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Water Cooling Advice. Hey guys, I've recently had problems with my 2 8800GTX's in SLI overheating. So I've put my balls on the table and ordered an EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper 2 which is winging its way towards me as I type…	29 Last	Kwramm Mar 2011
Cintiq 12wx Hey there! So I'm considering buying the Cintiq 12wx but I was wondering what peoples opinions were of it? I recently sold my Intuos3, and I'm looking to put the money towards the 12wx. I've used …	18 Last	Jeremy-S Mar 2011
My Gamasutra Article: New Game Dev Paradigms, Thoughts? [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/PeterKojesta/20110224/7084/The_Pilot_Paradigm_How_to_launch_a_new_IP_more_effectively_and_cheaper.php[/url] what do you guys think, doable?	22 Last	Dogg Mar 2011
Seeking more knowledge and research ideas Well, to summarize my mission of the last few weeks, I am basically seeking more knowledge pertaining to visual effects, lighting, and shader development in regards to video games. The most important…	0 Last	Progg Mar 2011
Horrible image compression everywhere!! I'm not sure where else to ask this, but for some reason i'm noticing horrible compression at every website i go to as of today... at first i thought it was just my website going screwy but now i'm n…	11 Last	krisCrash Mar 2011
"Cloth maker" story writing thread I have managed to connect blender game engine to arduino. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-_SD9ZoJHE[/ame] a test pinball game.	26 Last	leilei Mar 2011
need help finding an image I need help finding a painting. If I remember right, it was greyscale or very desaturated and was of a beast and rider. The Beast was burly and had a skull for a head. What I really liked about the i…	3 Last	moose Mar 2011
TWO Creamy's Wonderlands? Wha- wha- what??? > This morning, I went to my website by using Google to search for "Creamy's Wonderland". I used to get only two hits from a search like this, both from my site. But this time, I got a third resu…	12 Last	Creamy_Goodness Mar 2011
Art test and nothing [SIZE="3"]I have nearly 2 years of experience in the game industry(and some years of experience in advertising and design) as a 3d Artist and was recently laid off due to a studio merge. So let the j…	0 Last	realm13 Mar 2011
PS3 Embargo? [URL]http://www.destructoid.com/all-ps3s-blocked-from-entering-europe-195289.phtml[/URL] [URL]http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/28/playstation-3-lg-legal-dispute[/URL] Whoa.. is this as…	7 Last	Jeremy Tabor Mar 2011
I need help and guidance Hello Polycount. My name is Álvaro Pesquera and I'm lost in life. I aspire to become a concept artist, learn 3D and design videogames. ¿The Problem? well... my country, Spain, is some kind of videog…	15 Last	Richard Kain Feb 2011
I am looking for someone to help me with a school assignment [COLOR=#999999][FONT=Verdana]Hi all,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#999999][FONT=Verdana]My name is Jason Palmer. I am a first year student at Madison Media Institute. I have an assignment that I need to a…	2 Last	beefskewr Feb 2011
Bad Company 2 - 20$! Hello all, A friend just sent me this, and I wanted to share it with all of you. [URL]http://ca.kotaku.com/5503891/battlefield-bad-company-2-is-20-for-the-rest-of-today[/URL] Total cost came to $…	15 Last	Calabi Feb 2011
Telltale: Back to the future episdoe 1 adventure game, free [URL]http://www.telltalegames.com/cart/[/URL] Takes just a moment to set up an account and no credit card info required. Edit: woops, use the code 121GIGAWATTS	25 Last	Autocon Feb 2011
Extra Credits on EA Marketing [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/extra-credits/2794-An-Open-Letter-to-EA-Marketing[/url] Just thought this was interesting and that I should share the link. What do you guys think of…	39 Last	ZacD Feb 2011
help with understanding multiple models ive been doing alot of low polygon modeling, all of which are essentially only using [COLOR=red]1[/COLOR] [COLOR=red]m[/COLOR][COLOR=red]esh only[/COLOR] but how do the game developers switch the e…	4 Last	laperen Feb 2011
Adjusting Monitors Gamma/contrast etc.. I recently just got myself a whole new rig. Along with that was Samsung SyncMaster BX2450L LED monitor. I'm having a hard time adjusting contrast and gamma. I obviously can't just prntscrn this probl…	7 Last	AlecMoody Feb 2011
What should i start with as a new guy? Hello polycount forum :), let me introduce my self. I am Robert Oortwijn, 16 years old from Holland. I would like to ask something. I want to develop games on day, but even while i am so young i alw…	2 Last	Joopson Feb 2011
Freelance and Money Hey, I would love to know How much money would you ask for a 3D character model for an Iphone game as a freelance.... would you ask as much as an PS3 XBOX360 model? would you go a per hour tarif o…	68 Last	crazyfingers Feb 2011
Level Design Portfolio? I was wondering the other day, when i thought about what people in the industry would look for when they would want to hire a level designer. Right now personally I have just been creating levels w…	9 Last	Chimeray Feb 2011
Ple4se lord... Let it be re4l... Because if this is re4l, this is going to be the most epic ye4r in gaming ev4r... [url]http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/jeux/thief-4/thief-4-vue-troisieme-personne-actu-400468.html[/url] [img]http://img.jeu…	22 Last	MattLichy Feb 2011
Question for experienced low poly artists Moved: [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1296073#post1296073[/url]	0 Last	Zafio Feb 2011
Mirrors Edge 2 canned? [URL="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-14-report-ea-rejects-mirrors-edge-2-pitch"]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-14-report-ea-rejects-mirrors-edge-2-pitch\[/URL] Eurogamer is rep…	65 Last	Habboi Feb 2011
United Front Games Cuts Staff More bad news: [url]http://gamepolitics.com/2011/02/25/united-front-games-cuts-staff-dozens-affected[/url] Any UFG guys here in PC?	3 Last	Andreas Feb 2011
which program is this? around about 1992-93 a friend of mine at uni showed me a really good fractals program, really high quality, with animated colour cycles of the mandelbrot set. I have found something similar, but not…	5 Last	Ruz Feb 2011
Help finding relevant concept art Better explain my vague topic, I'm looking at creating a top down level in UDK, similar to that seen in diablo 3, lara croft and the guardian of light, and similar to trine (obviously not side on). W…	1 Last	mixeh Feb 2011
I've got a new job! I got the call today, and in two weeks I'll be able to move onto a new job. It's still not in the gaming industry, but it will be about software than my current job is. For those who remember, I curr…	9 Last	makecg Feb 2011
Topogun 2.0 Seems like an update is coming up. New sneak peek video. [url]http://vimeo.com/19482938[/url] So far the video just shows how mirroring will be handled. Hopefully Topogun implements some of the tool…	54 Last	BeatKitano Feb 2011
WebGL I haven't seen much of any discussion on WebGL. It's now available in Chrome 9, with Firefox and Safari gearing up to officially support it in their next point releases, so probably in a couple month…	9 Last	ENODMI Feb 2011
Affordable Workshops Hey all I was just wondering if anybody has come across an affordable workshop where the instructor gives individual feedback. I looked at Gnomon Workshop and Rydan but those are asking for hundreds …	12 Last	David-J Feb 2011
Bizzare Creations turns into Lucid Games To counter all the bad news about studios closing their doors, here's a news about one being open! Glad to hear they have managed to bounce back and I wish them the best of luck. I hope we'll see som…	5 Last	megalmn2000 Feb 2011
Freelance IRS Tax Question... Finished up my first contract work last year and I'm doing my taxes, bit confused though, here's my problem: I'm a resident of California, I started a contract job for a company while I was in Penns…	5 Last	mparis Feb 2011
Layoffs at NetDevil :( Sorry to the people there who were laid off today.. Other polycounters who were not affected, find these people jobs immediately! Still waiting for details on how many were laid off, but I know one o…	36 Last	Empty Feb 2011
WARSOUP Hey everyone, [CENTER][IMG]http://www.warsoup.com/files/warsoupTitle.png[/IMG][/CENTER] Ive been waiting for this day to finally show the world what we at Moon Studios have been up to! Over the p…	31 Last	Jeremy-S Feb 2011
Warsoup Has anyone seen this game? It looks like it's still in production, but it looks interesting. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkpcPGIEjOs[/ame]	4 Last	greevar Feb 2011
More Layoffs at Behaviour 40 people let go last fall. 23 let go today. :(	7 Last	vcortis Feb 2011
News worth a read? If you are a core gamer you should: Government of Vietnam plans to put an IP curfew from 10pm-8am starting March 3. [url]http://www.geek.com/articles/games/vietnam-bans-online-gaming-after-10pm-201…	9 Last	DrunkShaman Feb 2011
Designing Uncharted 2 with Google Sketchup I saw this posted on another forum, did a search and didn't find anything here so I figured I'd post it. Here's a video about the use of Google Sketchup as a design tool on Uncharted 2. [ame]http:/…	18 Last	Justin Meisse Feb 2011
Character Emotion My names Gemma Pullinger, and I'm currently working on my 4th years honours project within computer arts. I'm looking into character emotion, and how to get the best emotional response from character…	10 Last	Gemz888 Feb 2011
The Smithsonian American Art Museum - The Art of Video Games exhibition Go to this website and vote on the most artistic games of the past 4 decades. [url]http://www.artofvideogames.org/[/url] The real exhibition will open in March of this year. This is the final nail in…	0 Last	kaze369 Feb 2011
Loomis book back on the printing press! So I'm sure many of you, like me have searched the net long and hard for a physical copy of Andrew Loomis books. I know they're all available in PDF, and as nice as they look on a Kindle, or iPad, …	0 Last	Tom Ellis Feb 2011
ever wondered how to get from china to japan? it's pretty simple actually, [url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=china&daddr=japan&hl=en&geocode=FZw0IwIdReU1BinBQsblZI5QMTFvNp80fKodlQ%3BFRhxKAIdfJI9CCkvGX_XD05nNDFEUmZ81HVC9Q&mra=…	13 Last	TortillaChips Feb 2011
China builds Joyland, a World of Warcraft-themed amusement park I am just speechless,lol I kept reading rumors about this off and on, [url]http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/china-builds-joyland-a-world-of-warcraft-themed-amusement-park/[/url]	23 Last	Kwramm Feb 2011
Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment. From Game Politics: [I]"The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (The MADE, for short), kicked off a [URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/themade/the-museum-of-art-and-digital-entertainment"…	0 Last	greevar Feb 2011
learning other programs that do the same thing .... I hear that learning as many prgrams as you can can increase your probobility of getting hired but I just dont see the sensability in doing such a thing. Why would I want to waist time grinding throu…	3 Last	r_fletch_r Feb 2011
Making Something Cute I've recently been tasked with making some buildings for a 3D facebook game with some friends, and as a guideline for architecture syle I was told "cute terran architecture from starcraft 2". At fi…	8 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 2011
Networking with the best. GDC So, I have looked around and haven't seen anything official. Is polycount having a meetup at GDC? Like a Doofus I booked my ticket for Wednesday and not Tuesday night. I hope that getting in a 4:30 w…	1 Last	Incomitatum Feb 2011
Congrats to JDinges! I'd like to extend a big congrats to Justin "[url=http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=13821]JDinges[/url]" Dinges; he will be joining the Halo team here at 343 Industries as the newest Enviro…	27 Last	Cojax Feb 2011
The Boy Who Stole Half-Life 2 Thought this was a pretty interesting read. It also has some sad actuality with all the recent leakings and all... [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-stole-half-life-2-art…	39 Last	Entity Feb 2011
UDK Royalty Threshold Raised to US $50,000.00 [URL]http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=764485[/URL] Taken from the epic boards posted by Mark Rein himself: Hi folks, We just wanted to let you know that we've raised the revenue thresh…	14 Last	Richard Kain Feb 2011