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Using an unlisenced version of maya for commerical work I have a friend who is making models for dota 2, and is worried that he might get sued by autodesk for using a student version of maya so he switched to blender, does Autodesk actually enforce this? …	14 Last	skankerzero Oct 2012
About "What are you working on?" Hi there everyone!!! i'm recently subscribe here in Polycount. And i don't have any idea how can i post my latest work working lately and what requirement of it. Please let me know and i appreciate i…	4 Last	DavePhipps Oct 2012
Happy Birthday Karmageddon! Congratulations [url=http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=28134]Jami[/url]! Cakes away! :D [img]http://xcyzbreathesmoe.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/topsy_turvey_birthday_cake_by_pinkcakebox1.j…	1 Last	Karmageddon Oct 2012
Happy Birthday to Chris "Nizza" Nirenberg may your wishes cum true [img]http://i.imgur.com/gmvGG.gif[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/9u4kO.gif[/img]	9 Last	Nizza_waaarg Oct 2012
workflow ideas? Hey guys, i know iam currently posting more than actually working lol but, just decided id put this post up to see what interesting ways people work, Ok so the Question is: Whats the best, most eff…	0 Last	Munkndrunk00 Oct 2012
Depressed and need some art inspiration Hey everybody I was sculpting so much on this Christian Bale character and some art professional told me to stop sculpting and start studying (anatomy basic forms). I felt like crap and I know this i…	29 Last	maze Oct 2012
Reference sites for used/old firearms? So...this isn't a technical problem or an in-progress model, so I guess this goes here? Sorry if I'm wrong. I'm finding myself doing a lot of weapons-based 3d work right now, and I'm having some pr…	1 Last	The Flying Monk Oct 2012
Customizable 3D Character Hello community, does anyone of you know how I must model and rig my 3D character, so that I can switch his arm parts for example, but keep the animation of it ? We tried to exchange only the mesh …	3 Last	EtotheRic Oct 2012
To RAID or not to RAID I've got three 1 terabyte HDDs and Win7 64 bit. I'm thinking of doing a reformat and setting it up as a RAID 0 (Striping only) and having an online and offline backup set for my data files. Is the s…	5 Last	Ark Oct 2012
Conferences for 2013 Hey everyone. I just got a job as multimedia devloper specialising in 3D Art for a government contracting company. They want to know which three conferences I would like to go to next year so they ca…	1 Last	Justin Meisse Oct 2012
Work Mouse I'm looking about for a new mouse. It's for work use only (3d modelling, web browsing etc), so game features aren't important. My priorities are: - Comfort: I'd say I use a claw grip, and I'm use …	15 Last	Playdo Oct 2012
Forza Horizon Who's playing? Just started up the Polycount Racing club (tag PCRC). First person to accept an invite becomes first Co-leader, but the group's open to requests. I will send that first invite to any…	10 Last	glottis8 Oct 2012
Working in the states? Hi! Me and a couple of friends are planning to look for jobs in the states. I'm doing it just to try something new and get a more exiting life. I am sick of making 90k a year to only afford a 140 s…	9 Last	KristianT Oct 2012
Polycount LA /SoCal Meetup Oct2012 Hey, I was wondering if anyone is interested in a Polycount Meetup/Bar night in LA this month or early November? First suggestion: Friday, October 19th and somewhere around Venice/Santa Monica/Mari…	83 Last	ThornedVenom Oct 2012
Another Kickstarter! Chivalry: Medieval Warfare [IMG]http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h345/darbeenbo/KickstarterBanner.jpg[/IMG] Hey Polycount, A few of us here have been working on Chivalry: Medieval Warfare for the past two years, and we're…	47 Last	chrisradsby Oct 2012
Quick 5 Question Survey Uni Research! Hi Guys, Doing a quick survey for a prototype at University; not much too ask - but would really appreciate if you guys could just give a few quick responses! --- Q1 - Which Game Engine (of the th…	2 Last	ZacD Oct 2012
More Layoffs (Sony Bend) and Layoff Rumors (Zynga) Bleh. Sony Bend took a hit of layoffs last week (5-10 people I believe, it's a smaller studio of about 50 people?) and Zynga now has rumors of closing studios in Boston, Austin and Chicago. [url]ht…	14 Last	ambershee Oct 2012
Platform for a portfolio Hello everyone! I am asking you for help for my portfolio. I am looking for an easy and simple platform to build my portfolio. I like the style of "carbonmade.com" but as it is free, it isn't cust…	5 Last	makinmagic3 Oct 2012
Pre holiday Toronto Meetup 2012! Hey guys/girls, just wanted to throw this out there to see if anyone would be up for another meetup sometime before the new year. Its always been a great time so lets do it up again! Adam, Slipsius i…	2 Last	slipsius Oct 2012
Another Kickstarter, Interstellar Marines Kinda biased on this since i know these guys, but i genuinely feel they need all the attention they can get :). [IMG]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/324960/photo-full.jpg?1351195843[/IMG] [UR…	2 Last	gsokol Oct 2012
Gun Metal Textures Hi Guys How are we doing today? :) I am making a Bullpup Rifle, and would like to know if there are any links that you guys may have to realistic Gun Metal Textures. I am struggling a bit to find d…	1 Last	schneller Oct 2012
new pc build so i haven't made a new thread in forever.... anyways, I'm hoping to be able and do more work from home with my daughter being born in almost a month. Current pc was ok for stuff like 5 years ago, r…	0 Last	oobersli Oct 2012
Russian language help Hey there people! I need some help with russian language! I'd like to know about that floor plates which indicates what floor you are. Since I'm not american or english, after some google, I've fou…	5 Last	vikk0 Oct 2012
where they choose to C&C vs not C&C I know this type of thing has possibly been made before but I decided to make my own take on it and see what people thought. This is kind of a half joke so don't take it too seriously.	1 Last	jmt Oct 2012
Wath Do I Need To be a Game devloper ? .......	8 Last	WarrenM Oct 2012
Wee got a job! So starting next week at Digital Extremes as a Junior Tech Artist and just wanted to say thanks to the Polycount community and especially to the people over at the Tech Talk forum for all the help. S…	35 Last	D4V1DC Oct 2012
Anyone in the UK willing to loan me a Spyder? title says it all... am willing to have you over to dinner so you can do it for me, or you can mail it and i'll mail it back (i'll pay for postage), or whatever arrangement works for you guys. just …	0 Last	almighty_gir Oct 2012
Trying Blender So I just downloaded Blender which was an amazingly small download for what I have seen of this program. I'v just been giving it a bit of a test and there's a lot to get used to like finding smoothin…	182 Last	bear Oct 2012
Origins of Malu sorry thread deleted	0 Last	dmightyone Oct 2012
Dropbox Space Race If anyone has a valid university email address, Dropbox is offering an extra 3 GB of space for two years: [URL="https://www.dropbox.com/spacerace"]https://www.dropbox.com/spacerace[/URL]	0 Last	schneller Oct 2012
Mobile Mouse app and Tablet PC Hey Guys, I've been dreaming of a portable PC that I can do Photoshop, Maya, Zbrush, etc on from anywhere, like say my bed, for quite a while and it seems like some new models will be coming out soo…	3 Last	akrelle Oct 2012
Some help needed hello guys i joined this forums because i really want to become a 3d model maker i checked some programs and decided to go with blender ( cuz its free lol ) thing is i dont know were to start, if any…	3 Last	ZacD Oct 2012
Another SSD thread [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-ocz-revodrive-3-mlc-flash-x4-full-height-pcie-ssd-read-1000mb-s-write-900mb-s-130k-iops[/url] thinking about getting one of these. i currently have a 120gb …	9 Last	Lee3dee Oct 2012
To any Aussies who got jobs in the US games industry, can you tell me how you did it? So I'm hoping to find work in the US. I think it'd be fun for a change, and there are lots of places in the states that I'd like to visit some day. It's my understanding that in order to get a work …	19 Last	sprunghunt Oct 2012
Looking for some Advice Prop Artist to Level Artist Hey all, I've been wanting to get some advice from the talented greentooths for awhile now, so hopefully I can take a bit of your time to get some feedback :) For the last 2+ years I've been working…	8 Last	chrisradsby Oct 2012
Another education thread In about a year or so I should be graduating with an associates degree in Computer Information Tech. My plan was to move back to the Seattle area when I'm finished. Then back in July I had a heart a…	4 Last	JacqueChoi Oct 2012
Animation online courses way to expnesive Hey there, i want to attend some online courses around internet, for animation. Because i see that is way to complicated to learn animation on my own, by crappy tutorials. I have so many questions a…	8 Last	agk3d Oct 2012
What are some good CG YouTube channels? I, like many other have on more than one occasion been sucked into the bottomless vortex that is the internet. So I thought I might as well spend that time where I'm not working watching something th…	5 Last	Spudnik Oct 2012
Computer graphics for games. First of all sorry for my bad english, i'm from Poland :) And I dont want to use google translator. I dont know wher to put that thread, so if I post on wrong thread, please move it. So i want to s…	4 Last	Ark Oct 2012
Digitized Anatomy/Outlines - Anyone got some? Hey to all the good looking people of PC, I was wondering if anyone knew of some decent resources from which to study basic outlines of objects, also known as Digitized Outlines. An example of what…	6 Last	Ged Oct 2012
HELP!! Hey guys n girls! Right here's my situation, I Live in ireland and there is no proper Game courses here to the Quality of the courses you would find in England, America Etc. There mostly built and b…	4 Last	Munkndrunk00 Oct 2012
Closed [Dota2]-Bloodseeker-Vampire's Rage	0 Last	Wugwey Oct 2012
All you anatomy crazies out there, ever heard of Zyzz? On bodybuilding.com this guy is constantly talked about, im curious what artists think of his physique/ proportions? He looks pretty unique as far as origin/insertions go [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.c…	46 Last	MainManiac Oct 2012
Potential vote on my entry? <3! Hey fellow Polycounters! I feel a bit sleazy asking for help in this way, but it would be extremely awesome! a few weeks ago I submitted a picture to a contest that was to design a monster for Wrat…	5 Last	skylebones Oct 2012
Speed Modeling Resources? I have a friend who is moving from Max to Maya and is having real issues speeding up his workflow. I'm not sure he was ever particularly fast as a modeler in any package, but the transfer between so…	5 Last	Cheathem Oct 2012
UI Designer Hi all, first, I'm a total beginner regarding Video Game Design. In short: Where can I find some training/tutorial/books regarding UI design? I'm a beginner and would need to start at the very ba…	12 Last	stoyannk Oct 2012
Layoffs at Lionhead [url]http://www.develop-online.net/news/42264/Layoffs-strike-Fable-developer-Lionhead[/url] Yup - shit hit the fan. If anyone needs an Unreal experienced gameplay programmer / designer right now, d…	14 Last	System Oct 2012
Run For Your Lives Anybody seen this? Found out about it Monday, signed my brother and I up immediately. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKEVbC0GiUg"]Run For Your Lives (Official) - YouTube[/ame] Personally I…	8 Last	Steve Schulze Oct 2012
I need a hat Is it possible to add a green tooth fitted cap to the Polycount shop? My current head wear has seen better days and I'm too lazy to comb my hair. Would anyone else be interested in one?	16 Last	JonathanLambert Oct 2012
how can i install Xoliul shader 2?? when i drop XoliulShaderUI.mzp it will successfully installed but i cant see xouliol shader in material preset how ever i use direct3d. i dont use nitrous so what is problem ??	6 Last	omidkurd Oct 2012