It’s very pretty, but I’m looking at the forest screenshots and something about it feels… flat? I think it’s the leaves, there’s no light going through them. Light looks like it’s shining on one side but there’s no glow coming through on the other.
The effect in game rendering is called subsurface scattering. It’s a fairly expensive effect, though in vegetation can usually be done quite cheaply. Most games do tend to try and get away without it.
Thank you! I was trying to remember the term for this so I could pull up some good examples. I know Red Dead Redemption 2 has it on foliage and skin. Forza Horizon also has it on foliage and also does it really well on the plastic track in the Hot Wheels DLCs
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It’s very pretty, but I’m looking at the forest screenshots and something about it feels… flat? I think it’s the leaves, there’s no light going through them. Light looks like it’s shining on one side but there’s no glow coming through on the other.
The effect in game rendering is called subsurface scattering. It’s a fairly expensive effect, though in vegetation can usually be done quite cheaply. Most games do tend to try and get away without it.
Thank you! I was trying to remember the term for this so I could pull up some good examples. I know Red Dead Redemption 2 has it on foliage and skin. Forza Horizon also has it on foliage and also does it really well on the plastic track in the Hot Wheels DLCs