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[Juwdah]

the arts are amazingly cool 

Thanks man! I've seen the twitter follow as well, I appreciate your enthousiasm


Been doing some progress with underwater terrain testings.

Here's some "grass" that moves (just a direction I give it now, water-current direction soon)


And some underwater terrain tests, (as well as how the grass actually looks in scene view, still WIP though)


I'll make some more gifs of underwater terrain that's put together soon.

[Seiseki]

Very cool!

[Juwdah]

@Seiseki: Thanks man!

It was itching so I made a small test with the water depth and the whale.

[io3 creations]

Looking good!

Oh, one question about Blender and Unity.  How do you deal with the issue of model rotation due to different coordinate systems?  I found a script that can "rotate" the axes in Blender but then editing the model becomes different since the coordinate axes have been changed. So, I just wonder if there's a better way.

[Juwdah]

Looking good!

Oh, one question about Blender and Unity.  How do you deal with the issue of model rotation due to different coordinate systems?  I found a script that can "rotate" the axes in Blender but then editing the model becomes different since the coordinate axes have been changed. So, I just wonder if there's a better way.

Thanks man!
You can choose the axis in .fbx export settings, you can install a custom unity export script as well.

[io3 creations]

Looking good!

Oh, one question about Blender and Unity.  How do you deal with the issue of model rotation due to different coordinate systems?  I found a script that can "rotate" the axes in Blender but then editing the model becomes different since the coordinate axes have been changed. So, I just wonder if there's a better way.

Thanks man!
You can choose the axis in .fbx export settings, you can install a custom unity export script as well.

I tried all combinations with the axes in the .fbx export settings but none of them worked.  The script that I mentioned applies rotation to transform:
After applying fix, rotation transform will be:
Simple Rotation: x:90, y: -0, z:0
Full Rotation:   x:90, y: -0, z:-180
Then it's simple to export the model because none of the .fbx export settings axes need to be changed.  But editing the model with the modified transform seemed to move things along a different axis then what I expected.  So my current approach is basically to apply the "fix" and export the model but not save the blender file.  Just have to remember to apply the "fix" if I change the model, but at least the model showing up with a different rotation in Unity is a good reminder if I forget to.

[Juwdah]

Looking good!

Oh, one question about Blender and Unity.  How do you deal with the issue of model rotation due to different coordinate systems?  I found a script that can "rotate" the axes in Blender but then editing the model becomes different since the coordinate axes have been changed. So, I just wonder if there's a better way.

Thanks man!
You can choose the axis in .fbx export settings, you can install a custom unity export script as well.

I tried all combinations with the axes in the .fbx export settings but none of them worked.  The script that I mentioned applies rotation to transform:
After applying fix, rotation transform will be:
Simple Rotation: x:90, y: -0, z:0
Full Rotation:   x:90, y: -0, z:-180
Then it's simple to export the model because none of the .fbx export settings axes need to be changed.  But editing the model with the modified transform seemed to move things along a different axis then what I expected.  So my current approach is basically to apply the "fix" and export the model but not save the blender file.  Just have to remember to apply the "fix" if I change the model, but at least the model showing up with a different rotation in Unity is a good reminder if I forget to.

It's pretty easy to write your own export button which does it all for you though. Blender is really good for customizing.

[jctwood]

That whale is quite terrifying and very majestic. Cool to see the underwater world getting some love!

[Juwdah]

That whale is quite terrifying and very majestic. Cool to see the underwater world getting some love!

Thanks!
I've actually come to realisation that I almost created Namek under water.

[JobLeonard]

Sneak in an easter egg referencing DBZ!

[io3 creations]

It's pretty easy to write your own export button which does it all for you though. Blender is really good for customizing.

Thanks for the tip! Will do! 

[wazeau]

Oh, one question about Blender and Unity.  How do you deal with the issue of model rotation due to different coordinate systems?  I found a script that can "rotate" the axes in Blender but then editing the model becomes different since the coordinate axes have been changed. So, I just wonder if there's a better way.

This is the script I use to export the selected objects in my scene
Make sure you freeze scale and rotation first:

bpy.ops.export_scene.fbx(
            use_selection=True,
            filepath=fn + "" + ".fbx",
            axis_forward='-Z', axis_up='Y',
            global_scale=1,
            bake_space_transform=True,
            apply_unit_scale=False
            )   

You can find more operators here.

I also got a superlong but fishy export script that exports all models seperately, but I'm not sure if it's that great.
I'm just a beginner at scripting, so if you find a blender--->unity tool or script, fire away

[TheWanderingBen]

This is the script I use to export the selected objects in my scene
Make sure you freeze scale and rotation first:

bpy.ops.export_scene.fbx(
            use_selection=True,
            filepath=fn + "" + ".fbx",
            axis_forward='-Z', axis_up='Y',
            global_scale=1,
            bake_space_transform=True,
            apply_unit_scale=False
            )   

You can find more operators here.

I also got a superlong but fishy export script that exports all models seperately, but I'm not sure if it's that great.
I'm just a beginner at scripting, so if you find a blender--->unity tool or script, fire away

I'm totally not a 3D modeler, but just learning to in my spare time, and I'm about to export a little viking dude from Blender to Unity. Thanks for the heads up on this problem and for your solution!

I'm quiet on this thread, but I read all your updates. I'm still very excited for Flotsam! Continued luck!

[ANtY]

woah, first time I see this project, love the art style!

[Juwdah]

I'm totally not a 3D modeler, but just learning to in my spare time, and I'm about to export a little viking dude from Blender to Unity. Thanks for the heads up on this problem and for your solution!

I'm quiet on this thread, but I read all your updates. I'm still very excited for Flotsam! Continued luck!

Ha, pretty cool to know there are lurkers in this thread, I actually wondered if people did that 

woah, first time I see this project, love the art style!

Thanks man! We're doing what we can :D


Here's a dude on fire

[Juwdah]

I'm having wayyy too much fun with simple rocks and boulders.

[JobLeonard]

Nice underwear

[Juwdah]

It makes him feel breezy, but warm and apparently it's fire proof.

[whistlerat]

Ha, pretty cool to know there are lurkers in this thread, I actually wondered if people did that 

Count me among them, I'm a big city builder/village sim fan and the novel approach of this is so appealing. Plus it helps that everything is gorgeous

[Juwdah]

Ha, pretty cool to know there are lurkers in this thread, I actually wondered if people did that 

Count me among them, I'm a big city builder/village sim fan and the novel approach of this is so appealing. Plus it helps that everything is gorgeous

This is neat! I'll try and get as much updates / rundowns / explanations on the devlog as I can, being on the project this long probably skews my view on what we actually already shared and I'm sure it made me miss posting some of the most obvious things we are actually making/implementing