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Re: So the new iPad..
@WarrenMarshall - I meant in context, not between hardware revisions. Why render an image of four times the pixel resolution when you could render an image of four times the geometry resolution instead? (It's a crude example, but surely you get the point?) They don't just look basically the same - at that sort of pixel… -
Re: How often are 4096 textures used in next-gen gaming.
I mean you can measure the image size in centimeters for example. When I view a 1k image in ps and I switch the unit to centimeters, it says the 1k^2 (pixels)image is 36,12 centimeters^2. When I have a one centimeter^2 image and I switch the units to pixels, it says its 28x28 pixels. -
Re: DDO Seam Issues!!!!
You can set your edge padding when you pack your unwrap. It's the amount of pixels between each UV shell. This is to prevent edge bleed between UV islands for both baking and mip-mapping.(1 pixel=1 mip level up to 16 pixels=5 mip levels) -
Re: Bad alignement Uv 3dsmax
If you want to be that precise, don't snap your UV to the grid but snap it to pixel instead (default snap setting set to grid snap). But as like what Eric said, create a temp texture with intended size, load that to the UV editor then only you can use the pixel snap (without texture loaded and displayed, you cant use the… -
Re: What would 2D games be like now?
PSP resolution? Is 640x480 too high? Pixel perfect collision isn't always desirable, I've played a Katakis "clone" (well, completely unrelated game that claims to be related) with pixel-perfect collision, I hated it. Shmups, for example, should give you some leeway when it comes to collision (many shmups give your ship a… -
Re: Is tri-planar related to 45 degrees or something?
You sample the texture on three axes, and then blend these 3 samples based on the surface normal at that pixel. Images taken from the excellent Ronja tutorial on the topic: Sampling the texture once on each X, Y, Z axis and blending these 3 samples with the same weight (AKA an average): The normals of the mesh: Using the… -
Re: Removing AO from photogrammetry
Although I'm not familiar with how Epic have done it, from my understanding, you can somewhat successfully remove lighting from a texture by doing the following: 1. Photograph your object from many angles. 2. Photograph a chrome ball in place of your object. 3. Process your object, outputting a mesh + texture. 4. Create… -
Re: UV'ing low poly models
If you are a 3dsmax user (version 9+) you can check out TexTools which is a bunch of scripts in 1 toolbar. Anyway in TexTools there is a symmetry tool that mirrors either one side to the other one (select half of the faces to mirror) or just select the edge mirror and average booth sides. It works like this: Just make sure… -
Re: Making an Enviornment DS reel: M1 abrams
good words from danr, ontop of that id suggest working at true res befor detailing, as most of the detail done will disapear when down-resing. to compensate for an un-undestandable mesh, block and fade paint in the main shapes at 256* then bring down to true res. id actually suggest a 128* or 128x64. also id simplify your… -
Re: Laying out Uvs for Low Poly Baking: Circular and Curved pieces
The rotated UVs don't cause distortion, they're all handled in vector math. They can cause pixel bleed, but it's only an issue at lower resolutions. If that example was actually 4x8 pixels you can see where the two shells share the same pixel. Personally, I think that it's best practice to straighten uv shells when…
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