Simply was surprised that you didnt find "any usefull" ( see who is rude now ? ) information on the link that he shared, wich, i can also atest that has the answer you seeked. Thus, his comment about you wanting a tl;dr, instant-access , specially after you said that " others articulated it more effectively", is apparently what you were seeking.
Beeing gratefull is the bare minimum when interacting with people that try to help you. Calling someone rude because they called you out on what type of feedback you seemed to be actually searching ( wich you confirmed btw ) is rude by itself and shows a huge lack of awareness on how to behave with colleagues. I just hope you try to work on that in the future as i can definately tell you, it will be a huge problem for you and your colleagues ( since they will be the ones having to deal with you ) if you ever make it to a professional setting.
Im sorry but you totally did come off like that. Its specially bad if you`re a student...
This is the time to cemment good "habits", and properly studying links that a seasoned vet told you has the answer ( it literally "solves" it to you in that thread ). You only found it valuable when someone did "all the work" and spilled out a gif\acted like an actual teacher.
You wont have that much hand holding in the industry, and its a very dangerous mindset to have in a HIGHLY competitive landscape as it is right now.
I would re-think the way you are approaching asking for advice, because this isnt it.
"It’s meant to be a functional military unit, not a relic"
From my experience, rapid fire heavy weapon muzzle/barrel jacket discoloration becomes a factor mainly due too heat after extended use hence on occasion the barrel may become unservicable (shot-out) and replaced.
I'm not sure it's strange. After all, it's a lot easier and cheaper to turn a tweet into 250 words you can hang some adverts off than it is to go and find something interesting and useful to write about.
This is my fourth version of this Jukebox. The project started in late 2021. In the attached pic with 4 examples, the first was an Eevee Product Viz version, the others are Marmoset Toolbag with Substance Painter Texture work.
Texturing continues to be a mystery to me as far as game art is concerned. I personally struggle not only to know how it should look, and what is expected of me, but also with my only preferences. Game art is functional art that serves a purpose, so while I understand that the industry looks for certain types of texturing work as a standard, I personally pull away from texturing details. My natural tendency is to want things very pure and clean. I find it hard to "ruin" or "wear" a beautiful piece of design like this. So I continue to search for the right middle ground between pleasing my myself as an artist and demonstrating employable skills that the industry needs.
So .. critiques are welcome on the new textures here. I am happy with the model and won't re-bake anymore. Thank you!
When rendering in a real-time renderer, only the nearest side of the glass will be rendered.
And if you want to render the same single-sided glass in a non-realtime pathtracer, they will by default render both sides of every single-sided mesh anyway. The one thing you lose with single-sided glass in a pathtracer is if you want thicker glass in the middle... then you'll want a bulged-cylinder for the glass mesh.