it really doesn't matter if it's XP or win7 imo. CG applications work fine. if the machine is intended for content creation and not playing games with some very recent feature required or perhaps fooling around with the latest graphics demos then both will do the job (in my experience). if there's already XP on it then…
i also think now with the nDo action for photoshop, you can get even better results than crazybump. but i do agree that zbrush models are more time consuming, but i think the look sometimes is a bit more satisfying. and i guess also if the mesh is intended not to be something flat and tileable (like the rocks example),…
I use it as intended, to guess-timate art content quality and shader use for future prototypes. And to see how current gen systems choke, and where. Show where to make the engine scaleable etc. EQ2 is a good example. I've got a pretty beefy system, and still cant play at full detail.. The game has benefits for users in the…
[ QUOTE ] President Bush would be obese. [/ QUOTE ] I think his BMI would be normal for his height and age. He is relatively fit, but not extremely muscular (at least as far as I can tell). Anyway, Asherr is right, using BMI to gauge obesity may inflate the numbers a bit (pun intended), but I'd say it's still a pretty…
Hmmm That video is very cool, and I have been sounding like a tard on a lot forums cause I have been calling it a chain gun for like a month or so. Thank you for the clarification. No sarcasm intended, I read it back to myself and it sounded like I was being an ass. LoL Well what you think about the modeling? Look? all…
Lookin hawt, Hazardous. Still messing with my guy's base (going slower than intended due to some cotract work and proving points in GD) Still need to figure out what to do with the cyber arm and shins. I'm noticing that a lot of drawing just have motorcycle / riding boots...so might just do something like that. We'll see!…
I love the rifle design, but the short one?..how does it operate? where did you put the bullet for the small barrel? where is the trigger for the small barrel? and if the lower one was intended to shoot as a grenade launcher, I don't think one can hold the recoil with 1 hand, you might want to make it longer a bit, a place…
QFT this could have easily been intended as a joke, but if he was looking for real crit and you have no real reason to give any, then don't give any input at all. but if you feel like trashing it, do it constructively in a non spamful manner. we all have two ears that stay open and a mouth that can be closed.…
Thanks *Billy$ - I hear what you're saying and intend to follow that process. I'm using waaay less polys than are available, lightmaps are tiny and it looks ok so far with the first building in. I've only worked with an in house engine before that used normals etc but...well it was a strange beast heheh. Just trying to get…
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