A Reddit user known as dnnkeeper ported a scene from Half-Life: Alyx to Unity and shared some technical details of the process.The creator transferred the scene using Source 2 Viewer and made custom adjustments for Unity URP. The artist made a custom shader graph for ORM textures, a shader for blending two layers by mask, and added lens flare. As for the lighting, the artist shared that it has not been baked yet.Also, dnnkeeper modified the URP package to implement a custom Cubemap Fog shader to enhance the Citadel vista. The Redditor mentioned that certain elements, like emission textures and dynamic objects, have yet to be added. Further plans include adding volumetric fog and some interactions.Transferring a Half-Life: Alyx scene to a different engine requires high competence in the sphere. The game runs on Valves Source 2 engine, which is not open-source and has limited modding tools, so porting assets, lighting, shaders, and interactions from the engine to Unity is a technical challenge, as these engines have different workflows.Before, Technical and VFX Artist Daniel Santalla also recreated some elements from Half-Life: Alyx with Unity, namely the drawing mechanic, and explained how he set up the mechanic that allows the player to draw on a blackboard in VR and how it can be done with the glass surface similar to the effect in Half-Life: Alyx.dnnkeeper also shared a recreation of another games element, the movement of Overwatchs player, in the said engine:Dont forget to join our 80 Level Talent platform and our new Discord server, follow us on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Telegram, TikTok, and Threads, where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post 3D Artist Recreated Half-Life: Alyxs Scene in Unity appeared first on CG SHARES.