Ok, I finally got a normal mapped lowpoly model for this character. There are some spots in the normal map where the normals are inverted that I still need to clean up. This is a screen capture in maya with the low poly using about 2800 tris and a 1024px normal map. Cheers, -Neil
I'm w/ thomas here, new tech means pricedrops on old tech. its more cost effective to buy models from 2 seasons ago. hard to imagine the video card I bought last year (july 07) for $280, is now $75 on eBay =(
Heh, those "four big long tubes", in the original mech, are 16 inch battleship cannons... there's huge vents on the back to help compensate for recoil. The durn thing is supposed to be 22 meters tall and 285 metric tons. :P Quite a bit bigger than the "junior" version I'm making. And I probably will end up modelling a…
yeah, it's normal. every forum you go to. on one of the forums i go to, there are 28,000 members, 3/4ths with 0 posts due to forum crashes, resets, etc, and also that a lot dont post ever.
The basic idea is 100% green is perceptually brighter than 100% blue, so it gets a higher luminance weight. Grayscale mode uses the luminance weighting, but de-saturation uses equal weight per channel. Makes sense when you think about it, de-sat is doing just that and nothing else. More info, incl the weights...…
Found a cool overclocker for Centrino too... http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=177&pgno=1 I got the 845 version to work with mine. It forces a clock up of the AGP & PCI buses along with the FSB but I was able to squeeze 1817Mhz out a 1600Mhz chip running the torture test for 12 hours solid at <60C, 1.004V.…
Thanks for the replies. I plan on making a low poly version then later on a high poly model. Im still learning about uv texturing etc but will be trying that at some point. This is just a small project when im on a break from university. When i get back i'll be working on my project which will take most of my time. I have…
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Thanks! I'm downloading the http version 'cause I'm too lazy to install bit torrent on this computer. I'm actually getting 281kb/s and downloading all 6 at the same time so it's not bad at all.
Gonna copy this in from another forum: [ QUOTE ] After some more thought and testing of the leveling system, I'm come to the conclusion that it does indeed suck. It had potential, and the good intentions that went into its design are obvious, but Bethesda simply missed the mark in terms of user friendlines and balance. The…