NY Subway Mod-Kit

It still a work in progress but I figure I post something I done in 3-D class about modular pieces.

August 27-28

9+ hours

So the due date for the project is winding down and I still have a lot I want to do with it. Here are some thoughts and my process in making the modular Kit.

I never liked my old bench because I couldn't do much with it, So when I reworked the models for the bench I broke them into three pieces. Dividers, Side piece, and lastly a back piece, by doing this I was about to have more freedom in versatility. Built it once, grouped them and had the ability to make planks or any other construct using wood. 

Like the bench I reworked the pipes, same reason as above but also because the UV were mess up on the older models and would of taken longer just to fix the problem rather then breaking down the kit.

Testing out one of my textures on bsp that I wanted to all connect correctly, I wanted to make a texture that I could slap onto bsp but realized that putting on a static mesh/plane would allow me to concentrate on other things.

Aside from some bad light maps I put to much spec on the floor that made the floor look extremely clean and shiny but we all know that the subway floors don't look that polished. Another thing I have to work on is how to transition my two texture together.so its not a complete eyesore.

Over all I enjoyed the project but I need to polish up quit a bit on the map to make sure it can be put in a portfolio.

Areas of improvement or to fix

Texture/Spec- for floors and steel

Steel beam needs to be reworked for transition and because I don't really like how it looks.

Vertex painting to break things apart

and of course some time to set dress and light a bit more :)

August 26

2 Hours

Adding files to UDK and bringing them into the world just found out some textures were being a pain and or need to be replaced, Some of the things I thought were going to be in a beauty shot ended up not needing a high resolution on the UV map so I will have to rework the UV

 What I am realizing is Maya and UDK aren't liking each other at the moment and have been changing where my pivot points are :\ Ill have to go back and see whats causing them to go amok

August 25

2.5-3.5 hours

 Started UVing the models today but ended having to restart a couple of times just to get back into the motion. Added some details and found some base texture and started the FBX process

August 24

3 Hours

   Added more details and more parts to my modular kit today. Ended up cutting back on some models due to time constraints will still try to add the subway cart if all goes well.

 

This is how I have been modeling the subway cart not much of a reference but I cant seem to find an ideal images for a subway cart so most of it will be done by me guessing hopefully it will come out nice.

August 22

        NOTES

 Some notes I got from the first modular kit block in.... So I have to add some more parts to the kit

I feel the pivot on the cylinder would be better placed at the bottom center

Very limited with the kit pieces

The cylinder is awesome.

Gabe

your pivot placement is alright minus the cool tapered  cylinder It would probably work best in the center.

You may need more pieces to model It feels like their needs to be more. with the kit. I couldn't make an interesting environment.

Luis f Gutierrez

A cool construct Luis made was a gun

August 21  

Hours worked : 1 hour

Ended up making the subway out of the block in pieces I realized that I may need about 3-4 pieces more to make smaller details for tracks and of course to make the train itself but overall I chose to make a middle platform and a side platform where people can exit the subway and get on the train.

I could of made another subway system since there are multiple environments you can build from it but I decided to see if I could make a scaffold system but because of the trash cans I think it may of floped a bit. It could still be salvaged once I add my extra two pieces into but we will see.

August 20

Hours work: 1.5-2 Hours

 I am making a subway scene at the moment and I wanted to see how I would be able to create a subway scene with the most optimized amount of modular pieces. I ended up coming with 5 main rough block in, all of them are no where near done but I needed to block in the areas to make sure it would all work.

The main blocks that would build my subway

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August 19

1.  Desolated Enviorment (NO)

2. Twin tower/ building scaffolding(NO)

3. Command center future/current (NO) Could work but I believe to many people will also try to do this idea.

4. Subway (YES)

Brain Storming Game Mechanics

I ended up having some fun doodling while I thought of these but these are a quick 20 mechanics I thought of :)

Attraction Video

F1 Race Stars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io0-9TJ_j98


Need for Speed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzx4El5B7ow

Burn Out
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/15n8zt/burnout-paradise-trailer

Particle Effects

So in our class we need to create a particle effect that works with the level we are creating. I decided to make a glass breaking particle because everyone wants to break some glass. Here I found some references to glass breaking. If I have time I also will try to create a rain for the racing level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpRVW63mCww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BCXcbaLeoA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ifctmg23qI&playnext=1&list=PL482E5651F5D35068&feature=results_main



http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/autodesk-3d-studio-max/create-an-awesome-exploding-glass-effect-with-thinking-particles-and-3ds-max/ - tutorial for glass

Crate/TrashBag

So I decided to make a different kind of crate and that's to either make it a trash bag although I am having some trouble deciding how it will explode. I ended up modeling a cardboard box as well just in case to see what kind of input I could get from it.

Explosions

So I had to make an exploding barrels of some kind that will compliment my level. My level is basically a city that the player races around with building collapsing everywhere. It took me a while to think about what kind of barrel like object would I be able to put into this map design and I came up with Electric transformers while some are box I choose to make the transformers around a telephone pole. I had a white metal or a metallic texture for the barrels. However the ones that are dangerous will emit a small glow to them and have electric particle effects sparking electricity. 

   

Starcraft 2

I have always loved star craft and it has been my favorite game since I learn about gaming on the PC. Star craft is a RTS game (Real time strategy). I'm going to talk about the star craft 2 mutiplayer aspect of the game because I am a monster at the game. First thing to know is there are three races you can play as

Terran- the Terrans are the most splintered of the StarCraft races. There are multiple factions that fight other races but also each other. They are considered an adaptive and mobile species.

I found them to be the easiest race for new players to start with because of the easy mechanics they have for newer placers to control.

Protoss- The protoss are considered the most advance race which means they have very strong units but the cost to porofuce them is high 

 The zerg- The zerg strive for genetic perfection by assimilating worthy races into their own creating numerous different strains of zerg. Unlike the protoss and the terrans the zerg do not use technology instead they assimilate other species traits by directed mutation in order to match such tech.

I will only touch up on some of the muitplayer aspects of the game because each race while being easy to play is extremely hard to master. I am now an avid zerg player so some things to know about the zerg is they do not have defensive structures compared to the other races. The zerg is played kind of like a living organism. One thing you must always do is drone. Which means a worker is made to gather money and supplies to  While all other races have to produce units out of different buildings the zerg build all their units from a single hive because of this mechanic zerg are able to mass produce units.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNFxuKarcvk A battle that explains how a starcraft game is played and how some mistakes can cost you the match.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_569412&feature=iv&src_vid=i0B_oiJTcDI&v=MMezn7cLwE0

A video on top players doing the craziest stunts in a mutiplayer match