Thanks. I was thinking that about the LODs as well. The major difference between the LOD_0 and 1 is that balls on the end are round in the LOD_0. I figured, if there is a problem with the total polygons, I'd use LOD_1 instead. That's also a major reason I don't have jingle bells instead of balls. They take more polygons to…
sure its not a 1:1 ratio but the lack of hard polling in the pirate community doesn't mean it isn't a problem. It effects the smaller studios first, as their bottom line is more susceptible to piracy. Some of this income could float a small studio or give a start up a chance. So its all fine if someone mugs you and they…
yeah it looks good but when you get some different lighting in there i think you'll get some better crit, and mess with the material too so it shows off the details as well as possible with some nice specular highlights. looks damn solid though man. as for the render in mental ray, there's a few things. for me, personally,…
She can't have Win7 and a Mac... well, you CAN, but not from factory. And it would completely defeat the point of buying a Mac. Screw getting a Mac. You can go to a Best Buy and get just about any laptop in the store for less than $1000. Personally, I've been looking at something from this list:…
[ QUOTE ] Now, for the wish list. 1) Convert a greyscale image to a normal map on the fly when you want to blend multiple normal maps. Here's the real-world example: I want to add some scratches to the normal map for a weapon or something, so I quickly paint some black scratch marks on a white background. What I'd like to…
Riders Hello everybody, I'm very glad to present you today our racing game, we've planned to develop already since a long time and now headed over to UE4. But first of all, who are we? We're small project group called Game Twice, who plans to develop community based games. The team contains right now Programmer, 3D…
Alright so here I go again, another character. Going to record this one on poylcount and artstation. I won't bother posting all the reference I used but I will post what led me to make this man (he isn't finished at the time im writing this 11/10/2019 EU). First stage: The idea I always wanted to make something simple, I…
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Hello! I have little experience in Zbrush and I've been attempting to learn about stylized sculpting for the past few days. I have found an interesting article belonging to Fanny Vergne in the Vertex book #2 related to sculpting stylized slabs of rocks. The end result of her sculpt is this: The rocky detail on these slabs…
Any fans of the show on here? Just finished binging season 2 and, just like season 1, it was amazing. I have some gripes with it, just like I do with most shows, but that doesn't take away from just how well the show was made. I think seeing the monsters less was more effective in keeping me intrigued and scared in the…