Alright, first off, I'm new here (I've been visiting the site/forum for several months, but this is my first post), so hello everyone. I'm a 3d artist hoping to one day get a job in the gaming industry. I'm the leader of a mod team creating a total conversion mod for Half Life 2 called The Arias Protocol. It will be…
Your skybox is super dark and contrasty, I can't say I've ever seen a real life sky that looks like that. What time of day are you going for? How can your skybox and lighting better support that?
Yeah I think a real-time solution is what they were really getting at. I would argue it could also be said along the same lines to use reasonable polygon counts, texture resolutions, etc. for real-time work.
Or just go see 300 sometime this week I'm just wondering if any of you badasses want to gather at a showing, maybe grab some brew afterwards. There seems to be a few artists around here--I'd like to get to know at least some of you If you're interested, when is a good time for ya? First showings start Thursday at midnight.
You can assign "Place Pivot to view & Surface" to KB shortcuts by going to: Customize > Customize UI > Keyboard Tab > Category: Working Pivot Also the pivot point doesn't always need to be centered to your selection, Use Selection Center is just one of the pivot options you can have it set to. At the top there is a drop…
Now that there is a boolean modifier in 3dsmax, this seems like a logical next step. Please vote for this feature request on the 3dsmax forum: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-ideas/boolean-mod-smooth-transition-fillets-with-variable-width-like/idi-p/12404457 From that post: "Fillets with variable width between…
From what I've heard, characters like the G-Man and Alyx were 6-7k triangles with 3x512x512 textures, however I'm betting those are lowered a bit when it comes to multiplayer characters. I'm currently aiming for a 5k characater with normal maps, a 512x512 map and a 1024x1024 map. Am I still too high?
Hah, I remember Andy Robson from Bullfrog days. The article seemed quite accurate, If not a little sensationalised. I've got a couple of thoughts though. "requesting QA staff bring their own mirrors after cleaners complained about the amount of cocaine they were having to wipe from the toilet seats." Erm right yeah, 'cos…