I'm pretty much trying to aim for a game model, for something like this what would be an ideal poly limit say if you wanted to get as many as these as possible on screen but still be able to maintain nice visuals. Like in a first person perspective, IMO I think it's best to keep the detail in the front because that would…
I second the use of clay brushes. Claytubes + Smooth/TrimDyn are what I spend a majority of time using to build forms. If I'm ever having a bit of trouble, I look at speed-sculpts of what I'm trying to replicate. 9 times out of 10, it provides insight and inspiration into the sculpting process. This may not be beneficial…
Imo the spec is too noisy right now, you could tone down quite a lot of the grunge to get much nicer highlights. The grip could be pushed harder in the normal and spec to make it pop more. i.e http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/9/94043/1409210-870no1l.jpg I dont want to sound like a asshole but it seems a bit early for…
Seattle was a crazy story this year, with the Seahawks being the first team in the post-merger era to have a losing record and still make the playoffs. And they didn't just make them, they beat the defending champion Saints in the first round - probably one of the biggest upsets in NFL history. The 7-9 record sucked, but…
"I'm kinda sick of Hollywood squeezing the fun out of movies at this point." "Hollywood squeezing the fun out of movies" Really? Personally I think the comedy/action thing is so freaking overdone. Like Oblivion, for instance. It was a pretty solid movie minus the cheesy "fun" action quips by Tom Cruise. I would like to see…
[ QUOTE ] I'm about to leave Reno [/ QUOTE ] Well, since you're a betting man, I'd be willing to bet that those plans have changed since last night. I don't know how much you guys got, but we have the most snow since I've lived here (around 24" at the moment, and it's still snowing and supposed to keep snowing for the next…
Ooooo I got some for ya! Xenogears-best damn RPG on the system, if ever. Castlevania:SotN-already mentioned Front Mission 3- turn based squad combat, with MECHS!! Ghost in the Shell-fun arcade shooter with a tank that can climb walls! Breath of Fire 3 (or was it 4?)-just a really nicely done RPG Vagrant Story-you already…
I'm using 3ds Max 9. All I did is to set the renderer to Mentalray and chose Normalmap and AO map from a list in the render-to-texture dialog. By the way I've just seen that baking a normalmap in mentalray gives me the same odd missed rays (red spots). Does it have something to do with this:…
The extra stuff in Epoly and the Skin modifier is also great -having a palette of Skin brush sizes is cool. I've had to do some stuff on a game in Max 5 (I'll tell you what later), whilst I mostly use Max 7. The difference in those two packages is quite astounding. Now, perhaps for 9 they'll get a new damn interface that…
Well it would of been nice if they made the weapons a little more different... I can't call it a rip off, it like final fantasy 9 art style, but FPS. It's just just another FPS with cute looking characters. I think they really should of pushed the anime thing though, as in the use of weapons. Give them more anime style…