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Re: Former Firewalk/Concord dev talks Marathon

I would recommend not reading so much down in all these internet rabbit holes, and instead just plain making more art. Put in the time to get better at your craft.

Eric Chadwick

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Re: Former Firewalk/Concord dev talks Marathon

NikhilR said:

The other issue is that many gamers believe that their game language being translated into developer language isn't leading to the results gamers want to see quickly enough.

That's because they're little pissbabies who either don't understand, or don't respect how long games actually take to develop. Or both, usually both.

Don't you think it's a little rich to say you don't agree with devs being blacklisted when you've been all over this site concern trolling about certain developers, members of staff, and consulted companies for their work on games you take issue with?

Rima

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Re: Warhammer 40K Storm Raven Fanart

First texture version. Still all procedural in substance, will do a manual pass next to get rid of the uniform feel of the edges and rust.

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Shyralon

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Re: Fan Art Striker Zero by Hyung Woo Kim - Finished

More progress shots, the arms and legs. I changed the arm somewhat compare to the original concept, turning the side wings into an actual sword, gundam style. Add details like floaters and panels to the arms as well as making the hand with proper articulations. This part was the most difficult to get the proportions right.

This was a real pain in the behind to make, but so worth it lol. Sadly i can't upload the .mp4 file showing it in action so you have to take my words for it that it move

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Some of the floaters i made to add detail into the mech. I will bake them into a trim sheet next time to make it easier to use.

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np1094

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Re: [WIP] Triumph Rocket 3R Bike (SubD Model)

Sage said:

This looks sweet man!

Thank you!

kanga said:

Nice work!
What software are you using? Is this retopoed boolean modelling?
Look forward to seeing more. Welldone.

Thanks! I'm using 3ds Max. I'm not sure what your definition of "retopoed boolean modelling" is. I start with a blockout and define main forms with basic shapes if I can. Then I boolean pieces together and cut support loops and resolve/clean up geometry. I made a shitty "modeling is easy" meme when I finished my engine, you can kind of see the start of my blockout there lol

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kosh3d

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Re: Pickpocket - WIP

Coming along nicely! Elbows might sit a tiny bit high and the upper forearms look a bit thin in the side view, but it's hard to see (and probably good for getting into those pockets).

Noren

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Re: Baked high to low normal map has seams in Arnold CPU render on all hard edges.

我想在这里留下我探索这个问题的最终解决方法,我查找了很多教程但是大部分只是指出问题,没有看到解决方案,包括上面提到的"教程",虽然我没看到这个教程,但是我大概理解他的意思.由于保密需求,我只能简单地描述我遇到的问题和解决的方式:
首先,我有一个在SP,Unity中显示正确的Mikk-T切线空间的法线贴图,我发现其在Maya 2020.4 Arnold4 CPU中渲染不正确.出现类似这张图片的黑边

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由于模型面数太少且在角度大的地方没有断开UV并添加硬边导致的,你可以加面,重新分UV,重新烘焙一张几乎是平的细节(基本没有彩色部分)的法线贴图,遵循软硬边原则.
但是还有一个更简单的办法将其修复:在Substance中添加现在的法线,然后烘焙一张世界空间法线并导出,最后在HyperShade中设置aiNormalMap的节点的属性Tangent map为False,然后设置你的lowploymesh为平直着色(全硬边),这会使世界空间法线替代所有法线,注意,不能存在任何加权,平滑的法线结果.

I’d like to leave my final solution here after exploring this issue. I’ve looked through many tutorials, but most of them only pointed out the problem without providing a solution. Even the tutorial mentioned above—although I haven’t seen it—I can roughly understand what it’s trying to say.

Due to confidentiality, I can only briefly describe the problem I encountered and how I solved it:

First, I had a normal map in SP and Unity that displayed correctly in the Mikk-T tangent space. However, it didn’t render correctly in Maya 2020.4 with Arnold 4 CPU—it showed artifacts like black edges, similar to what’s shown in this image.

This was caused by a low-poly model without UV splits and hard edges in areas with steep angles. You could fix it by adding geometry, redoing the UVs, and rebaking a nearly flat normal map (with very little color detail), following proper soft/hard edge guidelines.

However, there’s a simpler way to fix it:
In Substance, add your current normal map, then bake and export a world space normal map. In HyperShade, set the aiNormalMap node’s "Tangent map" attribute to False, and set your low-poly mesh to flat shading (all hard edges). This will cause the world space normals to override all existing normals. Note: there must be no weighted or smoothed normals.

Msv777

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Re: Former Firewalk/Concord dev talks Marathon

not sure what there is to talk about this tbh.

Anyone can say anything on the internet, and this is on the same level of pettiness as Elden Ring players saying you haven't ackshually beaten the game if you use spirit ashes.

If MrSpug is a developer, he hasn't said anything that would damage the reputation of his company or his career. Reddit users are not the gatekeepers of people's careers. Companies work as a team and they don't single employees out to be put on the chopping block. I'm sure anyone with the talent to work on Concord in the first place has good career prospects.

Here's a fun tip; when people say you need a thick skin as a game developer, what they really mean is that you need to be capable of translating feral karen bitching into something legible; for instance here is my game developer translation of Atrocious1337's comment.

Gamer Language: "Sorry, but bland, homogenized, paint-by-numbers games like Concord deserve to fail. *additional crying noises here*"
Developer Language: "The game looks generic, I'm not interested."

zetheros

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[PAID] Seeking 3D Artist for Retro Racing Game

I’m developing a stylized racing game called SPEEDWORLD, set in the 1980s and inspired by vintage NASCAR, TNN motorsports broadcasts, and retro racing culture. I need two high-quality game-ready 3D assets:

A 1984-style stock car, based on the Monte Carlo — low/mid poly, separate mesh parts for damage, clean UVs for in-game paint customization.
A rigged, customizable male driver, featuring modular hair, fire suit styles, and accessories (mullet, open fire suit, gold chain, etc.)

Art style is stylized but era-authentic — no blocky cartoon look, but not hyperrealistic either. Think somewhere between a late PS2 racing game and a modern stylized indie title.

This is a passion project — not on a tight deadline, but I want someone who understands game integration and retro aesthetics. Long-term collaboration possible.

Unity-compatible format. I can provide references and briefs.

MarinoMiami85

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Re: Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?

pior said:

I hope that one of the big actors (manufacturer+publisher) would pull a 4Dchess move by releasing an intentionally underpowered but sleek piece of hardware in the 250USD ballpark (like a Steam Deck lite, roughly equivalent to the original Switch spec-wise) and granting a seal of approval to new (and old) PC games running well on it. This could push gamedevs to go back to barebones visuals (PS2-era), slashing developpment costs tenfold and bringing back a necessary focus on gameplay and clever visuals.

There's a lot of sense to the idea of slashing development costs - reducing risk to the studio when a project fails being the main benefit from a business perspective.

however ..
Shareholders are interested in growth, not profitability. Cutting costs by 90% isn't useful if it means that your total revenue falls - even if you 10x your return on investment.

I do think some version of this could work though..
Going from a 30m a year project with 300 people to several 3m a year projects with 30 people each and shorter dev cycles (1 vs 3 year for example) seems like it could work and would actually insulate your company against a couple of total failures in a given year.

Games would be smaller and thus command a lower price but you're talking about 50% less per unit so to meet the same ROI you'd only need to sell 20% as many copies

Obviously, staffing 10 projects at once is going to be something of an issue (enough to kill the idea dead I think) ..

poopipe

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