i was looking for a titan quest poster for my room and i found this awesome unofficial one. http://www.zazzle.com/titan_s_quest_print-228777291663222478 i know there are some devs here that worked on it and maybe i could get them to sign it?
In production HDRIs are used. But they are all calibrated. Not the crap from the internet. As a starting point use the one from Pixar. https://renderman.pixar.com/piper-look-dev
You might want to check out the "how'd you model dem shapes?" thread at the top of this forum as well. http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=56014
Yep, when working on source mods it was referred to as making a map with "dev textures", which meant the orange grid ones, but it means exactly the same thing.