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Re: How long to learn Houdini?

I'm 18 months into Houdini.

Houdini needs to be learned in a specific order.

First you start with SOPs, learn about attributes, and start learning VEX. VEX is optional because of VOPs, but highly recommended, and VEX is usually simpler than VOPs. Then you learn POPs, then Vellum, then RBD, then Pyro, then FLIP, then Oceans. It's a logical progression which builds upon knowledge.

corymeyer

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Re: Painter - height / normal UV discrepancy

its correct - it just isn't doing what you want.

normal map represents slope - there is no concept of height
slope is shallower where texel density is larger because the calculation is done in uv space (more distance between peaks and troughs)

you need to do one of these :
- not have different texel densities
- use a world space projection for the noise
- compensate for the discrepancy by modifying the height intensity in specific areas

poopipe

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Re: Lamont's Art Box [Props/Environments]

Progress on the game I am working on. Going for retro future bloodsport gameshow look. Will post weapon animations and such later. If anyone is down to playtest let me know. I have 3 more keys.

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Lamont

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Re: BRAWL2 [Character] Sodom, Fabi_G

Loving the direction, your choice on colors otherwise style seems legit, it is your entry and vision and i am here for it. Great update!

iam717

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Re: What Are You Working On? (3D) 2025

Hi there! I'm new here.
Although I've always worked as a 2D artist and animator, I started messing around with Blender some time ago, and nowadays I’ve been modeling some of my own designs.
Here is one of my latest pieces inspired by the Fallout universe .

Right now I'm focusing on improving my mesh optimization and UV workflow, but I'd really appreciate any feedback or critique. Cheers!

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YG6vdV

Turumpetete

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Re: Weird normals

Solved: just in case someone else is having the same issue, I unchecked normal DX5 in project settings.

AtomicArmy

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Re: How Do You Make Game-Ready Weapons? Share Your Workflow

Just a quick writeup as I just went through the process myself for the first time. But the workflow is the same as doing any high to low bake:

Going to Unreal.
3DS Max, RizomUV, and Substance Painter (I set up my own export preset).
Starts out with ref gathering and note taking. Drawovers in Photoshop and deciding what colors to use. Blockout with all functional parts (for rigging) and getting it in game so I can see it in context. Then I make revisions from there on size and where to put details into. After that, I model the high. I do a lot of floaters to save myself time. Then model the low from the high. Then UV map the low and once the UV's are where I want, I move on to rigging/texture work. I make sure that all the parts are named correctly and my render settings in Substance are correct to not include parts that are named different etc. Also I use color ID (not the auto generated one). Following the notes and refs I took first makes the texture process easier. Prep work is not the most glamourous stage, but it helps to be somewhat organized. Then I do the rigging and animations from there. Since it's a weapon with no smooth skinning, it's easy to make revisions to the model.
My mistake was having to go back and add more things because "I thought it would be cool to see" which meant modeling more parts for animation and rigging.

Lamont

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