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Sticky Information About Polycount & New Member Introductions

Information You Should Know About the Polycount Forum Here are some things you should know about the Polycount Forum.   New Members Welcome to Polycount! Please reply to this t…
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Haleth

Sticky How to Post on the Internet

I want to talk about the common questions and misconceptions inexperienced artists have, either when they start working towards becoming an artists or when they join Polycount. This is a culmination …
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mark14

Sticky Greentooth Sightings in Videogames

If you spot a surreptitiously placed Greentooth in a videogame, take a screen shot and share it here.Please only post legit videogame screenshots.Please only post legit Greentooth's. Similar or …
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iam717

Sticky Bugs! We got 'em!

Please post all your bug reports here. Anything wrong with the forums, we want to know about it. We think you want to be informed about what's going on with the forums. In that spirit, here's a …
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okidoki

Sticky Polycount Discord/Slack/Skype/Hangout/etc.

We've set up a Polycount chat room[s] on the Discord service. Click the link here and you'll be taken there. This is a no-time limit invite.Check out more here for the service's info and stand a…
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R3D

Zero views on my ArtStation profile despite having a Pro subscription—any advice?

Hey everyone! I previously used ArtStation without a subscription and typically received over 100 views on my posts. I decided to try the Pro subscription for a month to see if it would enhance my vi…
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Ruz

Need advice: How to get unstuck in 3D modeling

A year ago, I started learning 3D modeling. At first, everything was going great – I was quickly grasping the basics, and I really enjoyed it. It seemed simple and clear. But as I dug deeper into …
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kanga

What made you feel good today?

What made you feel good today? Tell us what us what made you feel happy today. Sister thread,[URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I s…
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iam717

Is it harder to sculpt women than sculpting men?

To anyone that sculpts characters, do you have a slightly harder time sclupting women(beautiful sexy women) than men? or perhaps the reverse? If so, why is that? Just curious if there's a reason or…
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Joao Sapiro

Banned self

On Thursday, my account was banned.Turns out it was my fault all along. Over time, I have added IP range bans for various spammers. Then my work VPN switched over to use an IP within one of those ran…
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Joao Sapiro

AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject.

[{"insert":"wow, OK...I haven't posted in a long while, but with all the recent AI drama going on, I felt I needed to voice some concerns, and bring up some perhaps controversial thoughts and opinion…
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pior

The Secrets of the Luminara Challenge by Kitbash 3D/Cargo

HelloIs anyone doing the The Secrets of the Luminara Challenge (Kitbash 3D/Cargo)? https://kitbash3d.com/pages/secrets-of-the-luminaraJust thought I would share the challenge in case a…
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littleclaude

Foundry announces strategic decision to wind down development of Modo

https://www.foundry.com/news-and-awards/foundry-winds-down-modo-developmentRelevant to the - (checks notes) - three users this software still has in game dev. You are seen! We stand with you.Also mov…
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Bek

Epic merging various storefronts to Fab marketplace

Didn't see a topic on this and I could imagine this could affect people here. Epic will eventually be merging all of their storefronts into one place called Fab, this will include Unreal Marketplace,…
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Benjammin

Game Industry Layoffs - WTF?

Seriously guys?WTF?
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Eric Chadwick

AI Hair Generation tool, HAAR: Text-Conditioned Generative Model of 3D Strand-based Human Hairstyles

Source:https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-j-black-41751114_unreal-blender-smpl-activity-7143401528807100416-_QMm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopHAAR takes a text description of a h…
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HikikomoriDev

I don't understand sometimes

Don't confuse this as complaining, more like just a rant but I truthfully don't understand Artstation and trends half the time, or even if I'm doing something wrong. I find it extremely depressing so…
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Mr_Nova

Did Gumroad just get dumped by PayPal?

Email received on Wed, 16 Oct 2024 22:11:34 (UTC)In case the image above doesn't load, here's a transcript:Important: Update Your Payout Method on GumroadHello (...),We wanted to inform you that PayP…
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Nixellion

Video games you wish you can replay for the first time?

not necessarily your favorite games, but ones that left a mark in some way.on my shortlist:mgs1original halohalf life 2rayman 2mario 64zelda OoToriginal shenmueoriginal sonic the hedgehog (christmas …
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Alemja

Which 5 software tools would you have installed on your computer in the event of a worldwide interne

NASA has informed us that we’re going to have a solar storm in one week, and you want to prepare to spend the next 12 months developing your next game, level, or scene to showcase after the crisis.Se…
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Sidney Eliot

Can any Ai based tools could make a clean looking sign/logo from a photo?

Like some random phone taken  picture of  a sign,  low res and blurry  to something ready to turn in vectors ?    I tried some Ai  upscalers , Ai image generat…
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Tiles

Hello New Here

[{"insert":"I'm a varied artist who recently joined this site. Hello people 😊\n"}]
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bobdiscus

What made you feel crap today?

What little thing has pissed you off/made you sad today? I feel so dirty after creating the "what made you feel good" thread, all those mopey and happy people covered in Disney love :) so I t…
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poopipe

Star Wars Outlaws: Character design was the least of this games problems.

I find many of the gameplay decisions very confusing. Kay is an overpowered thug, but can't carry rifles up ladders and only uses a pistol in near perpetual steath mode.After the success of Jedi…
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Benjammin

Poll Polycount Store is open!

Polycount hoodies: what's the highest cost you would be willing to pay?You only get one choice, and it's anonymous.We're trying to get a handle on what a price would be, relative to raw costs. This i…
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Eric Chadwick

Why are we conforming to a non-dislike button scenario?

sometimes i want a dislike button can we do this or are we still running on feelings?  "not hurting the sensitive mentally damaged people."Can we add a why we dislike it, even if anonymously, li…
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iam717

Zbrush for iPad is out

Has anyone tried it? I've been waiting eagerly for this; I prefer working on my iPad whenever I can, and I've been searching for a good alternative to my stagnant perpetual license of ZBrush that'll …
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BradMyers82

where to ask for help

hi there i wondering where i would ask for help on Polycount as i dont see a category for asking help.
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poopipe

which game designs made you say wtf?

idk the title to this but saw it from someone's video, this made me say wtf.Show me yours?
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Jorge_Gonzalez

Oculante - Image viewer with rgba channels

Was searching for a free image viewer that supported this and discovered this:https://github.com/woelper/oculante https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/ma6eza/oculante_yet_another_image_viewer/…
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pxgeek

Protecting your IP

Hi, I have a problem. I have been creating my game for some time now, but one thing worries me. The main character in my game will be played by an actress, which will drastically shorten my developme…
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Rima

Discount CGI Memes

Let this thread be a sanctuary for horrible memes which our friends and family wouldn't find funny. The best meme wins an annual Polycount subscription which comes with unlimited access to the Polyco…
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Ruz

Game exploits

I've been having fun in my off hours exploring the edges of games, exploits to see "behind the curtain".Here's a physics exploit in Watch Dogs 2, driving full speed into a forklift, which turns out t…
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zetheros

Video Games (post'em if you got'em)

Where do you go to hear about new games? I never heard nor seen anything about this game but i found it to be pretty badass with changeable cars into robots and all that, which i thought was pretty n…
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iam717

Gamescom 2024 - See what Tim Miller from Blur Studio has been brewing for the past three years

It's great to see Tim Miller’s emotion as he unveils the project Blur Studio has been working on for the past three years - Secret Level @ Gamescom 2024. It’s clear he’s thrilled to return to his tru…
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ZacD

What are you listening to?

Artist: Blind Guardian Song: Mordred's Song Genre: Metal/Folk/Acoustic You might like this if: You like any melodic metal or bard melodies. One of my favorite Blind Guardian songs. good working musi…
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iam717

Childrens books: illustration and writing

Has anybody here had any experience of it, or have any advice about the industry? having researched a little it seems like nice job to do but doesnt pay well. But I do plan to do this as a side proj…
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Neox

Anyone know Overwatch 2 Tri count for hero characters?

Anyone know the Overwatch 2 Tri count for hero characters?I know forsure in the original overwatch hero characters averaged about 34k tris but im wondering if that number is any higher these days?
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Neox

Bit of an outage, should be all fixed

We had a bit of a forum outage yesterday, but it should be all fixed now. Let us know if you have any troubles.Higher Logic Vanilla, who writes the code our forum is running on, deployed an update ye…
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poopipe

maxon zbrush shady practices

i have a legacy perpetual license of zbrush, 2018-2021. I tried to download that the other day. first i got an error message saying that because of the ongoing conflict in ukraine, they will not…
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Alex_J

Olympic Esports to become standalone event.

Read here for more details - Olympic Esports Article on the BBCI am so happy to see this moving forward, not sure about all the list of games but hey, got to start somewhere I guess. I hope they…
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poopipe

Epic grabbed Artstation

Im not sure if i like that.https://magazine.artstation.com/2021/04/artstation-is-joining-the-epic-games-family/?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=toprow&utm_campaign=1949-artstation-is-joining-t…
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iam717

Going from Modo to Blender

After more than 2 years with Modo I'm starting to look at other packages. Right now I'm consumed by studying Zbrush but I'm thinking about switching my main 3d app as well. 3d Max is out of my finan…
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Gaurav Mathur

Naval Battle in the Colosseum, Naumachia

Do you think Naval Battles in the Colosseum of Ancient Roman is a very over looked spectacle that could make for a great game and film setting? The Naumachia was an elaborate form of public …
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thomasp

what languages do you know?

Hello let's mention the languages we know i will start Native Language : Arabic Secondary Language : English learning some Dutch but not focusing on learning that at all now.
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corymeyer

Question for professional 3D character artists

In a game studio, typically how long should it take to model a character with retopology?  (Specifically, stylized characters like overwatch)
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Neox

UI scale issues

My current setup is this:2 - Main Ultrawide1 and 3 are 4k.4 is a soundbar connected by HDMI.Before this Wednesday, 1 and 3 were set to scaling (150% and 200%) 2 was 100%. This worked fine for photosh…
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Lamont

Why am I seeing so many Technical Artist jobs that want python / animation pipeline scripting?

Over the past two years or so, I've seen an increasing proportion of Technical Artist roles that include something in the skills requirements about Python/Tooling. Can anyone give me some practical e…
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yusefkerr

First vs Recent

Hi Polycount!I dug up a very old version of the same character I'm working on now, and compared the two. It was quite invigorating to see the drastic improvement from 4 years ago, and I was wondering…
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KimTeroni

Summer Game Fest today - 10:00 pm BST, 2:00 pm PT - Live from YouTube Theater

https://www.summergamefest.com/10:00 pm BST, 2:00 pm PTLive from YouTube Theater, get a look at what's next in video games.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZzia5NrMuU 
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zetheros

Why I failed in the gaming Industry. (also artdump eyy?)

In retrospect, there were several factors contributing to my struggle to establish myself in the gaming industry. I'd attribute it to a 60/40 split, with 60% of the responsibility lying with me and t…
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poopipe

Padlet is a great little resource tool

HelloI have created a Padlet this evening. https://padlet.com/littleclaude/neil-gallaghers-gamesfordshire-f0yudgud1856jbyeI needed a convenient resource to share with people when they ask me where th…
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littleclaude

Development Grants and Crowd Source funding

Hit me with a list of where to go to get a development grants so we can form a Wiki.Also feel free to post adviceCompany Support AWS-Amazon - ($15K) - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-di…
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littleclaude

Professionals, is Nanite still leaning as the new paradigm in the industry?

I'm still a bit confused by the care-free "polycount doesn't matter" attitude of Nanite. I know it performs amazingly well for static meshes, but I can't wrap my head around the logistics o…
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poopipe

I saw a little company that makes gtav mods for sale.

i've seen a job postage from a "sinner's mod shop" in a cgtrader freelancing page and would just like to know if anyone here has worked with them, what was the experience. Thank you
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kai67

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