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Re: Tech Artist - What are you working on: FOREVER Edition!
This is a lot less flaky now i rewrote half of it - that doesn't mean it's any good but it does function and it's been really good fun actually using it to make silly stuff.
So... I stuck it on github
https://github.com/poopipe/shed.git
includes are supported from lib_glsl in the installation folder/package
you can add <n> textures (Texture0, Texture1) etc. - it looks in cwd for the files. currently you need to restart the app if you add/remove a texture
the hack is no longer needed
I'm not building packages yet but it is buildable (I use poetry, you should also use poetry) I will do that once I've got my head around github actions but thats for another day
if you can't be bothered / want to run from source, you can find the dependencies in the .toml - I'd still recommend installing it since it's designed to be run as an executable module (python -m shed -f my_shader_file.glsl)
Last tested on windows 10 with an nvidia gpu. it should work on linux (kubuntu, amd gpu) although I've not gone back to check since i fixed the most recent windows bug.
poopipe
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Re: deleted post
..so this is an interforum post .. because :
What does mean (?):
> the high-poly to low-poly bake isn’t turning out well
This may depend on how you generate the highpoly and lowpoly models.
According tileable textures:
Well this depends on the texel density you want to have and also the "additional details" across an opject.
For your big main cylinder tanks you could certainly tile some map three times arround but you need some more distinction in the up/down direction ( or whatever you call "..-up") ? This maybe is even more important for the pipes..
With "additional details" i mean: if the "tanks" are covered with details then the up down repeatition/tiles are not so much visible and may not need this (?). Or you rotate them and the seems is covered by some "belt".
For generating tileable textures: generally one want to generate or blend this in a repeated way so one can "cut out" a tileable texture inbetween. There are thousand of tutorials and plgins/addon and even applications for this.
There is also some hint in the polycount wiki:
Concerning RGB masking workflow.. You may have to elaborate this to get a more suited answer.
okidoki
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Re: deleted post
Ohh yes meaning vertex paint (on RGB) to mix textures and break up repetition.. now i understand the question.. 
okidoki
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Re: The Bi-Monthly Environment Art Challenge | November - December (93)
Got this far with it, the plan is to add some shaders and rig it, then render in unreal, hopefully before the month ends
v13r1
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Re: WIP (Original Character
Hi! Are you sure your checker map is UV projected? The way the checkers get cut off makes me wonder.
If you want it looked at, you could attach your meshes
If you want it looked at, you could attach your meshes
Fabi_G
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Re: Critique my Stylized Modular Skate-park
Hi! I think in your latest image, the gaps on the ramp look too exaggerated: The width/depth would impact the skating experience (getting stuck?) and visually it breaks up the surface too much. Perhaps thinking of the structure underneath, that the plywood is screwed/nailed to, will help you find a solution. If I had to build a ramp, I would try to have as few joints as possible while minimizing waste of plywood :-B
Rough overpaint:
Reduced the gap strength and added some smoothed over fixtures - just an idea. To minimize joints could offset boards by 0.5. Another plywood feature could be knots.
Generally, I would focus on nailing down the look first. Once you identified the important features, you can still make a material in Designer.
Rough overpaint:
Reduced the gap strength and added some smoothed over fixtures - just an idea. To minimize joints could offset boards by 0.5. Another plywood feature could be knots.
Generally, I would focus on nailing down the look first. Once you identified the important features, you can still make a material in Designer.
Fabi_G
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Re: Happy Polydays!
@Eric Chadwick -5? Damn man, Vancouver can't decide if its Winter or Fall yet. I've been in shorts a few days.
Happy new years friends
Happy new years friends
Ashervisalis
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Re: [UV unwraping]Why do we always put car wheels on a separate UV map when unwrapping
For the car game we put out recently we had to separate wheel materials to handle various motion blur/temporal aliasing things - that's also a good reasondimwalker said:I used variation of exploding method - fifth wheel that is away from the car, just far enough to not get affected by chassis. Other wheels have their UVs moved 1 tile away so they won't affect baking, but use same texture area.
Imho only good reason to have a wheel on its own texture is to allow more details/pixels.
poopipe
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