General Discussion

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Idea / Suggestion There are many times when I see a great piece of art, either in a catch-all type thread, and I don't comment on it, simply not to clutter up the thread, because I like it, but don't have any crits or…	1 Last	MoP Jan 2009
Orphan Works... tell Obama! I'm sure everyone has heard of the Orphan Works Bill that's being looked at, and I just wanted to suggest going to Obama's change.gov site and voicing your opinion on it in their "Open for Questions"…	17 Last	hobodactyl Jan 2009
Questions about how you DL scripts A few questions: Do you use scripts you download from the internet? If not, why not? If so, how often do you look for or download scripts? When you guys download scripts, where do you get them fr…	2 Last	Michael Knubben Jan 2009
Diablo 3 Classes Ugh sorry... I am [i]still[/i] feverishly sweating the release of Diablo 3 and making threads about it... Anyway, I did find something cool I wanted to share. You may know Blizzard announced the fir…	12 Last	Steve Schulze Jan 2009
Vista users survey What 3D app are you using, and what version? Do you have UAC turned off? (User Account Control, the 'Are you sure?' messageboxes that pop up for everything you do) Thanks.	25 Last	Rob Galanakis Jan 2009
Pixologic Epic Games Interview Great read. [url]http://www.pixologic.com/interview/epic/1/[/url]	23 Last	rollin Jan 2009
Gamertag Suggestions :P I'm thinking about changing my gamertag... currently it is Seri0us Joker. I'm finding that after the Dark Knight came out there are a lot of Jokers on xboxlive. Loose Guidelines: - Include Talbo…	54 Last	Talbot Jan 2009
WTF KINDA FLU IS THIS??? Man, this Christmas was destroyed this year by whatever I have come down with. First I start getting a cough, with my voice dropping like 3 octives. Then I get a double ear ache where my head start…	35 Last	dejawolf Jan 2009
Taking your work home with you This is for those in the industry, what's the policy on getting your work done at home? Is there some weird legal thing of not making assets at home or something weird like that or is it perfectly ac…	12 Last	Kizza Jan 2009
High School Senior Project :P [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#0163B3][/COLOR][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=White]I am currently a junior in High School. Next year, as a requirement …	13 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Jan 2009
Artists and core game design The process of making a game obviously involves the combined effort of many people specializing in different areas: asset creation, programming, game design/testing etc. To what extent can someone w…	10 Last	John Warner Jan 2009
Hap BDay Geezus [img]http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4174/xin08210053119221871062vy8.jpg[/img] :D no birthday thread for the Geezus cuts me deep. I logged in on xmas, "let's see how much love there is for me…	18 Last	Renaud Galand Jan 2009
End of the year bitch thread I'll go first. Altoids are made in the UK, but are not sold here. To buy them here I have to go to a supplier on the net. They get shipped to the US, then shipped back and cost about 6USD a tin.	41 Last	Japhir Jan 2009
Sony cuts mfg cost of PS3, profitability soon? [url]http://www.pcworld.com/article/156138/sony_cuts_playstation_3_component_costs_by_35_percent.html[/url] Sounds like they are closing the gap.	36 Last	Autocon Jan 2009
Need to update my detail sculpting abilities. Any advice? hey folks. I need some advice in terms of really getting my sculpting up to the next level. i started modeling with low poly stuff, and moved to high poly from there. i think i've got a pretty good…	26 Last	Ruz Jan 2009
Happy New Year Hey gents. I'm home depressingly early from my New Years Eve festivities (I can even still type. How sad) so I thought I'd swing by and wish you all a happy new year for whenever it happens to occur…	23 Last	TheWinterLord Jan 2009
Texturing Tutorials Over the break, I've been trying to improve on my fledgling texturing skills, with some success. I found one terrific tutorial by Stefan Morrell ([URL="http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=46…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2009
Unearthly is over and results are in! [URL="http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/events/4/homepage/index.php"]>> Unearthly	47 Last	spetch Jan 2009
Playstation Home Beta Playstation Home beta came out today. It similar to the 360 avatars except you can walk around the virtual city and chat with other random people. Watch trailers in the movie theater, listen to mu…	54 Last	Andreas Dec 2008
A Short Visual History of Videogames Takes me back... [URL]http://vimeo.com/2050495[/URL]	15 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2008
Is my 360 on its way to an untimely death? So I've had my XBOX 360 now since the launch night and never had any issues with it ever. No overheating, not even warm even after several hours of play and never the red rings o' death. So I buy H…	26 Last	ElysiumGX Dec 2008
curious case of benjamin button Was AMAZING.....has anyone else seen this movie?	9 Last	low odor Dec 2008
Dragon Ball Garbage!!! OK I'm not sure if you guys have seen this yet, I came across this [URL="http://www.watch-dragonball.com/watch/515-Dragonball_Evolution_Movie_2009.html"]trailer[/URL] and all I have to say is WTF hav…	42 Last	Daaark Dec 2008
Christmas food! Just wondering what everyone is enjoying today :) We're having: - Turkey breast - homemade cornbread stuffing - kale-garlic mashed potatoes - fresh whole-cranberry sauce - deviled eggs - arugula-sp…	24 Last	ru4it Dec 2008
I loled... and i know it makes me a sick fuck... but seriously, if you want your readers to take something seriously, maybe your artical should be written in a more serious way? [url]http://www.nbcwashington.c…	34 Last	Slingshot Dec 2008
Seattle: Need a Room? Yes, once again I am looking for a roomie for the house I live in. The last guy we ended up getting turned out to be hiding he was an alcoholic, and f'ed us over on last months rent and just left. …	4 Last	OGRE Dec 2008
Polycount podcast? I usually listen to podcast while making my game art. especially developer podcasts like the guys over at bungie, insomniac games and so. I was wondering if at any point you guys think you could mak…	26 Last	Wells Dec 2008
How do character design? ? ? A big goal of mine in art is to be a proficient illustrator and concept artist -- i see being able to draw, paint, and design as the core skillset i want to focus on, and 3d modeling as something to …	19 Last	Joseph Silverman Dec 2008
list of free version (ad supported )of recent games Here are a few games that can be played for free but contains some ads here and there [LIST] [*][URL="http://www.fileplanet.com/180428/180000/fileinfo/Rayman-Raving-Rabbids-%5BFree-Game---Ad-Support…	0 Last	kakikukeko Dec 2008
SuperSoldier?? What do you think about.... A futuristic Soldier fighting a monster with a [b]sword[/b] is: A)Totally wicked and awesome or B) Cheesy and it makes me wanna cry or C) I got a better idea.. what abo…	17 Last	StephenVyas Dec 2008
Merry christmas polycount! And a happier new year! I´m not feeling the christmas spirit at all but still. Merry christmas and all that! :) I hope the guys that got laid off this christmas still manages to have a good one. I f…	38 Last	flaagan Dec 2008
Free Modeling Tutorials @ DigitalApprentice.Net [CENTER][COLOR=#fffffe]Hey All! In the spirit of the Holiday Season - Digital Apprentice Workshop would like to share [URL="http://digitalapprentice.net/Community/index.php?option=com_content&task=v…	1 Last	pixelmitherer Dec 2008
Free Radical shut down :/ wtf mate? [url]http://kotaku.com/5113037/free-radical-shuts-down[/url]	26 Last	pixelmitherer Dec 2008
:'( :'(	41 Last	Lee3dee Dec 2008
Licenses on models? Hey everyone, I've visited this site a couple of times and finally got around to registering. I'm currently making a hobby tower defense game (who isn't these days :)) and I'm using MD2 models for …	2 Last	nto Dec 2008
The Art of Halo 3 My wife picked this up for me for Xmas. Man what an awesome book. Being a huge halo fan she knew this would be a good choice for me. I am impressed. Bungie really stepped it up with their art and thi…	20 Last	Jesse Moody Dec 2008
If you run out of gas, just tap into your fat ass! [URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/24/AR2008122401488.html"][/URL][url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473078,00.html[/url] Brings whole new meaning to the term F…	7 Last	Neo_God Dec 2008
Discussion: Obsession in our field? [SIZE=4][COLOR=YellowGreen][FONT=Arial][COLOR=White][B]Discussion: [/B][/COLOR][/FONT][COLOR=White][B][FONT=Arial]Obsession in our field?[/FONT][/B][/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE] I recently watched a vide…	28 Last	System Dec 2008
Tim Burton remakes '9' Tim Burton has directed a new CG movie based loosely on Shane Acker's short '9'. Seems like kind of a cross between Oddworld and Little Big Planet. The original: [ame]http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=A…	14 Last	ebagg Dec 2008
Free Lugaru for Christmas from Wolfire We were doing a promotion of giving out copies of Lugaru for free to people who were joining the Facebook page for our new game. I guess there was an issue sending out the notice to people, so we are…	0 Last	Ninjas Dec 2008
Happy holidays everyone :) Hey hey, My ladyfriend and I are about to head off for holidays and won't be back until next weekend so I wanted to say happy holidays to you all now. I just got an email from rogue13 and if I prop…	31 Last	IronHawk Dec 2008
Stylus to turn MacBook touchpad into a graphics tablet? Just read about this on Wired: [url]http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/pogo-stick-turn.html[/url] Pointless or genius? I always wondered why laptop touchpads haven't got graphics tablet capabili…	6 Last	AnimeAngel Dec 2008
Former Canadian Defense Minister reasserts - UFOs are real. Yeah baby UFOS! [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhElE3JILAE&eurl=http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread420627/pg1&feature=player_embedded[/url] -Buddikaman	37 Last	spyrewolf Dec 2008
Help with Windows Well I was wondering if anyone else was having this problem with windows vista home edition. My mother bought a laptop and the thing came with that awesome OS. So I use the freaking laptop for anythi…	3 Last	Sage Dec 2008
Warhammer Online Not Crediting All Developers [url]http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54263[/url] This probably happens all the time in the industry, but it's still pretty shitty. Adding a name to a list requires no effort at all, so this sh…	61 Last	sinistergfx Dec 2008
New video and wallpaper up on SC2 site [url] http://www.starcraft2.com/[/url] Cool head to head vid and a Kerrigan wallpaper. :)	0 Last	IronHawk Dec 2008
Video editing software for tutorials Im going to start making a series of video tutorials and would like to see what everyone here uses for that purpose? im not much of a writer:poly142: really all i need is a video capturing device b…	12 Last	Richard Kain Dec 2008
3D Printer companies? So I'm considering getting some of my 3D models made into 3D figurines. What are some places that make them? I'd prefer they be a smooth plastic type finish and not a chalky finish if possible. I kno…	17 Last	Parnell Dec 2008
tech-artists.org and the Community Scripts Initiative Greetings denizens of Polycount, I don't think many of your follow what's happening on tech-artists.org, but we recently launched our "Community Scripts Initiative" (read about it here: [url]http://…	8 Last	Tulkamir Dec 2008
Digital SLR recommendations? Hey guys,for xmas i am planning on buying a digital SLR and i was wondering what suggestions you guys have. Ive never owned a good proper camera so i was wondering what are must have options,good br…	37 Last	Tumerboy Dec 2008