2 lowbie questions about 3d modeling.
Hey guys, i started a week ago learn 3d, i already know that ngons are bad, and you have to use quads. So i saw sometimes mesh from other artist, and i see this happening a lot.
1. How do they do that, is just combine objects or is made by using booleans like in maya?
2. Would that work fine in a game, wouldn't messe with texture or something?
That's it, thanks!
1. How do they do that, is just combine objects or is made by using booleans like in maya?
2. Would that work fine in a game, wouldn't messe with texture or something?
That's it, thanks!
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And yes, it's fine for a game.
Ngons can be bad, but they're also an essential part of modeling.
Quads can be great, but it's madness to refuse to use tris.
As for the image: much of that is just separate objects.
When you export your models for a game engine, your mesh is triangluated, so you won't have any Ngons in game. Ngons are helpful when modeling though.
Here's an example of when I use Ngons. If I want to add a bevel and/or edge loops, to a booleaned hole, I usually start with something like this.
Selecting the edge loop and beveling produces nice clean topology.
This is what happens if I were to bevel with a triangulated/quad mesh. The topology is a mess and can be a pain to clean up.
@DRoss3d
Gosh, that's helps me a lot, i though that i had to make everything in quads or tris, to export to a game engine and be converted to tris.
Thank you!
Here's what it looks like in Maya and 3ds Max
@CrimDa The amount of software that doesn't support Ngons has to be pretty minimal at this point, right? I mean, unless you model in Wings3D. And as Dross3d already mentioned, when exporting for baking or to the engine, you'd triangulate anyway.