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Re: WHAT ARE DISPLACEMENT MAPS???
Well as I said, VDMs uses the point (or vertex) data from a mesh, both the height and more importantly the direction of the point vectors to create its data. UVs don't really have anything to with this. Sure, it's true that UVs can (and are) used for storing and displaying that data in a map file, it's really the… -
Re: FJTools - ZBrush plugin
FJTools 0.2 was just released! New features: -"BrushToSubtool" converts all stored VDM to subtools (does not work with IMM Brushes yet!) -"CleanBrush" deletes all stored meshes of the brush -"SubtoolToBrush" attaches all subtools back to the brush -"SkipFirst" when active, skips the topmost subtool while adding to the… -
Re: Hardware tessellation and topology
In my opinion, "tessellation for modellers" just means you should work as follows: 1. You create a LP mesh. 2. Subdivide the LP mesh to turn it into a HP mesh 3. Sculpt the HP mesh. 4. Extract a displacement / vector displacement map. At realtime, the LP mesh will be subdivided with the DX11's hull/domain shader and the… -
Re: GPU Question
Most of the time, cards don't contribute anything to offline work, only real-time and applications that support said setup. So 3DS Max won't see any benefits from a new hot VGA card, unless you run Max in Nitrous (2012+), but it's not the answer to making a full on scene. Same with Maya. Traditional rendering (Mental Ray,… -
Re: omg demo char 3?! RTS Dawn Of War DarkAngel Raven
Try asking around on the Relic modding forums. I was never completely successful in getting a model into the game, best I got was a statue sliding around. Non of the animations worked or anything. The gist is that you make several files called VIS files, those are the various combinations you have of your base model, eg,… -
Re: GTA IV PC
I have played ALOT of buggy games and i CAN understand that games dont work 100% on all computers but this is kind of silly imo. It is NOT just the normal sluggishness of a not so well made port we are talking about. Fallout3 is a port and it runs much much better, the older GTA ports were quite bad but alot better then… -
Building my 3D Rig...
Hey guys, So I'm finally in a good enough financially that I can afford to put together a true Rig for modeling, and I'd like to get some input on what to put in this thing. I'm going to be building it myself, and I'll just be building the tower (don't need a Monitor,etc...) I'm looking to stay under $1500 for total cost.… -
Context Sensitive - A VG Show
Hellooooo Polycount! A friend of mine and I recently got the opportunity to join an upcoming internet-tv channel called igem where we host a small ~40 minute video game show every week. It's been great fun working on it for the past few weeks, and as continue to improve, we would both love to get some input from the… -
Re: 2D/3D Workstation on Linux?
My next build will be linux, though I'm not in a rush to upgrade just yet. The main problem as ZacD says is software compatibility. However, you can overcome this by spending a decent amount more on your build so you've got the overhead to run windows in a VM, and then pass through the physical GPU (you'll likely want two,… -
Re: Unreal X-Editor
Wow that was fast :) . While the tree view you added is useful and faster than fetching files externally, what I was thinking of was an inheritance tree. I would call the current view a package view and make both available as tabs. Edit: The actor browser in unrealed is a good example of what I mean. Seems something is…
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