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Re: About UV mapping, best practices
Max's peel and relax tools are solid enough that you don't need roadkill imo. Textools has some really useful features though so is definitely worth a look. To be honest though, it sounds like OP has pretty much peaked as far as technique goes - I'd be willing to bet that 80-90% of that day spent doing UVs is on layout… -
Re: Mathew Ho - Portfolio feedback
Your work is pretty nice, but your site is a mess. There's too many options and no clear "go here to see all my work" and it kind of stresses me out. The offset icons on the landing page do not help this feeling. For the amount of decent quality work you have, I can't help but think something like a grid layout might work… -
Re: Orloth - Final Major Project
I'm not sure if you want flythroughs with the whole level visible at once, but LODs is a great start to handling that. As for performance issues on the ground level: My layout should be taken with a grain of salt, it's just kinda demonstrating how you can use your modular assets to help with performance issues. Right now a… -
Re: blender questions
verts are red because you pinned them. P pins them and alt P unpins pinning means they stay put when you re unwrap you can also turn on live uv, try it its a tick box under UVs, unpin everything then pin 2 verts next to each other then move one and leave the other in place if you do everything with pins and seams it means… -
Re: Learning a new skill - is this what would help me?
Kevin Hudson's Gnomon UV 101 and Advanced UV Layout are awesome. Both really go in depth into understanding UVs and how/why/when to use what tool. That being said, the videos don't focus specifically on games...so if you are an advanced Maya user, I would recommend Eat 3D's DVD - Maya and 3DS Max (someone correct me if I'm… -
Re: Am I allowed to rant? Non-contributing community members. (Uh oh!)
I can see the thumbnail mouseover to be a step in the right direction - but it would still feel like a bit of an hack. It sure would save some clicks and random digging tho. I think it's important to not be afraid of breaking the "pretty" line-by-line forum layout. It is adapted to some other forums where everything is… -
Re: How do I fix mirrored UV seams in a normal map?
More padding helps, should be at least 4 pixels for 1024x. Also helps to fill the empty in-between areas with 128,128,255 instead of black, so there's never a bleed problem. Don't use JPG because it's lossy, use TGA instead. You've got the right shader on the end of your image there. Ambient Texture slot is for the… -
Re: Multiple Objects onto a single UV map?
max already gives you a big freedom, so to answer your question: there is no wrong or right, but there are multiple ways of doing it. Lets say for example that you unwrap object by object (don't mind to much yet the layout) and then want to bring them together. Simply select all objects, add with all objects selected a… -
Re: Irons portfolio
All of your props look quite nice, and I could certainly see them in a game. However, I think one, cohesive scene would do wonders for your portfolio. The alleyway, storage room, and the lighthouse look nice, but they aren't very game-oriented. As an environment artist, you may also be in charge of designing the layouts of… -
Re: Polycount 3.0 design restrictions
I'm not to big a fan, because the previous design was much more professional, although it was a little cluttered to fuck from the years and years of models and content. The current design reminds me of a portfolio i would close in 2 minutes because the layout wasn't professional, or did not strike me a site that took…
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