Warhammer 40.000: Speed Freeks - Tech Art Feature Highlight: Rain Post-Process
My contributions to the Volcano level include: Weather conditions, terrain material, rock and structure materials, lighting, particle effects, decals and occasionally modeling and set dressing.
For this level, we wanted an alternative lighting variation with rain and mist. I made it work using a combination of global parameter driven material effects, light/fog settings and post-process shaders.
Though careful budgeting of effects and instance counts, the game runs on a handheld (pictured: Steam Deck) with little compromise, at 50-60fps.
In this Feature Highlight, I'm presenting my solution to produce a heavy rain setting with minimal use of (expensive) particles by using post-process materials instead.
Warhammer 40.000: Speed Freeks is made by Caged Element.
Environment/vehicle art shown contains art and set dressing by:
https://alltradesjack.artstation.com/