Wireframe for portfolio?

Azaraen

What is the best way to get a result on wireframes? I have been using maya for that, but it isn't one to one. And I've done the mesh editor before, but because of the weird fov, somethings get scaled out of proportions.

I did a search here on polycount and google, and I've gotten suggestions like "do it in maya" (which wouldn't give me a good example of what it would look like in-game) or another way was "use the wireframe console command" (that didn't work when i tried it).

I'd potentially like to do a turnaround with a wireframe as well, if that was possible.

Obscura

You can do it in UDK too. If you want lit+wireframe, then create a new material, use constant (1) for the emissive, and check wireframe (misc) and change the blend mode to translucent. Then in the viewport, ctrl-a,then ctrl-c ctrl-v to duplicate your meshes. Now drag-drop the wireframe material to the viewport, and whoala, you got lit+wireframe. If you want only wireframe, then the same, just don't duplicate your meshes.

- Almost forgot to tell you, don't save your scene after you duplicated the meshes

Hellfire

th UDK have a Wireframe Mesh mode under Modes-->Show-->Advanded-->Mesh Edges

The Color of Wireframe can u chance with object properties-->Wireframe Color

Ingame is the key "show wireframe"

blankslatejoe

I believe there's also an option in the material itself to turn on wireframe JUST for that material. This lets you not have to worry about backfaced wires and such.

Moosebish

Maya has tons of camera settings you can play with and Marmoset has a wireframe option if you have that.

You can totally do it in UDK. My complaint about that, is that it triangulates your mesh automatically, so sometimes it can make your mesh look really cluttered, it doesn't always show off the wires that well.

Ace-Angel

Just render out your UV's and apply them as an emissive, done.

Obscura

That's not working properly if you have some overlapping in the uv's.

Froyok

In a material you have a "wireframe" setting that can be enabled. If I remember correctly it draw the wireframe over the diffuse.

Obscura

It's just wireframe, this is why i recommend to use duplicated mesh.one with the actual material, and one with the wireframe.