Just because it's a point that gets brought up again and again doesn't mean it isn't valid. I think this year's E3 more than any previous one shows just how conservative and risk-averse big budget gameing has become. It's also disappointing to see these games become more and more like interactive movies than games.…
What happened? Simplified CAD models Simplified some existing CAD models for real-time rendering. A relaxing activity. Adjustable wrench, original CAD model by Semere Maschalu model Wheelchair, original CAD model by Tom Saey model Ludum Dare 55 Struggles Did something for LD, the theme being "Summoning". Didn't go very…
@Sebvhe Thanks for the feedback! I agree with he comment on the 16:9. For now this isn't really working well since the extra space isn't used at all. Even in vertical format it wouldn't work fully as I still miss a lot of things which make the concept more interesting (puddles, rain, moss, papers on ground, ...). For now I…
Very little was photo-slapped. In the late 90's and early aughts a photosourced texture often looked way worse than a handcrafted one. Realize that the resolutions available were really tiny by today's standards. The "high res" pack for unreal tournament characters were 256^2 and often sampled to a 256 color per image…
posted these from this thread link Download Substance Tools Tiny Update I decided to remake the curvature map inside substance designer. The substance designer curvature node map filter comes with a noise issue that was just not great for composting on top of base colors. Especially on clean meshes like the robot low poly…
Yes sir! First of all, read Ben Cloward's site, www.bencloward.com . Then, get a copy of ShaderFX for 3dsmax to fool around in, or alternatively you could probably mess around in the UE3 shader node tool. But I would recommend ShaderFX. This will allow you to get the hang of building shaders without actually coding and you…
You know its easy to say things like "stop whining" and "if you love it youd do it in your spare time" but i also think some of you guys lack perspective. Maybe its the age or lack of experience,i dont know. I have been working in this industry now for 5 years or so,i love what i do for a living and on certain days it can…