Archillesian: Thanks! Skamberin: Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about avoiding too much grunge/noise. I def. want it to look like it would fit right into Unreal tournament, but I'm going to be extra careful about that. Thanks for the encouragement. butt_sahib: Heh heh, I'll play around with the size of stuff based on…
... Yep: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=56985 There's a trial of the game, I saw the files from it... http://www.fileplanet.com/192215/190000/fileinfo/FINAL-FANTASY-XI-14-Day-Free-Trial
@ mikeF and SupRore Thanks, guys. What you are both saying gives me pause. I've read of people being on their fourth or fifth machine. And I ain't got time for that! Like MikeF, I'd only play for six to 10 hours a week, so I wouldn't be too hard on it, but I wouldn't want to be afraid of killing it by playing too much if I…
Haha me too. Love the original. No, but waiting for it might! :D That's nothin', I was 56,000 today. Then I had to spend ages downloading stuff after I passed that!
I lowered the lightres on all items and it's now 561mb so still not ideal but I don't know what else I can do to lower the size. Sky has no lighting or shadows selected like you said.
http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5607 You can still get it apparently. They're doing a terrible job of publicising this. Jill Ramsay is helping to communicate Autodesk's XSI wind down, so things are improving a bit. Her advice was also to check with your local distributor to see what their status…
hardware requirements are up: don't use geforce or radeon... AO on nvidia only. not on fireGL either. only quadro 600 series like 5600 and it takes super unleaded only. eat rich people... they taste like chicken
It's a good idea to do objects from real life so you have a lot of reference and can nail down the shapes. It's important to know how to sub-d model before moving to baking and other more technical things. Improper geometry can cause your bakes to look wrong, so if you don't get the model looking right first it will cause…