WEAPON CUSTOMIZATION

ROLE

UI Designer

DESCRIPTION

The Weapon Customization system was built to provide players with a customization UI where users can personally customize the different weapons, attachments, and colors of the weapons that are available.

YEAR

2022

PLATFORM

Unreal Engine 4

VIDEO SHOWCASE

DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

In order to get the Weapon Customization system working I needed to start with Weapons. I started by 3D modelling a Glock 17 in Autodesk Maya.

Since my project will also utilize attachments I needed a way to create a mount for the Red Dot Sight I planned to put onto the weapon.

After some research on different rails, I came across a Piccadilly rail that I could model for my Red Dot Attachment.

Created and Exported Textures from Substance Painter for Glock

The 3D model for the Red Dot Attachment was also modelled in Autodesk Maya.

Exported Textures from Substance Painter for Red Dot Sight

Setting up the actual functionality of the system is where most of my time went on the project. I used Unreals blueprint class to setup the functionality of the system. I used Enumerator Lists to store the different weapons and attachments that I had, and will call too through the blueprint classes.

Finally I obviously needed to set the scene. I used different assets I had gathered to setup the scene. Lighting was important so outside of an external light that lights up the scene, that the player cannot see, I also used a dynamic light in order to add more depth to the scene. Camera setup was also important, I went from 1 camera view that was kind of static to 2 cameras to add a more dynamic view during selection for weapons and attachments.

Dirt particles created using Unreals Particle System to add depth to the scene

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