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is there any trustworthy news website with actual professionals ?
ok i dont want to start a political debate. Just want to know if there are any good non biased news websites that try to focus on the story rather than the shock and mixing facts and deturpation of facts ? right now i check either cnn and foxnews and cross info to see more or less what it is, then i search on msn.com ,… -
Bake Image Based Lighting
I'm trying to figure out the best way to bake lighting info from an HDRI into lightmaps. Specifically, our pipeline is designed so that you light your scene using Point lights and Area Lights in Maya, Create a second UV channel for everything, then run a script that bakes the lighting info down to lightmaps, and creates… -
Why are non-manifold faces bad
Ok I have been trying to find out why I should not use non-manifold faces. I under stand that you should not have any non-manifold faces for 3D printing. Is it ok to use non-manifold faces models in a game and what problems do non-manifold faces give I am finding it really hard to find info on this. So I am grateful for… -
Re: Do people still create trees like this?
Thanks poopipe, it's still a bit of info i need. I can say I dislike what typical speed tree looks like especially what's really possible in a racing game . For a certain quite distinctive naive style. Seems every good looking trees in modern games are not simply speed tree but rather their own know how with a small bits… -
Re: Character /Creature Modeling reel 2006
Thirding what Aesir and Daz said. I've heard that many art directors, when viewing portfolios and showreels (especially online ones) are likely to have their own music playing, so having music in your own reel is going to conflict with that, or at best annoy them. I wouldn't take the risk that one art director happens to… -
Re: Hoth Snowspeeder Triple A game model questions
Some info that might help Polycount info http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Polygon_Count#Typical_Triangle_Counts Symmetry, etc. http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Normal_Map_Modeling Interior details... just go for it. For a portfolio piece, quality is the most important issue. Being smart about game-ready modeling/texturing is… -
Re: Normal map - how to extract edges to diffuse map
You can use the Normal2Cavity photoshop filter (comes with xNormal) to do something like that (use the EMB mode). Or you could also load your normal map in Crazybump, and create an Occlusion map with a Power of 0, and high Enhance Detail setting. For more info look into Curvature and Cavity maps (there's some info on the… -
Re: Looking for help - The Longest Night of November
You really need to condense your text. Sum up the pitch with just a few sentences and get to the point. Example: Short Pitch, describe setting and the premise of the gameplay. What's the goal of the game etc. Need these types of people to help Description of style. Some concept images perhaps? Additional info about… -
Re: Indie Games / Small games sales figures?
@ rooster: I was asking if anyone else other than myself might have info regarding sales for indie games. I'll post what I have come Monday though. Iphone apps probably have the most transparency atm, but our ZeroGear buddies over at NimbleBit have some pretty useful info about their own Iphone releases.… -
Re: Seeking Feedback Demo Reel
Looks much better, Angel. Though, I suggest dropping the grenade throw. It's definitely your weakest piece. Weak posing and overlap and all that stuff. edit: oh, forgot. Also, the end of your reel should end on your contact info. don't fade to black. That way when the movie stops, they still see your contact info. they…
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