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Source Engine and specularity
Am I right in thinking that the only type of shiny surface you can get in Source is by environment mapping and cubemaps? There's no "standard" spec mapping? I'm having real trouble getting the look I want for certain things, as envmapping tends to make things look reflective rather than just shiny. I have tried all sorts… -
Re: El Rancho UDK Environment
Looking pretty sweet, one question: On multiple objects, but the gas can especially, it's on a tiny bit of uv space on a 256x512 yet it has some interesting detail in the specular highlight, this could be faked in the spec map, but it doesn't look like it, and the normal is too small to hold that kind of info, do you have… -
Re: Doing Game Art Test, advice please!
I'm a bit sceptical about 3. I hire people and I want artists to stick to specs. If you give me more - in a real production setting - than asked, you're wasting time and money. For an art test, give it extra polish and go the extra mile, but stick to the specs! People who can't stick to specs usually mean problems + extra… -
Re: Is Quixel cheating?
Yes you can. Everyone acts like it's hard to do proper spec values, but it isn't. As long as you are withing in range it works. You don't need to have super exact specular values and even if you feel the need there are countless charts for that purpose. It gets even easier when you go to the metalness workflow where the… -
Re: [P&P] - What Are You Working On? 2009 Edition!
Mostly,i did add some of the highlights on the diffuse layer on to the spec to strengthen detail i want to pop out as for the brightness i dont really like to go too high on spec when it comes to materials that are not normally shiny like concrete and brick. although i might add more spec detail to the edges of the bricks… -
Re: Bowman SciFi Rifle (Concept by dfacto)
Piflik... if those are your flats posted above then a majority of your problem is coming from you spec map. It is so dark for the main body of the gun. Like pitch black so its not going to have much spec to it. Take a look at the one Uly posted. See how the spec map is brighter then the diffuse. Metal gets its shine from… -
Re: Cutman Remake (WIP)
I looked into it the Gutsman (which won 3rd place) the ice man and yours were all above the others in presentation and style and originality. your texturing could use some love with its spec which can add more to it Metals really get there love from a proper spec , and almost a entirely different metal within the spec as a… -
Re: Opinion(s) on buying New laptops
Three Words... or two and a number.... Macbook Pro 13" I bought one earlier last year and it is hands down the greatest laptop I have ever owned, (about 3 Mac laptops and a few Windows laptops over the years). Build quality is incredible, OS X is obviously rock solid as an OS, and of course you can dual boot Windows (or… -
Re: Normal map question
Again this isn't really a bit depth issue, bump maps introduce banding because they represent height, and normal maps represent direction, so on a slope, every pixel in your bump map would need to represent a step of the gradient, however in a normals map it can simply represent a direction. Tangent space normal maps… -
Re: Thompson Gun Texture practice
You're relying too much on the glitz and glamor of the rendering engine right now, this wouldn't look 1/10 as good in a game engine. Scale those effects down and just get a crappy standard lighting and rendering setup going and then you can really judge your textures at face value. For now I want to say your wood grain…
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