Here are some low profile cards that are worth consideration: 9800 GT $100 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187061 4650 $156 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129144 I would say the 9800 is probably the faster card here, for cheaper. Depending on what CPU/RAM/Etc combination…
couple more useful links for you, regarding modelling for animation : http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=46031 and http://www.poopinmymouth.com/process/tips/limb_deformations.gif The second one comes from Ben "poopinmymouth" Mathis' site, which is chock-full of great low poly tutorials - well worth a look.
thanks for all the advice. I've reduced the amount of polys on the columns as suggested, but I still want to keep the majority of the detail there. finished the doors and wood siding. current poly count is 46k tris. I want to make this environment as detailed (if not a little more) than bioshock (or any high-end FPS). does…
Well I'm calling this guy finished for now Fixed up the lighting in the texture. Added a lil more color here and there (like the bare arms). Made the spec maps. Made the cowboy hat and gun accessories (with a seperate 512x512 texture and alpha map). Still need to rig him, but I wanna move onto a normal mapped character so…
First of all thanks to MoP for your help, it solved my problems. Unfortunately I noticed something strange while working on the uv maps for my model. In perspective view, the bitmap material i put on my model looks blurry. In (quick) rendering mode it looks the way its supposed to do - sharp and precise.…
Im using this concept: http://www.wetanz.com/assets/Uploads/461UpArmouredHilux5finGB.jpg But I like your crits! you don't have any side images of the car by any chance?
I saw this on the Nat Geo pic of the day a few days ago, so amazing. iGoogle has a lot of pic of the day widgets from a lot of places that are great for reference gathering. Places like NASA, Travel sites, EarthShots, bla bla bla. It reminds me of the giant crystal caves down in Mexico.…