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Re: Use Constraints: Maya tool I believe everybody should be using!
@Alex Javor Hey, this isn't third party stuff, this is already built into Maya! The decimated mesh is all up to the pipeline and limitations I guess. If you're sculpting a bolder, it doesn't really need to have property topology. If decimation master can get you to the desired poly count, and do it in a few seconds, why… -
Re: Senior project
Whoa, that vine is way too complex for an environment prop. Simplify the silhouette and flesh out the detail with a normal map. That thing is going to eat processing cycles like candy. Even as just a place holder, it's going to slow the game down and thus eat up your time. Place holders should start out as simple object… -
Re: Best way to unwrap islands - The U+U unwrap?
I don't think it's a thing as you can see. If you have a properly baked normals and you have a tangent space match between your baker and viewer/engine it shouldn't really matter how you unwrap it (provided the islands aren't overlapping, there padding where needed). It might not really matter if you mark your uv splits… -
Re: 3ds max long load times
Have you launched it more than once? It takes a while the first time because it sets up a few things the first time it launches. It should relaunch faster than it launches. So the first time you launch after a system reboot will be slow, but every time after that will be a bit faster. If it's slow to relaunch its probably… -
Re: New Year, New Tool? (aka using non-subscription specialty tools?)
Affinity makes a lot of sense on the mac. it seems to make use of some mac-specific libraries for speeding up the app and easily leaves photoshop in the dust by a greater margin than it does on windows. that being said, make sure the output features (e.g. lack of TGA file format) and channel editing capabilities are to… -
Re: Maxscript write and read .txt file
ITS ALIVE! code is working, here it is: fn setFOKINPATH = ( if MyPath != undefined do ( local maxINI = getMAXIniFile() setINISetting maxINI "EliasScriptSettings" "ExportDirectory" MyPath ) ) --Get .ini ( local maxINI = getMAXIniFile() MyPath = getINISetting maxINI "EliasScriptSettings" "ExportDirectory" messagebox "GOT… -
Re: XSI kitbash workflow?
I don't think it's quite identical to the method he uses, but if you have your parts saved out somewhere as .emdl files (export them while doing a render region for a thumbnail) then you can either hit 5 to open the browser and navigate to your kitbash directory (the broswer window can be kept open and moved to another… -
Re: Xnormal to 3DS max normal map using Handplane.
Hi, I saw some mistakes in your folder. For the cube, you have to split all the faces with a little padding between them or you will have error when you will bake. You have to prepare the low poly with smoothing group too. These two errors lead to the black gradient you have. The difference between Unity and 3Ds Max for… -
Re: Dota 2 + Marmoset Toolbag 2, interest level?
This would be great - as mentioned the current 3DSMax and Maya DOTA2 shaders, while great, don't behave in-game exactly as they do in the 3D app (spec, gloss and metalness especially) meaning lots of slow, manual tweaking (tweak/ save/ reload/ test) in the game editor AFTER you've "finalised" your textures. If the shader… -
Re: Girl Hair Study/Toolbag Portrait
Hey Derraz! Long time big fan of your pink-haired toonish character (saved multiple views from your marmoset viewer file for future reference in a folder)...not so much of this piece. If you're aiming for something realistic, I think the hair looks false (I'm sure you've already seen it, but after seeing ThomasP's work,…
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