Technical Talk

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Art preprod for large projects? Broad topic, I know, and maybe a bit hush-hush for some...but I'm curious as to what types of art preproduction practices you have in place at the studios you work at, and what types of assets and do…	1 Last	SouL Jul 2008
Max 7 UVW cockage Whenever I want to edit the UVs of a model, all the vertices jump and stay at the top-left corner of the UV editor. Restarting Max or resetting XForms won't fix the problem. Halp?	2 Last	LEViATHAN Jul 2008
Softimage XSI normal maps in render tree Adding normal maps in the render tree. How do i do this and see it with "Q" quick render or at the very least, "open GL? Most importantly i am tyring to at least hook it up correclty in the render t…	9 Last	[HP] Jul 2008
normal map workflow question I'm sort of on the brink of jumping into normal mapping... really need to get a new pc and play with ut3 ... but I could be months away from that looking at my budget. Anyways, digressing... I see a…	5 Last	sir-knight Jul 2008
DX shader to render MAX 8 hey dont know if this is possible. say i bake out a light map with a second uv set, then i go in and texture the object with the first uv set. i make a dx lightmap shader so that i can view them toge…	11 Last	IronHawk Jul 2008
IDE and SATA drives master/slave? i currently have an IDE harddrive, and my new SATA hd came today and i put it in my tower, hooked up the power and the motherboard cable to it, and turned on my computer, it booted fine, but she new …	4 Last	BlackulaDZ Jul 2008
I have a environment scene Its a bathroom, and there is supposed to be a mirror with a reflection on it. I can get the reflection when I turn Raytracing on... but then that messes up the rest of the scene. How do I get it …	10 Last	CowmasterStudios Jul 2008
HELP! UT3 / Graphics Problems Any time I do something graphics intensive, like open the unreal 3 editor, or play a game. [Like TF2, counter strike, or TM nations] my computer freezes after doing one of these things for like 5-10…	14 Last	Rik Jul 2008
Pixel Art style of UI ? Hi, incredible polycounters ! :) I'm wondering what workflows are you using when dealing with UI with high level of detail Take for instance , this web interface [url]http://www.disciples3.ru/main…	3 Last	CodeFather Jul 2008
New Laptop: Hardware Recomendations Howdy all I'm in the market for a new notebook, and wanted some expert opinions on what type of rig I need to look for. My primary usage for the notebook is for high poly modeling for environment /…	6 Last	Rik Jul 2008
Maya Hardware Lighting issue Anyone have an idea about whats going on here. Im in hardware view and I threw a spot light in my scene. Random peices of geometry seem to be getting the light source...but not all surfaces. The main…	2 Last	zerafian Jul 2008
decals,logos and alpha channels( oh my) I am trying to paste some decals logos and into my alpha channel. I did some decal overlays( mainly corporate logos) in deep paint in projection mode, saved out the decal layer as a tga and copied …	3 Last	Ruz Jul 2008
UT3 Lighting and Light Mapping Trying to do some lighting tests with my chinatown scene [see -> [URL="http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=54280"]here[/URL]], and I'm running into problems. First off I have no idea how to…	2 Last	osman Jul 2008
Depicting something without reference... Hi everyone, My latest job description requires me to create something that needs to look pretty real, but afaik there is nothing on our earth to give me any hint about how it might look like. I ne…	15 Last	Oleg Linkov Jul 2008
Viewing 3d Models Real Time Hey guys, I know this has been talked about before but I never really got the solutions I was looking for on previous discussions so I thought I would try to start my own thread here. I have been pr…	8 Last	osman Jul 2008
Closed Are Advanced games getting any better... Since the release of nintendo, and then SNES, and then Sega, then the game boy, then the... N-64!!!!! then the xbox. All systems which I owned in the course of my lifetime.. Ive noticed one thing ab…	16 Last	MoP Jul 2008
Closed Mastercheif Polycount I learned that. First halo has 2000 poly, Halo 2 had 3000 poly... And im guessing that Halo 3 has 4000 poly mastercheif costumes. I took the time and courtesy (mind my spelling mistakes)- to post thi…	23 Last	MoP Jul 2008
psd pathunwrapper help. how do you get this thingy to work? haha. anybody got a good place to get it and how to install? thanks	15 Last	Sage Jul 2008
Mudbox crashing after 1st subdivide on 1 object only... EDIT: Fixed problem, can't delete post. It was caused by some hidden polygons that Maya sometimes likes to create when you bridge faces (inside that shoe) -.- [i]Original post; Title pretty much…	0 Last	Yozora Jul 2008
is there such a command in max? apologize if this is noob and dumb but I have a question, in edit poly mode, is there such a command where you can select 3 verts/lines and it make them line up the one between the two? and or have …	1 Last	J Randall Jul 2008
Renaming bones hello! I've got a ton of animation sequences for a vehicle all saved out into different Max9 files. The vehicle is using regular max bones for all the parts. The programmer I'm working with wants me…	2 Last	SideEffect Jul 2008
3ds max conversion help Quick noobish question for anyone willing to help - I made some models in 3ds 9, sent them to myself to use in class on 3ds 8 - had no problem opening them up and editing them. However, when I went …	7 Last	Tumerboy Jul 2008
maya to max fbx problems Has anyone had huge problems converting maya to max using fbx. I have dloaded all the latest plugins and that just makes matters worse. Exporting to 3dsmax 8 sp3 from maya 7.0 uisng the old plugin…	4 Last	Ruz Jul 2008
Xref path redirect 3dsmax9 Heyo So I'm not much of an xref user or environment artist or a fan of 3dsmax. However, here I am trying to figure out how to re-direct some xref paths in an environment in 3dsmax. I've changed som…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jul 2008
You know why Max is -fucking- awesome? And not just plain old awesome? Because if your geometry ever starts to act screwy you can make a new box, attach that box to your screwy geometry, and all your problems are solved. Seriously, what…	100 Last	IronHawk Jul 2008
bodypaint, deeppaint or just zbrush? What you guys use when you have to paint in 3d? In my list: 1st Zbrush - As you can paint in polys and send to texture later also using zapplink 2nd DeepPaint - Mostly because of its plugin to photo…	21 Last	Ruz Jul 2008
UT3 or Gears of War??? Hey guys, Which game is overall more satisfying to make a map for... Unreal Tournament 3 or Gears of War? I only ask because I would have said UT3 but I noticed recently that since it is such a fast…	2 Last	Kawe Jul 2008
Zbrush modeling as far as tiling hey, anyone know of a way to work on a plane to build a tileable highpoly. kind of like in photoshop, basically taking the far right of the plane and when ur sculpting details on there your seeing it…	8 Last	DInusty Jul 2008
hard edge subd modeling videos? I was thinking of picking up the [url=http://www.3d-palace.com/index.php?page=crux_shop]CRUX[/url] dvd by 3D-Palace but that's like $60 usabux! anyone have recommendations on DVDs and/or downloads? …	5 Last	BradMyers82 Jul 2008
Environment Artist... getting started So I have been working in 3ds max a little for the past couple years... but from how good I am you could say that I have only been working in it for a couple months. I'm trying to do more environmen…	2 Last	Ryno Jul 2008
Max9 + Vista64 I'm getting weird clipping issues in Max9's (x64) viewport with Vista64. If I select a face, run a chamfer command, and other various things in subobject mode my model will disapear until I rotate t…	2 Last	j_bradford Jul 2008
more mental mental ray baking issues in maya im getting problems baking out AO maps using mental ray in maya, basically it is refusing to capture high poly bits that go underneath/behind the low poly mesh, the same settings a re fine using maya…	9 Last	SHEPEIRO Jul 2008
Polyviewer Ideas Looking to gain some ideas for what people would like to see in an updated version. I am rebuilding from the ground up and planning to use opengl this time around instead of directx. Would people pre…	29 Last	BradMyers82 Jul 2008
Max XRefs Just shooting a small question this way to see if this is a common error or if I am completely f@#$ed. Have a object in a .max file xrefed into another, it's been like this for awhile now, no proble…	2 Last	Mark Dygert Jul 2008
pantone color munki Just got one of these in the office, calibrated my monitor and started sampling peoples skin tones! good fun! [url]http://www.colormunki.com/welcome/design[/url] [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com…	3 Last	renderhjs Jul 2008
Software Choices Hi everyone I'm just wondering what game engine I should use for my next multiplayer map. I have fooled around a little bit with Sandbox 2 (crysis) but I feel like the multiplayer community for tha…	2 Last	Mark Dygert Jul 2008
Clay Sculpting Materials? Hey dudes, I'm looking to get into doing some proper clay sculpting to improve my general sculpting knowledge and hopefully carry that back over to mudbox (that, and have something to do that doesn't…	11 Last	cw Jul 2008
Recipes for highquality AO bakes in Maya? I spent the day trying to learn some AO baking. Although I've nearly messeed around with every slider and number in the AO Transfer Maps menu, I can't seem to get a high quality AO map.. that is, bak…	13 Last	Riki Jul 2008
problem in milkshape I am working on a game and milkshape is the only good 3d modeler i could get but i have a problem when i tried to make a model of a mp5 idk what i'm doing wrong but if you can tell me how to fix it t…	15 Last	novakaine Jul 2008
Blending maps for building textures. Hi, So I'm trying to recreate a building for an art test and the brief states; [quote] The textures should be tileable for re using purposes and can be broken up with overlayed dirt or graffiti maps…	2 Last	warby Jul 2008
How to make a model for game? Hello, I would like to make a game model, but I do not really know how... 1) I have a high-poly human model from makehuman optimized to 7000 vertices. As I know this is too much for a game. How …	5 Last	novakaine Jul 2008
Obj Files Trying to gain some further information on what people would prefer for an obj loader for a viewer. Right now I am trying to handle multiple objects, but that's proving to be a pain since max does th…	2 Last	Keg Jul 2008
Boolean and high poly models? Question about the 'ethics', if you will, of high poly modeling concerning boolean shapes. Is geometry terribly important as a high poly model, if it is only going to be used as a normal map? I am …	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jul 2008
building a helmet may seem a silly question but if you were building a crash helmet , would you have the poles of the sphere at the ears or on the top. trying to zbrush it so want minimal artefacts	16 Last	Ruz Jul 2008
Silo any good? Is it any good? I tried it a bit some time ago and was pretty impressed with the modeling features. Can someone elaborate on the UV and rendering features?	22 Last	LoTekK Jul 2008
Rocks make me cry :( I seriously suck @ modeling rocks/mountain faces/stones, etc. I can understand & prefer the method of doing local high-poly information for rocks, that's a lot of fun. Being able to high poly a rock…	18 Last	Tumerboy Jul 2008
Texturing Question I'm currently in the process of building a cartoony viking ship, I guess in a World of Warcraft style. I'm wondering what the texturing process would be for the ship. Should I create a bunch of tilea…	2 Last	FiOSO Jul 2008
Maya's transform gizmo... Too slow? So, I'm going to have to learn to use Maya for a project I'll be working on come September. I've got the PLE and everything and I'm just trying to familiarize myself with the program right now (I'm o…	3 Last	Bal Jul 2008
Unwrapping in Maya makes me want to chew glass... No, seriously. I used to know basic unwrapping in Maya. Soon after abandoning Maya and going to Max for many-a-month, Unwrapping became easy, maybe it's more user friendly, hey what do I know. Now,…	6 Last	Vesper Jul 2008
Environment lighting questions I'm working on a real-time environment, but is it worth trying to get the lighting to look good in Max's viewport, or should I just fake it in a render? I'm almost to the point of just importing it a…	3 Last	hobodactyl Jul 2008