Disclaimer: While I'm a programmer, I haven't written a "proper" render engine. Some of what I say is from my own experience, and therefore may be less than 100% true. With that said... First off, one thing that we should be clear on with half/float/doubles are approximations of decimal numbers. Computers don't really have…
Helpful Scripts: Monster has some great scripts. http://monsterblues.wordpress.com/ I really like the key tools but they're mostly for editing Eular curves on standard objects not necessarily for biped. It takes some set up on your part but once set up and saved its great. The biped tangent tool is pretty great too. Worker…
Background Information I've been programming as long as I can remember (I know I started before I was 10) and I've always wanted to program a mmorpg. I've had some free time last couple weeks and decided I might actually give it a shot and so I bought a couple books and read them (if your curious about what books, I'll…
after replying here people asked me if they could have that script with the spinner that lets me smooth surfaces without the usual hassle in 3dsmax. The picture I posted back then was: http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycount/tips/quarantine_map_smoothing_groups.gif its a common task for me fixing the smoothing groups of…
Pogo-- first, welcome aboard. It's always nice when folks come out of the woodwork. second, you mentioned that this is a school assignment, so how long do you have to work on it? 6000 tris means you can cram a lot of detail in there if you have time and patience for it, so giving us a time frame will help properly gauge…
Thanks everyone for the nice support you always show me ;) For baking i guess i can repropose these tips that i wrote few years ago while i was doing a Protoss Zealot fan art. Beside this there isn't really much i can add, it's all a matter of getting used to do bakes, learn from mistakes, and stuff like that. Here it is:…
Figured I'd jump in this action after finishing up at an art institute late last year here in Aus. It's also a hobby of mine to discuss whine about them. Sorry about the inevitable wall of text, I'm quite bored at the moment. But to answer your question according to my unqualified opinion. Easily, it doesn't matter As Teri…
Hello everyone so mid work on my portfolio piece I decided to start making this wip thread on what Im going to do,what I did and where are we right now so let me jump in :D . First of all I started this as a prop but later on decided hey why dont I also make a scene from it to show of the stuff that my portfolio is lacking…
Hello! My name is Jaime Silva, I’m an enlightened game developer at ArcForged, where we build gamer communities around compelling characters, stories and experiences. I have created more than a dozen video games over half my life, with the biggest one on its way! There’s a huge backlash in the industry regarding the poor…