Things went a bit quiet after submitting our courier, so decided to take a bit of break - until recently getting some feedback that asked for some changes The problem is, we keep running into a recurring issue with the blade rotation. No matter what we do, we always end up with a slight but noticeable jitter/stutter when…
@marul: The Normal in the Max shader (that Drew and me concocted) can be inverted, hence why I said Flip the G channel, since that solves 99% of the seams issues related to the Normal map. So yes, what you see in the Max shader is correct, but not if the Normal map's Green channel has been flipped and IIRC, Max channels…
@heboltz3 Thanks you. I am not an expert, however maybe that will be any of help :) 1. Sometimes I will fix my hipoly to match closer to low poly. Hipoly on the right side will force me to add one more loop to low poly to go deeper below the top layer of dress. However poly limit was tight, so insead I decided to make top…
"I can very clearly see the jaggy edges of the models in that picture, as well the smudgy texture in one the blue parts, the author was simply clever enough to play within the limitations of the the stuff to make things pop."- not true at all. "No shit, they get compiled."--no, you start with the 256 or you would get…
DOTA 2 WORKSHOP CONTRIBUTIONS Resources Decompiling Character Models To Use As Reference Valve's Character Art Guide Valve's Texture Guide Info from Opethrockr55: Geometry • Budget o hero+items: 6-7k for the portrait and 3-4k triangles in the game o Good rule of thumb is to always stay on the lower end of the budget • LODs…
Thanks for all the help guys. I've gathered all of the info that I was able to pick up on in this thread and made a tutorial for my process of compiling (disclaimer: there are probably better ways). If you have anything to add or correct, please let me know. Maya 2012 is used for modeling/exporting. 1. Setting up your…