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Re: 3D Creation - Workflow Help.
Common approach for current-gen games : concept > basemesh > Zbrush/Mudbox for the organic bits, Max/Maya/whatever for hardsuface SubD > build lowpoly game mesh to conform to highpoly > UV map > Generate normal map and AO map > final colour/normal/spec/gloss etc maps > export to game engine. This is just a basic version.… -
Re: questions about baking hard edges and using cavity maps
Generally you want to break smoothing group when you have sharp angle turn, cus if not the gradient from your normal map will suffer when your texture get compressed. Another thing is that your lowpoly mesh is not optimized, you might want to remove the support edges from there. That UV definitely can optimized a lot more… -
Re: Another: m4a1 wip, asking for feedback
The model is about to be baked onto the lowpoly. There is no floating geometry on it. The text is made with a bumpmap, on partially UVmapped elements of the model but I already tested and the bumpmaps are baked onto the normal map too. (If that's what you mean by floaters :P) I don't mind sharing that basic set, but as I… -
Re: Edges and their effect on normals
my experience with maya is that it has too good o a shader, not displaying the shadingerrors that you will most likely get inside of your game of choice. I've seen some horribly smoothed lowpolys get perfect bakes and show off the normalmap without problems in maya, but would break apart when ingame. SyncViewS, I read… -
Re: Model Help
Depends on how lowpoly you wanna go. The lowest you can go technically is just a plane with an alpha on it, but that wouldn't be much of modeling would it now? The way I would go about it would be to make one tooth and then duplicate it radially and then merge all the copies. If you use Maya then using Duplicate Special… -
Re: [WIP] Learning Handpainting
Sorry for such a long delay in updates. School has been getting really busy but here's how the scene has been looking so far. I've been learning a lot and I'm really starting to like how this is coming out. I'm still not satisfied with the grass alpha so I'll keep playing around with that, and I haven't touched the… -
Re: UV Mapping
But 2d texture painting owns D: I shall regret the day that happens, Ged Lol Anyway, UV Mapping is boring, but yes, it's quite necessary, but I don't hate it. Maybe it's because I just do lowpoly models (I've never UV mapped anything above 2k polys) and am not really a perfectionist. All I do to UV Map is select the faces,… -
Re: Roadkill helpful UVer
It's like love at first sight! Thanks guys for posting the link, I remember hearing about it some time ago but never tried it. It's also so nice that this tool is compatible with different packages. I really enjoy how more demanding content creation is pushing forward the birth of cool focused tools like that. Xnormal,… -
Re: Q4 Gorre Redesign
No problem vahl, I'm doing it more as a learning excercise than anything else. I want to learn character modelling and the only way is to model some. :P Here's an update: I left the head I had and just reworked it somewhat. Hopefully it will make a good zbrush base, and I can use it as a lowpoly later as well. The body is… -
Re: Problem with wires and smooth stuff.
UDK generates its own lightmaps. In fact, it does it each time you build a level. All the UDK meshes are similarily low-poly, AFAIK so you sir are wrong. Double wrong, actually, because it's noticeable as hell when you put a texture on it. I know 'cause I tried it that way using other models. Edit: Example of how lowpoly…
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