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Re: Realistic VLADOF assault rifle!
Check out the "Making me hard" and "understanding normals" thread in the tech talk section. They have oodles of info on baking, smoothing, uv's all that stuff. The basic rule of thumb is If there is a break in smoothing, you MUST split the uv's. Smoothing split, you MUST Split UV's. Say that a couple times a day for a few… -
Re: Real World Material Definitions
agitat3d, I'm not sure if you mean roughness or specular values in your OP. It seems like you're talking about roughness/glossiness though. And in that case materials hardly have a definitive roughness value. Every material (aluminum, plastic etc...) have endless roughness variations. Think about how rough a surface can be… -
Re: Problem with normal map baking
I'm not sure exactly what you're talking about here but I'll take a guess. When you've got heavy gradients in your normal map you're going to get one of two things: A. stepping type artifacts, this is usually what Maya opts for B. noise, or dithering, which I think is what Max does and I prefer a bit honestly. But I think… -
Re: New Non Paid and Deferred Paying Positions available at ULU
Updated the Thread to display the filled positions. Do not let this opportunity pass you by because you are too skeptical. You will miss out on a ground floor opportunity that you will kick yourself for in a year. Once these positions are filled the only time we will do any more recruiting is when we lose a partner. We do… -
Re: American McGee swing and a miss with Bad Day LA...
I wasn't talking about the cost to vacation there, I was talking about the cost to live there (most Chinese citizens don't live in hotels, as far as I know). My budget wasn't based on eating out for every meal, where things are going to cost more (especially in a tourist area, where they can obviously charge much higher… -
Re: Why it's important to learn to draw a foot
Missing time is one of the classic signs of alien abduction, per. How's your cornhole feelin'? Back to the thread, I'm surprised this is getting so much talk. Regardless of whether or not it's funny, I think we can all agree that this is very, very, very, very old. I mean, no one is going to look at Liefeld's art and say… -
Re: Meta-Video-Gaming and you
games that have any character, even an obviously tutorial character that say "press this button to do this" or make any other overt references to the control scheme take me right out of the game. on-screen instructions are ok, but don't break the fourth wall with a game character. for as brilliant as it can be in places,… -
Re: Massive Black Workshop
Well said Poop! I'd love to go. Hawkprey was talking about the last one, we both would have liked to have gone to that one as well but when projects hit crunch you know how it goes. I think you are completly right about just how huge an amount any of us would learn if we attended. As an example.. I'm a hi poly newb but… -
Re: Request work: Sion Eltnam Atlasia (UT2004)
Thermidor: If you want to work with shaders you should know all the tools at your disposal. A Cubemap is a form of an environment map that allows for more precise control than a spheremap. Environment maps are used for reflections and other effects. Don't get confused by the dual meaning of the word shader. Usually a… -
Re: My Art
I had a look at your portfolio and the first thing I would do is pin down your specailty. Character, enviroment or props. Pick one and focus on that. If you have a varierty of work it can have a negative effect. you cant do everything, when you try to be a jack of all trades you end up being a master of none and it will…
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