User:Ivy/Eternity Project

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Notes about this page's contents

This page seeks to document the process and updates given from KR Mabinogi about the Eternity Project: Pushing Mabinogi: Fantasy Life, from the Pleione engine to Unreal Engine 5.

Contents will be mostly noted and referenced, and not translated.
Translations provided will be machine-translated as I only have a very rudimentary knowledge of Korean.

Mabinogi Fantasy Party (Summer 2023)^[1]

Mabinogi Engine Rehaul confirmed by the devs. Pleione Engine reached its limit when it came to what the devs wished to do.
Sneak Peek of Nao in Unreal Engine given.
Announcement of a future website dedicated to the Eternity Update to go online at a later time.
Possible scheduled updates, such as the Skybox, which was teased in a previous stream, might have been put on pause due to the Eternity Project.

2023-12-01 Winter Showcase Stream^[2]

Portrait of Sior in Unreal engine released on KR Twitter, as well as artwork of Tir Chonaill in Unreal Engine.

Preview of Tir Chonaill in Unreal Engine.
Preview of Tir Chonaill in Unreal Engine.

2023-12-20

Website Dropped. Link: https://mabinogi.nexon.com/eternity/index.asp
Documents the process behind the making-of of the Unreal Engine Mabinogi development.

Sections

Taking the first step in the news of Eternity

Director's Message (Google-Translated)

Hello Milletians,
This is Mabinogi director Min Kyeong-hoon.
As many Milletians have been waiting for, we have opened a space exclusively for the Eternity Project, which will deliver exciting news in the future. As I'm about to deliver news to Milletians in a new space rather than developer notes or website announcements, it feels a little different and I'm nervous all over again. Here, we will conveniently report issues, concerns, and development news that our Mabinogi team encountered while working on the Eternity project. We want to give you the feeling that we are continuing to develop with Milletians over a long period of time. Of Course, depending on the speed or progress of development, it may be difficult to provide news more frequently than expected. Nevertheless, we will strive to provide consistent news in the future so that it can be a space that makes waiting exciting. As this is the first story told to Milletians in this space, I would like to briefly explain the current status and direction of the Eternity project.
Classic but Classy
Personally, I feel a little awkward, but this sentence still encapsulates the direction of the Eternity project. This is a slogan that was actually presented internally from the beginning of the project so that it would not be forgotten during the development process and everyone on the Mabinogi team could remember it. I believe that the basis of Mabinogi that Milletians who come to Mabinogi expect is a fantasy life. And fantasy life refers to all activities that allow you to immerse yourself in the world of Erin, and ultimately rebuilding it will be the core process of the Eternity Project.
In the end, the goal is to continue the direction Mabinogi originally intended to go from the beginning, and to achieve this, Mabinogi must inherit its classic identity. However, we want to create a sophisticated look so that we can present an unrivaled charm compared to any other game.
Current status of the project
So, you may be wondering how much progress is being made. The Eternity project is currently in the "prototyping" process. However, since it is a redesigned and inherited version of a game currently in live service, it is very different from developing a new game. As a result, the purely physical volume planned is very large, and it is difficult to say exactly what progress is currently being made. However, the Eternity project is going through or must go through the following process.
We are planning to redesign the server structure and logic into a more stable form.

All content, as well as Mabinogi's basic movement base, must be re-created in the new engine.

In this process, we plan to renew, transfer, and improve all data and scripts in a better way.

All worlds and the many elements that make up them must be moved to a new environment and their quality must be improved or rebuilt.

It is necessary in all of this process, but since it is an old game, there are original drawings and plans that have been lost.

While drawing and reproducing a new picture, you must write a new proposal for any content that needs to be modified to match the latest grammar.

In addition to this, there are numerous other areas that need to be worked on to prepare Mabinogi for its new environment.

In order to complete all of this within a reasonable time and present a good performance, I think we need to make bold choices, such as excluding infrequently used resources or content. We will explain the development process step by step and share our concerns.
With this direction in mind, our Mabinogi team is working with a lot of worries on the one hand and excitement and fun on the other. And in the future, we will use this space to tell various stories and be with Milletians through Eternity updates. So, I thought about various ways to show the process. To enable this process to be developed together, we ask questions about what issues each person in charge is actually experiencing and what concerns they are having. I thought it would be better to tell a more direct story about the development. However, not all people in charge, including me, have talent for writing, so they may be poor at writing. I'm a little worried that it may not always be interesting.
I wanted to go through this process together because I don't think there's much difference between us and Milletians. We expect to be able to tell a wide range of stories by trying more diverse things in the future. We ask for your support. Mabinogi Eternity is a fantasy life we create together.
Thank you.
Dir. Min Kyung-hoon.

Omniscient art perspective
- Contains a word from 너구리/"Raccoon", the Art/Safety Director.

Dramatification of a meeting of the devs about UE replacement.

Finding the Erinn we want
- The thought process, Pleione's shortcomings, and how they can improve on it.
Nao
- Word from 모르모르킹 / "Moleumoleuking", the Character modeler, about the making-of of Unreal engine Nao.
Let's move to Unreal!
- Word from 브라운소스 / "Brown Sauce" about the engine replacement process and porting over Pleione assets to UE as a base.
Erinn Reconstruction Site Report
- Word from BG modeler 션션 / Shonshon about texture production and Tir Chonaill remodeling process, and establishing the BG style.
  - Note: In the past, texture creation was created by combining photo textures with Photoshop or drawing them directly. Nowadays, several tools such as Zbrush and Subtance are used.
For Silky Milletian Hair
- Word from developer K. about physics-based animation and rigging for hair.
  - Note: 13,586 animations
The four-point skirt
- Word from developer K. about physics-based animation and rigging for clothes, especially skirts.
Mabinogi Server story
- Word from 매드포순대 / Mad for Sundae about multithreading / multi-core process.
  - Game logic will go to multi-core.

Character Modeling

Reference drawing for the Unreal Engine model of Nao.
Process of modeling Nao.
Pleione Nao and Unreal nao side-by side.

Texture Research

Goddess Statue ported from Pleione to UE, without smoothing group values.
Building in UE assets.
Building with Pleione assets (left) and UE assets (right).
Building with Pleione assets (left) and UE assets (right).
A comparison of texture work between Pleione and UE.

R&D Backgrounds

A full view of Tara in Pleione as a sketch.
A sketch output of Pleione's Dunbarton into Unreal Engine as a base.

R&D Animation

Proof-of-concept Idle animation + Dress animation.
Proof-of-concept Idle animation + Dress animation.
Proof-of-concept Idle animation + Dress animation.
Proof-of-concept Idle animation + Dress animation.

Proof-of-concept Walking animation + Dress animation.
Proof-of-concept Walking animation + Dress animation.
Proof-of-concept Walking animation + Dress animation.
Proof-of-concept Walking animation + Dress animation.

2023-12-21

JP Mabinogi translated Eternity Project for JP players.^[3]
CN Mabinogi dedicated a microsite for translations of the Eternity Project.^[4]
NA Mabinogi translated Eternity Project for English-Speaking players.^[5]
- The NA website is signed by dev member 마니/Mani, 19 Year-Milletian.

2024-02-27

The North American Eternity Project Microsite went live.
All topics of the Korean site were translated into english.

Morrighan on the NA Microsite for the Eternity Project.

References

[1] ttps://www.youtube.com/live/ssU2DPklghU?feature=shared

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/live/1jx6YYNfv-8?feature=shared

[3] ttps://mabinogi.nexon.co.jp/notice/infoBoardContent.asp?ix=9466

[4] ttps://luoqi.tiancity.com/homepage/event/2023/1221plan/index.html

[5] ttps://mabinogi.nexon.net/news/88568/mabinogi-eternity-project-finding-the-erinn-we-dream-of

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Mabinogi Fantasy Party (Summer 2023)^[1]

2023-12-01 Winter Showcase Stream^[2]