Veggie Time: Zucchini

A lot has happened since the last post. Like a loooot on the code and gameplay side, and while those updates will come in their own time I will show you today my recent adventures in modelling plants.

I have never created plants or foliage before so this was quite the learning experience but I am actually very happy with the results and it only took a whole weekend 😅

Here are some in-progress pictures from within Blender

and then time to shine in engine

oh but wait, there is something weird going on with them being shaded much harsher than they are supposed to!
After a checking the Blender export settings I noticed that it will export with dual normals which I think Unreal doesn’t like so instead I exported it with smoothing over faces and then my beauties were ready for prime time 😊

Here they are in action – currently just growing right away but we will address that in a future update 😉