'Stylized VFX in RiME' by Simon Trümpler | Unreal Fest Europe 2018 | Unreal Engine

In this Unreal Fest Europe 2018 presentation, 3D/VFX artist Simon Trümpler discusses the interesting solutions for creating stylized fire, smoke and water (cascade, ripples) used in RiME by Tequila Works.
In addition to other topics, Simon shows how simple textures and UV-distortion make great stylized fire and why geometry in combination with normal-manipulation works great for stylized effects.
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[@kmontoya87]

I love the honesty and simply how down-to-earth this guy is here. It truly brings out such a boost in self-motivation with game development. He also gives the credit where credit is due; he doesn't use the subject 'we' over and over, and states whom should take the credit for a particular item presented. He also states numerous of times when they basically had to "Run-n-gun" (Trial-n-Error) with the scripting - having put in several many hours worth of UE4 tutorials, the live tutorials in my opinion, are by a very far margin, the most valuable. There are always some troubleshooting steps involved when trying to form the scripting to function as intended, and I feel that really goes to show the overall practicality of game development.

[@Simonschreibt]

Thanks for taking the time writing such a long comment. Really nice to hear :)

[@hanswesker8455]

His tutorials are delivered exactly the same way. Totally recommend his vids, just search for UnrealSimon.

[@kmontoya87]

Awesome, will definitely be checking those out!

[@BD-zg7is]

OMG THANK YOU!!!

[@The_Eno]

Simon's suggestions on fake water reflection and depth fade was so simple yet so effective. Great video!

[@hanswesker8455]

That's my favorite stylized water in UE4.

[@snowwarden3711]

really like his version of what he thought the water was doing vs the HUGE mess of nodes that it really was. lol

[@danlefe]

and then BOOM we cut away and you don't get to see the result that I was leading up too because the editor needed to keep busy

[@cosmotect]

Fairly complex but at the same time very understandable technology, for a beginner tech artist to try to replicate. Which I am going to do!

[@mZize84]

"I say it später ... ehhh i say it later :D had to laugh a bit :D but nice presentation

[@lindkvast]

Thanks for this one! Great breakdown.

[@davidrichards7232]

Impressive material work! Particularly interested in the Caustic setup :) 10/10

[@Simonschreibt]

The caustics are a less complicated step compared to some other crazy things Pablo did with the water :D I hope the material helps you to get all information you need.

[@davidrichards7232]

Yeah for sure, it's a solid looking setup. Sometimes it's just those little things that slip my mind hey! I spend alot of time on a pretty broad range of things, so it's awesome to see a video just bringing it back to just a few awesome shaders at a time. This is certainly a method I will be partaking in shortly :)

[@Bhunibelza]

That was such an insightful talk. Explained everything very well. Thank you!

[@Simonschreibt]

Thanks, good to hear that it was understandable. Especially for the water I had to go a littler faster and drop some details but I hoped it would still be useful. :)

[@Odey555]

when I tried making the fire it looked NOTHING like that example. need a proper separate tutorial for it.

[@vahida6146]

Great presentation, the only problem like the other video from eu fest is the camera...

[@PewPewv123]

You need a better cameraman

[@MangaGamified]

Press 'New Camera'

[@adlerkampf]

@@MangaGamified or drop a cinematic camera in the viewport and make it static

[@aziel43]

really nice work.

[@Horrordelic]

Very nice presentation :) !!

[@LaszloIvanyi]

Couldn't understand any of it. I wish there would be some good tutorials for UE. Existing ones are either incomplete, focus on a very small topic, outdated or not cover anything in detail. That water looked very good but by the time I understand any of how it was made, other people make complete games..

[@raedius_music]

the journey is the fun part - if not, you in it for the wrong reason bro :)

[@Lunatheia]

Like others have said I think this is a great talk but when he goes back and forth on the water part the video cuts to him presenting iso the actual presentation and it really annoyed me. Visuals like this are so important on a talk about shaders. :(

[@snowwarden3711]

great video, great concepts that i understand. I just have problems implementing it myself. sadly im a learn by being shown kinda guy rather then do it with concept in mind :/ full tutorials would be AMAZING for this stuff

[@MBMEMDDD]

Ever find those tutorials you wanted? I'm in the same boat.

[@tylermaitland8767]

@@MBMEMDDD not really, but stylized station on youtube have great videos and paid lessons with downloaded files

[@MBMEMDDD]

@@tylermaitland8767 Cool, good looking out.

[@ShankyTheBaa]

like it. thanks

[@vincebgamedev7455]

"i say it später" , Lovely der Junge :)

[@andrestapiatorres7766]

16:06 Which "Fortnite' sky talk" is talking about?

[@snowwarden3711]

how to you make noise textures like this is what i want to know

[@Adama_Now]

the driving base node is called "noise" in material editor.

[@wilismatrix9847]

he is so adorrrrable french guy 🤣😂

[@deneralves2228]

Wow! Amazing! I love the RIME visual! I'm a Unity user, and I used Unreal 4 for some learning. Not too much though. I'm always tempted to migrate to Unreal when I see something like that. I just don't like C++...

[@swrcPATCH]

I miss these kind of talks. Today's talks feel like they're just being streamed from someones home via Zoom. Feels really out of touch.

[@ArtofWEZ]

Great vid bad camera, needs to stay on the presentation

[@MrZelektronz]

I have a question: He seems to be german (His accent sounds like that), but Tequila Works in located in spain. Why is a german holding this presentation? (No offense I am german too, was just curious about it, because I hope to work in a gamestudio some day)

[@8thlvlMage]

It's common for someone skilled in this field to work outside their native country. I'm sure this guy speaks Spanish very well on the job. :)

[@MrZelektronz]

8thlvlMage That must be the case :)

[@usernr546]

He also hosts a podcast with friends where they are talking about being an artist or a programer and such in the game industry. Most of the episodes are in german but some are also in english. They have many interesting topics and Simon also gives a nice inside in his job as a freelancer artist and how he works with Tequila Works. The Podcast can be found here: gamedevpodcast.de/ :)

[@usernr546]

Also watch the other videos and presentations on his channel. Very intersting: kzbin.info/door/T3AarMFqrMyeyoEendhN-wfeed (simonschreibt)

[@MrZelektronz]

usernr546 Thank you :D I'll check it out

[@ScorPion-cp4jw]

Salve

[@solojammer9500]

Imagine this is your first Unreal week ever and you ended up here. That is me. It looks so nice and exactly how I want it for my game (later in a few years of course). but right now, I have no idea what he explained and how to even start approaching this art style....... Anybody can point me in a direction where to start?

[@justterry6135]

This dude looks like Chris Evans

[@a_d_z_y__]

Too bad generated subtitles think it's german. I would have loved to have the level in english to listen to this.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Show the screen, not the presenter.

[@vree_]

The random cuts to the presenter, especially when he is explaining new stuff on the slide is not helpful at all...