WEEK 6 STUDIO CONTENT- Group Presentation 2: Communication

Wednesday, 09 April 2014

TASK FOR TODAY

1. Watching tutorial on how to create a terrain using GeoControl to start the level for our group

How to make life like terrains in Cryengine 3

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDNFsbyFtRE

Creating a heightmap in Geocontrol

Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDNFsbyFtRE


2. Use Google earth to collect the map data from google

I used Photoshop to bump up the color from the old to original to have brightness and contrast. We used this simple image to create the first testing Height map by using Photoshop then bring it to crazy bump.

3. First Heightmap we created using CRAZYBUMP that me and Shaun created during studio class.

The first Height map we created using Crazybump. We figure it out that rather than using GEOControl software to analysis the actual terrain heightmap in fully detail to bring in CryENGINE is by doing it this way. The white area is where the cliff area should be higher when we bring it up crysis and the black area is where the lower slopes are. We had to bring the file back to photoshop to blur the photo so when we bring that heightmap to cryengine level it will be smoother. Due to making this test we have realized that after bringing this to cry engine the topography is way to big and the large space is going to be a waste of space and not necessary to be modeled. I suggested Shaun that we should do another testing for the heightmap level.

MODELLING PROCESS_ TESTING MAP DATA_ AND GEOCONTROL 

Using chronolapse to video my workload to wars setting up the topography for the land environment that we are developing in CryENGINE aerial ropeway. This video is on of my steps that i used to test what which software is better to produce a realistic  topography that matches the height map of the actual location of the project.

INDEPENDENT STUDY

1. Group Presentation feedback for students

Important Group Communication key points:

• Due to new generation tools for communication to  people now these days can be many options.
• They can either creates facebook page to communicate and collaborate with one another
• Email now these days is not very common but some people still use it
• Mobile phones call or texting.
• Group clear communication is always the key to succesful teamwork

2. Work towards Individual Major Milestone

3. Shaun (Leader) Assigned Weekly task for each Team member (ELAH) Terrain Height map, Terrain Texture and Layer Painting.