Just got it modelled, it's currently about 350 tris. If anyone can spot anywhere to drop a few lines then feel free to point them out, there could well be loads but my mesh optimization skills are lacking usually. Any other crits are encouraged too, despite the fact there's not a lot to look at just yet! Thanks
coolness, great stuff, here is one i made, been using it for awhile, its a modification of the skeleton material. really cool for seeing all the details. http://files-upload.com/357558/MatCapSAM.ZMT.html
I talked to an art director whom I have much respect for (Ed at Threewave), and he gave me a bunch more pointers and feedback on the scene. First off I changed the fog from dark red or pale yellow, this really makes the scene a lot more alive I think. It's not drowning in and in blackness. Next I'm gonna add more detail…
I'm running a Quadro FX 3500 here at work and I have photoshop and maya open all day and everything runs quite well. We're using this driver (http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_162.65.html) and things run smooth. As a matter of fact a lot of times I'm running maya, max, and ps and it still runs well.
Triplite 1000va w/ LED readout Eq & Vig pointed out brown outs/wiring problems potential. Triplite is what the company that manages our work servers uses. Most models come with voltage regulators/stabilizers to keep your psu getting the same voltage regardless of wiring/surge problems. They're relatively inexpensive for…
you can search the board with google too, enter the search terms, in this case, I used "unwrapping tips" and then follow it with the command "site:url" so it would look like this: "unwrapping tips site: http://boards.polycount.net" I found this thread: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=35622 the board search…
game enthusiast are also the ones who download almost all game titles for free ^^ A game enthusiast pay 350-500+ euro for a graphic video card (Ati and Nvidia are happy!!), and owns a gamer rig of more than 1500 euro. A game enthusiast nowadays, don't pay for games beacuse they are free on the internet, and they enjoy more…
Depending on what percentage they take of your prize money, you'll get the remainder to count towards your progression. I've generally hired drivers with an 85% share, as any less have a pretty weak win ratio. I'm also only hiring them for any race worth about 35k or less, usually ones more than a few ranks below what I'm…
Edit: Ack what did I do wrong? with the embedding? Wow wonderful, most of the videos have already been removed due to terms of use violation. It says the length of videos are too long. Youtube is worthless. Ok here are the videos on youtube so they are very easy to play. I am most proud of Nergal gameplay-wise. In Nergal,…