Thoughts on Snow Drop
So what are your thoughts on Snow Drop? I Don't know much about game engines or working in Games but this looks really amazing. Is there any way something like this could be used in production? http://youtu.be/8z6rzPjcZL0 http://youtu.be/UXeH9OqygzI -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com
Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop
No at least for now as far as I know Anyway UE4 just launched at 19$ monthly subscription ( 5% royalties ) Cryengine 3 launched a couple of days ago at 9$ monthly subrsciption ( without any royalties ) Unity 5 will be 75$ monthly subscription 2014-03-21 16:11 GMT+01:00 John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com: So what are your thoughts on Snow Drop? I Don't know much about game engines or working in Games but this looks really amazing. Is there any way something like this could be used in production? http://youtu.be/8z6rzPjcZL0 http://youtu.be/UXeH9OqygzI -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com
Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop
By the way it looks amazing, but game engines have already been used for visualization ( see Cryengine 2 for architectural visualization ), but GI and indirect illumination is far from being perfect, so I would say it depend on what you need to do...also you don't have the full flexibility that a 3d app have, so you'll end up coding what you need ( like if you want an effect done in ICE with that engine ) Personally I'm planning a 30 minutes movie using UE4, it just looks amazing and I'll avoid the rendering time which has always been a pain in the a... 2014-03-21 16:14 GMT+01:00 Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com: No at least for now as far as I know Anyway UE4 just launched at 19$ monthly subscription ( 5% royalties ) Cryengine 3 launched a couple of days ago at 9$ monthly subrsciption ( without any royalties ) Unity 5 will be 75$ monthly subscription 2014-03-21 16:11 GMT+01:00 John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com : So what are your thoughts on Snow Drop? I Don't know much about game engines or working in Games but this looks really amazing. Is there any way something like this could be used in production? http://youtu.be/8z6rzPjcZL0 http://youtu.be/UXeH9OqygzI -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com
Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop
Has anone ever heard of a game engine being used in a tv commercial ? On 21 March 2014 15:17, Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com wrote: By the way it looks amazing, but game engines have already been used for visualization ( see Cryengine 2 for architectural visualization ), but GI and indirect illumination is far from being perfect, so I would say it depend on what you need to do...also you don't have the full flexibility that a 3d app have, so you'll end up coding what you need ( like if you want an effect done in ICE with that engine ) Personally I'm planning a 30 minutes movie using UE4, it just looks amazing and I'll avoid the rendering time which has always been a pain in the a... 2014-03-21 16:14 GMT+01:00 Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com: No at least for now as far as I know Anyway UE4 just launched at 19$ monthly subscription ( 5% royalties ) Cryengine 3 launched a couple of days ago at 9$ monthly subrsciption ( without any royalties ) Unity 5 will be 75$ monthly subscription 2014-03-21 16:11 GMT+01:00 John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com : So what are your thoughts on Snow Drop? I Don't know much about game engines or working in Games but this looks really amazing. Is there any way something like this could be used in production? http://youtu.be/8z6rzPjcZL0 http://youtu.be/UXeH9OqygzI -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com
Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop
People are using real-time engines for kid tv shows already. Can not remember the name off the top of my head but it is happening... Low budget, lots of repeated content, and not super discerning customers in that area so I guess it works well. -ben On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: Has anone ever heard of a game engine being used in a tv commercial ? On 21 March 2014 15:17, Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com wrote: By the way it looks amazing, but game engines have already been used for visualization ( see Cryengine 2 for architectural visualization ), but GI and indirect illumination is far from being perfect, so I would say it depend on what you need to do...also you don't have the full flexibility that a 3d app have, so you'll end up coding what you need ( like if you want an effect done in ICE with that engine ) Personally I'm planning a 30 minutes movie using UE4, it just looks amazing and I'll avoid the rendering time which has always been a pain in the a... 2014-03-21 16:14 GMT+01:00 Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com: No at least for now as far as I know Anyway UE4 just launched at 19$ monthly subscription ( 5% royalties ) Cryengine 3 launched a couple of days ago at 9$ monthly subrsciption ( without any royalties ) Unity 5 will be 75$ monthly subscription 2014-03-21 16:11 GMT+01:00 John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com: So what are your thoughts on Snow Drop? I Don't know much about game engines or working in Games but this looks really amazing. Is there any way something like this could be used in production? http://youtu.be/8z6rzPjcZL0 http://youtu.be/UXeH9OqygzI -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation
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we use real-time engines exclusively for all our work ranging from broadcast to events... Most of our stuff is under NDA, so we can't show that much, but a few demos/projects are online @ http://www.glare-productions.com (shameless plug) Cheers! Chris On 21/03/14 16:39, Ben Houston wrote: People are using real-time engines for kid tv shows already. Can not remember the name off the top of my head but it is happening... Low budget, lots of repeated content, and not super discerning customers in that area so I guess it works well. -ben On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: Has anone ever heard of a game engine being used in a tv commercial ?
Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop
For those interested I just want to inform that UE4 has a pretty neat node based logic editor ( widely improved from previous version ) which is quite similar to ICE in terms of what could be done, since almost all the data can be accessed and manipulated ( source of the engine is included in the 19$ subscription ) Cryengine has it as well, but as far as I can see in UE4 you can access everything, or script your own using C++ Blueprints tutorialshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZlv_N0_O1gaG5BW72It4chjhypxIO9ZB 2014-03-21 17:09 GMT+01:00 Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.de: we use real-time engines exclusively for all our work ranging from broadcast to events... Most of our stuff is under NDA, so we can't show that much, but a few demos/projects are online @ http://www.glare-productions.com (shameless plug) Cheers! Chris On 21/03/14 16:39, Ben Houston wrote: People are using real-time engines for kid tv shows already. Can not remember the name off the top of my head but it is happening... Low budget, lots of repeated content, and not super discerning customers in that area so I guess it works well. -ben On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: Has anone ever heard of a game engine being used in a tv commercial ?
Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop
I Highly recommend Unity 3D despite a slightly higher monthly cost. Unity also does not have any royalties. And although it is more expensive it has a couple huge things going for it: One) it is an interactive platform foremost. So, while you can make great games with it, it is easier to make it become what you want it to be; there is less battling FPS elements to make it a non-game like in other engines. Two) the Unity Asset Store: if you do not have either the skill or the resources to extend the capabilities of Unity 3D, chances are that somebody else has already done what you need it to do and are either selling it for a modest price on the asset store, or are giving away the tool for free. Cheers, -=Eric On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com wrote: For those interested I just want to inform that UE4 has a pretty neat node based logic editor ( widely improved from previous version ) which is quite similar to ICE in terms of what could be done, since almost all the data can be accessed and manipulated ( source of the engine is included in the 19$ subscription ) Cryengine has it as well, but as far as I can see in UE4 you can access everything, or script your own using C++ Blueprints tutorialshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZlv_N0_O1gaG5BW72It4chjhypxIO9ZB 2014-03-21 17:09 GMT+01:00 Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.de: we use real-time engines exclusively for all our work ranging from broadcast to events... Most of our stuff is under NDA, so we can't show that much, but a few demos/projects are online @ http://www.glare-productions.com (shameless plug) Cheers! Chris On 21/03/14 16:39, Ben Houston wrote: People are using real-time engines for kid tv shows already. Can not remember the name off the top of my head but it is happening... Low budget, lots of repeated content, and not super discerning customers in that area so I guess it works well. -ben On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: Has anone ever heard of a game engine being used in a tv commercial ? -- -=T=-
Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop
Personally I find the way Unity streamlines its workflow rather limiting and frustrating. Solutions are either ready-made and clunky or you have to script your own... Imho not exactly artist friendly. Sure you can load Assets and place them somewhere. But the really interesting stuff is left to the coders in Unity... :/ Cheers! Chris On 21/03/14 17:20, Eric Turman wrote: I Highly recommend Unity 3D despite a slightly higher monthly cost. Unity also does not have any royalties. And although it is more expensive it has a couple huge things going for it: One) it is an interactive platform foremost. So, while you can make great games with it, it is easier to make it become what you want it to be; there is less battling FPS elements to make it a non-game like in other engines. Two) the Unity Asset Store: if you do not have either the skill or the resources to extend the capabilities of Unity 3D, chances are that somebody else has already done what you need it to do and are either selling it for a modest price on the asset store, or are giving away the tool for free. Cheers, -=Eric On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Nicolas Esposito 3dv...@gmail.com mailto:3dv...@gmail.com wrote: For those interested I just want to inform that UE4 has a pretty neat node based logic editor ( widely improved from previous version ) which is quite similar to ICE in terms of what could be done, since almost all the data can be accessed and manipulated ( source of the engine is included in the 19$ subscription ) Cryengine has it as well, but as far as I can see in UE4 you can access everything, or script your own using C++ Blueprints tutorials https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZlv_N0_O1gaG5BW72It4chjhypxIO9ZB 2014-03-21 17:09 GMT+01:00 Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.de mailto:c...@glarestudios.de: we use real-time engines exclusively for all our work ranging from broadcast to events... Most of our stuff is under NDA, so we can't show that much, but a few demos/projects are online @ http://www.glare-productions.com (shameless plug) Cheers! Chris On 21/03/14 16:39, Ben Houston wrote: People are using real-time engines for kid tv shows already. Can not remember the name off the top of my head but it is happening... Low budget, lots of repeated content, and not super discerning customers in that area so I guess it works well. -ben On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com mailto:sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: Has anone ever heard of a game engine being used in a tv commercial ? -- -=T=-
