Originally posted at procgen.wordpress.com In this post I discuss the pros and cons of using procedural generation (ProcGen). This type of analysis is a good way for you to understand when you should use it and it varies depending on what you want to do. Some case examples in my previous post here. The root cause for some…
Hello everyone! This is my WIP post for the cs-go skin contest. So firstly, the skin is inspired by the movies "Back to Future" (1985) and "Tron" (1982). The first idea was to have the handle in pink, to give it a crazy look. In the final product, I chose to remove all pink parts and to make those part into a bluish color.…
Hey all, I've finally been able to [make time to] convert my 3dsMax tools for UE4 to Maya! Now you can maximize your workflow! GREG'S TOOLS v1.0.0 (name pending) Install: Be sure to get the most recent versions of the script (Last Updated: 10/31/14) Install the tool into the /Documents/maya/scripts Load in the script…
Really, are we still saying this? C'mon, at least bother to read the thread. The extra costs associated with owning a home pale in comparison to the net loss you take when you rent. The only situation this is going to be true is when you're comparing $200 a month rent to a $800 a month mortgage or something equally silly,…
I can only imagine what your mix files must look like for the break dance, heh. You might find puppetShop limiting because it has 3 layers for its clips, the transition tool is really just a faked planted key and the clip management is a bit cumbersome. But you can't beat it for rig flexibility, need 50 arms, ok. Its also…
If you actually think about it, for most game engines they are still triangles :) Of course now polygons are hardware accelerated but so are patches and even NURBS in some cases (PSP and even PS3 i think but i have to check with our guys) What MoP said is correct. Perna, "A quad-base mesh has the predictability and…
Hmmmm, There are a lot of problems i see with the models. For starters you got some really poorly modeled geometry. I really don't quite know how to explain everything. I would study some other gun wireframes (i'm sure you can find many good examples on this forum) and see how their wireframe looks. There are a lot of…
Firstly, post wires. While soft normals and smoothing groups look nice and pretty visually, physics relies both on raw vertex density and CORRECT triangulation. [EDIT: OH CHRIST I GOT THE BOTTOM PICTURES IN THE WRONG ORDER] As you can see, reversing the triangulation has a MASSIVE effect on what the physics engine has to…
Ah ok, I kinda get where you are looking now. To make nice renders. Well 25% is probably just rendering skills, which are just toggling the right buttons really. 25% is probably the models. And then 25% is lighting, and then 25% is a good angle. The latter 75% of all that is kinda fluffy in nature. You could have awesome…
The best way to explain what max script offers is to troll around www.scriptspot.com and check out all the stuff people have done over years with MaxScript. After seeing what other people have done with it and how handy their scripts have been I decided to dabble in it myself and see if I could automate some very long…