Technical Talk

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Looking for new laptop for 3D Modelling, Rendering, UE4 Hey everyone,I am ordering a laptop and I am looking for some help on what to get. My budget is about £1300.I previously had an ASUS TUF FX505 which met the needs for 3D modelling and rendering but i…	5 Last	sacboi Jul 2020
Maya - freeze related to animation layers and shape editor Hi, I've made a post at the autodesk forums as well but maybe somebody here has some experience too: im using maya 2018problem is after adding blendshape nodes (created from shape editor) to an anima…	12 Last	Alex_J Jul 2020
Closed Moved: How do you bake a bent normal map from a mesh with a normal map on it? This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2020
How to improve this bake? Hey guys,I am still trying to figure out how to get a good bake so I test with simple objects like this. I uploaded it here so everyone can check it out:https://we.tl/t-4GG1l2wALmSo I think the bake …	22 Last	Obscura Jul 2020
Maya - Export SoftMod animation? I am trying to figure out if I can use softmods as part of animation process. For instance, to create a persons stomach moving in and out breathing, without adding extra bones. It seems like softmod …	1 Last	TeZzy Jul 2020
Help with molded plastic shapes/transitions (weapon modeling) So this was my latest attempt at my Sig Sauer M17/P320 model, which mind you is 1000% better than the last, but, I'm still struggling with the plastic body. I Think I nailed the metal portion, though…	12 Last	Boosted24v Jul 2020
Are Tileable Textures used on the whole Building? Hi,Normally you use in Games Tileable Textures for big Buildings (because of the Texel Density) so my Question is do you use the Textures on the WHOLE Building so for example Tileable Textures on the…	9 Last	poopipe Jul 2020
Interesting Research Thread Hi I thought I would share some findings for: Resources, Research Papers, Creators, Visionaries, Pioneers, Ideas and people at the forefront of the game industry. I would greatly appreciate it if you…	78 Last	littleclaude Jul 2020
Do low poly game assets that are using normal maps have to use smooth shading as well ? Just wondering, because as far as I saw when baking normal map, marked sharp edges are evil, they will just mess things up. So I guess, if I don't want to put on my mesh seams everywhere where there …	1 Last	Obscura Jul 2020
Sceleton rigging ( maya) Hellow everyone! I have some problem. I need to add а new joint into sceleton with ready skinning. I am create joint, put it the bones hierarchy. But when i whant to paint new weights with…	1 Last	Alex_J Jul 2020
Question: texturing sculpted cliff-faces Hey guys,I'm working on some large cliff faces in Zbrush, and I'm wondering the best approach for texturing these for rendering in UE4. I'd like to have them game ready.Normally i'd have a smaller sc…	6 Last	Tetranome Jul 2020
Blender flipping normals when mirroring objects In Blender you can mirror an object by two ways:Using a mirror modifierCtrl MIn the first method, every normal is perfect in every single software Using the second, some display flipped UVs, som…	4 Last	gnoop Jul 2020
3D Coat Retopology I've faced with a problem and i need to change my reference mesh at the middle of retopo process, how can i do it? I can't find any button to "Change reference mesh" or import it.	0 Last	TomorrowGames Jul 2020
3Dsmax subdivide type modifier in Blender? I wanted to find out if anyone knows how using this modifier in 3dsmax can be achieved in Blender.http://docs.autodesk.com/3DSMAX/15/ENU/3ds-Max-Help/index.html?url=files/GUID-67E7E333-585A-4753-8A3A…	2 Last	melviso Jul 2020
triangles in the middle of a flat surface in production-ready SUBD? hello guys I have a question, its legal to have triangles (or ngons) in the middle of the flat surfaces accounting all edges have doubles properly (creased) and looking good in the case of production…	3 Last	jozin Jul 2020
Normal Map Always Bakes Wrong And Gives Bad Shading - HELP Hi, it's me again.I tried to bake my normal map again, after someone here wrote that I should triangulate the mesh and all the problems will be solved. Well it did help with some areas, the majority …	7 Last	Alander787 Jul 2020
Closed Moved: Multiple UV Tile Normal Map seams on Character Model Substance Painter textures This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2020
Substance Painter or Quixel Mixer? Marvelous Designer or Blender Cloth Add on? Double trouble!I've found summer sales for Marvelous Designer which is normally $500 for perpetual license. It is now ~$250 on steam sale for slightly less perpetual... perpetual license. In that you…	9 Last	Alex_J Jul 2020
Zbrush map doesnt show enough detail - Normal Maps I have been trying to solve this problem on my own , i still have no clue why this is happening. As you can see there is not enough amount of in the normal map. Skin textures are missing a…	3 Last	Elperro Jul 2020
Budget photogrammetry I've been looking for tools that allow me to scan a few objects for my game, on a budget. So far, I managed to find these. Hope other people find them useful!https://alicevision.org/#meshroomhttps://…	2 Last	3D_Generation Jul 2020
Closed Moved: Dark lines around edges of bake in substance painter This discussion has been moved.	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2020
ZBrush holes in UV after decimation I'm having problems with holes in my UV after decimating, I've tried 150k and 250k, but both give me visible holes in my UV. I can't see them in my model but I'm worried about it giving me issues dur…	1 Last	sweetpotato251 Jun 2020
Warzone HDR sniper fabric Hello Guys, I'm really fascinated by warzone weapons especially the HDR sniper. I noticed this fabric ( cloth ) on the telescope and I would like to create a similar one. Does it need a high pol…	6 Last	Obscura Jun 2020
Low Poly Normals are getting baked into my Normal Map - HELP Hi, I wanted to bake my high poly details on a normal map in Substance Painter, but when I do so and then export the textures, the shading on my model looks weird. Almost as if it had baked in the no…	9 Last	Alander787 Jun 2020
I deleted my delete key shortcut in 3ds max - help [SOLVED] So as the title says, I was deleting all the shortcuts I thought I didn't need and didn't know what they were in max and then I realized I deleted my DELETE function. (delete object or delete selecte…	5 Last	Nemanja Jun 2020
Zbrush: Extract Sculpt Layer as Displacement Map? (Or more general: How to extract Surface Details?) Hi :-) I was wondering if it's possible to extract just a sculpt layer as a displacement map for use in the texturing app.Tried Zbrushs' function to bake displacement to a lower subdivision level. In…	2 Last	Fabi_G Jun 2020
Why isn't parallax mapping used more? I'm a layman. I signed in specifically to ask this.It seems like a really cool technique that I don't ever see in games, except for the ones mentioned in the wiki article, of course. Oh, Spider-Man P…	11 Last	poopipe Jun 2020
Can't bake even 1 normal map. Well, I'm out of ideas, my normal maps end up looking trashy all the time. I have this one gun for which I'm trying to bake normal map: Using details from higher detail version of the low p…	3 Last	Creepezel Jun 2020
zbrush mask problem hi, this happen when i try to mask it , can somebody helps?	0 Last	davidmajdi Jun 2020
[MAYA] Free NPR viewport material (image heavy) Hey guys! long time no see!During the quarantine I decided to get out of my confort zone and try doing some NPR, but keeping its usage closer to PBR and metal/roughness workflow. Using oren nayar dif…	6 Last	RN Jun 2020
Difference in Games to VFX workflows? I'm come from a video game background and I'm looking into VFX but I'm struggling to understand a few things.In games we always convert our meshes to tris once they're ready for baking, and we use th…	6 Last	3D4Eva Jun 2020
Reference for extreme close up face details (pore / skin details) Hi i'm looking for a website that I've seen in a tutorial once. It's a website were you could zoom super close on super high resolution photos and you could see all the pore details. Is there a chara…	1 Last	oglu Jun 2020
texturing paired stuff Hello people. If I have to texture/uv paired objects (such shoes and the like), how to proceed? Mean: a unique uv map for both (eg. one of 1024^2), or two separated maps for each (also a 1024, 'cause…	4 Last	sympatik Jun 2020
What software are the best for their purposes? Hello,This may be sound stupid but ...Currently I am learning Maya, but I don't really like the program because its heavy, crashes and a lot o times I hear that the program is not good. And at the sa…	21 Last	7bajwa Jun 2020
[SOLVED] ZBrush, Bake all layers from all Subtools Hey!When i am done with modeling, i want to prepare some stuff for exporting the mesh.Current workflow:1. set all subtools to highest subdivision Subtools -> all high2. now, to decimate in the 3. …	18 Last	pasha_sevez Jun 2020
Akeytsu's Summer Sales : a 50% discount on any Indie Annual Subscription Dear aspiring animators, Lately, akeytsu has been making a lot of improvements - many new major features and updates have been released to help animators, riggers and technical artists…	0 Last	Nukey_Alia Jun 2020
Empty 32bit displacements from ZBrush When exporting a 32 bit displacement map from ZBrush it sometimes is all red; or all white. Compared to when I export a 16bit TIF which exports with the correct data. As I'm not getting a…	0 Last	CreativeSheep Jun 2020
Little problem with the Bake Hi! i have a problem that i can't resolve.When i try to bake my HP to LP, ALWAYS happen the same thing, in the right/left side, i have a few lines after the bake.I have tried to change the format of …	6 Last	HAWK12HT Jun 2020
Trim paneling shading issue. I am trying to use the trim workflow for sci fi stuff, but when I unwrap a panel line and make it straight the normals get broken. This is how this works or am I missing something?	7 Last	icegodofhungary Jun 2020
Kuadro - Free Reference View Tool Hey Everyone, I've just released an update to my reference viewer tool, [URL="http://kruelgames.com/tools/kuadro/"]Kuadro[/URL], and thought I would share it here. Kuadro is a tool that lets you …	204 Last	Kalimdor Jun 2020
Xgen disappear in Vray frame buffer i've a trouble with my project. Why hair, eyebrow, eyelash and fur disappear in Vray frame buffer ?	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2020
Spline Soft Selection (By contiguous length) or better solution? Hi all!This is my first post on Ploy-Count, Thanks for looking!I could really use some help! I've run into this problem a few times. This is probably my most tedious case. (this isn't even all the sp…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2020
Closed Merged: xnormal interactive height tonemapper This discussion has been merged.	0 Last	melviso Jun 2020
Zbrush Zspheres all "lumpy" I have been frustrated with the shape of skins I have been creating recently using zbrush spheres - specifically ropes and such - and I couldn't work out why they were looking so lumpy, then I realiz…	0 Last	AllyAlbon Jun 2020
3DS MAX - Smooth edge shader I noticed that Blender has a great working solution for a smooth edge shader where the mesh edge normals are rendered with smooth edges without having to do any chamfering, edgeloops or actual bevell…	11 Last	monster Jun 2020
Hard surface workflow for games? So I've been modeling for games in my undergrad for about 10 months now, and I've learned more from the internet than I have in school - go figure. But one thing I definitely want help on is my workf…	6 Last	jozin Jun 2020
akeytsu 2020 dev roadmap Hi !A few months back we unveiled our development roadmap with three major updates for rigging and 3D animation software akeytsu. Our goal this year is to fulfil the 3D animation needs of mid…	6 Last	Nukey_Alia Jun 2020
Using trim sheets with alpha floaters and blending with tiling materials? I have a trim sheet I created that has a bunch of metal handles/bolts etc. that Im trying to overlay on top of a tiling material that uses the same metal texture. The issue is, I cant get these to bl…	5 Last	Udjani Jun 2020
Character Mesh Strange Materials Preview (Help Needed) Hi, I've been having this weird material issue (which you can see below in the image) with a Character mesh that I've been working on, which seem apparent whenever I export and preview the mesh in Sk…	11 Last	Alex_J Jun 2020
Motionbuilder / Biped Issue I'm retargeting some animations from ue4 to Biped using motionbuilder. I export the retargeted animation as an FBX, and import this biped-naming convention FBX into max with "update animation" select…	2 Last	PeterK Jun 2020