4 things: (I do want to use touch functionalities)- you don't ;) I have 2 tablets with touch and cintiq 24 without this feature. And I recommend to not bother about it. Sometimes it slows down the software, some times cause glitches and jumping on the canvas, switching between pen and touch input also isn't perfect. So…
Keys on the keyboard have shadows. Whats the point of modeling and getting a normal map when your photosourcing something that already has shadows and specularity in it? Anyways, would stray away from "firehydrant, garbage-can" type props. Unless its apart of a larger scene, they are generic props that are pretty much in…
MODO does have smoothing groups, but they're a bit shonky (they don't blend together particularly well) and there is no Max-like UI for it. You can assign them to your polygon selection via "Geometry > Polygon > Set Smoothing Group..." or you can assign that command (poly.setSmooth) to a button and call it from there. You…
Well, when I said "=/= old western" I could have been a little less sweeping in the comment. There -are- old western style steampunk too. The third link I posted in clothing is very clearly western inspired. Hell, "wild wild west" with will smith has plenty of steampunk in it. My intent, though I failed to word it…
You can do it without scaleform, you can code it in UnrealScript. Check out HUD.uc in %Development\Src\Engine\Classes for the lowdown. The Function is Drawtexture or something, it's not hard to miss. the hard bit is actually capturing button clicks. Well, it's not TOO hard If it's a rectangle or circle, it's easy. For a…
In terms of building, you should get to know the tools you are working with. Assuming your in max, hit up the help files for the cut tool, connect, ring and loop buttons. Target weld is pretty straightforward... If you don't know these already look em up because they are the base of alot of poly modeling. Create shapes…
I would like to, but I am unable to drop the donations button. DW takes all my time from now until June 1st. Even if people hate seeing it, there are a few who donate a tiny bit. Right now, all tiny bits matter because I am not making any money from anywhere else, except those annoying 2 bucks a day google adds. I can…
If its the root node of the biped "Bip01" you probably need to click the controllers button at the top and also flatten out Turning Horizontal and Vertical. Also check the position and rotation curves (drop down menu to the right of the controllers button). If its a TCB curve you'll need to crank up the tension to flatten…
Thanks for commenting Neo and pliang. @Neo -- This is a pre-made portfolio website, so I can't change anything. I wish I could change the back button because I've never liked it. Btw, the back button is at the top left side of the screen, next to my name, it's an arrow pointing up. I would love to create my own website,…
Most game artists schools do a piss poor job of teaching you one thing, what the buttons do. They don't teach you anything about what drives the thinking behind pushing those buttons. Without the traditional artistic talent, you're a ship without a rudder or an actor without a face. There are a few game-art-schools that do…