3D Coat crashes when I try to unwrap UVs or update islands on a model I have with a couple pieces of disconnected geometry. I exploded out several pieces of armor and would like to UV them all to one map, but every time I attempt to unwrap 3D Coat freezes and crashes. I'm OSX Mountain Lion and 3D Coat v4, but I took the…
@WhiskyDelta - Thankyou, you've nailed it in one and the tips are extremely helpful :) I've set myself quite a task mainly for revision but there are those areas in asset production where I'm a complete noob, complex playable 3D game content being one such bottle neck, so I appreciate your insights no end. At the moment…
I did something similar in a past job, where we used the alpha channel to define masks for three team colors. Each mask used 1/3 of the range within the alpha: 0-85, 86-143, 144-255. Here's an example with just two ranges instead of three, made with the old Shader FX in 3ds Max. Might give you some ideas. I can probably…
Hi Direwolf - I'm not Cris but here is the 'Intro to Blender Game Engine' tut series I did for him last year. I use LEFT CLICK SELECT instead of the Blender default but all else is standard. [ame] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iANTBbeIi5s[/ame] Also, if you haven't already, you should definitely check out the awesome…
good shot man .. like it. -but i the main character look like he stop very fast from turning after frame " 43-50 " it's need to slow in -also neck take weird potion most time -frame " 94 " the right Claw taking a weird pose in camera -frame " 99 - 104 " the lift Claw need to follow through -- it's look very stiff ---- the…
A very interesting survey that tries to feel the pulse of the users be it enthusiasts students or professionals. how applications rank? which one is improving? which one is in trouble? and so many cool bits of info. this is their 2009 survey…
heya, i know this isn't strictly video game art but i hope its ok if i ask here i want to try make a snowbaord design and i was wondering whats the best way to get a shape from a photo. i need to just get the basic outline of a snowboard so that i can start working on different patterns and stuff. what i was thinking was…
Hello members. I am a newb in this forum. I tried to search for this topic but it hasn't been discussed extensively. I wonder if anyone knows about any tutorials on how to make your own mipmaps for the .dds format. I want to make my own atlas texture, and I wanted to use my own mipmaps so that there will be less seam…
Tried to add color varations on the skin, maybe I'm too subtle because it always doesn't really show up in the render. Working on it still, I want to eventually pose her too but i will need the help of my rigger master friend because I'm not able to do it myself ( :( ). Anyway here is another preview, and a wire frame for…
This looks amazing, I love it! About the hair... This is one instance where animator and tech artists generally look at a concept and freak out like the world is burning down. Typically hair gets restrained so it's not such a nightmare/technical hog to rig up and animate. When it touches the shoulders it has to interact…