Week 2

1. Find 5 reference images of different landscapes. Post them to your blog Include an image of your country of origin. In a short sentence, list characteristics of the vegetation, terrain, lighting for each one.

 

This island is a narrow strip island with large hills and not too many trees, the lighting is bright especially on the side the sun hits.

An underwater cave would be really cool, the Lighting would be mystical and luminous, the main vegetation would be moss, the rocks would have gaping holes allowing the caves to form.

Steep sloped V shape valleys with heavy forests, bright lighting on the side where the sun hits and dark shadows on the other side.

These are smooth tea plantation valleys of Sri Lanka, my country of origin, being high up it is usually cloudy or misty creating a luminous green light due to the heavy presence of lush vegetation including jungles and tea trees.

The dramatic forms of the islands of Ha Long Bay in Vietnam, the islands rise dramatically from the sea, the vegetation seems to be bush and minimal jungle the light forms long shadows due the the steep high rising masses of land.

3. Choose one of your reference images as the basis for your island.

6. Using Fraps, post 5 images from different vantage points within your custom island. Each image should illustrate a different sense of scale. Use objects as brushes to help the viewer identify the sense of scale in each image. Write a word under each image that best describes the feeling of that image.

cute

mysterious

 inviting

 weird

grand

Independent Study BENV2423 week 1

Independent Study 

1.

a)    "Customising The Editor" Make a blog post listing 5 ways you might customize your Sandbox editor setup.

1.     Skins can be changed to ‘cry light’ or ‘cry dark’ by clicking or dis-enables by going to skins under the view menu.

2.     Under view you can select various useful windows which can be a useful part of the set up including the map window which is basically an aerial map of the terrain pinpointing important landmarks and your location

3.     Right clicking on perspective allows you to change viewport

4.     ~ key allows you to view the game command console

5.     Track view menu allows you to select the way the camera moves and records and can allow you to make cinematic videos

b)    Make a blog post listing 3 different ways of moving around your level.

1.     Holding the Shift left key and the W key together allows you to sprint

2.     After pressing control G to move around as a player F3 allows you to run into the air if that makes sense

3.     Holding the W key allows you to go forward

c)     Make a blog post that identifies 5 shortcuts or buttons, and what each of their functions are.

1.     Double tapping the S key allows you to sprint

2.     ~ key allows you to view the game command console

3.     Double tapping the space bar gives strength

4.     Ctrl Gallows you to be go into ‘player mode’ if that’s what you call it

5.     Double tap Ctrl gives you a cloak

2. In approximately 50 words reflect on this week’s lecture and make a unique observation regarding its content as it relates to your own work.
The lecture explored interesting elements of the sublime such as ancient looking fragments of architecture that stand alone on a natural terrain creates an air of awe as one questions the island’s history which we can be made more mysterious and fantasy like depending o the combination of environmental elements chosen.

BENV2423 Week 1 tutorial

5 things you learned about the Sandbox folder structure.

1.     Changes to scripts can be made in the ‘code folder’

2.     Animation files are in the game folder

3.     Texture files are in the game folder

4.     Most of the important things we will use to edit and create the island is in the game folder

5.     Editor and Engine folders also have important files

Make a blog post listing 10 tips and tricks related to the Sandbox User Interface.

1.     The sandbox user interface has a flow graph allowing you to use script to command various things

2.     It allows you to review the different ways the player can mover including climbing techniques, and even relaxed bodily mannerisms

3.     The selection strip allows you to control the speed at which you move around the environment from 0.1 to 10

4.     The terrain editor allows you to generate various features of the terrain

5.     The texture browser allows you to review and select various textures that are available

6.     Right clicking on perspective allows you to change viewport

7.     Viewport setting allows resolution to be changed

8.     Lock selection allows one to change camera speed and other camera functions

9.     Objects can be isolated by typing in the key word in search

10.  AI physics determines if ground is solid of not (if not solid you can move through and under it.