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Re: [3D] How to unwrap spherical Visor so texture doesn't distort?
Just my initial thoughts- Try different relaxing methods if your software supports it. Try having the middle seam be a straight line on the UVs and see if you like that look, Like do a sphere projection for the top and a cylinder for a bottom and try to line up the seams and merge them. -
Best Software choice for project?
Hey guys! i'm currently making a 3d scene involving some pirate ships and a large ocean in it for the render, so i'm confused about which software is the best for rendering and simulating oceans and particle systems, and also the best one for exporting the mesh back to my render software. So i wanted to know, according to… -
Creating sand dust particle for arid/desert scene
I've seem to hit a rut. I've checked out Epic's particle tutorials, which were really neat and I tried to get a sand dust particle going but utterly failed. I want to have some random sand dust particles whooshing on the ground or something to make the scene have more dust-ness in the air. Appreciate any help or assistance… -
Must Watch: Realtime Rendering - Overview and Optimisations for 3D Artists
Mike Pickton, who does some excellent Youtube videos that break down technical concepts into easily understandable concepts for artists, and has some criminally low view counts, has made an excellent video about how modern game engines render scenes and what a laymen artist can do to their workflow and assets for… -
Re: best ambient occlusion method?
For realistic stuff? I just bake AO in xnormal, and that's it. Just plop it in the AO slot as is. So there's no workflow, it's just baked. :) But I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, really, because you go on to describe baking the lighting in DOTA style and adding a gradient for visual pop. Just FYI, neither of those… -
Re: The best way to UV pack low poly model for bake
There can be a pretty significant difference between what bakes/packs well and a layout that is painting friendly. If you do a lot of painting, you can use two separate UV channels. UV1 bake/packs well, UV2 painter friendly. Then transfer UV2 to 1. I tend to do this with ultra low poly meshes that are mostly diffuse only,… -
Re: Normal Map Issues at UV-Seams
Hi! Certainly a simple example would be best way to get familiar with how tangent space normal maps look/ behave and to set things up in the soft that's being rendered in. Checking the shared Painter file, it looks like the seam showing in that face area is exacerbated by seams/ discontinuity in the curvature map (and as a… -
Re: Best software to retopo hard surface CAD topology to use in games?
By hand is absolutely the best, regardless of the app you're using. Blender should do the job just fine and there are some nice toolsets available for purchase that work a lot like other toolsets in Maya, Max, Topogun, etc https://blendermarket.com/products/retopoflow .... but if you don't care about your UVs and some… -
Best 3d modelling software for Sketchup and AutoCAD lover
Hello all, I am starting to learn game design and am looking to model some fairly angular, usually static, 3d objects, probably for use on the Unity engine. I am not an artist so I'll stick to indie game style assets like buildings and street scene objects to start with, something like the assets in Cities Skylines. I have… -
LF GDC 2018 Panel Candidates for a "I just graduated, what now?" Discussion Panel
Fielding candidates for a GDC Panel 2018 regarding navigating post-graduate (or something similar, like military service) careers in Game Development. I'm going to be leading charge on the proposal. Already talked with Becca Rose Hallstedt about this. Email me at b.choi117@gmail.com if you're interested. Subject line MUST…
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