Cool. Nice to see someone willing to continue this project. If you get a new PC, you sould check out UE4 reccomended requirements: ,,What are Unreal Engine 4's system requirements? For developing with UE4, we recommend a desktop PC with Windows 7 64-bit or a Mac with Mac OS X 10.9.2 or later, 8 GB RAM and a quad-core Intel or AMD processor, and a DX11 compatible video card. UE4 will run on desktops and laptops below these recommendations, but performance may be limited.'' Also, here is a thread with people testing it on their machines:https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?1095-Compatibility-List-Unreal-4-Hardware-Feedback As for the terrain, I suggest starting out from a heightmap. I have found several Mata Nui heightmap images on internet. Additionally, you could download a terrain generator software, like World Machine, export the heightmap from there and import it in UE4. Now here are some ideas about possible gameplay. At later development stage, there could be rare ennemies encounters. Around each one, there is an invisible circle. If you enter in the circle, they begin attacking you, and you need to run. If the creatures are in your path, you could lure them away by throwing stones. At some point in the game, you could get weapons, and even go hunting for rare thropies. Now here are another UE4 resources: Snow material- the cool thing is that you could specify the ammount of snow on rocks, so you could make smooth transitions from snowy regions to less snowy ones. https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?8986-Dynamic-tessellated-snow-material As for UI creation, UE4 editor has a new tool included called UMG. You could create some nice floating UIs. I propose a different dialogue system that the one in original games. So. I'll try to build an ASCII image then explain: ______________________ | | | No yes | | \ / | | + | | / \ | | Thinking Well... | | more | ______________________ ( in edit screen, the ascii image is seen right but on post not) So...in the middle of the screen you have a crossair. When you move the crossair on a NPC, four dialogue options appear. If you move the view and the crossair is not on NPC, the menu disappears. When you hover the crossair on a NPC, 4 dialogue options appear. Now you have two options : 1. Left click and drag towards the option you consider and see what NPC says further. 2. Say it in the microphone, and the corresponding option is automaticly selected. Additionally, you could press a keyboard key and see all the pie menus from all NPCs arround.
