Friday Fun: Temple Run, selfmade

Virtual production artists, rejoice! Scans Factory has just unleashed a massive free asset pack of over 120 high-resolution 3D scans of ancient Cambodian temples, available on the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

This collection is packed (literally) with photorealistic meshes of ruined temples, both interior and exterior, all compatible with Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite and Lumen systems.

The [VP] Temples of Cambodia – Ruins exterior and interior pack isn’t just another bunch of polygons. These come with meticulously crafted 4K textures to ensure every crack, crevice, and eroded statue glows (or doesn’t, if you’re not using Lumen). Whether you’re shooting a cinematic or destroying civilization one mesh at a time, this collection has the distressed architecture you need.

Sure, you could use these for a game, but they’re primarily built for virtual production—think green screens and actors wandering in real-time environments. With more than 120 individual meshes and over 60 variations, you’re looking at an endless number of ways to crumble your digital sets. And if you’re wondering how long you can gaze upon these ruins for free, well, the marketplace is offering this until the end of October 2024. After that, you might need to start praying to the gods of the marketplace.

So, sharpen your Unreal skills, adjust your lighting, and get ready to rebuild (and probably ruin) some ancient wonders. Oh, and did I mention these babies are exportable to other engines and DCC apps? But you’ll want to check the fine print on that one.

For the adventurous, here’s your starting point: Scans Factory Documentation and the Unreal Marketplace Download