Well..you will want AO and Normal maps on a surface that you are attempting to portray an illusion of depth on....The normal map tells whatever rendering instructions you have which direction to make each pixel of your material appear to be facing...for example the tangent space normals are all on the blue channel in order…
I've both worked for companies that outsourced work, and now work for an outsourcing company, so have a pretty strong opinion on the topic. Outsourcing to the lowest bidder in not alway a good idea, and can end up costing you a lot more than just doing the work yourself. If the work is shoddy, and you need to make your art…
MoP, Thanks buddy. If you do reinstall and venture out onto servers, with all the updates its kind of changed since release. For the most part the alt weapons are fun, but not necessary to kick ass. But be ready for some, WTF moments. I've been having a blast lately playing Zombie Fortress its a survival mode where one…
As someone who has worked the developer side of the mod community (while I was at id), encouraging and aiding community members to enhance my employer's game with mods and extend its life, I think the nail has been hit on the head by a number of posts here. Here are my assessments of what is likely going on with poor PPM…
Greetings fellow artists, I am looking for a professional 3D artist to produce the original StarCraft 1 Marine (gun not included). Fell free to use whatever tools you like; but keep in mind that this model is intended for animation and therefore I can not accept a Zbrush high density model. It will need to be in quads with…
[img2=right]http://boards.polycount.net/images/features/dw4/image_02.jpg[/img2] DOMINANCE WAR IV Only the dead have seen the end of war. Ladies and Gentlemen, war is upon us. Our enemies are gathering in the shadows and it will not be long until we must once again pick up arms and defend our homelands. How will we…
i did call it my pompous movie list of 2006, didn't i? honestly, i don't need any entreaties to stick with Pan's Labyrinth; i feel just about the same as when i came out of the theater, which is to say mostly undecided. it's definitely one of the better films by far of last year, and i think it will age quite well. there…
Sorry, but this shit is long. Get comfortable. The early years: I'm originally from Southern California, where I spent the first 15 years of my life, most of which living with my Mom in the LA area. She would constantly threaten to send me to a mental institution because I was always drawing "demons & monsters, why cant…
NOTE FOR MODERATORS: DO NOT APPROVE THIS POST FOR PUBLIC VIEWING. I've written it out ahead of time so when its OK to post publicly it can be approved. Until then let it remain invisible. Dominance War IV Anticipation for the launch of a yearly event grows as we near the starting mark for Dominance War IV. Dominance War,…
For a first or second try, its a good start. I have some time to kill and a new keyboard so that means monster verbose posts while I break it in! If you read all of this I applaud you, if you learn something and aren't in a comma by the end then mission accomplished. This is also an impromptu guide for newbie female…