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SOLVED [Maya2018] Smoothing mesh problem

EDIT: After fighting with this for two daysI have a working solution. Problem occurs only when I try to smooth mesh that is very far from 0,0,0 of the scene. When I moved mesh to the center of scene,…
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vygiang12

Character Polycount 2021

As of today, which game character currently has the highest polycount? including hair cards? I have searched google and I saw there are characters that can go above 100k. Is there any main chara…
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thomasp

Any good books about hardsurface modeling/topology?

Hey guys!Please advice some books with fairly good explanation of  hardsurface modeling and topology. Thanx a lot in advance!
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tebom

Normal Map/Baking issues

hello im super new to texturing and everything ive googled doesnt seem to be quite my problem so i thought id make a post here to see if anyone could help me. Any time im baking my normal maps i get …
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zhaiires

All textures export at 4k?

I keep hearing people say to export all textures at 4k and downscale them in engine. Does this apply to things that I know will be using smaller textures like 256 or 512? Seems so many 4k textures wi…
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poopipe

Questions about creating game ready assets

Hi, I'm a Uni student creating an essay about creating game ready assets. I have done some research regarding this topic, but It's for an essay where it's required, I get someone else's input. T…
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Eric Chadwick

(Solved) Poly Paint Bandit!! Help

Hi everyone!I'm new here and could really use some expert assistance. I have been trying to get my poly paint to export in Zbrush all night daamnit lol. But no matter what I do it disappears wtf? Dec…
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ScrollThief84

[SpeedTree] Any speedtree gurus here? Conifers

So any speedtree masters here? I'm making some background foliage, and the one thing I just cannot seem to make, I.E. I've spent 10 hours now and all of the results have been horrible, is ANYTHING re…
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tester1225

ShoeBox: 2d gamedev tools

I posted [URL="https://www.google.com/search?q=polycount+renderhjs+shoebox+sprite&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&biw=1670&bih=798&sei=y2bTTvrQKfGamQWqoKjNDQ"]some stuff…
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Yoji

A Practical Guide On Normal Mapping For Games

As we all know, surely, that Normal Mapping isn't easy. There are a lot of problems that can emerge when you try to bake normal maps. I decided to start this guide after being enormously frustrated…
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SuperFranky

Sculpting welding on big parts. What is best practice? [Blender]

Hello guys :)Let say we have 2 long metal beams and want to "connect" them and add some wilding details with sculpting. Pretty obvious - boolean union, dynamesh/remesh when sculpt. But the …
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AdalBertZ

Clean up photo for projection on model

Hello, need help, how i can clear the reference photo in photoshop. glare, shadows and different shades of lighting. i need flat color for creet base color map ptojection in mari are substance painte…
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Halibut

How do I make stylized crystal textures in substance painter?

Hello, I need help making a stylized crystal texture in substance painter, I have been looking all over but I cannot seem to find anything that is free, any advice?Here are some examples of what I wi…
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poliollia

Tutorials for making saliva in ZBrush

HiFor a dinosaur sculpt I'm working on, I want to add some saliva dripping from some of the teeth, but I'm not quite sure how best to approach it. Someone did mention to me a method/tutorial of someo…
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DustyShinigami

Quick question about TopoGun 3

HiSomeone on my uni course was showing me a preview of TopoGun 3, which looks awesome. However, he claimed that if you have and you've paid for TopoGun 2, you can't get 3 as a free upgrade...? Or you…
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DustyShinigami

[SOLVED] Maya: XGen -> each hairstrand id in arnold (via AOV)

Hey :)In Unreal engine (https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-us/Resources/Showcases/PhotorealisticCharacter#hairauthoring)you can take advantages for hair texture when you use an "Unique ID"-Map (which w…
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Luribb

Instance on face by nodes in Blender?

Does anyone know how?   I see "mesh to points" with "face" drop down choice that puts a point in a  center of a face.   And normal node to align an instance Z axis  with a face no…
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gnoop

Building a unique interior for a house. Some questions about modular workflow...

Im working on an interior for my game, and im trying to see the best way to do this. Its a unique interior that will only be used once in my game and has a bunch of unique walls and odd shaped floors…
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another caveman

How to model Low Poly Birch tree

Hi Guys, I'm trying to make Low poly birch tree but my output seems to be a little high and not good for our low poly game. Can anyone suggest to me any trick?Here is my output 
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Eric Chadwick

Stone wall texture tutorial

Hi,I'm new to digital painting and I would like to create a stone wall texture, but after 2 days of trying, I have some issue with that theme.Do you know where I could find a step by step tutorial on…
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Eric Chadwick

Blender: how can you assign the gumball transform gui tool to nurbs/curves?

I'm using this keymaphttps://polycount.com/discussion/218883/blender-2-8-keymap-mixing-maya-max-alt-camera-and-qwer-transforms-with-default-hotkeysthe gumball work w.e.r.t works well with meshes, but…
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uyvuyvo

Maya LT - Phong - Wont use Alpha map.

Heya folks since Stingray PBS seems will never get fixed im trying to use Phong, what some tuts on how to set it up but... does not work in Maya LT? Anyone know what might be causing this issue.Colou…
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GarethStandfield

How to fix UV distortion on low poly objects?

When working with low poly models I've found that they're prone to heavy distortion like in the image above, even though it's UV map is square and clean (IMO), simple objects like this distort heavil…
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Noors

help with converting maya splines into Geo, i'm really frustrated . ( Solved )

alright . this is my first post here so hello everyone now let's talk about my problem which has been bugging me since 5 hours ago .. i'm watching a tutorial on creating hair cards and things were go…
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oglu

How do you create giant, non-repeatable environment structures for games?

Here, an example. We're assuming that the player WILL be able to get close to every part of the structure. So you can't just disregard the texture quality above 5 meters, because "the player will nev…
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pior

Lowpoly mesh ignores weight painting [Blender]

Hello!I can't weight paint on my lowpoly mesh. Brush just makes no influence on weights (only gradient alt + LMB making effect).For example i want to remove weights for this bone (red selected) and t…
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ridberg

3DS Max, textool plugin, Texel Density, value.

Hello :). Is there anyone here, who uses the textool plugin and can explain some option in this plugin? I don't understand, how texel density works, or rather the units that are given in textool. I h…
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huffer

[Issue][3DSMAX] GIZMO / Z Axis issue

Hi, i would love to know if anyone knows a fix for this.Basically i'm trying to scale/move along Z axis, if i do it directly on the Z button, i have no problem, but if i try to do it with the gizmo, …
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Eric Chadwick

Mesh is not working properly

just startup cube, no UV's or anything elseGraphic card: AMD HD6700 seriesCPU: Intel core2duo4gb ramHow i can fix that?
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scraffcoff

How to bake Normals from camera (maya or blender)

Hey everyone, i trying to understand how its possible made in maya or blender. So what i found is only camera mapping. But this technique awaible only for color (diffuse). 
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pior

Baking normal to duplicated mesh with different UV

Hi!As the title says. I've read that you shouldn't do that, but this time I have to (: I tried baking with Marmoset, Blender and every time normal map looks different than original. Do I have any opt…
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Mink

Zbrush Plugins - Trigon Toolbox

Showcase of the Trigon Toolbox plugins. Feel free to leave your opinion on the plugins here :)
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TriGon_

Set a larger poly-count in zbrush dynamesh master

Hi, who knows how to set a higher poly-count in zbrush dynamesh master?
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Kanni3d

Baking with a Cage and multiple materials breaks all material bakes but one.

I have set up a model to mimic a hand wearing a bracelet. The hand is one contiguous closed mesh. The Bracelet is one contiguous closed mesh, which intersects the hand slightly. The fingers are tight…
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DirtyBlueFL

Maya LT - Stingray PBS broken.

Maya LT only comes with like 4 Mats... so its my only PBR based option and its been broken for almost a year! but my other options just dont get me the results i want an is hindering my pipeline mass…
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GarethStandfield

Advanced texturing techniques

Hello, I am an aspiring sneaker designer/3D artist and I have mostly all the tools under my belt to design and bring to life my sneaker ideas and concept. However there is one area where I have been …
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Alex_J

Jiggle deformer to joint

Hello,Anyone can open up how this is done... can't find anything useful on this topic:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oTqJjktuzo"use jiggle deformer, then constraint aim the joint to it"Wish it was …
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Alex_J

[Rigging][Maya]How to make facial controller follow mesh?

Hey guys.I want to make my facial controllers follow mesh deformation like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yDg6mKvWII&ab_channel=UIW3DAnimationandGameDesign (first 6 min of v…
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NamelessRigger

Advanced terrain editor tools (Diablo 4 inspired)

Dear polycount community,I hope some of you can help me understand basic techniques used to achieve a custom made terrain tool engine like they have made for the upcoming Diablo 4 game. Here is the v…
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poopipe

Can you bake with averaged normals when not using one smoothing group?

Hey :) I wanted to know if I make a mesh where I use a different smoothing group for each UV island, can I still bake with averaged normals in painter? I thought it would be forced to non averaged be…
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3D4Eva

How to create that broken stone wall?

Hey everyone,Wanted to ask if any of you have a good idea how to create this broken wall effect where you have the base-stone wall but then it is broken off. You often see this in old castle structur…
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YF_Sticks

how to make tileable image

Hi, guys I downloaded one image is it possible to make it tileable It would be great if someone can share how to do it?
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jayantbhatt007

Selecting uv island from poly - 3DSMax

Its a quick one, how can I select a whole UV island by selecting a single poly in the viewport? Kinda like the "expand polygon selection to seams" but instead of using UVUnwrap seams (wich work with …
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Eric Chadwick

How do you bake a complex model from high polygon to low polygon in Substance Painter?

I'm trying for the first time to bake a high-polygon model onto a low-polygon model in Substance Painter, and it's not working at all.I've tried all the Max Frontal Distance and Max Rear Distance pat…
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Kanni3d

Blender fbx export with custom properties to be read in UE ?

Hi!If I give custom properties like such to meshes, and export  as .fbx, how could I  read them back in UE ?If not possible through those, how would you pass some floats along with a mesh .…
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kio

Wood kit - Modular Approach

Goodmorning everyone (depending on your timezone)I am trying to underestand an create a workflow on how to create a wooden kit that can be used for a lot of different types of props.For example, The …
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poopipe

Z and Z Mini for Houdini

https://vimeo.com/640940973product link: https://alexeyvanzhula.gumroad.com/l/nuBwFfree lightweight version: https://alexeyvanzhula.gumroad.com/l/RaNuJ
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AlexeyVanzhula

Effective ways to create this shape??

Decided to to model a KV1 tank inspired by playing Wolrd Of Tanks. Just struggling to create the front section on the turret and would much appreciate the help :) Maybe it's easier than I think but …
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1471tom

Strange polygon shades

Hello, i have a probably simple question. Sometimes i get a strange looking polygons, mostly when i try to manipulate vertices and edges. When i clear smoothing groups i still get it but when i …
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Kanni3d

Batch/renderfarm texture exporting - Substance Painter

Hey everyone.So at the VFX studio I work at we are doing a "post mortem" after completing a 2 year project, during that time my work was mostly texture work. Now looking back one of the biggest time …
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poopipe

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