Just wanted to share some advice on the Editor. Couple of things have been bugging me for a long time, and only recently I've figured how to fix or explain them. 1. If you are using Parallax Occlusion Mapping feature in your materials, you may be familiar with this issue: ^ PoM off ^ PoM on To avoid incorrect self-shading…
I found the log. I haven't had the change to try your suggestions yet as I've been afk. Log: Log file open, 04/20/13 16:26:57Init: WinSock: version 1.1 (2.2), MaxSocks=32767, MaxUdp=65467DevConfig: GConfig::Find has loaded file: ..\..\Engine\Config\ConsoleVariables.iniInit: Version: 10499Init: Epic Internal: 0Init:…
Polycount’s Ryan Jackson talked recenty with Ryan Clark about the development of Crazybump, a tool most game artists now use in their regular arsenal of tools. Ryan Jackson - Before we begin let me just say congratulations! Since Crazybump has been out of Beta it's been quite the success! We've certainly seen a ton of…
transcript : Time: 00:00.00 #1: Wanna copy a layer? I say jump it: Ctrl+J. You a Mac user? Awesome. #2: When I say Ctrl, press Cmd, the one with an apple on it. #3: For a new layer, press Ctrl+Shift+N (Cmd-Shift-N on the Mac). #4: To delete a layer, get the move tool and press Delete (or Control-Delete). #5: Every letter…
Somewhat related to this thread http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php...;gonew=1#UNREAD In the Halls of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the talk this time was on "The Next Generation". Not the T.V. series, but the Next Generation of Consoles and high end game engines and shaders that ill be possible on the new…
Hi to all! Few years ago i spent almost all my free time on.. THIS. The main question is - how to avoid some very small repetitive actions in maya..Yeah. We spend a lot of time using default maya marking menu. When i played a lot with my maya - i decided to make the lesson ( but... when it was done.. i lost all the…
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Polycount I go there and the links on the left and the background loads but theres no links to 3D modeling and texturing guides and info anymore. Instead in the centre of the page I get the attached wall of text. Sorry but there doesn't seem to be a forum section for this xD <<<<<<<QuickBooks…
[img2=right]http://boards.polycount.net/images/features/dw4/image_02.jpg[/img2] DOMINANCE WAR IV Only the dead have seen the end of war. Ladies and Gentlemen, war is upon us. Our enemies are gathering in the shadows and it will not be long until we must once again pick up arms and defend our homelands. How will we…
I just tried it on my machine and it worked. The script expects faces to be selected or it spits out an error. Are you sure you're not indenting it? #==========================================================================# round - Copywrite 7/7/2013# Author: Paul Lohman# free to use and modify for personal or…
Well, I've suspected something like that - they're a bit confusing from the beginning, and i probably need to make some more informal introduction into these tools. Let me then introduce myself first: my name is Alexander "Joss" Khalyavin, i'm Maya tech artist/developer with ~16 years of Maya experience. Autodesk Maya…