petzold's book is entirely useless for game programming. The only win32 based programming you will do in a native c/c++ environment is setting up a window and handling input events and a few others, which is not a lot, and petzold's book does not cover the many weird obscurities when working from scratch in win32 that you…
sup! I'm definitely going to work more on the wall jump and make it puuurfect:) Going to adjust the timing, make the wall taller, make the first jump more jumpy and not so lifty, hands grabbing the top earlier and make the feet feel less "sticky". As for the lipsync, I don't feel super exited working on those but the…
The thing about David narrating is that he knows his stuff, he's spent more time in jungles than most of us have been alive! What does Opera Know about zoology, at least Weaver had made Gorillas in the Mist! He's one of the best thing about the BBC, a real inspiration. The planet earth Blu-rays are amazing, as is this deal…
I finished it! Yaaay! I was inspired to create this piece by the incredible art nouveau architecture and art of the city of Vienna which my wife and I visited recently. The whole scene is 126660 triangles. Each modular section is 10644 triangles. There are 3 materials making up the scene, 2 of which use 1024s and 1 of…
In newer versions of max there are. Customize > Preferences > Interaction Mode tab > switch it to Maya. But you run into problems, like what was talked about in this thread. http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126287 Shift becomes the new select modifier and stops cloning and extruding edges, so you can turn…
Remember those old David MacCauley books (Pyramid, etc.) With great black & white line drawings. Lots of details etc. I know there was one on the building of an old European, Gothic Cathedral (maybe Notre Dame?) He may have others ETA:…
You are off to a good start but everything looks too clean and even. Nature is random and organic. I would try a little more angle variation in the leaves and more color variation in the diffuse. 3 or 4 earth tones would make it pop. Also try this post for some EPIC info on foliage:…
brushed metal? get out of here thats totally wood :P you can tell from the wear of it. and generally from the wood pattern. lol here's some more references for you to clarify. http://www.reklame-auktion.de/03_reklame/img/Rc0547.jpg http://www.mz-web.de/ks/images/mdsBild/1260693542883l.jpg…