i don't feel that is a fair thing to say. i feel id has been raising the bar and boundaries of technology. tech 5 looks to have some hot tech. quake wars and rage seem to show how the tools enable env artists to create convincing and sexy environment art. that's a recent advancement, isn't it? before that it was normal…
[ QUOTE ] Hence, my sincere hope that PC gaming will continully exist in some form. [/ QUOTE ]It will... There's far too many people out there who likes the extensive game costumization available on a pc (and keyboard+mouse) for the pc-gaming market to die... Seriously, look at GameSpy/IGN - Consoles didn't help create…
UV mapping problem Hello. I am having a problem UV mapping my mesh and I hope someone can help me solve it. I followed a tutorial on youtube. The error I'm getting is, I have a mesh That has triangles everywhere. How did they get there? Good question. I was modeling the trigger of the gun and a step was to triangulate and…
Hey there guys and gals, Got a weird request but I thought I'd try it out. Here goes: I'm looking for a couch to crash on during GDC this March( 25-28 ) in San-Fran. I'm a Speaker this year so I need to provide info about my accommodation to the conference organizers and I'm not particularly hot on hotels, because all I…
The University of Huddersfield are looking to appoint 2 new lecturers to teach primarily on BA(Hons) Computer Games Design. More information about the course(s) can be found here : http://www.hudunigames.co.uk/ Ideal candidates would have a wealth of games development experience (min 3 years) from both a design and art…
Hi guys, I wanted to share with you a unique event that will hit the streets of Bucharest,Romania on the 22nd till the 25th of Red October. Its the first Eastern European Concept art based workshop and i tell you,its gonna be on fire. We have tryed bringing in the heavyweights of concept art, all in a brain melting event,…
This could be hardware issue (my Vid card is Nvidia 7950 GT OC), but trying to clear new issue I am facing. I was doing a mini practice on "alpha channel," and everything was going good until I loaded all in Max... Displaying alpha on viewport looks Not alright.. (1) targa file (I got custom transparency BG.. don't get…
Not too sure how many people out there are fans of the series but DA is definitely the best of the series so far. It borrows a LOT from Chaos Theory (including ripping most of the enemies voice right from the game) but they've up'd a lot of the series' features this time around. The environments are amazingly well done…
Snow Shader Doesn't Do It Justice Almost every aspect of this shader is a parameter. The snow can be changed to any other material you want. Mud, dirt, water, ice, WHATEVER. The same can be said for the bricks and stone materials. As long as you have a height map or something similar (Strong AO Bake) the snow (or…
I just accepted an offer with insomniac games, working on the new ratchet game, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. the game looks amazing, if you havent seen it yet there is a nice hd trailer and some other media here http://www.1up.com/do/gameOverview?cId=3157407 i start on april 9th, cant really say too much…