[Dota 2] - Nyx Assassin - Necrophory
polycounter lvl 12
current status:
uploaded on the workshop on time, but created the collection after the deadline
also i sometimes add screenshots etc, I wonder if this would matter, but hey, it doesn't matter
so check them out and leave a comment or vote
http://steamcommunity.com/id/hannesdelbeke/myworkshopfiles
learned tons of this contest: thx polycount! (again)
note that the final renders do not use all the masks, they only use glos and spec (except for the ingame screenshots ofcourse) because i don't have a fancy dota shader
i also noticed that the image links sometimes go down, so i added the 4 main renders in the attachment
original post:
I'll give nyx assassin a shot
still thinking up a good name
atm necrophory (=insect undertaker)
spikey carapace,needle, sting, posion, manaburn, energy, leech, kill ,death, steal ,invisible,reaper of heroes ...
(feel free to post ideas)
QUESTION
what is the misc slot?
nyx assassin has a head back misc and weapon
if i take a look at the model and textures
the whole back, kneepads ,shoulderpads, and saddle are in 1 texture and fbx "armor"
is all of this together the back?
or is this back+misc
and what's misc then?
ANSWER
(edit)
got confirmed, might be interesting for other people:
Nyx has an extra 256x256 space on his combined texture page just in case we need an additional item that clearly doesn't belong to his armor, weapon or helmet. You are welcome to use it
We can give that slot higher poly budget too if needed
here some screenshots of the original
http://imageshack.us/a/img197/8831/defaultnyxsmall.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img255/1071/defaultarmornyxsmall.jpg
Item slots and their budgets
Head
- LoD0 Triangle Limit: 500
- LoD1 Triangle Limit: 300
- Texture Size: 256H x 256W
- LoD0 Triangle Limit: 1300
- LoD1 Triangle Limit: 700
- Texture Size: 256H x 256W
- LoD0 Triangle Limit: 700
- LoD1 Triangle Limit: 400
- Texture Size: 256H x 256W
- LoD0 Triangle Limit: 200
- LoD1 Triangle Limit: 150
- Texture Size: 256H x 256W
atm im playing around with modelling a few shapes etc
made a few sketches in my sketchbook
image1image2
image3
Replies
Yes, the kneepads, lower back, and armor are all one set, and go into the back slot. All champions have a "misc" slot I belive, which is just an item that you can place wherever you want.
trying some things on his back
don't know how much I m allowed to stick out (compared to the original)
here's my current stuff:
tritest with the default weapon armor, on his feet
280 tris for 1 side
so cant put much on his legs/feet ( multiply with 6)
here without the extra stuff on his blade and kneepads shoulders
Really love the direction you're going with this and I can't wait to see more
still not sure bout the kneepads
The hanging bells or objects are on the right track. Something there is really neat those joints are fun cloth sims so they auto swing when you bind things to them. Anyway, keep it up!
there are always triangle artifacts showing up
when i split smoothing groups it gets better, but then i have those ugly seams
does anyone know a solution?
i tried baking in max and xnormal
i attached my files and the default nyx armor
https://rapidshare.com/files/2249138956/normalProblemHannes.rar
lp = low poly
hp = high poly
the fbx and nyx armor are the default files
back armor are mine
seperate smoothing groups, and split in uv (forgot this one)
small overpaint
current status
overpaint head
overpaint head on body
overpaint wep + head
skinning and bringing it into dota done
LOD0 and LOD1 both work
normalmap done
whats left: spec ,metalicy and the other masks
anyone has a idea how to make better presentation screenshots?
got about 10 hours left till deadline
(items can have multiple pictures)
Also, add some kind of border. Maybe remove the wires? The presentation shots for the workshop should be targeted towards the players, not valve.
here is a presentation
hope i have enough time to update it
I'm glad you like it,
I was quite surprised myself when people told me it looked good (and those people most of the time always say my stuff is bad)
and that moment when I applied mask1 and 2 ingame was just so awesome
spec and gloss add so much (compared to diffuse only)
really loved this contest (and the timing was perfect, if it had been announced a few weeks later I probably wouldn't have participated.
some more presentation shots
since the threads aren't locked i assume it is allowed to add more screenshots etc