I was planning on modeling a ufc/boxing gym. I was wondering if I model the whole gym in Max or for example, model ring and bring it to udk, model the bags and bring to udk, etc....
it is amaaaazing, I almost cried looking at the beauty of the character and environment. simply the best thing I've seen so far. its a perfect example how technology and creativity meet in balance.
you are thinking slideknit I asume? http://cghub.com/scripts/view/79/ theres an example of its use here: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1115091&postcount=156
Sorry I may have phrased that badly. I would in no way be making a carbon copy of freelancer. That would definitely be pointless! Totally agree with you, especially on the point of leading by example!
If you've got a gaming keyboard (for example logitech G11) you could assign a shortkey to press P then Z. Wouldn't be a great solution but would save you a buttonpress each time.
Those categories sound fairly accurate to me; here's a good example of the "achiever" group. I look at something like that and shake my head, but apparently there's a lot of them and they take it seriously.
Have you looked at Shader Forge? It's not free, but it's well worth the price. Also a visual example or two would really help. What kind of situation is it? What shapes are the models? etc.
Well, it's the origin of the 'fuck hexagons!' viewpoint in the ghost recon/tom clancy game community, so it's a pretty awful example! but yeah that shit was so obnoxious, this doesnt look any worse.
Cool, let me know if you run into any issues, or if you have any ideas for improvements. I hope to put together some example images of usage cases soon.