Technical Talk

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Game animation Hi there,So, I want to edit some animation of a mmorpg which is in development(old game witch has been shut down more the 12 years ago) and some of them are boring and a lot of skills animations are …	8 Last	throttlekitty Sep 2020
how to convert normal map from Tangent Space to Object Space? Hi) Does anyone know how to convert normal map from Tangent Space to Object Space? (or vice versa). I know that «Handplane» can convert. But I couldn't find a description of the conversion pro…	1 Last	sprunghunt Sep 2020
Parallaxed Textures! Hi everybody! I've always been really interested in parallaxing and would be thrilled to learn how it's done =) I'm currently working on a redesign of Knight Commander Meredith's sword from Dragon Ag…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2020
How to skin characters with lots of overlapping stuff and complex surface structures? Hey I looked into our Wiki regarding this (btw @"Eric Chadwick" I think it's not ideal to mix it into the Rigging topic as it deserves it's own spot imo)But I'm wondering if there is …	8 Last	pior Sep 2020
What is your Pipeline? Can you share what you think the strengths or bottlenecks are? I'm trying to develop a pipeline I feel is very efficient, but ever choice I make has strengths and draw backs. My pipeline isn't professionally used or implemented it is just an out line for what ma…	3 Last	sprunghunt Sep 2020
Maya: skinCluster error when mirroring mesh / Error: file: D:/Autodesk/Maya2019/scripts/others/doMirrorSkinWeightsArgList.mel line 84: saco is not in a skinCluster. That's the error I get when attempting to mirror my mesh (yeah, not the j…	0 Last	delaro5a Sep 2020
[Blender] Baking with intersecting Mesh. Hello , i am kinda new to the whole 3d creation thing and unfortunately hit a roadblock on 3 different projects that I seem unable to cross. I am trying to bake a normal map from a high to a lo…	2 Last	DavidCruz Sep 2020
(MAYA)KTHolePuncher Wrote a script that saves time creating Holes in objects. Works on multiple component selections(Vertices and Faces) for Maya 2018 - 2020.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I913wBznX9AAvailable at Artst…	3 Last	onionhead_o Sep 2020
Trim sheets. How to use them? As I was able to understand, today the industry standard (well, one of) is using trim sheets, that are texture with bunch elements that can be seamlessly tiled on the model. I think old plain regular…	29 Last	sketchem Sep 2020
making a car with an interior – workflow Hi,I coldn't find any tips on the internet about it, although I think its very important in game ready models. As the title says – what's the workflow for the cars with interiors?I just finished an e…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2020
Texture Atlasing and Tiling Texture questions Can someone clear something up for me? If Im using a majority of tiling textures and trim sheets in my game, how does texture atlasing come into play here? Also, all of my tiling textures are au…	5 Last	poopipe Sep 2020
3dsMax 2021.2 Smart Extrude New - Smart ExtrudeAdjacent faces are completely rebuilt and stitched together, matching the final visual output.No more need for time-consuming repairs on hidden faces or other geometric data result…	23 Last	coven Sep 2020
[NEW 3D TOOL] Kinetix - turn 2D videos into 3D animations automatically Hello guysI am developing with my friends a tool that provides 3D animations in FBX format from 2D videos. It's a deeplearning algorithm that generates 3D animations automatically. Here is a vid…	0 Last	Kinetix_Alex Sep 2020
xNormal - MASTER THREAD just saw this on opengl.org, might be worth a try, specially with the seemingly not so well working melody didnt have time to test it, but a well known modeller has helped development [url]http://w…	2.9K Last	HaloAnimator Sep 2020
Big painting on a ceiling, how would you do it? Hello people!I stumble upon a Uncharted 4 environment done by Andres Rodriguez on Arstation.As I was trying to analyze the scene thinking about how I would do it I couldn't think aobut a solution for…	3 Last	oglu Sep 2020
What's the easiest way for someone to change material colors in an FBX? Title says it all. My client wishes to change mat colors in the FBXs I'm giving them. Before I suggest him to import things to any DCC app (they're more familiar with Max, but they have very little k…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2020
Best practice for Displacement tearing? I'm running into some issues where I have cubes, or even a sphere with a single uv shell (from zbrush) and if I do any displacement it will tear and split apart at the seams. I have no idea how to av…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2020
Question about animation using skeletons Hi,I have a web based animation editor. I create the sprites manually. So for a walk cycle, I create about 10 frames. As time has gone by, the number of characters have increased.&n…	5 Last	svrart Sep 2020
[Blender] Gradient that emited from light source Hi everyone.I'm trying to make a shader that take the position of a light source (or any object or point in the world space) and start a gradient from it using nodes. Then, the "illuminated" area sho…	2 Last	shim80 Sep 2020
Hair modeling question -	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2020
Modeler 2020.1 for Houdini https://vimeo.com/412027905	1 Last	AlexeyVanzhula Sep 2020
maya - lighting are there any good servers on discord for modeling and Maya ? or other websites to ask questions for live help	2 Last	oglu Sep 2020
[3ds Max] miauu's Spline Deformer miauu's Spline Deformer allows you to manipulate rows of edges as if they were splines. The big advantage is that you can use Soft Selection to helps you on the modeling process. Now all is up …	12 Last	miauu Sep 2020
GoZ from Max to Zbrush blows out scale I'm using Max 2021 and Zbrush 2021. In Max, the system unit scale is set to 1 cm and the export scale in Zbrush is set to 1. When I GoZ from Max, the model imports at a massive scale into Zbrush. So …	6 Last	CheeseOnToast Sep 2020
Boolean low poly geomtry - is this acceptable? Hello Ladies and gentlemen. This is my first post here and the tech section seemed appropriate so Im posting this here - hope thats right. Ive heard many good things about Polycount, so I hope you ca…	8 Last	Sloth_42 Sep 2020
Loss details from texture from painting, texture from masking As title, it’s since quite time that I have this particular issue. When I try to create and export a textur map from my cavity map, made with masking, instead of this:I have this:Now, the funny t…	0 Last	Laurelion Sep 2020
Scanned assets cleanup in Zbrush I am looking for tutorials / techniques for doing cleanup of scanned assets in Zbrush. Also where can I find the models to practice ?	1 Last	gnoop Sep 2020
In need of a little help. So I have this pillar type of asset and as you can see in the picture i wanna put some runes on the rock . Did i have to sculpt them or can i make them with an alpha in substance painter??…	5 Last	TheMadNomad Sep 2020
animation won't play (converted from mdx) The model I downloaded appears to come with animations (seen on the bottom right panel) but they wont play, all I see is particles moving.	4 Last	3dmodels3dmodels Sep 2020
Zbrush, how to hide existing detail when applying new brush strokes Im not sure how to put this in words, but lets try. In Zbrush, is there a way to kinda automatically hide the existing detail when applying alpha texture with displace brush, similar to the third ima…	5 Last	kaigonathus Sep 2020
Baking Maya projection to multiple UDIMS Hey all I am trying to bake a projection texture in Maya to the multiple UDIMS for a large roadway I am doing. I have tried "Convert to file texture in Hypershade but it only does the 0-1 space…	5 Last	Chris Rohlfing Sep 2020
Blender NLA - ACTIONS clips DEMYSTIFIED (2020) [Export to Unity, Lens Studio, Spark AR, etc] For far too long many 3D artists have rejected working with Blender because of the difficulties to understand how to properly interact between the different animation editors. As a Blender Foun…	0 Last	3D_director Sep 2020
ZBrush CPU performance, Is Higher single core frequency or more cores, more important? Hi I have a question regarding CPU choices and ZBrush Performance. on the ZBrush website it states “A fast processor with multiple cores is a key item because ZBrush is only CPU base…	1 Last	PolyHertz Sep 2020
[MaxScript] Sub-object pivot Heyo all, There may already be an easy way to do something like this but I made a maxscript for using on my brawl entry. Lemme know if you've got a better way though :) I've been working on a littl…	27 Last	Wip3ou7 Sep 2020
Tutorial "How to change default Marking menu in Maya" Hi to all! Few years ago i spent almost all my free time on.. THIS. The main question is - how to avoid some very small repetitive actions in maya..Yeah. We spend a lot of time using default ma…	5 Last	frame_first Sep 2020
[Blender 2.8] Bevel shader normal map baking artifacts on flat surfaces Hello, everyone.I decided to try out Blender 2.8 bevel shader for Low-poly normal baking. While the results seem to be quite impressive, I get some artifacts, mostly on flat surfaces, which are seemi…	33 Last	Zeist Sep 2020
Is tehre any cost for editing textures inside game engines? I am modling in blender wich uses OpenGL normals, so when exporting to unreal i have to convert it to DirectX. But i am curious if would be better to do it before importing or the cost of doing that …	6 Last	gnoop Sep 2020
Need a tutorial on jets Hello guys! I am doing 3D since the end of 2018 self taught and I've learned a lot so far. Most of the times I figured out problems all by myself or with the help of certain tutorials (bought or yout…	9 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Sep 2020
Box Cutter - Blender addon, not cutting? Hi,when I click drag then release to create a cube which is supposed to cut into a shape it creates a new shape instead. I seem to almost never get this add on to work please help	5 Last	Justo Sep 2020
Blending textures (no smooth transition) [3D] Hello everyone!First I would like to apologize because I am very new to 3D. I've used unity a little and experimented with 2D. I think I want to try some 3D in Unreal now.So in 2D we have tiles:I can…	2 Last	PinkestElephant Sep 2020
How Should I Unwrap Organic Mesh Without Visible Seams? Hi!I'm kinda losing my nerves here. I made a 3D model of eggplant and now I wanted to give it some textures, but I stumbled upon this issue.The seams where I have put them, are visible. I tried to sn…	1 Last	Epitaph Sep 2020
Doom Eternal Great id tech7 review. This game is crazy! https://youtu.be/UsmqWSZpgJY	24 Last	oglu Sep 2020
uvs and retopology in high poly models? Hello, soo I´m starting a project but I have run into an issue that I do not know how to resolve. I want to make a scene in the kitchen with fruit and things like that and I´m looking to make somethi…	2 Last	wandering_snail Sep 2020
[Maya]How to select polygon components by other object hi, I wanna search for intersecting faces between two objects, and then delete or select them.I know Boolean can be similar, but the results I want is to avoid…	0 Last	babybus Sep 2020
3d Screenshot Capture I think this is the right place to put this. I'm looking for a program I had years ago where i could take a 3D screenshot of what was been rendered at that time while playing a game. I thought it was…	2 Last	Doongas Sep 2020
Maya - Referenced Characters for Rigging Hi folks,I'm trying to understand about referencing-in characters before rigging. This is a recommended doing by Advanced Skeleton team but I'm really not sure about it's benifits.Will referenced cha…	3 Last	throttlekitty Sep 2020
how to specify a location before creating an object (line) in 3dmax ? Is there an option in max (2017) to specify a location before creating the object (line) ?eg I would like to create a line with a z-offset of 10. so i can see my line above other objects in the top v…	2 Last	skydoll Sep 2020
[Blender] Generate rig creates bugged controllers I'm having a really weird problem. I added a metarig to the scene, edited the pose to fit my character, apply it as the rest pose, applied loc/rot/scale, and Generated Rig. The problem is that on the…	4 Last	RN Sep 2020
Blender Eevee - I am missing Material and object ID passes? I've attached an image with all the information. hellllp, please	2 Last	Method14253 Sep 2020
Blender Eevee - Matching Camera orientation to viewport resolution? Hi guys is there a shortcut/way to match the Camera orientation to the exact Viewport resolution/perspective in Blender?	4 Last	Method14253 Sep 2020