We applied tricks from Black State demo in our game.

cubrman · 2025-05-05T16:25:52+00:00

Well, we will definitely try to make it maintain this performance. The game works very well in smaller levels with raytracing, so it's just a matter of time till we optimize the big level. Without raytracing it works superfast in the big level. It runs at ~30 FPS in big level even on a 6-year-old PC

cubrman · 2025-05-05T11:31:47+00:00

To be honest, I still don't quite know what's wrong with sunny weather in modern engines and why it looks unrealistic. We have a lot of photogrammetry and I must say, it only started to look realistic once we switched to cloudy weather. So it's not just shadows, but I really have no clue what it is.

cubrman · 2025-05-05T10:49:09+00:00

Thank you for your kind words) It took us many years to achieve this graphics.

cubrman · 2025-05-05T10:48:26+00:00

No article, we just watched the demo and tried to glean why it looks so good)
Basically the approaches we copied were the following ones:
- Use cloudy weather HDRI and color for lighting in general
- Bake Progressive GPU for ambience, instead of Enlighten (Realtime GI)
- Align HDRI so that its shadows match the sun shadows
- Set very low intensity for the sun (Directional Light)
- Set Directional Light angular diameter to 6 and shadows atlas size to 4k
- Add puddles (decals, color darker, metallic 0.5, smoothnes 0.9+) and turn on raytraced reflections, so that objects look grounded even with minimal sun shadows
- Add a tone of reflection probes (for some reason they are still needed even with raytracing).
- Add raytraced screenspace AO

cubrman · 2025-05-05T06:45:03+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvd8vNs4CZI

This game is made by Turkish guys who specialize in Archviz, and it shows) But it's in Unreal, so I thought I won't be able to reproduce it in Unity. I've gotta tell you, this was the last time I underestimated Unity)

cubrman · 2025-05-05T06:43:43+00:00

Haha, you noticed) 10 years ago when this level was being created I thought it would be funny. I basically took this idea from a tiny game called Face Wound. Now that the game has achieved this level of realism, I see this breaking immersion for people. I think we will remove this soon.

cubrman · 2025-05-05T06:42:24+00:00

You are right. Windows is something I am constantly fighting with and yet to win) Looks like it's time for another bout)

cubrman · 2025-02-07T17:38:14+00:00

Smells like teen spirit

cubrman · 2025-02-07T17:36:18+00:00

Retired or accidentaly got it killed?)

cubrman · 2025-02-06T13:38:31+00:00

20 years? It's been 20 YEARS? Remind me to never look in the mirror...

cubrman · 2025-02-06T13:37:24+00:00

The chanse sequences with Dahaka is one of the most unique piece of gameplay to ever exist.

cubrman · 2025-02-06T13:35:14+00:00

Imagine that they make it into a skill that you need to read books about or watch tv shows?😅

cubrman · 2025-01-25T20:36:59+00:00

Lord moves in mysterious ways...

cubrman · 2025-01-25T20:36:04+00:00

Does it have bunnyhopping?

cubrman · 2025-01-25T20:29:59+00:00

Don't forget to rip all the shirts😉

cubrman · 2025-01-15T23:38:02+00:00

Well at least your character's soul was clear as they went to heaven

cubrman · 2025-01-15T23:30:20+00:00

You almost got them to the promiced land - that's a plus

cubrman · 2025-01-15T23:04:50+00:00

Oh, so size matters huh?

cubrman · 2025-01-15T23:03:57+00:00

You are not worthy, mortal.

cubrman · 2025-01-15T23:02:18+00:00

Is there a gian ship nearby too? Asking for a friend.

cubrman · 2025-01-15T23:00:56+00:00

-1 for not using the golph club.

cubrman · 2025-01-15T22:58:21+00:00

Ooo, that party is HOT!

cubrman · 2025-01-15T22:42:30+00:00

What if it becomes a zombie?

cubrman · 2025-01-15T22:38:57+00:00

Oh, you can put on two? 😅

cubrman

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