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[Voting Thread]Man Made Melee - Community Challenge Thanks to everyone who has entered, there was a lot of cool stuff and there is a lot of talent out there! [IMG]http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/DonPunch/MoS/mosmeleecontest.jpg[/IMG] I wi…	9 Last	Don Punch Jul 2012
is that true in playmaker i have got playmaker is that true if i have two animation and no multiplaypoint can i make a smooth animation if that true please tell me how :)	1 Last	gsokol Jul 2012
Super Monday Night Combat ( free to play ) So i started to play this game 2 days ago and honestly i was quite suprised, I won't lie, at first it was dificulte, I had no idea what I was doing, what I should be doing etc... ( and the training m…	0 Last	underfox Jul 2012
General rules for picking environment shades/palettes I cant for the life of me figure out what colors work together and what colors don't in an environment. Whats quick rules of thumb to make sure the dirt doesnt clash with the grass, or the trees look…	8 Last	seforin Jul 2012
Marvel Movie News! Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, etc. Here's a link with some info: [URL="http://www.newsarama.com/film/sdcc-2012-marvel-studios-guardians-of-the-galaxy.html"]http://www.newsarama.com/film/sdcc-2012-marvel-studios-guardians-of-the-galaxy…	22 Last	Steve Schulze Jul 2012
Closed Batman shooting........so stupid [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18921492[/URL] Apparently some guy went on a shooting spree during the dark knight rises, people a…	207 Last	EarthQuake Jul 2012
What are you reading? While baking lighting I'm currently reading through Zone One by Colson Whitehead. It's an existential look at a recovering New York City after a zombie apocalypse. I'm also spending time here and th…	55 Last	Renaud Galand Jul 2012
Hard Reset Played the demo (on Steam) for a bit earlier, felt very Max Payne by-way-of Blade Runner in all the right ways. A little dissapointed there wasn't a thread here already but hey, that's what keyboards…	15 Last	chrisradsby Jul 2012
Concept artist wanted Hey, I am working on a Robot model for my hard surface and organic modeling class but I'm not that good at concept art. If you are interested I can send you the specs of what I want/ need for him. …	3 Last	Flamedrix Jul 2012
Denver Area Polycounters - Please check in Since the other thread turned into a gun control debate, Im starting this to make sure all polycounters in the area are ok. If you're from the area, or know of PC'ers in the area that are ok, please …	1 Last	Donavonyoung Jul 2012
File Panet shutting down I've got no idea whether this will be of any relevance but given Polycount's history with Fieplanet I thought it was worth mentioning - as of a couple of days ago, it's been announced that Fileplanet…	10 Last	leilei Jul 2012
Motivation? I need some advice... I haven't done anything game related in about a year or so now, and a lot of my artistic and creative side has sorta sputtered out recently. I have no idea why. Is it just that I need some motivation…	17 Last	aajohnny Jul 2012
Anyone miss the old RE style I miss the classic resident evil style, like fixed camera intense gameplay puzzle solving etc. Anyone share the same felling? what do u miss the most ?	46 Last	Oniram Jul 2012
IGDA Austin Picnic Yo dawgs, I'll be at the IGDA Austin picnic today, I'll be wearing my green Warhammer Online WAAAGH! shirt and sporting some trendy black framed glasses, anyone else going?	9 Last	OrganizedChaos Jul 2012
How To Get Faster... Faster? I'm not really sure where to put this question, but this forum seemed most appropriate. I just want to know, how I can improve modeling speed/efficiency to improve the quality of my work and my work…	25 Last	roosterMAP Jul 2012
Job Application Process Hello everyone, I wanted to ask about the job application process. Since I am still very new to it, there is a lot I am not familiar with and it seems like there are some well-versed individuals her…	16 Last	Ghostscape Jul 2012
Animations Greetings everyone! I've recently started animating (let's say 6 months ago?) but now I am supposed to animate with a character rig. I have recieved a biped character rig with a default animation in …	2 Last	dee(jv) Jul 2012
Modeling laptop Hey guys, looking into doing an animation course at uni next year, and thought id like a laptop to take with me when i move away so i can, well you know model shit and use facebook and help me out wi…	6 Last	biggest_kid Jul 2012
Attention: Mixamo contest artists Please start posting your NEW threads to our [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=47"]C&C[/URL] forum. I've moved a good chunk of the existing ones over there as well. Please do no…	0 Last	adam Jul 2012
Anyone tried MindTex? Looks similar to crazybump, although a lot cheaper.. [url]http://frozenflamecorp.com/site/pages.php?page=entryview&category=products&entryid=2[/url] Was wondering if anyone here has had any experie…	8 Last	MetaGray Jul 2012
Pimping and Preview forum Hello, i was wondering what sort of opinions do polycounters have about the Pimping and Preview forum. The reason i ask is to perhaps open up a discussion about how effective is the P&P forum. Mysel…	82 Last	McGreed Jul 2012
The Indie Game Thread Someone on the forums recently mentioned that they aren't really up to date on indie games, lets fix that. Share some indie games you enjoyed, at least give a brief discription rather that just a li…	0 Last	Justin Meisse Jul 2012
Applying to companies Question Hey guys I seen BioFrost post this question on google plus, and I did not see it get answered, So I thought I would ask it here. When Applying to companies through an email, What should go into an em…	1 Last	Grimmstrom Jul 2012
Brave [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYg0VgPy6Uk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYg0VgPy6Uk[/ame] Now this I am excited about.	121 Last	binopittan Jul 2012
Introducing Dinosaur Games So after 11 years of making games professionally I decided to take the plunge and make the type of games I want to make. So today I announce [b]Dinosaur[/b]. [url="http://www.dinosaurentertainment.c…	44 Last	bugo Jul 2012
You got to see this... Puppet Warp Photoshop... I didn't see it around, sorry if i double post.. but this is so impressive! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nAklIkMy4g[/ame] this is simply qrazyyyyyyyyyy :) enjoy!	46 Last	Mark Dygert Jul 2012
L4D1/L4d2 DLC: "The Sacrifice" : Oct 5th [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3Bt3b0XSM[/ame] Comic [url]http://www.l4d.com/comic/[/url] [quote]In "The Sacrifice" for Left 4 Dead, gamers receive the complete Sacrifice campaign with maps …	30 Last	Blaizer Jul 2012
Element 3D for After Effects [url]http://www.videocopilot.net/help/element/tutorial/basic/element_3d_introduction/[/url] 3D Object Particle editor in After Effect, looks like a pretty sweet plugin!	1 Last	d1ver Jul 2012
dirty clay ridaz (streamin) So curt and I are sharing this stream, so come on in and partake in the shenanigans and art, and we can critique and have coherent discussions from time to time too. [url]http://www.livestream.com/…	7 Last	Pancakes Jul 2012
GDC Europe/Gamescom August 13-19 2012 Hey Guys, I'll be at the GDC Europe and Gamescom events that are being held in Cologne, Germany from august 13-15 and 15-19 and I was wondering if any other polycounters will be around as well? More…	2 Last	elementrix Jul 2012
Real-time raytracing video [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRlw-Qw97BE&feature=player_embedded"]DX11 Raytracing fun - YouTube[/ame] Definitely looks pretty interesting. Is this the guys own custom engine?	7 Last	DumperJones Jul 2012
Updating Source Filmaker? Anyone else having an issue trying to get the update? It keeps timing out on me...so slow. I have yet to be able to take a look at the program.	0 Last	katana Jul 2012
Gunblitz PC Demo Available Here at Rapture Game Studios, LLC we love the classic shoot'em up retro spaceship style combat! We're a small Independent Game Studio trying to make our mark in the interactive industry with our so…	0 Last	DigitalARob Jul 2012
re freelance forum just a suggestion that the name of this is changed to 'paid freelance' forum. It seems every day there are less genuine freelance jobs and more and more people posting mods or unpaid work. I don't re…	6 Last	Tokoya Jul 2012
Comp act weird? Hey when i recently watched a .mp4 level tutorial from udk. The player acted real weird playing and pausing really fast(windows media player) (got a error message about a server or something, just ke…	7 Last	S_ource Jul 2012
The Darkness 2 - Who wants it? [IMG]http://theplayvault.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The-Darkness-2.jpg[/IMG] Hey all, So right now The Darkness 2 on steam is on sale right now for $12.49 - [url]http://store.steampowered.c…	18 Last	glottis8 Jul 2012
Happy birthday, Bobo! I just realize that is Bobo's B-day! I know it's a bit late, but anyways, all the best for you, dude.	28 Last	artquest Jul 2012
BEER ! this is probably going to be a dumb thread. but I am drunk and wondering what types of beers you guys enjoy. maybe I will try them. cheers	219 Last	DrunkShaman Jul 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAYT KONSTRUCT! "Cole, you dirty gypsy street kid" - dom Let's make levels mf'er!	26 Last	konstruct Jul 2012
Electric City..might be worth a look. [url]http://screen.yahoo.com/electric-city-promo-29815899.html[/url]	0 Last	katana Jul 2012
iAnimate - Lets Talk About Games - Series Hey guys and gals. So, the past 10 weeks, I've been enrolled in [URL="http://ianimate.net/"]iAnimate[/URL], the [URL="http://ianimate.net/index.php/workshops/games-animation.html"]games division[/U…	4 Last	Cexar Jul 2012
Buying a New Monitor For Graphic Design What do you suggest, I don't want to go much over $250-ish Basically I just want it to be able to display the truest colors possible. Any advice?	11 Last	Pancakes Jul 2012
Leap Motion this been posted before : [url]http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428350/the-most-important-new-technology-since-the-smart/#ooid=VkYW04NTod5cDwz247vs1gGVcq_jw0X4[/url] ? [quote]The fact that the L…	5 Last	Thegodzero Jul 2012
Recovering damaged/corrupted video files. I have a cheap-ass microSD card in my phone and have just found out I've probably lost a lot of footage I shot over the weekend. The separate files are there, they show up on the phone and computer, …	7 Last	Andreas Jul 2012
Melinda Kiwi Le-Compte New Member I am here to communicate to make new friends with the members of this forum. All Thanks: Melinda Kiwi Le-Compte	0 Last	tunang Jul 2012
How to achieve Blizzard style Can anyone give me some help of Blizzard style, especially in WoW? I am playing WoW for 3 years and it's really breathtaking the environment they do, and the special effects. I am also interest how t…	37 Last	Cobe Jul 2012
Mist of Stagnation - Modeling Contest - Cash Prize Our 1st community challenge, let's see if you have what it takes to get your work in game. [CENTER][IMG]http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg267/DonPunch/MoS/mosmeleecontest.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] P…	16 Last	Don Punch Jul 2012
Questions for environment artists So im wondering if i should invest my time and heart into becoming environment artist and i'd love to ask a few questions about that line of work to a professionals. If somebody wish to enlighten me…	24 Last	passerby Jul 2012
Blacklight: Retribution So Blacklight Retribution is free on steam, and is tons of fun. I've been playing with some polycounters and having a blast. It may be a free to play game with a cash shop and such, but it's sti…	47 Last	SaferDan Jul 2012
Female T-shirts for the Polycount Store? Hey guys! :) Didn't know where else to put this, but I was just wondering if there is a possibility of putting some female-fit t-shirts on the polycount store? I'd buy a male fit small, but they're …	2 Last	adam Jul 2012