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Re: HELP- Looking To Buy My First Graphics Card!
If it's a pci-e slot, I'd go for a 9600 (cheaper ~ $140) or 8800GT (faster ~ $190). There is no need to spend more, as your system will bottleneck due to processor speed for anything more. Even with these cards, you won't be able to use their full potential with a 4 year old system. If it's a regular pci (non pci-express),… -
Re: What camera do you use for texture photos?
Most excellent, thanks guys. I'm runnin' on a budget so SLRs are out of the question unfortunately. I've found some pretty good deals, such as the Olympus Stylus 810 and the Norcent DC-1020. Good call about the megapixels, sonic. Apparently it's the size of the image sensor (1/2.5 being "meh" with 1/1.8 and up being… -
Re: Buy an island of "the world"
[ QUOTE ] 2) Man made islands have a tendancy to keep sinking into the sea as the soil continues to compact and or erode away. Once you build on the island its kind of hard to put more dirt under the building. [/ QUOTE ] Well I'm sure the scientists working for those putting money into this $1.8 billion project have… -
Re: MR AO bake vs scanline AO bake in Max?
Okay, tried both on the same object. The end result I get is that the MR bake tends to be more detailed, while the Scanline bake tends to have a stronger result (except on areas where two objects are practically touching, they're black on both). Time wise, it's about the same, depending on the number of samples you use for… -
Re: CryEngine 3 demo trailer from GDC
any technical data available on what the update is ? looks more like a point update at a glance.. edit higher res video here http://uk.pc.ign.com/dor/articles/965172/cry-engine-3-video/videos/cryengine3_trl_032309.html and little bit more info here… -
Re: Lightmap (Patchy/Bleeding)
I set the grid spacing to 0.0078125 ( 1/128 ) in 3ds Max and then turned on vertex snapping to align the island a bit better, I snapped each vertex to a grid point and it's given ever so slightly better results in UDK. Am I right in making the grid spacing that size, as in UDK 2px is removed to create a buffer for the… -
Re: A couple general environment art questions
1. ^ 2. No that would be dumb. All game engines uses metric unit system now. So then if you would have a 128 unit length wall you would need to apply 0.72 scale to get a 1m wall. However, having a 1m wall would enable you to easily scale to 2m, 3, or whatever, with simple numbers and no math needed. -
Re: lowpoly mini Mass Effect scene
I am in love with these! The textures are beautiful, I totally understand your not wanting to downres. Although tbh they still look excellent at 128. Could you tell us a little bit about your texturing process? I'm sure others would also love to know a little more about how these were accomplished. Excellent job!! Thanks… -
Re: Asus ep 121 (another artist demo)
Alright, I found a 128gb SSD 1.8" for $159 and free shipping on ebay. Here's hoping it speeds up my le1600. Thanks for the heads up, Jesse Doing a bit of reading I found out the hdd I have in there is just about the slowest made. I think 3200RPM? something like that. I get the feeling ANY SSD is gonna be an upgrade :) -
Re: Tablet recommendation
If you're on a budget, Monoprice tablets are good a good alternative over Wacom ones: frenden.com/the-little-monoprice-graphics-tablet-that-could/ http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=108&cp_id=10841 You can get one for less then $30, and it works on both PC and Mac (with the right drivers). It uses…
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