[CE3] Beach Bar Environment

You can do it in the editor preferences, (Tools -> Preferences -> Viewport -> General) but I would just put a camera on there, and tweak the camera values, cameras render the scene better I think. (don't ask)

You can switch between the camera and the perspective viewport, by right clicking on the "perspective" text on the top left and select your camera.

As for screenshots, you can try e_Screenshot 1 but It's buggy as hell, I would hide all the editor's tool bars, console, etc, to increase the viewport render space and just take a screenshot of the viewport. (Hopefully you got a high res monitor +1920)

Make sure you're using the highest MSAA settings possible, double click in the console input field, and search for "msaa" and tweak those values a bit, crank them up, then bring the shot into PS and resize down it slightly (1680x*** or something) to get rid of some of the Aliasing. (Don't forget to use Bicubic Sharper (best for reduction) profile)

Did a few tests here at home, I recomend you create a file called user.cfg and put it in the root of the build (next to the system.cfg) and add the following commands:

r_HDRRendering 3


r_postMSAA 2


r_PostMSAAEdgeFilterNV 2


r_PostMSAAInEditingMode 1


r_PostMSAAMode 2

r_HDRRendering 3 is actually very important, it's needed because they implemented the new tonemapper in the renderer, but forgot to set that command to 3, it's still default to the old value, which is 2; which results in a really dark and contrasty image. (I'm assuming your using the most recent build, v3_3_9_3410)

Nah, its spot on, definitely getting there man, and don't worry, you can always fine tweak it later in PS! (No one needs to know!)

Btw dude, if you want, you can give it some vertex colors love. Like in the intersection where the walls and the roof meet are darker due to ambient occlusion (you can see it really well in the concept) you can mimic this effect easily with a nice vertex color gradient, we did that a lot in C2.

shaping up real nice

Looking really nice.

I agree with HP though it might be worth doing some minor touch-up in Photoshop rather than fighting with lighting for the rest of your life, all the pros do it. I did a quick draft of what your results could be like with enough time and love:

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Ah I see thrik has taken the gears of war approach

Really good stuff so far pogo. I also agree with HP's paintover thingy.

Looks fucking awesome Pogo!

Looks real cool indeed! You know what bothers me? The sea. There's no transition from sand to water, it feels very artificial. It needs a nice gradient, just like this:

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looks really crisp! maybe you could add a thing or two on the dock to add interest to that part of the scene

Wow, the changes to that latest image are amazing, massive improvement.

Dude that's looking great

Much Much better dude ! this is looking rad !!! i agree with mino on the sea !

Looking sweet dude, i'm dreaming on going to that bar right now, and get wasted

loving it so far... you make me check everytime someone posts

Looking super awesome!

Minos made a good point about the sea.

I also have found it to be beneficial to tweak a screen in ps and when that is done, it is quite easy to bring those back to Cryengine as well, as you know the exact end result you are looking for.

Eh eh eh eh? (gave it some minor PS work)

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Is this a troll attempt? You simply increased the contrast and saturation.

If so, hah, funny.