and the duplicable fence modelaroundthe buildingasdescribedinmysketchdrawings. I createdthe fence model usingsimple shapes,ensuringthatitcan be easilyduplicatedtofirthe borderof differentsizedbuildingsasyoucan see below,thiswillbe texturedwithasimple white colour. Due to several issuesregardingUV maps,I decidedtotake a much simplerapproachtotexturingmy models,simplybytexturingthe modelswithsimplecoloursinUDK,thisallowedmuch more variationandmanoeuvrability aswell assavingme alotof time,asUV texturingisquite complicated and takesa vast amountof time whenyouhave a lot of models.
- 22. For thisprocess,all I hadto do was create a material andassigna colourto that material,thenassign that material toany appropriate models,allowingforaneffective waytotexture withoutmakingmy modelslooktoorealisticandmore childrenappropriate. I carriedout thisprocessforall modelsof my currentmodelstoendup withthe outcome below. Nowthat I have foundthe bestwayto texture all my models usingsimple colours,all thatisleftto do isimportand laythe rest out,accordingto my sketchdrawingsandmy main layoutdesignasyou can see below.
- 23. I decidedtoaddmore detail tomycity layout plan,identifyingthe positioningof variousbuildings and otherassetsas youcan see below.Itisquite thoroughandclearlyidentifieswhere models shouldbe positionedinmyfinal 3Denvironment.
- 25. NextIensuredthatmy inaccessibleandaccessiblehouse modelswere completed,before exporting themand importingthemintomy3D environmenttobe laidoutas in my citylayoutplan.Below you can see the final modelsformyinaccessible andaccessible buildingmodels,asidefromaccessible house model 1as I have alreadyimportedthismodel asyoucan see above. Ireplicatedthe accessible building1and positioneditinplace where all of the otherbuildingmodelswill be placed, so I can easilyidentifywhere eachbuildingshouldbe positioneduponimportationintoUDK.
- 26. Belowyoucan see myaccessible building2model,accessible building3and inaccessible building1, 2 and 3 models.Theywill simplyhave differentvariationsof colouraddedtothemwhentheyare all positionedaccordingtomycity layoutandeventuallytheywill all be fittedwithdoors(animatedif buildingisaccessible),windowsandroofs. Accessible building2 Accessible building3
- 27. Inaccessible building1,2 and 3 inorder
- 28. I alsoaddeda shop model,hospitalmodel,a bankmodel andambulance modelswhichyoucansee individuallybelow.Ialsolaidoutthe grass to outline the firstpartof the environmentandaddeda road that leadsoff tothe yet to be createdsecondpart of the environment.Below youcansee all of thislaidout.
- 29. All of the buildingspositionedbelow werepositionedaccordingtomyplanas youcan see above and the ambulance modelswere placedtothe side of the hospital model. Bank model Hospital Model
- 31. Nowthat my buildingswere positionedcorrectly,Iwasreadyto add doorsand windowstothemas youcan see below. I thenidentifiedanyareasmighthave lookedabitemptyor dull andthisprovokedme todecide to create a newline of models,tomake the environmentappearmore interesting. Belowisa listof models,boththatI had alreadyplannedoncreatingalongwithanew setbut at this pointhave yetto do so. Teddybearstatue Bush/hedge model Tree model Benchmodel Streetlightmodel Cashpointmodel Picture frame model –thisis an interestingfillermodel thatIwill create sodifferentpictures can be assignedtoitto create a sense of variationinthe environment. Water fountainmodel Americanstyle postbox (tobe placedat the frontof everyhouse)
- 32. The firstthingI decidedtomodel wasthe bushmodel,Idecidedtocreate thisfirstas itcan be used to fill alarge amountof areasand is keyinthe constructionof the islandonwhichsitsthe overlookingtower. Iwill alsobe placingthisaroundandonthe secondpart of the environmentand aside the road leadingtoit. I createdthismodel usingasimple box model withalarge amountof polygons,beforeextruding those polygonsandroundingthe objecttocreate a simple,more unrealisticimpressionof abush,fit for myenvironmentasyoucan see below.
- 33. NextIdecidedtocreate the tree model.Icreatedthe base usinga simple cylindershaperand adjustingthe toppolygontoalterthe shape to be wider at the bottomand thinneratthe top. I thencreatedthe leafsforthe top of the tree,thisissomethingthatIhave neverdone before,soI had to experiment.LuckilyIhada rough ideaof whatto do and itworked.I useda simple cylinder shape splitinto3 and usedthe twisttool,whichhelpedme tocreate a leaf shape as youcan see below.
- 34. I addedmore leafstothe top of the tree and endedupwithwhatyousee below. Thoughas you can see below,whenIdecidedtosave thismodel,Iranintoan error,as I have recentlycome tothe endof my trial forthisprogram at home,I onlyhave the discoveryedition, whichlimitsthe complexityof modelsyoucancreate,whichina wayis goodfor me,as I do not needcomplex models.
- 35. To bypassthiserror, I decidedtoreduce the amountof polygonsinmymodel,bysimplymerging multiple polygons,intosingularpolygons. Thisprovedto be quite anawkwardprocessfor thisparticularmodel,soIdecidedthatI wouldsave the tree base and leafsasseparate models,andattachthe leafswithinthe UDKengine.Thisis actuallyverybeneficial tomyenvironment,asitwill enable me toaddvariationinmytree models, as whenduplicated,the treeswillall notlookexactlythe same,due toa variationinleaf placement and base size. Before Idecidedtoexportbothmybush andtree models,Ifirstlyensuredthatmytree model had UV maps assignedwithtexturesasyoucan see below. NowI was readyto importthese models. As youcan see below,because I addedUV mapsto texture the models,theycome inreadily textured.
- 36. Nowall I had to do waslay the tree modelsandbushmodelsout. As youcan see below,Ihave laidoutmy tree andbush models,Ithinktheyhave helpedtoadda lot of appeal andvarietytomy environmentandIam veryhappywithmy resultssofar. NextIdecidedtocreate my postbox model,usingprimitive shapestocreate a model replicatingan Americanstyle postbox.Iwill create these modelssotheycanbe recolouredeasilytoaddvariation.
- 37. Aftercreatingthe mainmodel,Idecidedtotexture the postbox handle,sothatisthe onlypart of the model thatwill remainthe same colourwhendifferentcoloursare appliedtoduplicated versionsof the postbox. For thisto workefficientlythough,the handle istobe importedandexportedseparately. I thenbeganto place the modelsintomyenvironment. NextIcreatedthe standfor mybear statue.Ididthis inUDK, usingsimple box shapesandstacking themon topof each other.
- 38. The nextstepisto create the teddybearstatue,anotherthingIam not veryexperiencedin modelling,butIwill create mybestattempt.Luckilymyenvironmentdoesnotrequire particularly advancedanddetailedmodels. At thisstage I was quite happywithmyprogressandbeganto add furniture tothe remaining accessible unfurnishedhouses. AfterthiswascompletedIbegantoanimate the doorsfor the accessible houses.
- 39. The processof animationcanbe quite complex,thoughwhenyougetthe hangof itis rathereasy, especiallytorepeatthe same animationasnecessarywithmydoormodels.Asyoucansee below I have createdan animationprocessinwhichthe dooranimationistriggereduponapproachand reverseswhencomplete. I assignedamovementtrackwhichdetermineswherethe doormodel isatwhattime,as youcan see below.
- 40. Thisis a veryeffectiveprocesswhichIwill repeatthroughoutanditcan be usedon othermodelsif movementanimationisnecessary. NextImovedontothe layoutof the secondpart of the environmentwiththe overlookingtower.I startedby layingoutthe groundand bushesandaddingthe waterfountain. I createdthe overlookingtowerinUDK. I nowhad the groundsfor the secondpart of my environment,includingthe areasurroundingthe towerwithbushesandthe toweritself withspace fordoorsandwindowsandIhave evensetup a fullyworkingliftfromthe bottomfloortothe top floor.
- 41. Belowisa screenshotof the entrance tothe liftand the animateddoormovingupwards,Icreated the animationforthe liftdoorsusingthe same methodforthe door animationforthe houses.Using a movementtrackI determinedthatuponapproachthe liftdoorwouldhave movedupwardsinto the liftwallsbecomingnearly outof visionandwhenthe liftbase issteppeduponitwouldmove upwardsto the secondfloor.
- 42. I put muchthoughtintowhat thismainoverlookingtowerwillcontain,IdecidedthatIwouldmake it intoa librarytype buildingfilledwithbooksandvariousartand artefactsto create a sense of mysterytothe environment. For thisinteriorIneedto model the followingmodels: 4 unique artefacts Duplicable bookshelf’swithbooks Artefactstands Unique framedpaintings Rugs Beloware the modelsforeachof the above and theirUV maps. Artefactstand ArtefactstandUV map
- 43. Artefact1– The artefactsare not meantto be anythingspecific,theyare vague mysteriousobjects that create a sense of mystery. Artefact1 UV map
- 48. Book inside model Bookinside UV
- 49. Bookoutside model –No UV mapas colour will be addeduponimportationandreplicationtocreate more variationwhenplaceduponshelves. Picture frame model
- 50. Picture frame UV Paintingmodels To fill wall space Icreateda large amountof paintingsusing the paintsoftware.Noneof themare meantto be anythingspecificandtheyare made completelyof randomshapesandcolours.Each paintingwascreatedwitha simple box shape whichIcreatedaUV map for inwhichI attachedeach individualpainting. In total there are 18 unique paintingscreatedbyme asyou can see below. Eachwill be placedwithin a scaledframe whenimportedintoUDKforplacementonthe wallsinside the overlookingtower. Painting1
- 59. Painting18 I am nowat the stage of finalisingmyenvironment,Iamhappywiththe amountof modelsIhave createdand I am readyto layout and finaliseeverythingelsewithinthe environment. I will nowlayoutall of the modelsandtexture where Isee fit. Below are screenshotsof myfinal environment ineditormode withall modelsimportedand textured. Youcan see animationtriggers,lightpointsandeveryassetappropriatelylaidoutwithin my environment.
- 67. As youcan see I have createdmyfinal productaccordingto my planningandpreparation.Ihave addedextraassetsandleftsome out,but overall Iamveryhappy withwhatI have createdand itfits well withthe targetaudience.