SideFX Houdini UE4 Plugin | Developer Interview | Unreal Engine
Announce Post: https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?133203
Using Houdini with UE4? Curious about using Houdini's tools with UE4? Interested in procedural generation, visual effects and modeling tools? Well then we have the stream for you! Luiz, Chris and Ben from SideFX were our guests and had a lot to show off with Houdini.
Power Point Slides: https://cdn2.unrealengine.com/HostForForums%2F2017%2FEpicHoudiniTwitch2017_mp4-af1c3c56496e73d997a2f1df33db77c5851ec4c8.pptx
Links From Stream:
Global Game Jam Houdini Indie license offer - http://globalgamejam.org/news/houdini-indie-global-game-jam
Houdini for Game Dev Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1263931830313594/
Houdini User Groups - https://www.meetup.com/pro/houdini/
Houdini Engine for UE4 Forum - https://www.sidefx.com/forum/51/
tech-artists.org
Think Procedural Discord Channel https://discordapp.com/invite/b8U5Hdy
Price/Feature Comparison https://www.sidefx.com/games/compare/
http://norman3d.com/TextureMorphTargets/Vertex-count-agnostic_Morph_Targets.pdf
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/TequilaWorks/20160620/275347/How_to_take_advantage_of_textures_in_the_vertex_shader.php
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:00:30] News
[00:03:24] Community Spotlight
[00:11:25] SideFX Events Announcements
[00:15:55] Presentation Intro and SideFX History
[00:18:00] Houdini Overview
[00:18:30] Demo Reel
[00:21:36] Houdini in Games
[00:23:08] RealtimeFX
[00:28:00] Fluids
[00:31:30] Texture Based Animations
[00:37:35] Asset Processing
[00:42:10] Squishy Column Example
[00:43:47] Houdini Engine
[00:44:25] Rock Generator
[00:46:14] Chain Tool
[00:48:07] Cable Tool
[00:49:12] Blueprint Placement
[00:50:47] Graybox Generation
[00:53:42] Outro and Recap
[00:57:07] Q&A
[01:14:07] Outro
NEWS
4.14.3 Hotfix - https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?133586
Game School Online - https://www.unrealengine.com/showcase/learn-unreal-engine-4-development-from-professional-aaa-devs-via-game-school-online
Project Genom - https://www.unrealengine.com/showcase/project-genom-offers-mmo-fans-a-future-of-freedom
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Orfeas C++ Puzzle Project w/ Source - http://orfeasel.com/portfolio/puzzle_game/
Tartarus Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpQ46ugeTZ8
Apollo Dev Diary - https://apollodevdiary.wordpress.com/