Dota 2 Monthly Community Competition #15 - May
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Welcome to our Dota 2 Monthly Community Competition #15
This month we are going to switch to SETS but single items will also be accepted, they will just not compete for the trophy.
Items based on the heroes like Huds, Couriers or Wards will also be accepted, but will follow the same case as the single items and will not compete for the trophy
The heroes that will be allowed on this month are the newest ones on the workshop:
Heroes list:
Magnus
TerrorBlade
Treant protector
Timbersaw
Venomancer
The competition
the idea of the competition is to create items in a friendly environment and with the feedback of the other participants to get the best result possible.
It is mandatory to post the work in progress, or else the submition will not be accepted!
Prizes
We will announce the 5 best items in the end of the month based on the decision of the judges. The first place will also be winning a mini Greentooth trophy!
Getting your item displayed on the first post
*Items with images bigger then 200 px and/or missing the name of the contributor will not be accepted till fixed
[/php]or this one for 2 creators
[php]SET NAME by USERNAME and USERNAME_2
[/php]
workshop_user_link - your workshop page, so people can browse your other items easily
Username - the name you think its easier to people find you, can be the one from polycount or the steam
item_link - the workshop page of your item
thumbnail_img - the image link of the thumbnail that is INSIDE your item page on the workshop (the thumbnail is the one with 200 pixels wide, you can get from your items page or add Code:
/200x200.resizedimage
to the end of the link)
**itens with larger thumbnails will not be accepted!**
Rules
Tutorials/working in progress videos
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123800
Inspiring quotes
"It is absolutely insane the amount of top quality content that is being produced every single time here on Polycount. It's great to see so many cosmetics deliver not just on the technical end but also make for such great fittings in every other branch. You guys are doing an exceptional job and contests like this are only helping boost that exponentially. Brilliant stuff."
Wykrhm Reddy
"It was bloody hard picking from this list, I honestly enjoyed all of the entries. Keep up the good work guys!"
Cyborgmatt
Wow, that's really awesome. Please keep us at Valve informed so we can help draw attention to the winners, progress threads, etc.
Some advice:
Try to give some attention to heroes that are under-served so far (in terms of amount of content).
The success of sets tracks well with the popularity of the hero. (Although popularity can vary between updates and as Icefrog changes balance.)
Look for heroes that the community seems to have trouble creating content for. Good work can really open up the design landscape and help people think about the dynamic range of potential designs.
Don't forget about single items (instead of full sets). Many of the most popular items in the game are single items. Mounts and weapons make good candidates for this, but it varies by hero.
Mix up these approaches. So maybe one month you do a popular hero and another month you do a hero that has few items.
-Brandon Reinhart (Valve)
I love you guys for doing this! Dota2 is my favorite game at the moment and Polycount is my favorite community! I'm very proud to be apart of such dedicated artists and I smile every time I see some Polycount work in game
-coots7
Presentation
the presentation is a really important part on the workshop, save some time before the deadline for that. the first impression means a lot on the workshop.
If you want to fancy your presentation here is a the polycount logo over the aegis, there is no need of it to be used
http://puu.sh/1QtZy
Previous Months
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
This month we are going to switch to SETS but single items will also be accepted, they will just not compete for the trophy.
Items based on the heroes like Huds, Couriers or Wards will also be accepted, but will follow the same case as the single items and will not compete for the trophy
The heroes that will be allowed on this month are the newest ones on the workshop:
Heroes list:
Magnus
TerrorBlade
Treant protector
Timbersaw
Venomancer
The competition
the idea of the competition is to create items in a friendly environment and with the feedback of the other participants to get the best result possible.
It is mandatory to post the work in progress, or else the submition will not be accepted!
Prizes
We will announce the 5 best items in the end of the month based on the decision of the judges. The first place will also be winning a mini Greentooth trophy!
Getting your item displayed on the first post
*Items with images bigger then 200 px and/or missing the name of the contributor will not be accepted till fixed
[php]SET NAME by USERNAME
[php]SET NAME by USERNAME and USERNAME_2
[SIZE=4]SET NAME[/SIZE] by [URL="http://WORKSHOP_USER_LINK"]USERNAME[/URL] [URL="http://ITEM_LINK"][IMG]THUMBNAIL_IMG[/IMG][/URL]set_name - name of your set, use equal as on the workshop
workshop_user_link - your workshop page, so people can browse your other items easily
Username - the name you think its easier to people find you, can be the one from polycount or the steam
item_link - the workshop page of your item
thumbnail_img - the image link of the thumbnail that is INSIDE your item page on the workshop (the thumbnail is the one with 200 pixels wide, you can get from your items page or add Code:
/200x200.resizedimage
to the end of the link)
**itens with larger thumbnails will not be accepted!**
Rules
- open for teams of any size
- it is allowed one set per hero per team/person ( two or more items for the same hero made by the same team/person will not be accepted)
- everyone should keep posting feedback on other works, the feedback should be constructive
- the final submition need to be a set item with at least 3 parts that doesnt break the rules
- it must be submitted to the workshop before the deadline but not before the start of the competition
- The item should be made on the month of the competition, its ok to continue one started earlier, but you should work most of it during the month
- the deadline is the last day of the month at 23:59 (since we live in different timezones, some submitions may be accepted couple hours after the deadline)
- From this month and the next ones, its mandatory to post the work in progress, or else the submition will not be accepted!
Tutorials/working in progress videos
http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123800
Inspiring quotes
"It is absolutely insane the amount of top quality content that is being produced every single time here on Polycount. It's great to see so many cosmetics deliver not just on the technical end but also make for such great fittings in every other branch. You guys are doing an exceptional job and contests like this are only helping boost that exponentially. Brilliant stuff."
Wykrhm Reddy
"It was bloody hard picking from this list, I honestly enjoyed all of the entries. Keep up the good work guys!"
Cyborgmatt
Wow, that's really awesome. Please keep us at Valve informed so we can help draw attention to the winners, progress threads, etc.
Some advice:
Try to give some attention to heroes that are under-served so far (in terms of amount of content).
The success of sets tracks well with the popularity of the hero. (Although popularity can vary between updates and as Icefrog changes balance.)
Look for heroes that the community seems to have trouble creating content for. Good work can really open up the design landscape and help people think about the dynamic range of potential designs.
Don't forget about single items (instead of full sets). Many of the most popular items in the game are single items. Mounts and weapons make good candidates for this, but it varies by hero.
Mix up these approaches. So maybe one month you do a popular hero and another month you do a hero that has few items.
-Brandon Reinhart (Valve)
I love you guys for doing this! Dota2 is my favorite game at the moment and Polycount is my favorite community! I'm very proud to be apart of such dedicated artists and I smile every time I see some Polycount work in game
-coots7
Presentation
the presentation is a really important part on the workshop, save some time before the deadline for that. the first impression means a lot on the workshop.
If you want to fancy your presentation here is a the polycount logo over the aegis, there is no need of it to be used
http://puu.sh/1QtZy
Previous Months
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
Replies
Grandmaster's Treasures of the Magnoceros Tribe by Zipfinator and Fudgie Wudgie
Realm Protector by mihalceanu
Soul Destroyer
Timbersaw - Treepunisher 2000 by katzeimsack
Small icons to stay official:
The Forest Guardian by danpaz3d
Augury's Defender by Scuba Cat!
I'm going to sculpt the whole set today hopefully and try to get it all baked and ready for texturing tomorrow afternoon.
my bad with that man!
now he is =]
Gonna get in this month with a magnus set I just finished sketching. Dunno about the horn , might change it , but I preety much like the shapes so far
@Mihal, I like those stone shapes you have a lot. I'm not quite sure about the way the horn connects to his face though. You can still see his chapped hole underneath there.
Vayne4800: ty
Zipfinator : Its covered by the horn as seen below
when you import a fbx in 3dmax , you gotta put "centimerers" in the importer
Its most likely 100 times smaller
hope that helps
2.54 times smaller!
This is what I was looking at while working; you can see the grid right between his front legs. By which I tell that he is about 10 times bigger than the grid.
And this is the scale after re-importing the original mag_body with centimetres. After exporting my item to DOTA 2 it still shows up as seen in the first image.
Set the scene properties (rmb in window?) to generic units.
Import the fbx as centimeters and export centi I believe.
I believe I fixed the scale issue. If I export a simple box, it only works If I export the bone with it. Now whenever I export my wrist item alone It shows up on the ground and doesnt move. If I export the geometry together with the wrist_L bone it moves with the animation but its offset above as shown on the image.
Edit: I managed to fixed it in place. But it only works if I export the geometry and bone together.
Always wanted to make a Treant set.
Also, If someone can give me a link or tutorial how to make Cloth in DOTA 2.
I assume people use Flex but further instructions will be helpful.
Yeah, I thought if its Valve concept they wouldn't mind if I create a set from it. I guess its not stealing of copyright since they will benefit from it right? Tell me where I can ask them please
^ obviously not done
triffid venomancer. only a loose idea on what to do for veno himself. similar frill i suppose
as a feedback I think the horns could be thicker and maybe just one . and the helm seems a bit tall on his head . ( valves concept has a slimmer dude wearing it )
I finished the blockout , hopfully gonna finish the hi poly tomorow
glad to see a lot of work in progress =] great work guys
first time making a lowpoly from zbrush and it's daunting. I'm using zphere to topo. Don't know how I'm supposed to do it. Just under 900 polys so far, so I guess I'm close.
Any crit or suggestions are welcomed! Lovely sets in here so far!
danpaz3d: looking good:)
An update on the textures for the top half
great progress on the uv tetris!you are going to get a lot more resolution now!
edit : tested it ingame ( the poly limits on some parts are brutal:) )
Please tell me if you are seeing something wrong! Have a great day people!