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Need advice on texturing for older games
Hello Polycount forums! Hi, my name is Audley and I am a texture artist. Kinda. Not an expert by any means but I think I am good enough now to actually call myself a texture artist. I really would like to show you guys some of my work but nearly my entire portfolio got deleted when I took a break from graphic design to… -
Re: Need advice on texturing for older games
A lot of older assets can look better by simply re-UV for optimizing, along with rebaking various elements. -
Re: Need advice on texturing for older games
Except you dont have a high poly source to bake from when modding, that's the biggest downside. So, it's better to create a new replacement from a scratch. I've never liked the idea of modding anything FROM a pre-made stuff. -
Re: Need advice on texturing for older games
3dcoat sounds like it would achieve what you want. I do most of my texturing in there, PBR or stylised, and it's just so much more pleasant to work in 3d. You can also use photo-sources and stamp them onto the mesh, deform them... But if what you want to do something more than rework existing assets (and work within those… -
Re: Need advice on texturing for older games
For complex uvs you can make an image with different colors to see how the changes affect the final product. This would allow you to know where you are painting. Doing this will let you know what goes where. This is how it used to be done. 3D artist would unwrap object, bake a wire frame, and paint then check 3d model in…
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