Probably one of fewer users of this but I NEVER auto-save. I always turn it off & always manually save. This gives me direct control of what to save, when to save & how often to save. Once you develop this habit, it’s way better than auto-save & having hundreds of file versions. #gameart #gamedev

Make glass look better in #UE5 with packed Roughness texture. Here is how... #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev #indiedev

COMING Mon, Oct 20th. New Massive Tutorial Course! Complete Guide to Creating Modular Environment #GameArt Assets Start to Finish for #UE5, Using #Maya & #SubstancePainter Modular Environment Design Masterclass: www.worldofleveldesign.com/store/modula... Signup & I'll email you when it goes live!

Latest tutorial course is finished. This one is big and will elevate your skill to a whole new level. News on this soon! #UE5 #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #maya #environmentart

Default #UE5 glass roughness using single value will work for simple glass but you really need roughness texture Roughness texture will offer more real-world shine/dull variation you often see in glass ▪️Image 1: default single value roughness ▪️Image 2-4: roughness textures #unrealengine #gameart

Glass Normal Map switch in #UE5 is simple to setup. You need Normal Map as Parameter so Normal Map texture is exposed in Material Instance. Then change out the Normal Map to anything you want. Here is the setup... #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

What few tiling Normal Maps can do and improve glass design in #UE5. #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

What would be amazing feature in #UE5 is to get Material Properties appear in Details panel PER MESH, instead of creating many different Material Instances. This way you could change alignment, tiling, color etc PER STATIC MESH instead of in Mat Inst itself. Similar to Source.

New WoLD Patreon UE5 Asset Drop! #UE5 Realistic Glass Material: Simple & Advanced Customizable Glass w/Normal Map & Roughness Textures. Do you need transparent glass material in UE5? One w/complete controls over every aspect of how it looks? Link in comment... #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

Can't select glass or any other translucent surfaces in #UE5? Press T. T = Allow Translucent Selection #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

Working on creating general tiling normal maps in Substance Painter to be used for detail in any tileable Mat. Simple setup: ▪️Fill Layer w/Height channel ▪️Use any Alphas or Textures in Painter (black/white) ▪️Drag it to Height input channel in Properties ▪️Export only Normal Map #gameart #gamedev

NEW TUTORIAL: #UE5 Advanced Glass Material - Creating Customizable Glass in UE5 I'll guide you through creating advanced glass material in UE5 w/extensive controls for opacity, roughness, normal maps, and base color. www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/u... #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

Everything you need to know to begin creating & using UE5 standard Material Editor for environments & props. Get "#UE5 Master Material Creation" tutorial course: www.worldofleveldesign.com/store/ue5-ma... Many daily uses, techniques, solutions, fixes. Start today! #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

How to come up w/story for game? Story can come from anywhere but best story is always something from real life or your own life. Even if it's small but true detail that's part of story w/rest exaggerated. Always inject something from real-life or own life into game's story. #gameart #gamedev

NEW TUTORIAL: #UE5 How to Create Simple Glass Material Correctly You'll learn how to configure main Material node, adjust properties like opacity, roughness, base color, refraction & propagate these settings to Mat Inst. www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/u... #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

Although glass is NOT metallic, setting Metallic to 1 for #UE5 Glass is a must. Otherwise your glass surfaces will look like plastic and less like glass. Just simply do a test. 0 (left) or 1 (right). And Metallic set to 1 will always look better. #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

Set #UE5 Glass Lighting Mode to Surface Translucency Volume (performance) or Forward Shading (higher quality) ▪️Translucency Volume: cheaper option, still allows realistic lighting w/translucent mats ▪️Forward Shading: higher quality translucency, more expensive #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

In #UE5, set following properties for good looking glass: ▪️Blend Mode: Translucent ▪️Lighting Mode: Surface Translucency Volume or Forward Shading This doesn’t come cheap & it’s most expensive way to create glass materials BUT it offers the best looking UE5 glass. #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

In Maya, selecting faces on object by Mat ID is easy In Hypershade right click on Mat icon & choose Select Objects w/Material PROBLEM: it selects faces on all objects in scene But you can run this MEL script & select faces on one object by Mat Video in comment #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #maya

"Preproduction Blueprint" paperback is discounted 18% off on Amazon at the moment. But don't know for how long. Grab your copy! It is YOUR BLUEPRINT for "How to Plan Game Environments and Level Designs" www.amazon.com/Preproductio... #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #environmentart #leveldesign

Went overboard again. 20 pieces of modular windows for high school interiors asset pack. Modeled in #Maya. Got to have variety! UVs were tedious but they are DONE! #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #environmentart #3dmodeling

Experiment w/improving design spaces in #UE5 environments. WIP lights, interior space design only. 1. Bland, default, just a start 2. Columns to break up flat walls 3. Adding angles to open up the space, better but not there 4. Adding detail, height change & angles - better #gameart #unrealengine

Cool way to blend 2 Normal Maps together in #UE5 with Switch and then having the ability to replace the secondary Normal Map to create endless varieties with Material Instances. #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

New #UE5 Base Concrete Tiling Textures Set! Perfect for Brutalist style environment ext & int Includes 1 Master Material, 7 Material Instances, 15 textures (2048x2048). Flexible for walls, floors, ceilings Ready for UE5.3+ Get these & more on WoLD Patreon. Link in comment. #unrealengine #gameart

UE5: How to Blend or Combine 2 Normal Map Textures Together Using Material Editor I'll show you how to blend 2 normal maps, control their intensities individually then create Static Switch to enable or disable 2nd Normal Map. worldofleveldesign.com/categories/u... #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

Metallic defines if a surface is metal or not metal. Metallic texture should be either black or white. Do not use gray values for Metallic, this will not be physically accurate. White = Metallic Black = Not Metallic Quick breakdown in #SubstancePainter... #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #texturing

in #Maya, anytime you work at component level (faces, edges, vertices), you change the shape of the mesh. Although the pivot point will remain at it's original location. So to quickly modify and re-center the pivot point go to Modify > Center Pivot #gameart #gamedev #3dmodeling #environmentartist

Here is the best and simple way to blend between 2 Normal Maps in #UE5. Use BlendAngleCorrectedNormals node. Then use 2 different Normal Maps. Great for Macro and Micro detail. But can also be used to add Detail Normals to a surface when you get upclose. #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev #indiedev

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#UE5: How to Adjust Normal Map Intensity Correct Way - 2 Effective Methods In this tutorial I'll break down 2 methods to control Normal Map intensity: a recommended, correct approach and a quick, prototyping alternative. www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/u... #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev

Modular assets and props were hand modeled and crafted in Maya. Textured in Painter. Then exported and brought to be used in #UE5. Love the entire process of going from nothing to something and then having the assets to create anything. #unrealengine #gameart #gamedev #indiedev #environmentart

As a beginner environment artist, whether you are in #Maya or any other 3d modeling software, treat the grid as your ground plane. Build your environment assets on top. #gameart #gamedev #3dmodeling #environmentartist

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You now need to adjust the default grid to match the scale of objects in the scene so they match real-world dimensions and scale. You do this through Maya Grid options. In #Maya go to Display and Grid Options. Set up the following properties... #gameart #gamedev #3dmodeling #environmentartist

New Tutorial! #UE5: Create Your First Material Instance & Changing Texture (Step-by-Step Guide) MI is reusable version of Material. Each capable of adjusting various properties like color, textures, intensity values & much more. www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/u... #gameart #unrealengine

In #Maya you need an object in your scene to help judge proportions & dimensions of all props & environment assets you create. A simple cube that matches average human dimensions is a good starting point. ▪️Width: 50cm ▪️Depth: 50cm ▪️Height: 180cm #gameart #gamedev #3dmodeling #environmentartist

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New Tutorial! #UE5: Definitive Beginner Crash Course Guide to Standard Material Creation for Environment Assets & Props. Tutorial covers everything you need to know to get started, including techniques, tips, tricks often overlooked. www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/u... #gameart #gamedev

Reminder: delete unseen faces from your environment art geometry. #gameart #3dmaya #gamedev #3dmodeling

Roughness values in Substance Painter - EXPLAINED. Roughness defines how reflective/shiny or how dull/rough surface is. Roughness texture is grayscale; white to black & everything in between. Remember: ▪️Black = Shiny/Reflective (0) ▪️White = Rough/Dull (1) #gameart #gamedev #substancepainter

For LARGE scenes, hard to track what still needs to be UVed & what has already been UVed. So when UVing in #Maya, apply UV Grid Texture Mat on meshes that NEED UVs & apply default Lambert1 for assets ALREADY been UVed. Now I can scan scene & know exactly what I need to do next. #gameart #gamedev

First thing you need to know for modeling to scale in #Maya is that the default base unit dimensions are set to CENTIMETERS. Just like UE4 or UE5. This means everything you create and all input values you use for dimensions and size, all equal to centimeters. #gameart #3dmaya #gamedev #3dmodeling

In #UE5, for packed AO/Roughness/Metallic texture out of Substance Painter - use individual RGB channels & not RGB output. ▪️Red Channel=Ambient Occlusion ▪️Green Channel=Roughness ▪️Blue Channel=Metallic Also remember to disable sRGB for this texture in properties. #gameart #unrealengine #gamedev

I have 5 tiling, base concrete #textures, ready to be used. Perfect for modular env. All are tiling, 2048x2048, PNG. Just import into game engine or rendering software. Create Material & start using them. Get these & more on WoLD Patreon by becoming WoLD supporter. Link below. #gameart #gamedev

Maya: Quick Tip Tutorials Part 3 Compilation is now out. #Maya Quick Tips #21-30. These are quick useful tips. techniques, fixes and solutions to common problems to help improve your modeling and UVing in Maya. www.worldofleveldesign.com/categories/3... #gameart #3dmaya #gamedev #3dmodeling

You can control #Maya gizmo size for move, rotate and scale by using + (plus) or - (minus) to increase or decrease the gizmo size. #gameart #3dmaya #gamedev #3dmodeling

It's OK to have UVs outside 0-1 space for environment assets that use tiling textures or trim sheets. Everything outside 0-1 space simply tiles over again. By extending some UVs outside 0-1 space you can control tiling & how it appears on your mesh. #gameart #3dmaya #gamedev #3dmodeling #maya

In #Maya, Changing Axis Orientation on object for Move, Scale, Rotate is one of most common ways many beginners mess up & don't know how to get back to normal to continue modeling. Everything you need to know working w/Axis Orientation for modeling... 1/3 #gameart #3dmaya #gamedev #3dmodeling

Always taking environment art photo references. Here are some stills from this abandoned motel. #gameart #gamedev #photoreference #environmentartdesign