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Re: Do we really need to be Uv mapping in 2015?
What tools do you think Maya needs to improve for UVmapping? Their forum is quite responsive and we are in good cumincation with Autodesk Soho so I could point them to this thread to help give it some validationation. Maya needs better... 1, Packing tools (need to be able to controll the different size boundaries) 2,… -
Re: Autodesk, Pixar and Open Subdivs
I get what you mean now. Tbh, I don't know if we will standardize and I certainly can't provide information on any future intention either. As far as I can tell, Maya/Softimage are generally ok and are very similar. I can't speak for Max as it's a package I don't really know. It always has been slightly different as it… -
Re: Apples Anti Windows Commercials
Hey guys I too think the 'no need for right click anyways' justification is bogus. I use a macbook pretty much every day (OSX, not bootcamp) and I use the double-finger tapping on the trackpad basically every minute. Most Apple software design/UI decisions somehow can be fanboyized for this or that reason, but no one can… -
Re: Game engines in relation to poly count?
A lot of it varies per engine and how the model data format is handled/implemented. UT2k3 doesn't seem to have a restrictive upper limit if it does have a limit at all. There have been character with 15000k plus tris created by players that run just fine in the engine. Old torque had coded limits of no more than 10000… -
Re: nDo2 BETA
Stertman, Glad to hear it! We really appreciate your confirmation :) Noors,Thanks for the feedback! The displacement map is based on nVidia's height conversion algorithm, which produces a pretty accurate approximation of the original normal. All the missıng detail you're describing is actually there, only not visible in… -
Re: Designing a Modular 3D Tile System
I would recommend looking into some CSG for your 3d tile buisness. Having things in terms of convex primitives allows things such as co-planar faces to be omitted and you can generate uvs and apply a smoothing effect to certain faces as described in your mock-up image. Just look at how half-life does it in which a terrain… -
Re: Normal Map Compression
To clarify on tach's point, just making more or less detail in a channel doesn't actually change the compression algorithm to better or worse quality, but rather that some patterns of gradients tend to show the compression artifacts more visibly to the eye than others, compounded by the roughness/specular usage which can… -
Re: Space marine WIP
VERY quick cause immma lazy atm... but I hope it tells you what I want to tell you... ART is very much about the SECRET CODE OF THE UNIVERSE!!!.. tadam tadam.. okok.. or maybe we should just call it rhythm like everyone else :) .. It's 'the way things work'.. does Math give you a hint? the algorithm of the universe.. well… -
Re: Veterans and Aspiring: What does your dream Game Art degree look like?
As far as I know CS teaches you stuff about bits and bytes, algorithms, data structures (for programming), object oriented programming and stuff like that. Dealing with real world issues, how to use Perforce or Subversion to get your asset uploaded, how to map that Network drive with the texture library, how to share that… -
Re: Outliner 2.0 - Scene management tool for 3ds Max
Here's a little update on the development of the Outliner. I'm currently working on some serious refactoring in the .NET treeview, to allow multiple trees being open simultaneously. While doing so, I'm also trying to optimize further. Even though I've already spent a great deal of time on optimization for v2.0, I have…
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