Thank you for answering my previous question Robert.

I had a quick question about Megascans again as it pertains to the environment, game art tool, and submission. You've made it clear that any Megascan asset used in the submissions will result in disqualification. I understand that part. I am working on "cleaning out" an existing Unreal project I currently have that has a lot of Megascan assets in it (mostly textures and models). I am working on cleaning them out and replacing them with COP textures and models I'll create in Houdini.

Here's my question: assuming everything in my Elderwood level of my Unreal project is all made in Houdini, is it okay to still have existing Megascan assets in the folder structures of my Unreal project? Meaning there will be no Megascans in any of the final renders, but judges may find lingering Megascan assets in the folder structure of the project. Is that okay for submission?

Also, I assume we are okay to use the textures and other assets that ship with Unreal?

Thanks!

sarnett21
Thank you for answering my previous question Robert.

I had a quick question about Megascans again as it pertains to the environment, game art tool, and submission. You've made it clear that any Megascan asset used in the submissions will result in disqualification. I understand that part. I am working on "cleaning out" an existing Unreal project I currently have that has a lot of Megascan assets in it (mostly textures and models). I am working on cleaning them out and replacing them with COP textures and models I'll create in Houdini.

Here's my question: assuming everything in my Elderwood level of my Unreal project is all made in Houdini, is it okay to still have existing Megascan assets in the folder structures of my Unreal project? Meaning there will be no Megascans in any of the final renders, but judges may find lingering Megascan assets in the folder structure of the project. Is that okay for submission?

Also, I assume we are okay to use the textures and other assets that ship with Unreal?

Thanks!

It might be worth cleaning out the folders to test that the scene works without them. It might confuse judges to include them. assets that ship with Unreal are fine.

Igor Backstrom
Hi Robert, should we post in "BEST REALTIME FX | SUBMISSIONS" separately? Because my post was actually a submission and not WIP.

HDA and project file were there from day 1.

Yes - please repost if they are your final submission - only posts to the submission threads will be judged. Anything outside of those three threads will be considered WIP

ChewyPixels

rmagee

johancc
Edit: Are plugins allowed? Like simple tree tools and Modeler?

I will have to get back to you about Modeler because it will make it harder for us to evaluate your scene files if we dont' have it installed.

Hi Robert. I also would like to know. Would you confirm whether or not we are allowed to use Modeler 2025 for the competition. Thanks.

Yes - that is fine - please indicate with your entries so we can verify the scene files.

Hello everyone!
I encountered a problem with creating instances in an asset for the Unreal Engine. In the lessons, when creating instances in UE, you get an object that can be changed to any other in the engine itself (img_1). For me, it looks different (img_2). And at the same time, I can’t change the object to the one I need. I use Houdini 20.5 and UE 5.5. I have a question. Has something changed in the new versions of UE, or am I doing something wrong? I would be grateful for help or links where I can look at or read about this.

Hello, I am working on submission in tool category. In rules there is information that it has to work on Houdini version 20.5, but is there any specific version for Unreal Engine project? Is 5.4 will be ok or it should be something more recent, or even the latest one?

Filippo2804
Hello, I am working on submission in tool category. In rules there is information that it has to work on Houdini version 20.5, but is there any specific version for Unreal Engine project? Is 5.4 will be ok or it should be something more recent, or even the latest one?

5.5 would be best but 5.4 is OK

I have another question regarding submissions for the game art tool category.

I have a few tools that I will be using, but I want to submit only two of them to actually be judged. If I am submitting two of the tools to be judged shall I create a video, 3 shots, and a video explanation for each one? And then I just upload all of those materials to one post in the submission thread? Or would it be best practice (and easier for the judges to distinguish) if I created a separate thread for each HDA I submit?

Thanks!

sarnett21
I have another question regarding submissions for the game art tool category.

I have a few tools that I will be using, but I want to submit only two of them to actually be judged. If I am submitting two of the tools to be judged shall I create a video, 3 shots, and a video explanation for each one? And then I just upload all of those materials to one post in the submission thread? Or would it be best practice (and easier for the judges to distinguish) if I created a separate thread for each HDA I submit?

Thanks!

Separate entries please.

Hello! I just wanted to double check that the deadline is 11:59pm EDT July 13th or if it's 11:59pm EDT July 14th!

jemovfx
Hello! I just wanted to double check that the deadline is 11:59pm EDT July 13th or if it's 11:59pm EDT July 14th!

11:59pm EDT July 14th!

Toronto..we may have a problem, for the scene files submission, is ~15-30GB(unsure what the zipped file would be atm)admissible?

..asking for a friend ahem

(edit: should have added the UE folder also, so could be a possible total ~ 40GB zip if the compression isnt much help)

geetee2323
Toronto..we may have a problem, for the scene files submission, is ~15-30GB(unsure what the zipped file would be atm)admissible?

..asking for a friend ahem

Yes - you may not be able to upload to our site - put it on google drive or maybe use wetransfer.

Cheers Robert, I do daily backups using Idrive so will split it into convenient RARs after pruning and share the links, I'll be coming in heavy but gotta land this beast,it's been a blast.

Sláinte!

Hi everyone! Very last minute question, but if we plan on adding a written explanation does it have to be in the description of the post, or can we attach a .pdf/.txt in the submission folder? Is there a preferred format?
Thanks!

teacupsandtime
Hi everyone! Very last minute question, but if we plan on adding a written explanation does it have to be in the description of the post, or can we attach a .pdf/.txt in the submission folder? Is there a preferred format?
Thanks!

Either is fine

Hello, I submitted to the thread before the deadline for realtimefx but my post doesn't seem to be showing up in the thread. I have never posted anything before and didn't see the approval to post if that is the issue.

just a heads up, it seems my Houdini files uploaded to my iDrive Cloud Drive worked fine but I'm seeing now that the Unreal Project RAR still hasn't fully uploaded, its a single 7GB,
(edit: so I've could split it into smaller RARs if the SideFX folks weren't able to access it initially)

all the best

Hello!
is there any news about the challenge?
even a little hint about how's going to work?

col bo
Hello!
is there any news about the challenge?
even a little hint about how's going to work?

Same here. Was wondering if there any progress?