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Re: crunch time stress relief
In the US you're entitled to one day off in seven, I believe. There's a lot of factory and nursing work around here and that's usually the schedule they run. I'm not in games but in publishing, and every fall we enter crunch. For me it's weird, when things get tough I want to work more, so when I'm crunching I usually come… -
Re: What monitor to get?
Really? IPS you say? Interesting. For anyone who is wondering: TN = Fastest response, cheap, poor viewing angle, usually meant for consumer use/gaming M/PVA = Slower response, decent color, great viewing angles, used in a lot of tvs/mid-level graphics monitors IPS = Slowest response, best color, great viewing angles,… -
Re: Futuristic Props
I usually take the 1st or 2nd division from Zbrush and reduce until the polycount is low enough for in-game. That's usually what I do for simple shapes. For more organic and fluid shapes I usually make the object live and use create polygon and append to polygon to create the low poly. :) It all depends on the complexity… -
Re: Weapon Animator Required
[ QUOTE ] sorry to sounding to rash :P its just that this is usually for serious projects ( sstudios etc ) and usually mods arent taken very serious when they offer payment since it is regularly VERY low. [/ QUOTE ] Many many many freelance artists who are just starting are competitive in their pricing and usually accept… -
Re: Random name engine! Woot!
depends what i'm creating names for, if i'm going for humans, i usually try for something that sounds authentic for the particular nationality i'm using. hence my thread on the old board for 'foriegn' names. for aliens, i usually make something up for races i'm creating. if it's for something like my trek fan-fic, i… -
Re: Need help with fur.
If you want to make something like juggernaut's cape/mane-thing you would usually just sculpt it in Zbrush and retopo it for the lods. As for sculpting it's usually just practice and a lot of trial and error (you can always google zbrush fur/hair scuplting and get some videos on that). That's the kind of hair/fur you… -
Re: PC running out of RAM a lot using Max?
New 2017 packing needs a lot of RAM. Check if it uses new packing methods. For upgrade, I usually upgrade after 3-6 month since we need to wait plugins and finish the current project. Even though there are beta testers and QA, there are always a few bugs which no one caught . Usually SP1 address that. But, waiting more… -
Re: Dreams of becoming a UI artist
QFT - UI is one of the more painful jobs in games--usually unappreciated, usually complex/technical, and usually involves more "complete overhauls" than other disciplines, imho, so you'll need a thick skin and learn how to not be too attached to your work. A lot of artists end up getting sucked into it because the team… -
Re: Performance question : multiples materials with custom AO
I don't know the precisely how Unreal manages instanced materials, but I do know the hardware usually wants each material to be delivered on its own. So if you have 6 instanced materials on one mesh, this is usually going to be sent to the card in separate chunks. Each chunk of triangles that shares the same material.… -
Re: 3D Max 2009 - File open failed
I get that error pretty frequently at work with Max8 - usually if you start a new scene, then File --> import and select the corrupted file you can import the meshes into the new scene. usually when max corrupts a scene (max8 anyway) its one object thats messing the entire scene up. If you import object by object, or in…
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