Announcing the winners of the handplane baker contest + New handplane build!
Watching so many artists approach the same task simultaneously has been been extremely valuable. Several of the top issues raised in the feedback are problems that I hadn’t seen reported prior to the contest. I was also able to better understand handplane’s shortcomings when I collated all the feedback into a single document. Every request has been organized into a spreadsheet, much of it will be implemented in future builds. We are releasing a new build today that includes a few of the most requested feedback items.
The changes in this build are:
https://gumroad.com/products/znpF
2/5/2017 - v 0.9.4
*Fixed curvature maps not using smooth high res normals.
*Added an option to automatically normalize curvature maps by computing the max curvature generated.
*Added hotkeys: ctrl+o, ctrl-s, ctrl-shift-s, ctrl-n, alt-f4, ctrl-b (bake)
*Added Thickness map output
*Handplane now displays the name of the current project file
*Added logic to protect users from losing unsaved changes to the current project.
*Fixed a bug in AO causing some sample counts to generate slightly dark results.
*Users can now drag and drop a project file to load it.
*Changed ray miss color for curvature maps to middle grey
*Changed ray miss color for AO to black
Your entries were judged by Evan Herbert (racer445), Ilya Nedyal, Thiago Vidotto, and myself. Additionally I evaluated everyone’s feedback and weighted the scores based on the quality of feedback.
Third place $100 steam gift card:
Triton TPL 180:
http://polycount.com/discussion/180721/handplane-contest-triton-tpl-180-finished#latest
Second place $300 steam gift card:
Worn Stanley Handplane:
http://polycount.com/discussion/180767/worn-stanley-handplane
First place $500 steam gift card:
Handplane from hell:
Everyone who finished an entry on time, Please PM on polycount with your steam ID so I can send you a steam gift card.
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Awesome jobs!
congrats to all finishers! and especially to Huffer and Nerdicon to make it in to the top 3
Thank you guys for hosting the contest too
I am having trouble ordering a large number of steam cards. I wasn't aware of this but there are maximum quantities from most retailers. Please bear with me as I make small orders daily.