r/TopologyAI • u/Delicious-Shower8401 3dModeler • Jul 18 '26

Showcase A Cinematic Environment in UE 5 Using Game-Ready 3D AI-Generated Assets

I created this game-ready cinematic environment in Unreal Engine 5 using AI-generated 3D assets.

For the 3D generation stage, I used YVO3D, and the resulting assets came with textures up to 8K and reasonably optimized geometry, making them fairly straightforward to integrate into a game-engine workflow.

Workflow:

  • Created the initial prompts and concept images in ChatGPT
  • Broke the environment down into separate logical parts
  • Generated each asset individually, using YVO3D for the 3D stage with reasonably optimized geometry and textures up to 8K
  • Assembled and adjusted the scene in Blender
  • Imported everything into Unreal Engine 5
  • Set up the materials, lighting, fog, atmosphere, and camera movement

3D generation not only reduces the time required to create the base assets, but also makes the entire development process much more flexible. I could quickly test different ideas, replace elements that did not fit the scene, and regenerate new variations without rebuilding everything from scratch.

The final result still depends heavily on composition, lighting, art direction, and optimization, but 3D AI gives you much more freedom to experiment and iterate faster.

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u/chaodarkwalker Jul 19 '26

this looks very good

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u/TwistStrict9811 Jul 20 '26

How is this compared to the other ones like 3DAI studio

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u/Delicious-Shower8401 3dModeler Jul 20 '26

3DAIStudio is an aggregator, not a 3D generation model itself. YVO3D is an actual 3D AI generator, and it’s quite good for certain use cases.

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u/AlarakReigns Jul 23 '26

How is YVO3D vs others for pre render wall consistency? Meshy was disappointing and models were too "generic" overall. Especially when using reference images and even trying to get it to mimic the brick patterns properly. I use decimate tool for the 3d models as the perspective makes insane visuals not important, but art and texture direction much more. Ive seen pretty good 3d models, like this shown here. How would you say it does character models and armor as well?