3DForge Exteriors

Hi,

I specifically gotten a hold of LAM to use when the Castles Update comes I can build nice showcase screenshots. So I just shared the test results

I am hard at work to get it out soon yes

Cheers
Cobus

 

yay : D

 

LMAO

 

I have looked at 3dforge store page a fair few times and for some reason never really noticed the towers kit????

Probably because I have not been looking for towers but still.

 

With the current update, many tower type options will be available

 

For some reason didn't see it. Glad you posted it on this thread.

 

In that video, what are the assets of the people in the inn, the barkeeper, kitchen staff, etc? They are really cool, too.

 

Hi @.Tom.

I agree, they very nice characters
One of my very cool users @tango9jeff made the clip, I am tagging him here, then he can maybe come answer that

Cheers
Cobus

 

Not to be rude, but I was going to say the same thing. I get alerts on this thread because I want to get news about this product. I understand you guys must cross-promote a little bit, but it is starting to get out of hand.

 

Yes, its not as exciting to see an alert here as it used to be : p

 

Cool,
I will from my side keep them more on topic
Cheers
Cobus

 

FWIW I personally think it is nice to occasionally see assets that compliment your kits.

Say JohnDoe released an upgraded Standard Shader. That may not be an update to the Village kit, but it still has relevance because it's like "Hey guys look how much prettier this makes the kit" or even (hopefully not) "Avoid this because it makes the kit look gross!"

 

Just had a quick play with some 3dforge stuff and gaia. Playing about with the nice little towers pack. A small amount of material and texture adjustment for experimentation. I think these towers go well with the exteriors buildings. Don't think they look out of place.

 

those tow

Those towers were made for top down, so that one roof you see there need the roof adjusted, one of the TO DO items when it is getting an update.
But with the Castles and City walls update soon to drop, you will also have MANY tower type assets to choose and even build yourself to your taste.

Thanks for showing

 

Anticipation is killing me - "soon to drop" is excellent news Cobus

 

The towers still do look good.

Really looking forward to the castles and city walls update. 3dforge packs = Comprehensive coverage of all eventualities

 

Some promo pics?

 

Not seen a snifter of any castle kit pics yet

 

Hey Tom, They're just various dexsoft characters you can find on the AS or on their site. =)

 

I built a quick proof-of-concept demo level using Gaia and both Village kits for trying out a couple of third-person controllers, and I was quite pleased with the results, so I thought I'd share them here: (The pictures are from running the game in the editor because I couldn't get the Distingo shaders to work in my build and the terrain textures looked off.)


You can't see it in the image, but the crate full of onions is interactive; when you approach the crate, ORK Framework displays an interaction prompt, which will then display a GUI for taking items (onions) out of the crate.


I just love this stone bridge and I seem to use it over and over again...


Looking out at the same house on the island as in the first screenshot.


If you don't have city walls models, then improvise... I quite like the way this came out, actually.


I guess the majestic city of Conceptia doesn't want me to enter...


Watch out for floating damage numbers!

 

I like your improvisation for city walls. I must admit that it never occurred to me to use those in an exterior setting Nice to have other ideas of how these kits can be used out of what were their original intended use.

 

WOW,

Same here.
Those walls and stone railings were all done as part of the Castles & Cathedrals FREE update for the Village Interiors Kit, but they work perfectly for exteriors usage as well with some normal realistic staircase usage.
I must commend you on the idea and the execution.
That is one of the coolest things I have seen when adding assets to the Asset Store.
When users use them for things I did not even think of.

The very tall legs for the stone bridge as well, because they modular you can just keep stacking them.
The walls I can see in the one pick that has the arches on them looks interesting as well
Very nice to see the use of the walls to create the flat terraces to build the dwellings on to of, all working together to create a believable world.

Please show more as you build more, they very inspirational, love the schots

Cheers
Cobus

 

These are really nice. That viaduct has given me an idea for a railway bridge in one of my scenes. May even have an aquaduct as well

What are you using for lighting and fog?.

 

Ditto! I love what you did with the walls @TeagansDad! I was wondering where those were from and which kit. There is so much in these kits I am always discovering something new! Thanks for finding, using, and showing us! heheh

 

Thanks for the kind words! I didn't really have a plan in mind when I built that, I just looked at my terrain and started trying out different things. At first I thought it might just be a small keep or something, but as I started building it up the side of the mountain, I thought that this could be the "rear entrance" of a city... What you see at the top of the stairs is essentially the edge of the terrain... I put in another high wall at the back and used the three-story building prefabs to create the illusion that a city is beyond the walls. There is a gate which I have blocked off and I arranged some buildings behind it to look like there are narrow city streets beyond.

@docsavage, I'm using Tenkoku for the skies, lighting, and fog. The water is AQUAS.

I swear if I ever make a full game, people will complain that EVERYTHING is built on mountains and there are gorges with bridges everywhere. ;-) What can I say, I don't like designing flat levels/areas...

 

Keep up with it, I love the bridges and very uneven terrain.
Makes for very interesting exploration scenes

 

Just like minecraft - "will just have play and build a hut here". Ends up being like an upscaled helms deep

 

I've started building houses with the exterior kit and had to delete them as they just got on some really odd shapes and sizes that would never structurally exist in real life (present house excluded of course for those of you who have seen my current one on previous pages of this thread lol)

 

That is actually one of the big reasons for the "CORE" blocks, to assist in the building process, but also kind of to block out what you could possible end up when you done shape wise.
I almost always end with something slightly different at the end, but they do assist in the concepting stage.
You could even make some simple block houses with them, and move then around and play with how they sit next to each other and interact before going all the way to flesh them out.

 

Alright after some tinkering around I think I have a pretty good rough in of a small dungeon for demo purposes and testing. Didn't really know where else to post them but I wanted to share. I thought it might give a bit more of an idea to the developer as to the kind of usage I had in mind.

Not EVERYTHING is from his kits I had to improvise a bit so a few minor assets come from other products on the store and a couple are hand made by me. However all the major stuff comes from his set or his texture sets. With the exception of the secondary texture and normal for the walls and floors to add a bit of a grimy look. That came from a free terrain asset package including the detail mask. It's got some minor flaws and it needs some extra touches but all of those won't include this kit so I figured this was a good point to post.

 

and a few more

 

Nice work! That is one of the things that is awesome about this kit. With a little imagination, you aren't just limited to exteriors of buildings. Same with the interior kit. Put your mind to work and you can do a TON of different things with it!

 

Thank you Shawn your right about the kits. There is really a lot of room to be creative. The way the kits all work together as well as the fact they are made to be very easy work is just awesome. This really should be the go to kits or gold standard for kits for medieval themes. A little research into how graphics work really just expands the options to whatever you can dream up. Situation specific things of course you'll have to do yourself like banners custom decals and such but no kits going to cover all that.

The only suggestion I put forward and was a gradient of sorts. Some things should have an abandoned/improvished , then say middle of the road like it is now and finally some bling for a more rich/royal feel. Some basic secondary textures with normal and detail masks would probably be all that's needed to give a base to work from. With maybe 40 or so to choose from people could mix and match or create their own normal and detail masks and the options would be completely off the charts. He's got something along those lines on the Roadmap #8 on the list I think but I wanted to get my thoughts in for his consideration early.

 

Definitely agree on the "go to kits/standard".. Cobus really takes a lot of time to make sure things are right and as close to perfect out of the box. I have never had problems with scale or really, anything that I can think of... With any of his stuff. I know a lot of people are anxious about the next update release. But from experience in working with Cobus for a while, what he delivers will be well worth the wait!

 

is there any way to "reverse" the texture atlas?

consider you have a level and want to add some flavour to some parts
but painting the that part changes it in all other parts too because of the atlas



same "problem" with different shaders

 

You can't do that as they're uv mapped.

What you will need to do is duplicate the texture, change the bits you need and create a new material with the new texture. Then duplicate the prefab and tell the new prefab to use the new material.

I've done this to have extra texture options for house exteriors

 

do you do this procedure in unity or external programs?

 

Duplicate the texture file and then open this up. In an image editor and make the changes you want -such as cchanging the texture for a wall.

Back in unity duplicate the original material file and edit this to use the new texture you've just edited.

Then find the prefab that you're wanting a new texture on and tell it to use the new material with the new texture. Duplicate the prefab if you're wanting to use both texture designs

 

thx very much appreciated

 

Hi everyone,

Stumbled across Bevontule
A game that is using both the Village Interiors Kit as well as the Village Exteriors Kits as the main building assets. Nice to see some large village examples in play.

Cheers
Cobus

 

Thanks for the shout-out and the great and affordable assets!

 

Great to see games using these packs

 

Added a bridge so you don't have to run all the way around the water's edge (even if it is a relatively long bridge )

 

A slightly idyllic spot. Wonder how long this will last?



They seem to be fairly well stocked though. They've even had a large delivery of supplies...

 

Nice.

 

A quick flight around some construction using the exteriors kit

 

Nice to see the buildings in environments
Using the canopies in this way is very nice, like a large Outdoor P
ub / Market place kind of setup

 

Hi everyone,

A cool video done by @Malbers , the publisher of Horse Animset Pro

He had horse pulling animations on his roadmap as far as I understand, so when I saw this I contacted him because the Village Exteriors Kit has that nice large selection of wagons & carts all ready and exported and setup in parts to use in this manner, so it all just made sense

He used the included Viking Village scene to test it.
Cool to see that the pathways was even correct, that was just a happy accident.

Cheers
Cobus

 

That's brilliant!! I was going to need something like this for the next project. Looks excellent. Probably just needs a bit of collider adjustment around the horses hind area and the cart arms to stop the arms going through the horse mesh and there you go - job done!

 

I fully agree.

This is just first time tests and they look very promising
Town to Town races here we come

Can set up nice slow moving carts with trade routes between villages and settlements, will add such nice realism.
Add some goods, maybe one horseman to guard and ride with the trader and you have some cool elements to weave in with your story and events.

What is really nice is to see how accurate the wheels interact with the terrain, not just a smooth "fake" slide along the surface. check the shadows of the wheels how they meet the terrain accurately, very impressive results.
Obviously with some cool fine-tuning he did with the tests, the speed the wheels are turning and the distance covered looks very real in relation to each other.