Technical Talk

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How to Render Low-Poly (Without tris shadows)? I want to render like this: [img]http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/5626/raymanrrender34ba.jpg[/img] Not like this: [img]http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6320/bendersr4.jpg[/img] In Rayman render, …	7 Last	guilleiv Jan 2008
How do you keep your system organised? I've gone through several systems for keeping files organised and my pc happy, but none have been as satisfying. I'm curious as to how you keep things clean, I mean pc/laptop and project wise. What …	15 Last	Ruz Jan 2008
Maya AO 'inside' rooms I've created AO maps in Maya before but I'm trying to do a room thats pretty much fully enclosed, I was told by someone there's just a number I mess with, is it the spread? What it is, is a room wit…	3 Last	warby Jan 2008
question about geometry hey all, i'm building a simple asset of a housing for a dumpster. heres a pic: [img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j298/breakneck_rust/Untitled-1-6.jpg[/img] all the posts and the walls are all …	5 Last	breakneck Jan 2008
Visibility Tracks I was wondering how I would toggle two objects off and on. I tried visibilty tracks, but when your object is textured it doesn't work and to be honest Its a bit crap because even when its supposed to…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
Animation types for RTS models? Out of curiosity, what are the most common types of animations needed for RTS type models? These are the ones I could think of: Combat units: Idle, move, melee, ranged, die Construction units: Idle…	7 Last	Joshua Stubbles Jan 2008
Export/Import tools - One stop shop? I find myself using atleast 3 different modeling programs to get things done. Sometimes I get a bad export from one and need to load into another package before I can go to my desired end package. A…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
Animation edditing question Hey guys, I'm doing a second pass on my 3d final for school and I'm wondering if there is a way to tell Maya to ignore a set number of frames from, say frame 340-1800 while i work on a walk cycle fro…	2 Last	animatr Jan 2008
Technical issues with maya and geforce 7900GS Hey, I just installed Maya 8.5 on my Home PC. When using perspective view I my viewport starts flickering and it looks like it cant update it, I have to switch to another window and back again for it…	2 Last	Pawkfox Jan 2008
Where do I pick things up again? Greetings fellow polycounter's, it's been awhile. I've been totally absent from the model/texture scene for a few years now during my time attending school. I left "the field" so to speak, but ne…	20 Last	verybad Jan 2008
character work flow lets say i want to make a character is am i able to use a different texturet map for the hair or should i use the same uvspace as the head?	1 Last	Rick Stirling Jan 2008
planar faces hej all, in maya, is there a way to select a face and make it planar? ( i do not want to tesselate it ) thanks! cpcpcp	1 Last	hula Jan 2008
Rigging question Hey guys, I've made some proportion changes(scale/moving verts) to a current model that has already been rigged. My question is do I have to re-rig this now? Because I notice once I jump back into…	11 Last	soulstice Jan 2008
Tablet PC's I did a quick search and didnt find anything on it realy. I was wondering what yall thought about tablet pcs/laptops? Are they worth getting? I was thinking of getting one, as i am in the army and …	8 Last	sir-knight Jan 2008
NPR outline What's the best way to generate a comic book style outline for a character? At the moment I've tried using a cloned mesh with a push modifier with inverted faces and a black material. This works real…	2 Last	Ben Cloward Jan 2008
Texturing Ground without Procedurals Ok, really lost here. I need to texture a plane/ground mesh for a rts game my friends and I are making for the Microsoft 2008 Imagine cup. Due to programming restrictions, I can only use one textur…	4 Last	Cody Jan 2008
is this possible in z brush? Lets say I have a low poly mesh I want to detail in z brush. If I were to make different versions of the low poly mesh for morph targets. could I apply the alterations in z brush to my new low poly m…	1 Last	Neox Jan 2008
Rendering in games! Hi, Quite a broad question but what rendering method is used in games? Are they still Gouraud shaded or are new algorithms being used these days?	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
Advice on lightmaps in game engines I've been put in charge of doing some R&D for lighting solutions for our current project. Most of the lighting we've done in the past has been handled by vertex lighting and it has served us pret…	16 Last	kabab Jan 2008
Grid snapping in max! Hi, I'm trying to make some tiling floor sections for unreal 3 in Max and was wondering if its possible to snap a vertex to the grid that isn't already aligned to the grid. Currently when I use the s…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2008
XP 64 - How is it? I've got a Vista machine that has given me a number of issues I am no longer willing to deal with, as such i'm looking to install XP on it instead. However, my mobo can handle up to 8gb of ram, and u…	12 Last	arrangemonk Jan 2008
moving files from max to a game engine It doesn't sound like a task an artist would be responsible for, but our in house developer working with me has asked me to research a way to get a rigged mesh with biped into directx format, and fig…	8 Last	sir-knight Jan 2008
Underappreciated Game Environment Themes? We've all seen the fantasy castles with insane proportions, run-down, realistic modern urban environments and most things in between when it comes to game environments. If I wanted to start modeling,…	21 Last	CheeseOnToast Jan 2008
Base Model Thread Hey guys, I thought it might be a nice idea if we had a base-model thread going. Any ops willing to make this sticky so we can have it up top for easy reference/download? So, post your base-models …	5 Last	WipEout Jan 2008
Silo and exporting UV I'm so disappointed right now. After 3 hours of unwrapping in silo2, it turns out silo can't export my model with uvs. The uvs are there in the sib format, but I cant get them to export to obj or 3ds…	3 Last	nkoste Jan 2008
UE3 - Shaders? how do you edit shader properties within UE3? is it all done within the material editor? what are the best shaders to use for skin as opposed to metals etc?	1 Last	JordanW Jan 2008
Converting Maya 8.5 file to OBJ without Maya I have a quandary. I started a model at work on Maya 8.5. I emailed it home in MB format, but realised that its not compatible with my home Maya 6.5. Now the obvious thing to do, given that it is jus…	2 Last	Penzer Jan 2008
mocap and biped here's a question about mocap data and biped, I've never used any mocap data before but I've got some and I'd like to try it out. The example provided with the package has a very complex rig, mainly …	15 Last	sir-knight Jan 2008
max has done it again yeah, max has done it again. this time, its hidden a few lines that i created. they're hidden so well that i am unable to find it in any of the listings and not even when i try and merge the scene in…	8 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2008
Suggestions for programs? I am new to the game of modeling and hoping to get started, I am hoping that I can get some experienced advice on this matter. I am wondering what modeling program I should get (and does that program…	9 Last	East Jan 2008
Try it if you dare ! Maya selection issue It's rant time! :P Try this in Maya, any version will do: [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/pior_ubb/selectme.jpg[/img] I know that selection behaviour in Maya is acclaimed by many users …	21 Last	Panupat Jan 2008
Concept Art and Photoshop Brushes I was just wondering about the best way to go about a concept art in Photoshop and also, were one might find custom brushes suitable for it. While I'm posting I might as well ask how to setup the bru…	6 Last	DomDeRose Jan 2008
ps3 and rendering with quads I learned from some game company interview that the ps3 is much more efficient at rendering quads than it is tris. I wanted to ask anyone actually working on ps3 titles what they're experience has be…	10 Last	verybad Jan 2008
2D vector "hand-drawn" converters or techniques? I have a need to take an existing 2D vector image, drawn all with straight, normal, perfect lines, and turn every stroke into something natural/slightly messy/hand-drawn, e.g. take the top stroke and…	7 Last	Michael Knubben Jan 2008
Environment/level resources hi everybody! I want to change my field of job, i have been working for broadcast and i am quite fed up of it [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] so i was trying to move to games as an enviroment…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
Free Video capture program? Hey guys, anyone know of a good 4 all program that is free that can let me make some good youtube videos with? something that can do titles even? codecs, editing? I'm so out of the video editing l…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
How to do this without eyeballing in Maya?? How do I model two cylinders meeting together? I just found out it isn't as easy as it looks. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Magnifying_glass_01.svg/603px-Magnifying_g…	8 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
[Max 8] Retaining selection between modifiers? Hello everyone, n00b here. I have an editable poly, and an Unwrap UVW modifier. In the editable poly, I have several polygons that have named selection sets. What I want to do is select a named sel…	15 Last	Sage Jan 2008
rough 360 level specs? hi I'm going to ask one of those 'it depends' type questions, but I'm just looking for some real general guidelines so please take the question in that spirit.. I'm wanting to know vaguely what kind…	2 Last	rooster Jan 2008
is my wire ok? Hello! I am making a yellow perch with the polycount about 3000, and i feel really unsure of myeself when it comes to the wire. Can anyone take the time to look at this and tell me if there is any st…	4 Last	rooster Jan 2008
new to low poly hey guys, I'm pretty new to low poly modeling, and fairly new to 3d in general, and my work has thrown me into the deep end right away. We're in a bit of a downtime here at my work and they've let m…	2 Last	sir-knight Jan 2008
Calculating wasted space? I was looking at the old Quake 2 model reviews, and it occurred to me that when they refer to wasted space on a skin... how do they calculate it? I'd like to improve my mapping, and being able to det…	8 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2008
PolyDraw in PolyBoost for retopology - how? I'm trying to figure out the basics of retopology. I've heard PolyDraw mentioned, from the 3ds Max PolyBoost plugin. I can't quite get it to work though. I'd like to just draw a cage on top of a mesh…	1 Last	gavku Jan 2008
Question regarding the warm and cool of a color I have a question, I know that a Color has a warm and cool version of it. how do you go about mixing this digitally? is the cool version for example of red just a lower saturated red? I feel this is …	5 Last	PolyPutty Jan 2008
Photoshop cursor lag Ok, not sure what could be causing it, but ever since I got my other pc its had hell with photoshop and cursor lag. I'm running cs2 on a vista ran intel 2.4g , 3gig ram with an nvidia 8600 gt. I on…	5 Last	oobersli Jan 2008
Adding volume to normal maps (Zbrush) I modeled a head got it into Zbrush and generated a normal map for ingame use with UT3. As you can see comparing it with a UT3 normal map it lacks a lot of volume. [img]http://img178.imageshack.us/…	8 Last	Ruz Dec 2007
3ds max to zbrush please help Whenever i export my model from 3ds max into zbrush I always get the triangles exported w/ it so when i divide my model gets really messed up. Ive tried exporting it as polygons etc. but that hasnt r…	8 Last	itsover3 Dec 2007
Wacom Digitizer II Help in desperate need of help fast as i return to Cambridge next tuesday and need to setup new pc (Dell XPS 420+Vista Ultimate) Just got a new pc and have 2 questions- 1.New pc does not have serial por…	9 Last	kunglao Dec 2007
I'm gonna format my pc: what OS to install? Xp or vista? 32 bits or 64? Pros and cons? I was kinda going for vista.. cause it looks purty.. advices?	19 Last	Pedro Amorim Dec 2007
mudbox tutorials DELETED Post deleted by xxbrightliesxx	2 Last	aesir Dec 2007