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Re: edge straighten maxscript
I added a dialog which optionally lets you use fixed distances for the outer vertices, a distance of 0 will use regular projection length for those as well (as default). EDIT: did a new version 0.8 size of edge series affects outcome for 1 edge it is turned to a loop of 3 edges, and then modified for 2 edges, simple… -
Re: LOW-POLY ART
Smoothing groups is his response to the hard edges you have. In maya you want to smooth your normals by softening your edge loops. Go into edge mode > select all edges > SHIFT RC > soften edges. I've never heard of self illumination. BUT, it would look much cleaner if you used ambient occlusion on your model. Just applying… -
Re: [3dsmax] Aligning Vertices in Splines
You could... convert it over to edit poly, straighten and align the edges, then select the boarders and click "create shape" to convert the edge selection back into splines. I would be tempted to use the 2D-3D unwrap feature in TexTools so I could straighten the edges in the UV editor (straightens a bunch of edges horiz or… -
Re: LODs tips & tricks or pure drudgery?
it gets better than that. just select an edge or loop of edges and ctrl+backspace to remove both the verts and edges....one of my favorite tricks when creating hand-made LODs. also useful is setting your own shortcuts for selecting edge loops and rings. using preserve UVs and what not it can be very quick to just eyeball… -
Re: Painting Cartoon Clouds
it looks like you need only a round brush with hard edge and one with soft edge. first i would draw the white form of the cloud, then add light blue half circles with the soft edged brush in the lower area of the cloud (big brush is better). Better to use a mask for the white cloud, so you can't go over the edge with the… -
Re: [WIP] First Asset Critique
@Doxturtle I'm a little confused. You choose your hard edges based on UV's? Shouldn't you do your UV's based on your hard edges? I always make my edges soft or hard as I work on the model. If it's a round surface, it'll be a soft edge. Then when UV mapping, I make sure to dice up all my hard edges. @ChrisLambert The sculpt… -
Re: TexTools 3.0+
3dsmax doesnt use hard edges like Maya, where every edge can be a hard edge, but the smoothing group approach, where only intersected edges between two or more smoothing groups can be hard edges, it won't work as intended, unless all your faces are on separate shells. If you import from Maya it might look like that using a… -
Re: LowPoly Topology
You can download that file just by entering a fake email and blah as the password. It'll say it sent off the confirmation but you can download straight away. I had a quick look - the smoothing you're getting is because of a few reasons. You've got verts all along the edges of that big plane and you have 90-degree corners… -
Re: Stove
In regards to the top piece baking 'weird'. It baked weird because you have soft edges around the cylinder extrusions in the middle. You might want to separate them with hard edges, then separate the uvs as well. Think of the hard edges as the UV "SHELL". So if you have hard edges, you want to separate the edges in the UV… -
Re: [wip] Psg1
Hard edges will double the vertex count along those edges. BUT If you have hard edges where your uv splits are, they are doubled already, so there is no extra cost in doing this. Also, when baking normals you must have uv splits where your hard edges are anyway, or else you will get render artifacts on your hard edges(it…
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