UE4 - Survivor Vision
Survivor vision is an incredibly versatile and adjustable visual effect used to reveal more information, secrets and items to the player. It has many different applications and is incredibly easy to set up, customize and plug in to your project.
MEDIA
Survivor Vision Trailer (via YouTube)
Download the playable demo (Win64 only)
DESCRIPTION
Survivor Vision allows designers to reveal information to the player in an interesting and special way. Players activate their survivor vision and get a special ability to peer into the depths of the game world, uncovering it's secrets. This sort of effect is used in many big-budget titles (including the Assassin's Creed franchise, Batman Arkham games and The Witcher 3) and has become a staple mechanic of the action/adventure genre, as well as many other pockets of the gaming industry.
Completely customizable, the effect is incredibly easy to set up. Just drop the component blueprint into your character, along with a couple of basic UE4 components (triggers and volumes - all explained in the included tutorial) and set up your controls! It's that simple.
Want to make the effect your own? Change the colours, outlines, fill texture, item indicators, etc? Couldn't be easier! With more settings than you ever need, there are literally THOUSANDS of different effect combinations you can create, and even multiple groups of effects (3 by default - but easily expandable to include more).
Use this tool to direct your players through complicated puzzles, help them stealth through your game, or just enhance the environmental story telling. With fully commented blueprints and materials, you'll have the perfect effect for your game set up in no time!
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Number of Blueprints: 4 (plus example content)
Network Replicated: Yes
List of Features: Player controlled post processing effect - desaturation, item outlining, item filling, item texture overlay, pulsing effect, x-ray vision. Screenspace indicator icons for objects. Fully customisable materials.
Engine Compatibility: 4.11+
Intended Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
Plaforms Tested: Windows, Mac
Supported Platforms: Windows, Mac
Important/Additional Notes: This system has been set up to work under standard desktop environments. Due to the complexity of the shaders, performance on mobile platforms cannot be garunteed. Several customers have got Survivor Vision working as intended on VR devices with good performance, but as I myself do not have a VR device I cannot offer any level of support or garuntee of the platform.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Where can I go if I need any assistance with Survivor Vision?
A: You can contact me for support matters via my dedicated support system at http://support.dapperraptor.xyz. Alternatively, you can join the Dapper Raptor support discord here. It's completely free!
SOME LEGAL STUFF...
Q: What do I get when purchasing this?
A: Purchase of Survivor Vision grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, and modify Survivor Vision for any lawful purpose. You will be provided with download links to the files for this template, and will be granted access to all updates that are to be released for the lifetime of the product.
Q: What can I do with this pack once I have purchased it?
A: Besides using this content for learning, experimenting, and prototyping, you can also ship it in your own products, too! However, you can’t sell or sublicense this content to other developers for use in their products, e.g. via website or e-commerce mechanism built into a 3D development tool.
Q: Can I use content from this package in another engine besides Unreal?
A: No, sorry. Survivor Vision itself is written using Unreal Engine 4 blueprints, so they simply will not work in another engine. The example content included is all provided by Epic Games them self, or other authors credited in the project itself, and is strictly for use within the Unreal Engine. If you really want to use some of the content included in another engine, please contact me and I can attempt to discuss this with the other authors. Content provided by Epic Games is strictly for use within UE4 without exception.