From upstream C++ triangle generation to CPU height processing, UE terrain tiles, collision, POIs, and natural objects, with separate checks for generation paths and R16 height digests.
Follow a fixed tundra request through independent Stamp placement, recalculated Location support, vegetation and rock asset expansion, and block-based Scatter, with each validation batch kept separate.
Follow one fixed tundra request through source and corner heights, rasterization, filtering, location support, local textures, outer blending, and R16 encoding, with actual stage comparisons.
Stylized characters need per-material directions, lookups, and lighting rules while participating correctly in scene occlusion and composition. This implementation keeps ordinary scene rendering on UE’s deferred renderer. Characters retain BasePass depth, GBuffer, and identity data, while a dedicated CharacterForward pass generates their opaque color. This article follows the pipeline through character color generation and subsequent … Read more
Revision note (2026-09-30): This article records work from 2026-08-30. Early proxy designs, sample measurements, and evidence about the original algorithm are distinguished below. Pending work retains its historical validation scope. Later progress is covered in heightmap reconstruction and POI, Stamp, vegetation, and rock layouts. AI-Assisted Game Development · Asset Analysis Series · Procedural Terrain Implementation … Read more
Revision note (2026-09-30): This article records work from 2026-08-22. Early proxy designs, sample measurements, and evidence about the original algorithm are distinguished below. Pending work retains its historical validation scope. Later progress is covered in heightmap reconstruction and POI, Stamp, vegetation, and rock layouts. Runtime PCG Development Retrospective · Level Layout and Natural Terrain The … Read more
Revision note (2026-09-30): This article records work from 2026-08-20. Early proxy designs, sample measurements, and evidence about the original algorithm are distinguished below. Pending work retains its historical validation scope. Later progress is covered in heightmap reconstruction and POI, Stamp, vegetation, and rock layouts. RuntimePCG development retrospective · Runtime and networking The previous article, From … Read more
Revision note (2026-09-30): This article records work from 2026-08-19. Early proxy designs, sample measurements, and evidence about the original algorithm are distinguished below. Pending work retains its historical validation scope. Later progress is covered in heightmap reconstruction and POI, Stamp, vegetation, and rock layouts. RuntimePCG development retrospective · Editor and layout workflow · Phase 1: … Read more
Revision note (2026-09-30): This article records work from 2026-08-04. Early proxy designs, sample measurements, and evidence about the original algorithm are distinguished below. Pending work retains its historical validation scope. Later progress is covered in heightmap reconstruction and POI, Stamp, vegetation, and rock layouts. A practical reconstruction of the configuration flow behind Region, SubRegion, StampInfo, … Read more
Revision note (2026-09-30): This article records work from 2026-07-13. Early proxy designs, sample measurements, and evidence about the original algorithm are distinguished below. Pending work retains its historical validation scope. Later progress is covered in heightmap reconstruction and POI, Stamp, vegetation, and rock layouts. — From a reverse-engineered generation model to pre-landing engineering verification AI-Assisted … Read more