Hello Stalkers!
In the previous report, we demonstrated that operating a drone in an open space brings a unique outcome: the potential to recreate real-world buildings in a video game. It's also incredibly fun, as is usually the case with drones :)
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Working on the ground has its own set of advantages. But only a few people know how much effort it takes to achieve the desired results.
We have shared numerous instances of our exploration of Chernobyl, showing us going inside the buildings to capture a plethora of photos. And not only the walls and floors, but also items within: posters, books, toys, clothes, etc. All these items serve as reference materials. Thanks to this, we were able to carefully plan the room layouts, as well as what should be in them, along with some creative interpretations on our part.
Of course, not everything could be photographed using traditional methods. Some of the in-game objects you can find in the game are the work of a skilled 3D artist or advanced technology. In this report, we will focus on the latter...
We had certain items on-site in our office. Making them readily scannable with our portable equipment designed for this type of tasks.
Scanning the items we discovered in the Zone presented more challenges. For obvious reasons we couldn't take them with us. Consequently, we had to create conditions to perform scans on site. To create a makeshift scanning studio, we used two small tripods on which we mounted a small green screen and illuminated it with lights from LED battery lamps.
The second element was to build a small platform on which we placed... a rotating cheese board.
One person stood next to the camera mounted on a tripod, patiently pressing the shutter while the other person slowly rotated the board carrying the object. This way, we scanned a dozen or so toys from the kindergarten, with each toy requiring up to several hundred photos.
The effect of this is known: we moved from the Zone…
…straight to Chernobylite.
Naturally, they had to be slightly modified to ensure they didn’t appear in the game in a raw form, but the effect of realism was fully preserved.
This wraps up this report! Next we are going to focus on scanning. However, this time we will move from still life to living life.
That's it for today!
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