I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you are asking for... can you elaborate a little bit please and I'll see if I can help? When you say, "can you share an app" what do you mean by that? When you ask for me to "open the states" what do you mean by that?

Thanks! I hope it helped and was informative! I plan on starting up the videos again soon, so keep an eye out for those when I start dropping them in a couple of weeks.

@@CyclingYYC I haven't had any real issues using them. Just like most things in game development, your project's performance will be a sum of its parts, so it's not just a matter of the art assets themselves, but rather all the different things in your project like lighting, particles, your character controller, physics, size of a scene, etc... hell, even just having sloppy/unoptimized code can have a significant impact on overall performance... This is one of those areas that I wish more game developers took time to understand the hardware end of things and how the synergy between hardware, your OS, other software and the game all play into one another... It's something I really encourage (and give extra credit to) my students to learn because it's so critical to good game dev. Without seeing the projects in question, it's impossible to know for certain what might be causing their issues, but I somehow really doubt the Synty art is to blame. Just looking at the Synty assets from a technical level the poly/triss count is very reasonable, which generally means (and I am significantly oversimplifying this for the sake of trying to keep this reply at a reasonable length) less calls to your GPU, which, in turn, translates to generally better overall performance. Again, that's a huge oversimplification, but I think it's the easiest way to put it. Anyway, hope that helps and let me know if you have any more questions 😄

Thanks! The asset is purchased through the Unity Asset Store, so it comes as a Unity Package... However, like with most art assets (especially low poly ones) you actually can transfer them out to be used in other engines. There are a handful of solutions for doing direct conversions (Autodesk has a converter and there are tons of other free ones) or you can use something like blender to import the .fbx files and then convert them out into .obj files. This usually converts low poly assets perfectly, but typically the higher the fidelity of an art asset, the less accurate the conversion will be.

@@StephenChepp Ok… good to know…I asked because I read some reviews and one guy said that he tried to use it the Unreal Engine, and that it was not very good, he did mentioned that they were supposed to release it on the Epic Marketplace at some point, but It’s not there yet. Was just wondering if you might know, thank you for responding, and for the info.

@@synastershred2269 I can see if I can find some time to try to convert some of the models over to .obj, but I am not 100% sure how quickly I can get it done if I am being honest... Its been hard enough to meet the 1 video a week promise with everything going on right now.... I did check and they appear to have a CGTrader page for it (and they are running a 60% off sale for that as of writing this): www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/exterior/cityscape/simpligon-universe That would probably be your best option honestly, because it appears you get the blender project files with that... tbh, I might actually pick that up given how good of a deal it is :P

I should also probably clarify... the general rule is that most low poly assets tend to make it through the format exchange fine, but there are always bound to be some exceptions to the rule and if someone else did try it and it didn't go well, then this might be that exception.

@@synastershred2269 Soooo... after reading some of the reviews from some people on the CGTrader page, it may be best to just pass on this one for Unreal until they release a proper package. I'll still try to fine some time (now sure where, but I'll try to pull it from somewhere) to get Unreal reinstalled and convert some of the models over from fbx to obj. But, if what the other reviews are saying is true, I somehow doubt I am going to have more luck than they did. This might just be one of those assets that doesn't convert well.

I apologize for the delay in response. There is not any HUD stuff int he pack at the time of posting this, its only an environmental pack. They do have a separate HUD pack that they offer though. It also looks like they may have updated the asset with enemy stuff after I initially recorded the video, so I might try to do an update for this at some point that showcases those.

Of course, thanks for watching! I've got a lot more in the pipeline, but I'm taking a short break because I got a new computer and a whole new setup for recording and all that, so I still need to finish setting everything up. I should be back to it next week though, provided everything goes according to plan.

Yeah, I've been pretty happy with them so far.

I would say that the licencing is pretty standard and fair. No royalties are required if you pay for the asset. Not sure of any paid art assets that require you to pay royalties actually. But, yeah, I can try to talk about that a little more in depth in future videos if you think that would be valuable.

Thanks! I do have more that are incoming... In fact I have two I recorded before the whole Unity drama and have not edited yet... Then I got busy with a bunch of other stuff (you know, day job, servant leadership and all that jazz), but I own something like upwards of 8k assets on the asset store, so rest assured, there will be more, but it's just going to take time since we are going into the busy season for me.

I don't repeat myself! I don't repeat myself! Obviously, I'm kidding. Yeah, the repeating and rambling is something I am trying to work on addressing... its something that I am aware I do, but since its woven into my "natural speak" its a little harder to fix than I had anticipated. I hope that if you like the videos, you'll stick with me as I try to get better at the whole video review thing.

Agreed. To be fair, there are a lot of low poly clutter assets that you can spruce up the asset with. My biggest critique was really the lack of modularity. When I pay that much for an asset, I want to be able to really go to town with the level design end of things and having a bunch of static prefabs that prevent that, for me at least, decreases the value of that asset. Like I said too, it's odd because most synty assets are hyper modular, so I'm not quite sure what the thought process this one was.

@@StephenChepp Great point! Also, now that I think about it, you could go in and manually break any one of the models into modular pieces if you need to. It is a bit tedious but still doable in blender.

@@dankodev True. And if you buy it directly from the Synty store you get the source files too, so it makes it a lot easier to do that... but, as you say, it's really tedious and to be honest, kind of a pain in the ass, and for that price point, it's not something that I feel is justified... especially when there are a number of other Synty assets that are modular and can serve that purpose just as well. I donno, overall I just kinda felt that the price point was not on par with the overall value of the assets... which is unfortunate because I like (and own) almost all of their assets. Anyway, are you liking the videos? I've got a ton more incoming, but with all the Unity drama lately, I've been holding off uploading more.

@@StephenChepp Yeah, I like your vids! The unity situation is definitely something that you should talk about. Personally, I'm going to stay with Unity just because it is the cheapest out of all non open-source game engines (even with the new changes). It's either 2.5% rev share or a self-reported install fee, whichever is cheaper for you. Even though I don't fully trust the management, Unity is still better than Godot for 3D and advanced 2D. Godot got a ton of new funding, but it's going to take years for it to catch up to Unity. Just my two cents, haha.

Thanks for checking out the video and thanks for the feedback! I will try to project my voice more in the upcoming videos. I was testing out a new mic system in these last three videos, so maybe I need to tweak the setting on there a little too. Either way, its a work in progress, so thanks for the feedback. I hope you enjoyed it otherwise and I hope you'll stick with me on this journey.

Thanks so much! I have a bunch more in the pipeline, so keep an eye out for those starting in the middle of June!

I'm glad the review was helpful. The modularity, or in the case lack there of, was a real bummer for me too, but the good news is if you are looking for a package Synty that has modular house parts, then you are in luck. The following two are the best ones from them for "regular" modern modular houses in my opinion : prf.hn/l/jWYG8Xz and prf.hn/l/8xEkVjX I will be doing reviews of both of these at some point in the near future, but I wanted to get you the links ASAP because the unity spring sale just started and both of them are on sale right now if you wanted to pick them up at the reduced price.

@@StephenChepp I appreciate the links. I actually own these two, and because of it I almost took it for granted that the post apoc pack would have the same modular building pieces. For some reason a doubt crept in and I was lucky to find your review. The appeal of the already "ruined" assets was what had me on hook. But Ill just modify the other ones myself and spend a little time instead of having to build them from scratch :)

Just probuilderize it and edit this way?

No problem, I hope it was helpful! I have a bunch more incoming, so keep an eye out for those in the coming months!

Thanks! I've got a bunch more in the pipeline, so keep an eye out for those if you're interested.

Thanks! I have a ton more coming soon, so please keep an eye out for them if you liked this one. As for the controller, it can be found here: prf.hn/l/61xGy4X ... I am working on a review for it now, but it still needs some work before its ready to upload. But, keep an eye out for that too if it interests you. I will actually be doing reviews for a bunch of character controller assets and different templates and frameworks over the next year. Regarding the controller, crouching is not a mandatory feature with it, in fact there are different pre-set profiles you can use and one of them is a simple "walking simulator" profile, but the really advanced locomotion has crouching, sliding, prone/crawling and more.

You're very welcome. I'll be doing more glove reviews in the near future (and with higher quality too) so keep an eye out for those if you are still in the market for gloves.

@@StephenCheppThat'd be great. Please do Magpul Patrol goves 2.0 (Coyote color) if you could. Can't find any reviews on those. Please.

@@bmaxse I'll see what I can do. I'm currently in the process of reviewing 3 different Vertex pairs and 5 P.I.G. pairs, but I'll try to pick up a pair of Magpuls too. I will say that I had a pair of Magpuls back in the day and I was not very satisfied with them, but it's possible that they are better now since that was a while ago.

@Rubik: Thanks! This was definitely an interesting project for us. Out of curiosity, were you one of the ones on the call yesterday?