Painted shader issue

[TheBadger]

If you're not looking at moving very far why not try a skybox camera setup BUT export FBX and RGB texture? Then panorama behind that for the distant stuff/sky. Or an overhead ortho view of a terrain. I did a couple of experiements for some guys at uni, Grand Canyon (low res) into Unity was a breeze.

Elaborate Please. I am not exactly sure I know what you mean... So instead of two layers (the game engine plane, and the TG everything else) You are saying 3 layers?

export FBX and RGB texture?

To do what, and do this why?!

I think I may know what you may be suggesting... In old 8bit video games, there were often 3 layers of depth. The foreground which moved completely with the player. THe mid ground which moved slightly, and the back ground which did not move at all. like this: http://www.theriftarcade.com/bubble-inferno-is-an-endless-addictive-game-for-the-oculus-rift/ ?

I am also playing with ideas from the old 3DO system. Where video was mixed over a game environment. http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/502725-sewer-shark-3do-screenshot-shoot-sewer-vermin-in-the-meantime.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Pictures

[bigben]

Not quite that complex. The FBX becomes the game engine ground (with a few controls added so you follow the surface when walking and don't walk through things) You don't just  look at the your TG render, you explore it  

Try setting up a TG render with an ortho camera looking straight down (nothing too extreme with displacement). Low quality render to export FBX (keeping polygon count down to a reasonable size), higher quality render for the texture. Bingo, one VR terrain.


The skybox approach is just an extension of that ... up close and personal.

[TheBadger]

Ahh, thank you. 

[bigben]

Yes