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Re: will A.i take over everything
Lets be honest, a simple work not requiring new ideas, anything you can just learn, not invent but really just learn how to execute is at risk . But if you look deeper into this it's been that way before too . Lots of artists jobs had been eliminated not by Ai but just internet and other fellow artists easily available… -
Re: Advice for wannabe technical artist's career direction?
don't get too hung up on 'junior' as a grade - different studios use different words and have different criteria for reaching different grades. If the pay fits and you like the sound of a job, take it WRT tech-art Specialising in anything is probably unwise at a junior-ish level. It's not the same as being a junior artist… -
Re: Switching in a glow map dynamically
You need the second texture coordinate to tell the shader that you want the radial gradient to be projected that way. The radial gradient is used to tell the shader that you want the transition to be spreading outwards from the center. Also, you can't "play" the transition yet. You need a matinee for that, or it has to be… -
Re: Store value from last frame and comparing it to current
Hmm I am having some trouble setting up your idea. Basically, what I want to do is this (written in pseudo code): This also helps fixing the problem i mentioned in the other post. oldPosition = vector3(0,0,0)newPosition = vector3(0,0,0)ashes = 1.0burnAmount = the curve that defines how much of the cigarette that has… -
Re: Shader help
My guess is it comes down to your texture settings, because the shader mostly looks fine. If you select your normal map texture, it's most likely got its Texture Type set to Normal Map. Which seems sensible, except that there are no options in there that allow for an explicit alpha channel. So what you'll want to do is set… -
Re: Some environment texturing technical Q's
rhumba, the speed loss comes from max having to update vertexbuffers, not the shader itself. The sahder is so simple that I am very positive that HLSL compiler does a very good job, and even if you wrote the asm by hand, wouldnt really help much. its nice the hlsl code helps, but I'd urge you to add your name to the fx… -
Re: Unreal 3 lighting/shadow issues
Gonzo is correct. Unreal will load textures based on their screen size. So if you have a small object it won't load the entire texture even if it's a huge texture. Texture size is also constrained by what LODgroup it is in. This is determined by settings in the defaultEngine.ini file. I've also noticed that If your object… -
Re: Dawn of War mod recruiting - Mod title TBD
the link has been fixed. and please read the post...... its open architecture.... nothing is set in stone now, as for the "half-baked" comment my notes had been dubbed, its only the result of removing some of the unique parts (destructable terrain, unique selection tools and strategic views), which were cut out due to lack… -
Re: WIP-action game // Falling worlds //
You use smooth everywhere. Add the "EdgeSplit" modifier in your object, deselect the "From edge angle" button, select the "from marked as sharp" and mark the some edges as "sharp" by going in edge mode and selecting the "Mark sharp" option from the edge specials menu (Ctrl+E). Setting sharp edges is very easy with this… -
Re: Muzzleflash models
nice! Try flipping the normals of the cone. if you have a camera normal shader (I reccomend getting these in your engine if you have a code monkey handy) you can make a falloff to remove that sharp edge. As the polys turn away from the camera they fade out. I make my muzzle flash textures really subtle and use more planes.…
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