Thanks for all the encouraging posts. Definatly feeling much better today. For some reason got in a really really good mood today. Plus my scanner started working again. updating my sketchbook thread here once i get all my pics uploaded (link for those too lazy to manually browse over…
Looking good, he looks very stiff and straight from the side though, the spine should have an s curve to it. This thread might help you understand the workflow: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=55209 You don't have to unwrap the highpoly, just the lowpoly. You can get a lowpoly by either optimising what you've…
Yeah, Kotaku is saying anywhere from 1.4 to 3.5mil in the first day. That's a lot of hotpockets. http://kotaku.com/5518416/world-of-warcraft-pet-sales-made-millions-for-blizzard-today
@Nick - you're supposed to get points for completing levels without getting spotted. Also, there's a "Cat and mouse' points setup for getting a guard's attention with a noise, then flanking them and taking them out. In other news... http://kotaku.com/5518019/best-splinter-cell-conviction-glitch-so-far
I dont see a point in more than four cores at the moment, unless you are doing things like rendering then you wont find many things that use more than that or even the four cores fully. I wouldnt get an i7 unless are you are using software that specifically takes advantage of the hyperthreading it uses, which is about the…
Welcome to Polycount! I gotta say that boat is awesome hehe :P There was a environment competition called the Unearthly Challenge not so long ago, why dont you study their WIP threads: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=55763 its quite simple start blocking out the overal scene and then in new scenes start model…