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Re: Question about baking with triangulation
It's not so much of an issue in Maya because non visible edge triangulation is forced to go one way (last time I checked) you can flip them but they go right back when the mesh is re-evaluated so Maya guys normally define the edge and it sticks. In max you can flip them however you want which can be problematic if an… -
Re: Best practice to create good topology
As always, there's an ideal form and then there's real world. And real world is a b*tch! Here's the point: usually you don't just cut your model's edges into tens of vertices to get a smooth curve. You place some key vertices (like in a bezier curve), some creasing (to keep certain edges sharp), and then you hit the… -
Re: Monthly Environment Art Challenge August 2016 (43)
Igor, you might want to look at using hard edges on that bake. You're getting huge normal gradients across the surfaces. This is caused by everything being soft edged and the normal map baking the hard edged object to compensate for the specific triangulation and shape of that model. This will present problems in engine… -
Re: How would you achieve these border details on road textures?
Did you get any further with this Easton? The white lines will be simple decals, so colour info, mask for the shape, and then a global mapped detail effect that's shared across the asphalts, so the patterns tie into each other. It looks like the detail effect is also doing something in the alpha mask too, as the white line… -
Re: Creating ropes in maya?
True. This is one of those things that are better off faked than accurate. Here's an attempt at it (in Blender :( but I'm sure you can translate the steps to Maya), still not fine tuned though. It's actually two separate strips crisscrossing on top of each other. I could adjust the edges so they weave over each other in… -
Re: technical highpoly workflow tutorial and scripts..
i try to subd everything I can, because just like ror said it makes for much better normal maps, it also keeps the "style" of the model consistent and doesn't stand out on a model as a whole. I like to think in terms of edges, like which edges should be smooth and which should be hard, so chamfering edges works really well… -
Re: Shading issue...
Yeah, judging from the wireframe: * too many edges * edges/cylinder segments on the inare not evenly spaced, ruining the curvature already * edges are not lining up with the perpendicular cylinder edges Depending what this mesh is used for (offline rendering? game art? highpoly/sub-d model to be baked down?), just start… -
Problem with Baking Normals
Hello everybody, I am self-taught and trying my best to learn how to make game assets. I am trying to make a revolver game-ready asset, but I am facing some difficulties when baking the normals. The problems with the baking can be seen here: As you can see I have these edge lines showing, and some black and not defined… -
Uv-packing Question
Hey guys, ive recently been learning about making game assets and baking. Ive got some questions regarding Uv packing. After reading a bit on polycount on the topic, especially posts from Earthquake where he says its better to keep straight edges for mipping and scaling down I was wondering how should it be handled in my… -
Re: Dream Environment
If it's set up correctly (And you're using Max), you can just use Shift + X to enable edge constraints for a no hassle adjustment. You could alternately just get rid of them and use swiftloop to put them right back in. A neat trick I picked up from Lauren Corijn's Eat3d Dozer tutorial is to just select the entire loop, use…
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