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Re: What is pixel denisty in UV unwrapping?
Most game engines operate on the metric system with 1cm being 1unit. Figure out how many pixels you need per cm. Depending on the style and hardware resource requirements of your game you might have to go 1px per 1cm or even 1meter. Those games are typically large blocks of color with very little pixel definition. A good… -
Re: To Map or Not To Map - Modeling Mapping Question
I just skimmed through the video again and it wasn't as bad as I remembered. However I do still have some critique: 1. The example models and textures are horrible (no big details on the highpoly, crappy UVs, no silhouette). You admit this yourself, but even so I think you could use some models and textures you've got… -
Re: strange/annoying fanbases
It also comes down to how the characters are written and what they look like. Point: Naruto manga/anime. You have this Sasuke guy who is a generic 'pretty boy'. I say this because there are so many japanese style characters that look like him, Gray in Fairy Tail is an example, one of the main characters in the… -
Re: How did you learn to create complex UDK materials?
Most of what I learned comes from people I know, and what I learned when I worked at Larian Studios, from the other technical artists there. But mostly, creating complex materials is about logical reasoning: thing of every pixel as a mathematical value, and think about what your operations will do to that value. A helpful… -
Re: Pirate House Scene (Artyom Vlaskin concept)
I think that you've got a great start on your model and I love his concepts!!! Great pick. A lot of his shapes are nice and chunky, and I think a few parts of your model are getting a little thinner. For example some of the wood beams and supports. In his concept they are very weighty/chunky/heavy, and in your model are… -
Re: How goes the sculpting/modeling the characters for animation
First bold, i don't really understand, what do you mean transfer animation clips from proxy to high? What does that means? Second bold, Is there some specific program to use complicated shaders? I know about Blizzard use Render Man from Pixar. So these shadres are written? Any specific online course, that teach these… -
Re: UDK Prefabs vs Unity Prefabs
iirc UDK meshes DO share materials and meshes (so there are memory savings) but they aren't 'instanced meshes'...as in, they are not 'batched' and drawn together in fewer draw calls on the graphics card like say, the UDK foliage is. If that's truly what Unity's prefabs do, then that's pretty badass. Prefabs in UDK are more… -
Re: Ori and the Blind Forest
I will ask thomas to answer the question in detail To me, i would say, i really like and enjoy them. I can understand why some people could get frustrated, but well, you can't target everyone. If you target the casual guys, you will lose your initial target group, the players who enjoy Metroidvania games. It was a tight… -
Re: Beginner Workflow and other questions
I feel I kind of got lost here as well at one point but I feel that what I had a hard time finding was how each map would be used/applied For example (I may be wrong as still learning myself) The main maps I know Normal Map (interchangeable with Bump) Bump Map (interchangeable with Normal) Opacity Map Ambient Occlusion Map… -
Re: Online colleges worth it?
You may want to try one course before you start an online program. It also depends on what type of education that you are after (modeling, animation, etc.). Escape Studios, for example, has some good training for CG (Maya modeling, etc.), but it there are no "grades>" It is "self-study" whereby you learn only if you…
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