Nightingale Procedural Map-Generation Tool Optimization
Optimized Rock Placer Tool output for Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt 0.5.0 update
Identifying Bottlenecks and opportunities for performance optimization in Nightingale's Rock Placer Map-Generation tool
Rock Placer Tool Focus mode allows the user to visualize and operate on a smaller segment of the landscape, rendering faster generation and iteration
Tool Optimization to yield performance gain for new and existing biome sets' processing time in Houdini
Tool output showing consistent quality pre and post optimization
Optimized Rock Placer Tool output for Nightingale's Realms Rebuilt 0.5.0 update
Nightingale utilizes procedural map-generation tools in Houdini, integrated with Unreal Engine to produce high-quality 2 x 2 km game maps. One of such tools is the Rock Placer Tool. I worked on this tool, based on Selene Park's original Rock Placer Tool Development. Several optimizations were made, including re-evaluating network structure to identify bottlenecks, creating new features and sub-tools to increase workflow efficiency, and conducting thorough performance testing using both in-built and custom tools to validate updates. This resulted in upto 60% performance enhancements across multiple biomes.
I am grateful for the support from co-workers at Inflexion Games, including the Technical Art and Environment Art teams for their work and consistent feedback.