Unlimited Character Customization, 1 Material! [Prismatica DevLog #11]

Big systems require big explanations... I hope you've got a drink and a snack because this feature-length Development Log doesn't slow down! In this video we take a look at my last month of work, creating a robust character customization system so that Prismatica can be full of unique and colourful characters. This system also allows for individual assets to get much more usage than usual, saving production hours in the long run and also allowing players to really dig deep in to how they appear in game! The whole setup results in only 2 draw calls per character - one for the entire mesh and one for the singular material that covers it. This is SUPER handy for performance and allows us to have many characters on screen without slowdown, and also makes changing parameters a breeze. I also explain the setup for the UV atlases and how all the huge material functions function. We also jump in to Blender and explore how the different body types for the characters is achieved! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro ----Character Atlas Shenanigans---- 04:30 Material Overview 05:20 Draw Calls SUCK 07:20 No Repeated Instructions 08:55 The Fabric of Reality 15:40 Assigning Slots in Blender 17:10 Atlasing Alphas, not Results 18:00 Variable Texture Atlas 19:45 Modular Character Models 21:40 Texturing an Element 24:15 Contextual Parameter Atlas 28:24 Contextual Damage Effects ----Character Body Type Stuff---- 34:05 Shader Displacement Morphs 37:50 Authoring Displacements 44:35 Baking Weights to Vert Colour 46:23 Extra Considerations ----Skeletal Mesh Merging---- 48:05 Skeletal Mesh Merging 52:12 Find out more! --------------------------------------- Patreon:   / prismaticadev   Discord:   / discord   Twitch:   / prismaticadev   Twitter:   / prismaticadev   YouTube:    / prismaticadev   ---------------------------------------- Computer Specs: Ryzen 3900x 12-core CPU MSI Geforce RTX 2080 Super 64GB Corsair RAM One of those fancy nvme m.2 SSD's Programs of choice: Unreal Engine 4 - (Game Dev) Blender 2.8 - (Animation and Modelling) OBS - (Video/screen capture) Davinci Resolve - (Video editing) Adobe Photoshop - (Graphics and Texturing) Quixel Mixer - (Texturing) ProTools 11 - (Compositions and mixing) OldSchool Runescape - (Chillax time) Filmed using: Sony A7s2 body Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM lens Yonguo YN360 LED's for colour Yongnuo YN760 chip LED w/ Godox softbox for key My lovely cats names are Boycat, Girlcat and Ladycat :)