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Re: next gen woes?
Ive been diving into high poly now for a while teaching myself to model at high quality and I admit I dislike it . Spend a shit load of time cutting in detail that most people won't care about in the end . Doom 3 is a great example once the woe factor wore off on the graphics there wasnt much to the game play and so will… -
Re: next gen woes?
Im beginning to like the normal mapped pipeline more and more. But I agree on being just too much work for a single char. For an ex. It can take up to two bloody weeks, modelling and texturing. Looks like making chars these days are becoming more of a team effort. I agree with Soul. I think hf2 was a great example of a… -
Re: next gen woes?
[ QUOTE ] and yet they still painted their textures traditionally, more or less .. [/ QUOTE ] weren't much paintin' goin' on there actually. Largely photoslappin' ;-) World Of Warcraft to me is a perfect example of a video game experience that is utterly beautiful to behold, and an incredibly immersive, compelling game… -
Re: next gen woes?
I'm with Isis... to a certain extend. Normalmap useage does not mean ultradetailled assets, to me it's just a great tool to get better surface definition which is a bit different. One could use Nmaps to smooth things or give some areas more definition without going stellar. Right? Not every button/bolt/piston/wire has to… -
Re: next gen woes?
I was thinking about starting a topic like this, but held off, as I didn't want to sound so doom and gloom. Our company is making the switch to producing next generation graphics. The biggest hits I have seen are learning curves, and time. Learning curves are temporary. The examples are assuming 8 -10 hours a day or…
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