Blast from the past, 2002

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Eric Chadwick admin

May 22 2026

Found this again today, featuring some of the old crowd, and a bit of what Polycount used to look like, back in 2002 when we were all trying to figure out how to make normal maps

https://ericchadwick.com/examples/files/polycount_2002_messageboard.html

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LaurentiuN polycounter

May 22 2026

Damn, years passed soo fast...

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nimlot26 polycount lvl 666

May 22 2026

Can we go back to that? I miss those days.

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MikeF polycounter lvl 20

May 22 2026

Good memories, Id love to see the results of that technique

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Lamont greentooth

May 22 2026

Holy smokes... in 2002 I had just entered the mil-sim industry...

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Eric Chadwick admin

May 22 2026

Digging around here's a 2004 WAYWO
https://web.archive.org/web/20070329212104/http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=82&an=0&page=0

Max plugins 2004
https://web.archive.org/web/20050511085733/http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=4518&an=0&page=0

Head SDKs 2004
https://web.archive.org/web/20060706113527/http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=13950&an=0&page=0

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TypicalMale triangle

May 22 2026

I LOVE the design for the message board on the top left. Would be awesome if the site adopted some of that design style again.

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Eric Chadwick admin

May 22 2026

Which part? Share a screenshot?

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TypicalMale triangle

May 22 2026

Eric Chadwick said:

Which part? Share a screenshot?

The header in the first archive you sent.

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Eric Chadwick admin

May 22 2026

Every April first, we try reskinning the site just for kicks, you might like these
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Polycount:About#Forum_Snapshots

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pxgeek interpolator

May 22 2026

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Eric Chadwick admin

May 22 2026

A couple of the few domwar wips to have been slurped!

killingpeople https://web.archive.org/web/20070214010301/http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=179366&an=0&page=0

JFletcher https://web.archive.org/web/20070420120123/http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=188931&an=0&page=0

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