Medieval Modular Design: Buildings 1

  • July 06, 2014
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  • Blender 2.7x
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  • Creator: Daniel74
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Description:

For a long time I've been trying to figure out how to make it possible to build variated medieval cities without having to build each building by hand. I came up with a system of modular design where each part is it's own object. This can for example be a window. This window also contains multiple parts, like frame, window and boards. Then I can export the object into Unity3D and hide various parts of the object as I want. I can also easily change the material of one part without having to build new objects for it.

It's a bit difficult to explain it and if I ever get around to it, I might make a tutorial.

This might not be a very good or efficient way, but it's one way to do it.

I'll upload the files here if anyone wants to use them.

2014-09-28 Here are some quick tutorials I wrote on how I used the modular design:

http://silveralv.blogspot.se/2014/09/export-fbx-in-blender.html

http://silveralv.blogspot.se/2014/09/import-to-unity-3d.html

Comments:

  • toepinch profile picture
    toepinch

    This might go well with MIcrovellum's Fluid Designer.

    Written July 06, 2014
  • Daniel74 profile picture
    Daniel74

    That could be interesting.

    Written July 06, 2014
  • Josephbburg profile picture
    Josephbburg

    Reminds me of some of the buildings in Morrowind :)

    Written July 06, 2014
  • Daniel74 profile picture
    Daniel74

    Long since I played that, but I did look at many games including Skyrim to try and find a way to do this. :)

    Written July 07, 2014
  • FayZee profile picture
    FayZee

    This design is particularly good.

    I live in a town with a High Street full of old houses like this converted into shops.

    Written July 09, 2014
  • Daniel74 profile picture
    Daniel74

    Central Europe somewhere? I love those old buildings there. Celle in Germany has lots of them. Very beautiful!

    Written July 09, 2014
  • FayZee profile picture
    FayZee

    Actually, the UK.

    Written July 09, 2014
  • Daniel74 profile picture
    Daniel74

    Ah, yeah sure they have a lot there too! We have some in Sweden too, but not that many that I know of at least.

    Written July 09, 2014