This is my progress so far in Maya. Frankly I am a bit nervous. So far its mostly low poly. The only high poly objects here would be the cannon piece. Will still add the nuts and bolts, maybe. lotet: So far liking the output on your mech, liking the hands and how smooth the whole mech looks. Mr. Moose: I would suggest…
Reviving this thread zombie to recommend a little gem i read through recently, "101 Things I learned in Architecture School" by a certain Mattew Fredericks ([ame="http://www.amazon.com/101-Things-Learned-Architecture-School/dp/0262062666"]Amazon.com: 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School (9780262062664): Matthew…
Thanks for the feedback guys! tadpole3159 - I do have some fog rolling into the ground like that pic, a little more subtle though. I didn't want to make it look like Scooby Doo :) PogoP - Nothing fancy for blending the eggs and ground. I relied on AO and lighting to blend the transitions. The rest was carefully sculpting…
@Geosmith "Still though, understanding how much is this draw call worth in terms of performance is still an issue. But if they should have a fixed cost per draw call, then surely there's an average amount of draw calls per frame for games that we could find? Comparing how much a typical scene or asset would need would…
I'll make a note of the request here, any request you can shoot directly to me. "Should 32 sides be a minimum for a cylindrical bake in Marmoset?" It really depends on the viewing distance for the assets. With 16 sides on your mesh, you can straighten the skewing with a custom cage, but it's always going to be 16 sides so…
This is why its important to learn why a rule of thumb is created, instead of just following it. You need to learn why so you can adapt it to your situation. It's not as clear cut as height X 4 = texture size. The examples I was talking about in the other thread where about a box which translates pretty well because it…
There is no single mathematical formula for polygon budget. It depends on the project. A robot in a Ratchet and Clank reboot will be different than a robot in Titanfall. You would have to look up their character art to determine how much you should be using. If you're just doing stuff for a portfolio, there are still some…
I'm trying to get a bit more speed out of my computer without too much investment and thought I would get more then my 2 GB ram. My problem is that I can't quite figure out what they mean about the max ram for the motherboard. Its either that it can only have 2 gb ram or 2gb ram in each of the two slots. Wlso what kind of…
New MSI 865GM2-LS Intel Pentium 4 Motherboard MS-6743 I hope i didn't get jipped !! My other piece of crap MAtsonic Mainboard burned out on me.. Thats why right now im on my dads comp haha.. well.. atleast we think its my mainboard.. we crossed out the powersupply and the video card because we ran some tests.. we don't…
Hello, I'm having a horrible issue with Maya LT which I paid for :( Basically I will be working on something and all of the sudden it freezes... My CPU usage for Maya LT goes to 0% and I have to end process to get it to close. This is super annoying since I pay their fee and the software doesn't even work properly. It…