Ara: History Untold's Living World - Roads
This week's update to Ara: History Untold's Living World is focused on how the team ensured that our procedurally generated roads would all come to an organic endpoint or intersection.
Our last update on roads was in our City Layouts Developer Diary, where despite plenty of progress to placement and pattern, intersections were still in progress. Previously, overlapping roads would create seams, intersecting roads would have harsh transitions, and some roads would just end abruptly. To more accurately mirror the path of real roads, the team has made it so that intersections, even complex ones, have a more natural transition with proper blending. Additionally, buildings and structures will be aligned along the edges of roads and won't intersect with them.
We think these changes add to how realistic our living world can get, and we're excited to make more of these improvements in the future. Be sure to stay tuned for updates!
Take a look at the before (left) and after (right) of our roads.
This is a full view of what roads looked like before our recent changes, with visible seams, harsh transitions, and buildings intersecting roads.
This is a fulll view of what roads currently look like, with proper blending and smooth transitions in intersections.
Our last update on roads was in our City Layouts Developer Diary, where despite plenty of progress to placement and pattern, intersections were still in progress. Previously, overlapping roads would create seams, intersecting roads would have harsh transitions, and some roads would just end abruptly. To more accurately mirror the path of real roads, the team has made it so that intersections, even complex ones, have a more natural transition with proper blending. Additionally, buildings and structures will be aligned along the edges of roads and won't intersect with them.
We think these changes add to how realistic our living world can get, and we're excited to make more of these improvements in the future. Be sure to stay tuned for updates!
Take a look at the before (left) and after (right) of our roads.
This is a full view of what roads looked like before our recent changes, with visible seams, harsh transitions, and buildings intersecting roads.
This is a fulll view of what roads currently look like, with proper blending and smooth transitions in intersections.