General Info

Special Release

1 Volume

Features

300 Meshes
High quality and fidelity texture sets - 2k textures
Master material setup that control the of all props and models
Modular construction and design for alternative designs
Additional controls for roughness, albedo, normals, subsurface, tiling, and more
Vertex paint setup for walls and surfaces
Channel packed Roughness | Metalness | Ambient Occlusion
Realistic post process and look up table
2 Times of day (Night and Day)
Optimized for games
Free of all legal issues as all branding and labels are custom made by our studio
Fully detailed models from all sides
All dynamic lighting , no baked lighting for easy time of day change
Multiple grass and foliage types
Advanced landscape layered material

Links

https://www.fab.com/listings/ada17864-85d1-45fc-865a-2ed5feca053b

Notes

Tested on these computer specs (produced 30-60 fps):

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8 Core Processor NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super 64 GB RAM

Optimizations

Planar Reflections are setup but disabled for better performance. Selecting the planar reflection actor in the scene and setting it to visible will re-enable this feature.
Baked lighting has been set to off in the project rendering settings - you will need to re-enable it in the rendering settings of the project to get baked lighting results
All Lights are moveable
This project does not use Raytracing to maintain better performance - but it could be enabled if needed!
When playing in editor make sure to not have any additional unreal windows or editors open to ensure the best FPS

Tips to increase frame-rate

When Dekogon created this scene we wanted to push for high cinematic value in look and quality. Some features are enabled to achieve this look but some of these features may be to costly for some productions so here are a few videos to help with ways to reduce the expense and bring up frame rate for your use of this project!

VOLUMES

Reduce Grass Overdraw and Mesh Count

Edit Rendering Settings / Planar Reflections

Changes from UE4 4.24 to 4.25

[Notice a difference in lighting from 4.24 to 4.25? Here is the fix to make the engine versions look identical!

Notes on the changes from Epic Games: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/tech-blog/how-epic-games-is-handling-auto-exposure-in-4-25](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/e8beef97-28c8-4e72-8a3c-053212143e1f/2020-07-26_17-57-06.mp4)

Notice a difference in lighting from 4.24 to 4.25? Here is the fix to make the engine versions look identical!

Notes on the changes from Epic Games: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/tech-blog/how-epic-games-is-handling-auto-exposure-in-4-25

Disable Lights not needed

Disabling Fog Cards

Questions and Answers (Q&A)

Is there an inside or will there be an inside added later? Any additional scenes similar to this or added to this project.

No - there is no inside and none is planned at this time. Updates will be added as support is needed but no additional parts or planning is expected at this time. Bugs and problems that may arise will be the only focus for updates for now.

Can use this in my game or product? How should I credit you?

Yes you can use this in any production, game, or project. It just cannot be directly resold in a 3D or Unreal accessible format. Credits can simply read as - Art from Dekogon Studios. For more details or partnerships please email us at [email protected]

How many times of day are there? Can I change the time of day dynamically?

There are two times of day included in this scene - Day and Night. They are saved into individual maps but reference the same base Mansion map so anything you change on the base mansion will be represented on both times of day maps.

Is the scene interactive? What type of game-play is it setup for?

We designed the scene with 3rd person over the shoulder game-play in mind. It would work without issue with most game-play types. The project is setup to allow you to run around and test using the Unreal 3rd person controller character controls. Simply hit play after loading the project to test! As for interaction and dynamic aspects of the scene all the pieces are separate such as doors and window so they could be setup to be movable or controllable but are not already done so. Grass moves in the wind and leaves rustle slightly to fake the feeling of the living world!

Does the mansion exist in real life or was it thought up?

Completely made up - It is based on a collection of reference images of colonial plantation houses of a Neoclassical architecture look and design.