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    [WIP] Sponza Atrium

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    • GaieusG Offline
      Gaieus
      last edited by

      Yeah, I was wondering, too. Otherwise looks cool so far although indeed this is one of the most frequently overdone piece.
      πŸ˜†

      I know the easiest method to avoid annoyingly meticulous texture positioning on the arches is to not texture them with (say) individual pieces of stone but a groutless, "plastered-like" material but if you really seek advice on developing the model and texturing, I would go that direction a bit. If anything, that could give some very great level of realism.

      This is okay (avoiding the problem) and of course, I have seen worse - when the dude textured it with some rectangular stone material with the courses running horizontally.
      πŸ˜’


      Just some curiosity... Here is the "History of SzΓ©kesfehΓ©rvΓ‘r" (Hungary) on YT:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKxfZBNCcY4
      The starting scene with some Roman soldiers is in the Sponza. Now that's what I'd call "anachronism" πŸ˜’

      (Also those legionaries in those mini skirts are frightening... There's this centurion always just "coming". I would really not lean forward to pick up the soap bar when he is behind me in the baths...)
      πŸ˜•

      Gai...

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      • Rich O BrienR Offline
        Rich O Brien Moderator
        last edited by

        Have you a texture in mind? I've been scanning my Thea mats but nothing as yet.

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Not particularly. But I could imagine something that is just a row of bigger block stones. They would be great for all the sills and eaves and such, too.

          You'll be playing with this for a while. I need to do some work today/tomorrow (yes, I sometimes do) but then I'll try to figure out something (I'd also need something like that).

          Gai...

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
            last edited by

            I did some UV Toolkit mapping on the arches...

            Sponza_Atrium_Mapping_Error.png

            But when exported to Thea I get this result...

            Sponza_Atrium_Mapping_Error_Thea.png

            Now I'm scratching my head?

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            • Rich O BrienR Offline
              Rich O Brien Moderator
              last edited by

              Some high intensity IBL 😲

              Sponza_Atrium_filtered.png

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              • N Offline
                notareal
                last edited by

                @unknownuser said:

                I am also curious as to how you make the geometry not render but interact with other geometry. Or is this not what's happening? πŸ˜•

                Like said before, there is no geometry, but if one actually like to have hiden geometry that renders shadows, it's possible with Thea render (and some other engines too): http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=315735#p315735

                http://forums.sketchucation.com/download/file.php?id=65462

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                • Rich O BrienR Offline
                  Rich O Brien Moderator
                  last edited by

                  Found model on the web. 137mb in SketchUp. Cooked in Thea overnight.

                  http://i.minus.com/in75VZduk19Mh.jpg?q=0.0592425561118

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                  • N Offline
                    notareal
                    last edited by

                    Great looking textures! Did you use custom fresnel for the velvet? http://thearender.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2829 (you can pick nice settings for the velvet from that tutorial)

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                    • Rich O BrienR Offline
                      Rich O Brien Moderator
                      last edited by

                      I can only take credit for mapping. The whole kaboodle is on the web for others to try. It's textures alone are 80mb but SU handles it fine.

                      It's a beautiful model.

                      My render doesn't do it any justice. πŸ˜’

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                      • mitcorbM Offline
                        mitcorb
                        last edited by

                        Hi, Rich:
                        Good job so far πŸ‘

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                        • Rich O BrienR Offline
                          Rich O Brien Moderator
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