Dhanuka Wickramsurendra

3D level Workflow

I have started designing a medieval timed 3d level using unity engine, inspire from shadow of Mordor. My plan is to make it a mystical and fantasy level. I am going it an outdoor level with trees and other objects on it. It will be a medieval time fantasy level inspired by shadow of Mordor and Skyrim. I will be adding basic environmental features like mountains, trees grass, water etc.

The terrain I made is flat in some areas and I have made some mountains around the terrain where the player won’t be able to go to. I made different types of landscapes in the map like mountains, flat lands and rocky areas on the base of the mountains. I have used a dirt texture mixed with a grass texture on the mountain to make it look like there are shrubs and little plants growing on the mountain.

I have textured the floor of the terrain with textures for grass and dirt. I then added trees and grass to the terrain to make it look more alive and because I was trying to make an outdoor medieval scene which obviously is going to need a bit of nature to it like a little forest or just trees and grass.

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I also wanted to make a waterfall so I made the terrain needed for a waterfall, by making one mountain have a really vertical slope so that the waterfall would be there. Then I made a river bed to make a river so the water from the waterfall would go there. Also added some rocks where the water would fall so I could add a steam effect later

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I have implemented a skybox to the level. The skybox I have implemented is a nigh time skybox with a visible moon and fairly clear skies. I have also put in lighting for the level and I have made the lighting really dim because this is a night scene I am going for. I made it a night scene because it’s a different approach to a level, and I like to put in elements and animations like campfires and fire torches to the level.

I then worked on getting and animation for the waterfall. Luckily I found one in the asset store that would suit this scene perfectly. It had the animation of water falling down with a particle of accelerator of particle walling down from the top and a texture of water just moving down on this plane that would act as water. I also found a steam effect prefab that could act as the steam of water when the water collides with a rock.

I started working on the water and its moving animations. I had hard time getting good looking water because we had to use the free version of unity to make this level; the water in this level is not good looking and didn’t even have any kind of animations. I found a way around it; I used a script file that could give me water that is in the pro version for free, so I used this script file on a plane and added a water texture to

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make the water in this level. This script file gave me the option to control how the water looks including the colour of the water, the waves and etc. I made the water look identical to the water texture in the waterfall. I also added an effect so the water will reflect the moon on my skybox too to make it look more dynamic.

I then got some models from the internet and textured them to make mystical place with runes etc. I made it look like a rune spot from Skyrim since this level is inspired from it too. I added some ruins from buildings to make it look like a place that is ancient and now has been partly destroyed. I added a fire that is being lit from wood logs, sort of like a campfire so the player will get an idea that this place it still a place of worship or some kind of temple. I was also trying out some character animations and I found horse with an idle animation.

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Since the there is a river that goes through the map I used a 3d model of a bridge and the put collision in so the player can cross through the river easily and because it would make more sense if there is a bridge to cross the river. The pictures below are some of the other prefabs I added to the world that would give it a more medieval fantasy genre look to it.

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Shows below is a village or a town with some houses a taverns to show some life, give the player the sence that it is populated and because its night time I no one is outside. I added some lamps and fire torches and also made the sky dim to make It look more like a night scene.