I previously worked mostly in source modding so I learned a lot of fundamentals from the structure in half-life 2 and other valve games, but right now I'm on an indie team working in unity. I got to help create some conventions for the project, but these below are just my internal rule of thumb. 1. Which information do you…
floon That's an interesting one because the information is doubled at the end. In theory it would be enough to have "/charactertyp/textures/master.psd" because that it is a character and a texture is already stated in folder structure. Is there a special reason for you to do it that way? Good point. I'm kind of old school…
SimonT: Good points there. It's always good to try to automate process' so the team can focus on actual production, but sometimes there are boring tasks that has to be done manually. Sorry if the rest of my comment is coming across as aggressive, but it is in no way directed at you personally. I just find that neglecting…
1.I don’t want filenames to change so there would be no date or author info. 2. camel case any words which are together and underscore any words which are a different level of identification i.e. Env_LightHouse_Door.fbx 3/4. I prefer descriptives instead of letters or numbers, and if you’re doing it for versioning then it…
That got me to LOL :) backup test_finished3.... :D I'd put that quote in my sig if we had sigs. Thank you for that, i use too many folder i think, using different prefixes sounds like a dream now...
Iterating across multiple files in a single folder isn't very professional and in my experience can cause problems. What you should do is use source control and check in regular revisions while you're working on the file. Having multiple versions always causes problems with others not understanding which file is the…
I would advice using numbers instead of letters for suffixes, for example _01, because it helps if a programmer wants to use naming conventions and then through code say "give me the five first". It is convenient at times. It is also like SimonT said, some operating systems and apps use lexicographic sorting and adding…