Hey guys has anyone tried creating custom pfx for any of their items sets? As far as I know theres no option in the importer for bringing them in. But I thought someone might have created and overwritten default pfx and re-compiled for the test build, or something to that extent.
tvidotto - panda is super cute of course! have you decided which direction to go for the wings in walking form?
not yet, im wating for the texture on the wings to make a new test, but im probably going to the wings on the ground to make it the most different as possible from the lone druid´s panda
I've been working on a courier last weeks, and now i've got models ready and textures about 80%. Here's wip rends (flat lightning, diffuse only):
What do you think?
take care to not exaggerate on the whites and blacks, and always works thinking on the dota camera angle, i had this problem with my gatuja, it looks much better from the side then from the upper angle =]
I remember OD's provided masks being a bit wrong, but it sounds like you've already figured that out. When you say shine are you referring to specular or the pulsing green glow effect?
The pulsing effect is uv directional, so if it's not showing up correctly try rotating your uv chunks to correct it. If you mean specular, try adding some metalness to the shader to increase the specular effect.
spudnik - nice weapon!
I was referring to the specular and the blue edges. Took your advice, and it appears the metalness is responsible for the shine (that's going to be annoying to figure out), but still nothing on the blue; I'll try to have everything done tonight so I can provide the info for any future OD cosmetics!
@I-ninja there might be a vertex weighted or parented on a wrong bone. Try to delete the vertex groups and reparent the proper bones, and then clear out the weights and repaint it.
I'll guess I can delete the rig and do it all over again (for the 4th time)
Hey ninja, what if you go for more bigger ear protectors? they look like headphones for me. i think its a good idea to avoid that based on the natures prophet glasses that were rejected by valve
First note, I would like to mention that the work on this thread is Awesome! I do forget to comment as i'm focused on my own work.
Finally got my courier in game for testing! Many hours fiddling with files n folders but its there! *yay* Now I can work on the run cycle that appears to be too slow and the wings death animation that lands far too high off the floor ...
Just a thought here- does anyone have control over the first post here (can they add new tutorial links)? Or can we have a thread dedicated to just dota2 tutorials that have been made?
I've had a couple of questions before and I've always been directed to just look at this thread, but now it's gotten to 185 pages, doing a search usually gives you quite a lot to sort through Also, it seems like after the contest a lot has been figured out/ shared / tutorials have been created / shaders have been made, and it'd be neat to have all of this in one place.
Dress still need some work on its texture, primary masks.
Wings has no material yet, but im planning on making them dark, even though the bright wings looks cool in some way.. they are probertly to sweet for QOP.
Let me know what you think..
Since theres no slot for body, I've attached the dress to shoulder, which is ok, because it looks stupid with shoulders.
but is it okay to do that?
Since nobody did it, I feel it's my job to hurt your feelings a little. I don't know much about QoP's model but if there isn't any body slots that's for a reason: they don't want you to dress her up. She's the symbol of lust, she has to be sexy and your dress is currently in the way (and it only covers the bottom half of her breasts which is distracting). Since she is some kind of succubus, giving her butterfly wings also probably wouldn't work (even if they are black) but that's just my opinion.
I-ninja: What you have currently is pretty cool but I agree with Tvidotto, you should really push the silhouette of the designs and exaggerate more. Dota stuff is so zoomed out, you gotta have a lot of silhouette and contrast.
I gotta stop pulling all nighters each time I want to finish an item. I made a square texture for a slot which is non square 2:1.
pro tip: read the requirements thoroughly
pro tip #2: if you screw it up like I did and finsh your texture before realizing it, just scale your texture to from 1024x1024 to 1024x512... It's going to be downscaled some more anyway, and the engine takes care of the rest.
Finished and updated the horns. Gonna take a break from this for finals, but I plan to keep an eye on this thread to see more submissions. Loving the new ideas guys!
Since nobody did it, I feel it's my job to hurt your feelings a little. I don't know much about QoP's model but if there isn't any body slots that's for a reason: they don't want you to dress her up. She's the symbol of lust, she has to be sexy and your dress is currently in the way (and it only covers the bottom half of her breasts which is distracting). Since she is some kind of succubus, giving her butterfly wings also probably wouldn't work (even if they are black) but that's just my opinion.
No feelings hurt, this is my second atempt on any item, so I'm just glad to take the experience with me. And I need it, haven't thouched 3D for 8 years, just thought it would be fun to rejoice my old thing
Anyways here's what i tried with the wings, still no masks done on anything.
Then I cross reference it with the store images located in the .pak file in the test client. The ones with store images and descriptions are more then likely getting in. And this method has been pretty accurate for the last several weeks.
thanks, mrpresident! i didnt think to look there, was worried i might of 'misplaced' some files or other..
i-ninja, the test version can still be used for in game testing of models (i hope), although i transferred my published model files to it earlier and couldnt get it to work.. i figured it was me doing something wrong. i would be interested to know if it is still possible!
I gotta stop pulling all nighters each time I want to finish an item. I made a square texture for a slot which is non square 2:1.
pro tip: read the requirements thoroughly
pro tip #2: if you screw it up like I did and finsh your texture before realizing it, just scale your texture to from 1024x1024 to 1024x512... It's going to be downscaled some more anyway, and the engine takes care of the rest.
Hey There Frump!! My eyes like what they are seeing It's some mesmerizing stuff you got there:poly142:. The only thing that is causing me some noice is the hairline. At that distance, to me it looks like if it is some sort of wig. I have done a little paintover in the hope of making my point clearer and to give you a suggestion. But IDK maybe is just me. Good work you have there. Cheers and Good Luck.
EDIT: @Anuxinamoon Holy shit bro It looks bestial. My windrunner would not want to be near to an enemy Centaur wit that weapon. Good Luck and Keep It Up.
Is it better to downsize your textures to the required resolution before submitting, or just submitting at the resolution you've been working on them (and it does the resizing in dota)?
@ThrottleKitty- Thanks! Glad you like it. It's at 50% upvotes and 50% downvotes right now. Better than being completely ignored though!
@HatPoweredSpyCrab - Good point, I will trying mucking about with the hairline, that was an issue with the last hairstyle I made too.
@Anuxi - It looks awesome, but it's very conventional and seems a bit plain from game cam. Maybe try adding a literal splash of color with some blood being on the axe or some green goo or something. I think that would spice it up.
Also congrats to Bounch and whoever else got stuff in this week.
@Anuxi - That Axe is so beast. My favorite of your solo items by far. I can't wait to get it in-game.
@HatPoweredSpyCrab - That hair draws so much attention to the neck as is, which looks really weird because of the gills. Normally it's just a small detail that fits her head, but with this style of hair it's feeling really out of place to me. I like the style of it though!
On a side note, lots of concept art popped up for some of the upcoming heroes. Legion Commander is looking pretty awesome as a female. Album
Coyo.Te
Cool idea for a weapon, the only changes I would make are to keep the pointy end of the anchor worn/shiny like it's been used a fair bit as a weapon and I would make the rest of the metal darker/less reflective to appear rough..would need some normal mapping there?. maybe some green where it's been sitting and rusting away.
Was wondering if those who have already been successful with getting your submissions selected (way to go!) what forms Valve requires you to submit? Do they take a long time to retrieve (from the government, etc)?
Frummi, I think it would be worth faking/photoshopping the particle effect on the sword, as the first comment echoed my question, "what is that thing" it does look like an error at the moment! Apart from that, looks great!
Replies
What do you think?
IeatApples - great job on your True Form bear, really nice transition from your concept to the 3d !
tvidotto - panda is super cute of course! have you decided which direction to go for the wings in walking form?
Yeah I just noticed how bland it looked when I took the screens, I need to work on that spec map more I think.
looks like a shiny plastic to me
not yet, im wating for the texture on the wings to make a new test, but im probably going to the wings on the ground to make it the most different as possible from the lone druid´s panda
take care to not exaggerate on the whites and blacks, and always works thinking on the dota camera angle, i had this problem with my gatuja, it looks much better from the side then from the upper angle =]
I was referring to the specular and the blue edges. Took your advice, and it appears the metalness is responsible for the shine (that's going to be annoying to figure out), but still nothing on the blue; I'll try to have everything done tonight so I can provide the info for any future OD cosmetics!
Think i'll add some more detail on the front "mask" head item.
Yes I used max and tried to use it's Skinning tools to the best of my ability
I'll guess I can delete the rig and do it all over again (for the 4th time)
Ha looking nice in battle is all that matters
(I'll re-make that pic once I get the rigging right)
But for now i'll leave you with this
and this
Current goal is to offer an alternative to the dragonclaw hook.
Click to rate!
Looking really nice, but is the Lance not a bit too large? The rest is looking really great!
@I-ninja: Don't go for Lina, i wanted to make a set for her as well
Hey ninja, what if you go for more bigger ear protectors? they look like headphones for me. i think its a good idea to avoid that based on the natures prophet glasses that were rejected by valve
Finally got my courier in game for testing! Many hours fiddling with files n folders but its there! *yay* Now I can work on the run cycle that appears to be too slow and the wings death animation that lands far too high off the floor ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz_FqvW7VdM&feature=youtu.be
Thanks to Thanks to Tvidotto, lancemaker and D4V1DC & Vlad for taking time and effort to post the tutorials!
http://www.workshophatemachine.com/2013/01/14/previewing-cosmetics/
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1722851&postcount=2728
I've had a couple of questions before and I've always been directed to just look at this thread, but now it's gotten to 185 pages, doing a search usually gives you quite a lot to sort through
Lich as been getting so many good sets lately. Going to be tough for Valve to decide which one to put in first.
Since nobody did it, I feel it's my job to hurt your feelings a little. I don't know much about QoP's model but if there isn't any body slots that's for a reason: they don't want you to dress her up. She's the symbol of lust, she has to be sexy and your dress is currently in the way (and it only covers the bottom half of her breasts which is distracting). Since she is some kind of succubus, giving her butterfly wings also probably wouldn't work (even if they are black) but that's just my opinion.
I gotta stop pulling all nighters each time I want to finish an item. I made a square texture for a slot which is non square 2:1.
pro tip: read the requirements thoroughly
pro tip #2: if you screw it up like I did and finsh your texture before realizing it, just scale your texture to from 1024x1024 to 1024x512... It's going to be downscaled some more anyway, and the engine takes care of the rest.
Centar Warrunner - Armor of Omexe (not workshop?)
Phantom Lancer - Ancestor's Pride
Lycan - Sanguine Moon
Lich - The Dead Winter
The Warrunner set is very interesting seeing how the weapon is a flail, which looks awesome
How can you see the sets let alone know which ones are added?
No feelings hurt, this is my second atempt on any item, so I'm just glad to take the experience with me. And I need it, haven't thouched 3D for 8 years, just thought it would be fun to rejoice my old thing
Anyways here's what i tried with the wings, still no masks done on anything.
Its in the schema.
http://git.optf2.com/schema-tracking/commit/?h=dota2beta&id=9abe4b159a7e8606bd0b67fe128f73e6b0835edc
Then I cross reference it with the store images located in the .pak file in the test client. The ones with store images and descriptions are more then likely getting in. And this method has been pretty accurate for the last several weeks.
but my way makes me feel like a detective!
Detective Helenek is on the case! :thumbup:
apaologies for the MASSIVE image!
i-ninja, the test version can still be used for in game testing of models (i hope), although i transferred my published model files to it earlier and couldnt get it to work.. i figured it was me doing something wrong. i would be interested to know if it is still possible!
this should be ready to post in tomorrow
Hey There Frump!! My eyes like what they are seeing
EDIT: @Anuxinamoon
Holy shit bro
@HatPoweredSpyCrab - Good point, I will trying mucking about with the hairline, that was an issue with the last hairstyle I made too.
@Anuxi - It looks awesome, but it's very conventional and seems a bit plain from game cam. Maybe try adding a literal splash of color with some blood being on the axe or some green goo or something. I think that would spice it up.
Also congrats to Bounch and whoever else got stuff in this week.
@HatPoweredSpyCrab - That hair draws so much attention to the neck as is, which looks really weird because of the gills. Normally it's just a small detail that fits her head, but with this style of hair it's feeling really out of place to me. I like the style of it though!
On a side note, lots of concept art popped up for some of the upcoming heroes. Legion Commander is looking pretty awesome as a female.
Album
I plan to update the in game video as soon as possible.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=132233719&searchtext=
some feedback would be greatly appreciated
been playing around with the texturing
Cool idea for a weapon, the only changes I would make are to keep the pointy end of the anchor worn/shiny like it's been used a fair bit as a weapon and I would make the rest of the metal darker/less reflective to appear rough..would need some normal mapping there?. maybe some green where it's been sitting and rusting away.
dark seer progress, trying to stick with the spikes but level up his aggressiveness a bit. Play up the walking ion shell idea.
Was wondering if those who have already been successful with getting your submissions selected (way to go!) what forms Valve requires you to submit? Do they take a long time to retrieve (from the government, etc)?
Thanks
feedback highly appreciated
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=132248833