Archive for 2021

I finally got around to make some kind of texture for the floor trim, and to work more on the cell floor design. Since the very start I had in mind the idea of a “classic” tatami flooring as an option (wouldn’t be suitable for supermax obviously). Overall, I am very pleased with how it eventually turned out, given that I made them completely from scratch.

Don’t worry, the “normal” floor style is not going to go away.

I have also added in today’s blog update a quick idea for some potential floor markings. I would love to know your opinions on what else I could add (not “too specific” things obviously).

It is finally starting to look complete 😀

And another part of the cell project is complete. I’ve just finished re-rendering the cell door textures and am considering them to be final at this point.

All the models are final too, with proper LOD versions and colliders (I finally figured how to make offset colliders). I also decided to use the spare “face” of the door to put a configurable text engine on it, because why not?

It uses the simplified alphabet that my nameplate system uses, and so you won’t get fancy symbols. It should be good enough to put cell numbers, block denominations, things of that order.

13 different parts and 7 Land impact so far, including the required lock proxies, there is only a few more things that I need to finish before I can move on to the furnitures.

Cell door progress woo!

I’ve now gone through round after round after round of texture tests.

There is a limited amount of detail I can add on such a large piece without blowing the texture budget and it also had to be tintable.

…Or at least tint-friendly?

I’ve added a bunch of little normal mapped details here and there:

• Rivets on the front and back.
• Friction reduction rails on the window shutter path.
• Ribs on the shutter itself.
• Grip-style latch on the shutter handle.
• Indentations on the door edge where the deadbolts retract.
• Dishing on the backside of the shutter… because why not.
• You can also pick between glass or bars on the window opening.

Furthermore, the actual texture is “light” enough to be color matched with the cell framing beams and can support a fairly wide range of colors through tinting.

In all honesty, I’m probably forgetting some things, I always do 😛

I’ve just pushed a new update for the KDC Isolation Headphones!

Beside a bunch of small fixes (that I can’t really remember), the main addition is a new configuration flag card:

• cfg_LockableIMButton

It allows to adjust the default behavior of the IM toggle button to prevent people from toggling it once the headphones are locked. This is a fairly “niche” feature, but it might make the headphones more practical to use for some.

As usual, you should receive a notification from the auto-updater shortly.

I’ve also updated the Instruction Manual, so you can get more details about this new feature there.

After a much needed mini end-of-year holiday, I am back to work. Which means: back on the prison cell project.

I initially hoped that I would be able to cram everything into a half-width texture, but it wouldn’t fit. At least on a full-size, I know that all the parts should fit.

I’m not going to put anything into the window/hatch spaces because I intent on keeping those “black” for the lowest lod (when the door is merely a cube).

The hatches will also share the same texture area. Other than that, there isn’t going to be much UV recycling.

It probably won’t matter but I’m trying to do some pixel perfect snapping in the UV edges in order to see if I can make them as seamless as possible.

I also had an idea on how to get more value out of the prisoner uniform. The last picture is a quick mockup of a “conversion” to a japanese/korean style uniform, tell me what you think!

This one is on me again, I made a mistake during last round of update and forgot to package two left wrist cuff animations (left cuff to collar left/right ring).

So unfortunately, it is update time again, wrist cuff hotfix time:

• AI Basic wrist cuffs.
• ER Chrome wrist cuffs.
• Classic leather wrist cuffs.
• Heavy Metal wrist cuffs.
• Laminated wrist cuffs.
• Lined Chrome wrist cuffs.
• Meat Market wrist cuffs.
• Paw Mittens.
• Vermilion wrist cuffs.

Once again, I apologize for the inconvenience.

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