3D Modular Dungeon Catacombs

Welcome to the new thread for the Modular Dungeon Catacombs project!
PBR with amplify shaders
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The old thread had a permanent bug so this resulted in the creation of this new thread.

Exterior WIP: (The trees have branch bending, leaf wind, and color variation)

 

This level is getting closer to being finished.

 

More wips

 

New weed plants and some lighting test.

 

I'm finished making my own vegetation shaders. It's fairly basic but it works on the terrain. Doesn't work with wind yet but the trees have basic trunk and branch bending, custom normals, coloring variation including billboards and vertex ao at least. Cheap and fast, defered shading with fake translucency.

(Terrain grass example underneath)

 

Posting a few more images.

 

Wips 2

 

I'm going to be releasing this asset this month!

 

Modular Dungeon Catacombs - Mobile is now live on the store!

https://assetstore.unity.com/packag...geons/modular-dungeon-catacombs-mobile-212016

Whoever bought my old pack can now benefit from a paid upgrade!
(HDRP and URP are coming soon, a matter of days to a week so wait for it!)

 

I'm very excited about this - will definitely check it out when URP is supported.
Since it's PBR I wonder if I should just go for the mobile version even though my game is for PC, since I'm making an "isometric" game.

 

I'm working on the conversion these days, pretty soon it's going to be online. You can use it for PC of course, I only branded it with "mobile" because it's low poly and well optimized but it supports all platforms. I also think it should work fine for isometric games.

 

In other news, I finished getting ready the URP version and HDRP is on the way. I'll just need a day or two of testing after I finish then I can update the pack.

 

HDRP conversion has been giving me a few curve balls so it's taking longer than usual but I'm getting there.

 

Finally finished HDRP and URP conversion. The next step is to make a few tests in a couple of different versions of Unity for a day or two, then I'll be uploading the update.

 

Just submitted an update, now this pack supports URP and HDRP. Supported versions: 2020.1.3f1 up and 2021.2.3f1 up. It should be online in a few minutes to hours.

 

Just made a new video of my finished pack. All done in real-time with no baking in HDRP. Also used the simple SSGI in the post-processing, it's amazing!

 

I just realized that uploading with a Unity long-time support version is ideal and does not break in the new version. Upload with 2020.3 (LTS) coming soon!

 

Just updated with the LTS version, should be on the store soon!

 

PS - 2021 LTS is out now too, it never ends
For my current project I think this is the last Unity version I will upgrade to - URP shaders from different sources always break whenever I do. Hopefully URP is in a more stable state now.
I noticed some vegetation seems similar to Rocky Hills - is there some overlap there?

 

Yeah, hard to keep up tbh, I decided to only use 2020.3(LTS) and check how the newest versions hold up. from the tests I made, the shaders worked in all versions of Unity except for the Unity 2022.2 alpha, where one of the shaders broke. Not sure if it was a placebo or something else but that's how it worked on my pc. 2021 LTS sounds like a good engine choice, have you tested it in this version? URP seems stable nothing broke, only HDRP in the alpha version.

Regarding the vegetation, yes you are not wrong, initially, this pack was for the interior only but I decided to add a lil bit of exterior scene flare to it so I just recycle some assets from Rocky hills. By that time I was also updating Rocky Hills and I liked the way they turned out so I added them to it. I might end up recycling some assets to get my packs out faster sometimes also they are meant to all fit with each other in style, no overlaps though.

 

Starting from here, this thread covers the "Graveyard Catacombs" asset pack!

Made a new substance material.

 

Hi iam interested of (Modular Dungeon Catacombs - Mobile) but i have one question is that for mobile is that support and working on mobile perfectly?

 

Can you be a bit more specific? Are you using Built-in RP or URP?

Can't say it will be perfect but it is light weight enough for mobile use, especially the interior part. The vegetation shaders are also very optimized and lightweight and can be optimized further by removing features you don't need yourself. It's pretty low poly and I have heard from people using it on mobile that the performance is overall good. I heard from one person that the foliage shader didn't compile on build but I wasn't able to replicate the bug, I'm sure there are some limitations with URP perhaps, I haven't fully tested it myself.

Hopefully you don't find the semi realistic texture deceiving, It seem more detailed than it is. I have been very abusive with putting point lights in the interior part which is why I recommend you bake the lighting or find some sort of workaround, Unity point lights are expensive.

 

Hello, How are you? I am having an error with the harp version. "Shader error in 'Tobyfredson/Torch Flame (HDRP)': undeclared identifier '_BlendMode' at ..."
It only happens when making a build. Thanks!

 

Hello, I'm doing fine, thanks for asking, I was healing from a building disk again.

Does the error prevent you from making the build? I'm not aware of it but it looks like it's related to the blend mode. Post your error on this thread, the creator of Amplify Shader Editor might know what the cause of it is: https://forum.unity.com/threads/bes...er-creation-tool.430959/page-147#post-8198502

 

I'm also back at work on the new assets. I'm making a new detail shader for the stone assets.

 

Made a test video too!

 

Recently I bought a photo camera and I made my first real high-quality scan.

 

Still working on this...

 

Hi, so I'm liking this asset but I'm having issues making it go totally dark so I can apply all of my own light. I've set Environment lighting to a black colour, but it's still got some light. It needs to be a lot darker. Any ideas what I can do? I don't see any emissive materials. I would quite like any solution to be applicable to both indoors and out, if possible. Thank you.

 

Hi there, first can you tell me what pipeline you are using? Judging from your screenshot I'm assuming you're using Build-in RP? Unfortunately, there are only a few options available for you in Unity Build-in (BI). You can't have real time sunlight and a pitch black zone at once in BI. Here are some tips:

1. Have one or the other and make your interior and exterior in to separate scenes.
2. Have real time lights on the outside but set your interior to static and bake the lighting (mostly unfeasible).
3. Use a third party real time GI solution.

• Unity HDRP pipeline uses post processing volumes. You can use those volumes to have light or dark where you want in your scene as they offer more control (if you use HDRP, that is already setup so you don't have to do anything). I don't know if this is possible with URP yet but if it is and you're using it, that's great! You could also try to look on the "Unity Asset Store" for a volume like solution like in HDRP for BI.

 

Hi, it's URP unfortunately. I may have to swap over to HDRP, but I really don't want to as my lighting asset is URP

 

I understand your frustration but I was also looking for a way to do exactly what you were looking for in Built-in and URP and was left disappointed, however, you will have to live with the limitations of the URP pipeline as HDRP is the more graphically capable one. I haven't used URP much but I think It has post-processing volumes as well, but I don't think there is a way to manipulate lighting in zones like HDRP, I remember looking it up but found nothing, hence the "text tip/suggestion" I put in the URP scene on baking lightmaps.

Your other option would be Screen Space GI with a reflection probe as a fallback, kind of like how the HDRP SSGI works, they will make ocluded areas dark regardless of your sunlight in the scene but I don't know if such a thing exists in URP. I don't recommend HDRP if you care more about performance.

 

Thanks. I think you've left me with some bigger questions. I'll have to go ask around.

 

Try asking, I would like to know if there's any way to do this, to be honest!

Here is something I could find for URP by searching on the asset store quickly: https://assetstore.unity.com/packag...gi-real-time-voxel-global-illumination-226660
Voxel GI is a solution that will occlude interiors but voxels are very expensive. This asset is pricey, maybe if you wait for a sale or ask for a free ticket from the creator? I'm sure he is a nice guy and might let you test it out. I tried SEGI in the past (an older voxel-based lighting solution) but it's only for Build-in: https://github.com/sonicether/SEGI, and it's very pc expensive and inadequate, not feasible for big outdoor environments.

The subject of lighting has always interested me and I found Unity to be lacking in this department, which is why I was looking at third-party solutions like SEGI before, until HDRP (SSGI) that is.

 

Ah, that seems very useful and they say it's not intensive. But I'll have to ask. Thank you for your advice!

 

Just a Question:

Totally dark in Built In ?
is not a Problem ??
Also to use "Sun" or "use inside" light, do not need baket Light (you can do, baket is not bad or that, but ...)

Just:
deaktiviate the LIghts you not want in explicit Solutions.
Or use a Sky system with a Indoor Support.

There much solutions for, so in Build in you can have 100% Darkness if you like.
HDRP or URP i dont know, never used. I do not want to "learn" for an effekt of: nothing.Even because i do never use graphs ( Schader Graphs for example ) i dont understand this complicatet Graph things, i use Schader Code, it s easy and to understand.
So i stay absolutly away from "HDRP" or "URP". If you watch the Opera Video on Youtube, you see clear: there is nearly no difference in the Result. It s just senceless to learn all from Scratch again for nothing.

but okay, everyone how he likes.

but: build in can be 100% Dark.

 

I'm sorry I don't really understand. The image above is with every light I could find removed. It does look like there's a directional one, but I don't know where that would be if it exists.

Also.... I'm not sure I can read most of that. Sorry.

 

Started creating the exterior assets!

 

I took my camera and started taking pictures and making the leaves for the Juniper trees. I developed a quick way to make images into 3d without photogrammetry, this method is pretty good for most plants, I say the extracted Ao helps sell the 3d effect. Too bad these leaves will be so tinny you won't be seeing this much detail either way.

 

Nice

 

I did not like the last post so I made new screenshots of my new branch atlas. I think I might add some blueberries and a few more details. The real challenge will be making the trees.

 

I know it has been a long time without any updates but I have been working hard on vegetation and going through another learning curve in tree creation, I'm developing new methods that I will document and perhaps turn into tutorials, which might be helpful. Meanwhile, I'm remaking the "Rocky Hills Shader" which is my universal foliage shader. I will change everything because simply, I want to do better. I really want to get to have something close to Vegetation Engine. I'm currently developing the shader as I'm working on this project at the same time. Here's a quick test of some new shading methods I'm trying, nothing new to see here except a WIP of the new tree I was working on.

What's new here:

• A new method of removing backface shading for grass
• New specular backface occlusion option (specular no longer shines on backfaces)
• New self-translucency method
• Fixe tangent normals option for models with custom normals (attempts to fix wrong normals facing opposite of the light, still WIP)
• New branch bending methods

The new assets will be on another level! I will come back with some showcases after I finish my tree set.

 

So, I'm making more realistic foliage, this time I used photos I took from around my place and created my foliage and tree leaves. This is what you should be expecting from now on. I'm also working on renewing the shader, the grass will no longer be using custom normals but a secret method to light backfaces while keeping the specular correct to the mesh tangent.

 

Looks really nice

 

Thanks, done with the grass, now I'm adding random plants.

 

It's been a while since the last update but I'm still making progress. Update on plants:



I think they are a bit too realistic but I'll see how they fit into the project.

Here are some new trees including a new way of making leaves dry in the shader. Here are some tests, I got inspired by Quixel trees.

 

Improving the cliff coverage shader by adding 3 layers with tri-planar projected rock, including cavity and AO dirt with grass on top.