Search
-
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
Depends on the complexity of the animations/rig. If those objects dont need to animate, you can optimize as aggressively as possible while aiming for the quality bar that you guys have set. Which could mean a very low poly proxy mesh that is water tight. A watertight mesh, combining everything together and getting rid of… -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
Wow, what a fantastic tool. Thanks so much, this really gives me the power to answer this subject on my own. Well, somewhat, haha. But now I can see that in a sprinting pose (just did this real quick, don't judge me), that the elbows are pinching in too much. But even with the quick rig, the pants clipping through the… -
Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
****UPDATE: The original question has been answered, but now that the lo-poly mesh is 90% complete, I thought I shouldn't start another thread just to ask for critiques when this thread is already so similar. So, if you have the time and good nature, I'd appreciate any advice regarding the topology. This is my first game… -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
Ok, so here is a bunch of photos. I've closed off the arms and boots. As you will see this resulted is some high valence poles and triangles, but given the discreet locations I'm guessing that won't matter. It's just that my animator is new to, so I want to make things as easy and possible for him. (But no, we probably… -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
Kind of the same question here. So I have the body and clothes all as one mesh (or set up to be after map making), but I've come to the LBE now and it seems that this will have to be separate pieces. No way you could connect spheres and straps like this together without a ton of geometry, right? But it shouldn't matter for… -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
Thanks. That is a surprise to me that the rigger usually does the combining. But in my case, I am not sure the guy doing the rigging and animation knows how. We are both pretty new at this. So I think I'll just recombine into a single mesh before handing it off to him. It is for a pc game prototype, and this will be a… -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
The rigger will weight the mesh to the skeleton using 'masks that are tied to the joints', aka skin weighting or just weighting. So the rigger could go in, place a joint, and paint the weights. So even if the mesh is combined, they will be able to animate them separately. That being said the weighting 'mask' doesnt need to… -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
There's nothing wrong with combining the geometry even though it doesn't make a continuous mesh, we do that all the time. Simply combine them into a single object. Not judging here, but is this your retop you're showing? That could be cleaned up and made much more efficient for animation. -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
Well having a watertight mesh has advantages. For example the jacket/pants that you have intersecting right now, if the weight painting isnt done correctly, they could 'break' during animation. Its not a big deal if the intersecting parts are midway on a bone, for example the boots/pants area, if they were intersecting it… -
Re: Updated thread : Critique topology designed for animation
I had reset the transforms. It probably looks that way because I didn't understand how to move the joints around at first and did some weird stuff. I did find it a little strange that the ring for the knee was actually down around the ankle. But in any case, I can get more in depth with this at a later time. For now, my…
16 results