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Closed New Camera help! Hey guys, I've recently gotten quite a bit of cash for my birthday so as to buy a nice camera. Now, since you guys are usually pretty awesome with camera's I'd like to ask you for advice. A friend…	0 Last	Japhir Feb 2011
Books for learning 3DS Max? So I've been using Maya exclusively but in an upcoming project we'll be using Max as part of the pipeline. I've got about 1 month of spare time to learn this. I learned maya mainly through the "Lea…	6 Last	Justin Meisse Feb 2011
3D Survey for Uni (Please Help!) Hello Can anyone who has 1 minute spare please help my team with our survey on 3D Stereoscopy. (3d glasses, films and games etc.) Any help is much appreciated! [URL="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/…	0 Last	pez Feb 2011
This morning i can thank the U.S 8th Airforce or the RAF for being late to work. So this morning i had to walk the whole distance to work as opposed to taking the U Bahn as i normally ride to get to the office. The reason the U Bahn was closed was because near a construction site…	7 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 2011
GuildHall @ SMU ? Greetings fellow PolyCounters... I was posting this thread because I wanted to hear the opinions of the community on the GuildHall. I've kept pretty up-to-date on how ya'll feel about "game scho…	20 Last	Mike_Carlyle Feb 2011
Greentooth Memegenerator Thread Just read [URL]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80512[/URL] and made a Greentooth Memegenerator template If you have any memorable moments then feel free to use the template [URL]http…	156 Last	OrganizedChaos Feb 2011
thundercats test footage [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtTZu9OlypU[/ame]	18 Last	Skamberin Feb 2011
MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3 GAMEPLAY [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V3M_6tEdbM[/ame] I think i speak for pior and seforin and all the other guys here who had beef with the 'feel' of sf4 when i say [b]hell yes[/b], this is finally…	42 Last	hawken Feb 2011
Stacking [url]http://thq.com/us/game/show/6509/Stacking[/url] sadly there will be no Pc release I guess but hey I really like the look of the Game. Whats your opinions about that Game?	7 Last	Justin Meisse Feb 2011
Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 out on ps3 and xbox360! Hi all. Just wanted to tell you that bcr2 is now out on ps3 and xbox360. Pixlegoat, me and the rest of the Fatshark team hope you going to like it! [url="http://www.videogamer.com/videos/bionic_c…	11 Last	Snowfly Feb 2011
Toy Fair '11 - More shit for your desk Fuck yeah. All the new stuffs being shown for Toy Fair of products coming out this year or next. Some of my high lights. [IMG]http://www.cooltoyreview.com/TF2011/DCDirect/IMG_0922.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]h…	11 Last	brandoom Feb 2011
Programmers: I need your opinions about a change of job This is not actually for me, but for my brother. He's a programmer, he has been working in the game industry for more than 3 years. Just a while ago he received a job proposal in another company, he'…	8 Last	IEatApples Feb 2011
Customer Feedback For 3ds Max - Request Forum For those of you who haven't already noticed: :poly108: [URL]https://autodesk.uservoice.com/forums/80695-publicgeneralfeaturerequests[/URL]	4 Last	r_fletch_r Feb 2011
Doing other paid jobs on the side of your day job, what are your opinions about it? I currently work at this game developer for almost 3 years. A freelancer that works at our company for the past 6 years, is looking for help at a freelance gig he might be doing. He can't do it alon…	11 Last	Richard Kain Feb 2011
I model in my dreams... Maybe it's because I'm learning so much at work right now, or about 1.5 months into using Maya, or because I love modeling, but I'm seriously dreaming about it a night. I'll be using Maya, zipping ar…	46 Last	SHEPEIRO Feb 2011
Airsoft Fun Video Hey Guys, I hope this is the right forum for this but I wanna share this video, I am the victim of being shot by high powered air soft guns, I just wanna share it with fellow polycount guys, tell me …	6 Last	aajohnny Feb 2011
Unity Union Ok so my last post here was about Unity as well, but: [url]http://unity3d.com/union/[/url] freakin' awesome. Basically you make a game using Unity, package it up, send it to them, and they'll try …	7 Last	Farfarer Feb 2011
Interview advice Hey guys, I'm sorry for making another interview topic, but I have been searching for information that relates to my case and yet I have not been able to find anything even remotely similar. I am…	11 Last	teaandcigarettes Feb 2011
Any BioWare Austin Polycounters in the house? PM me or email me at work, plzkthx?	0 Last	Vito Feb 2011
Closed Crysis 2 leaked in its entirety. ffs. :( This is just horrible: [quote="Rock Paper Shotgun"]I have no words. Actually, I have some words- according to [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1058902-Crysis-2-leaked-49-days-early./page2?"…	253 Last	r13 Feb 2011
Closed DOES IT ... seems that people are mixing up the difference , from DOING art on a computer and MAKING game art. AND wtf with the banner..the chick looked way better before the paid photoshoping.... JUST say…	53 Last	adam Feb 2011
need monitor advice after about 4 years of literally 24/7 usage, my monitor is about to shit itself. it already did it before christmas but i had it repaired, and now it's out of warranty so i need to look for a new one…	26 Last	Baj Singh Feb 2011
U can texture it If you want a character model to texture email me, i have a few i want to see textured [email]book_kee@yahoo.com[/email]	28 Last	Anuxinamoon Feb 2011
Activision Just Killed Guitar Hero And True Crime [URL="http://kotaku.com/#%215756232/activision-just-killed-guitar-hero-and-true-crime"]http://kotaku.com/#!5756232/activision-just-killed-guitar-hero-and-true-crime[/URL] [COLOR=SeaGreen]"These deci…	51 Last	ErichWK Feb 2011
Company misuses source code to sell full game, competing with real game [quote=Alex Matlin of development team iCoder]While we do understand [Wolfire's] regrets, this does not change the fact that we have every legal right to market and sell the software, and we feel t…	30 Last	Skamberin Feb 2011
how to show verts of static meshes in UE? wrong forum I know, but I am in a hurry and it is kinda quiet in the UDK forum. I cannot for the life of me remember how to enable visibility of verts in unreal, of course you couldn't vert-edit but…	0 Last	wondermega Feb 2011
Books and other resources! Hi Guys! I hope to god I'm not comiting forum crime here by posting to ask about something which there is already a major thread about somewhere else, but as I couldn't find one I thought I'd take t…	1 Last	Ark Feb 2011
Thoughts on Render Farms and Boxx tech? The company I work for is exploring options for a new render farm. Weve been using two custom built computers IT put together for us a while back as our farm and they just arent cutting it anymore.…	0 Last	mdeforge Feb 2011
To say HI :) Hi polycount i am new here and god to be here i am from Europ Montenegro and i have one question is there any god tut for texturing i now about modeling bat the texturing is my beeed side so i like t…	5 Last	gsokol Feb 2011
dudes, ow [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17188/Photo%20Nov%2004%2C%204%2012%2045%20PM.jpg[/url] not for the queasy! someone on my FB explain the situation too many drugs now to continue	201 Last	almighty_gir Feb 2011
Indie game looking for artists Please note; I didn't post this in the '[URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=39"]Work Opportunities[/URL]' part because this posts is about discussing 'how to setup a good deal'. …	0 Last	HugoSmits Feb 2011
buying meshes? I know this is contraversial but from what I hear, somtimes its cheaper to buy meshes and then edit them, which saves time, and an artist that you would have to hire to make it from scratch. Which…	6 Last	gsokol Feb 2011
Promising site for own site or portfolio. My room mate just told me about this German site, it's in English, were you can create your own site on the fly, on the web. It's actually really nice. I just tested the free version witch have some …	0 Last	sltrOlsson Feb 2011
Is painting worth it? I am pursuing a career as an environment artist, 14 weeks from now I graduate and enter the job search. I'm taking a still life painting class where I work with oil paint, in my attempts to produce …	25 Last	ikken Feb 2011
Favorite Simple Game? My favorite simple game is Tetris, I can play that thing over and over and over... So, what simple games do my fellow artists love?	28 Last	Skillmister Feb 2011
Bulletstorm - Mod friendly? Anyone knows if Bulletstorm is going to be mod friendly?	8 Last	odium Feb 2011
Gaming in the Clinton years Another world [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3y9cIzeBw[/ame] Grim Fandango [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzyB0nMCQ0[/ame] Earthworm Jim [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLFwk2A…	37 Last	vcortis Feb 2011
Is it bad to ask for tips on an art test? There isn't an NDA Let us say that, theoretically, I was doing an art test for a company. Would it be a good idea to get some tips based on what I've done so far? Based on responses, I may post what I need critique o…	23 Last	[HP] Feb 2011
Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app The Catholic Church has approved an iPhone app that helps guide worshippers through confession. The Confession program has gone on sale through iTunes for £1.19 ($1.99). Describe…	20 Last	Ged Feb 2011
Messiah Studio Pro $40 Didn't see this posted so thought I'd share. They're running a crazy deal right now but in order for everyone to get it at this price they need to hit their goal mark. It's over 50% now which is grea…	1 Last	seven Feb 2011
The Misuse Of Your Material [COLOR=SeaGreen][U]FAO Administrators and Polycounters[/U][/COLOR] Just got off the phone from the police after having no luck elsewhere because this latest online parasite has not replied to my ema…	13 Last	Purplepaint Feb 2011
Gnomon master classes My first post here, and seeing some of the work from Firstkeeper i just had to try and make some sense out of the way to work amazingly while counting the smallest amount of poly... A big hello to t…	2 Last	ceebee Feb 2011
New television woes. Sorry to post about this on PC, but I figured you guys would know best. I bought a 26 inch T.V. today and I'm having two major issues right off the bat. 1. No sound during games. I have sound on …	4 Last	Andreas Feb 2011
get bored !! hi guys i have this problem around .. when i work on project i always get bored and thinking about starting a new project and the same problem :poly122: wath should i do ? :poly142:	15 Last	Andreas Feb 2011
Fortune Online Shameless promotion. Seven, Low Odor and myself would like to present, Fortune Online. [url]www.fortuneonline.com[/url] [B]Trailer![/B] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rMpJp6T05g[/ame] Sign u…	37 Last	low odor Feb 2011
Everything is a remix! Stumbled across this awesome 4 part series exploring how all art is a remix, so far part 1 & 2 have been posted covering music and movies, fingers crossed one of the next two involves gaming! :D [ur…	1 Last	Rhinokey Feb 2011
UDK student project - Execute Execute is a final year project by 9 students from the school Digital Arts and Entertainment. [img]http://www.roelcoucke.com/execute/logo.jpg[/img] A brilliant professor is being held in a top se…	0 Last	Nysuatro Feb 2011
Need Alone in the Dark PC DVD disk image... I've been trying for a year to get Atari US or the company that gave me the bundled in version of Alone in the Dark to replace my defective disk. They just ignore me. I can't install the game, and I …	0 Last	Lamont Feb 2011
Superbawls Yes I know most of you guys would rather play D&D in your mom's basement than talk about "ewwww sports", but this is the SUPERBAWLS THREAD. 1997 was the last time the Packers were in the Superbowl, …	111 Last	notman Feb 2011
Need a BADASS LAPTOP! Hey all, just was hoping to get some help on what would be the best laptop out there. I am looking to spend about $3,000, and want something that is robust enough to handle large files in 3d studio …	33 Last	[Deleted User] Feb 2011