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Re: How vital is the knowledge of shaders
Generally: Graphics programmer: You should be able to write shaders by hand, with your eyes closed Technical or effects artist: You should be able to write shaders by hand, or at the very least have a healthy understanding of node based shader editing Lead/Senior artist: Depending on engine, you may end up working with… -
Re: Opinions on Freemium?
I totally agree with ben, making money out of your game idea shouldnt be an afterthought. You need to understand what type of game you are making and put in ways to make money right from the start! For example --is there an upgrade path? allowing people to pay to fasttrack that could make money --are there multiple… -
Re: Whats the value of being certified?
Not sure about the Scrum certs - I heard they're really easy and not really worth the money, especially since you have to renew them. A PMP might be a much better investment for a producer, but this already may be a bit overkill for some producer roles. PMP is tough, but it carries quite some weight in the project manager… -
Re: hey guess what, normal map issues!
1SG *can* work if your entire workflow is synced up, ie: your baker and renderer using the same tangent space. Out of the box this isn't the case with Max, and it isn't the case with most game engines. If you're working on this model just to display in Max viewport and not send off to a game engine, you can use 3Point… -
Re: Abandoned mental institution WIP (UDK)
Time for another update. I scrapped the terrain and started again, and have started to assemble everything for the final layout. Lighting is still flat white and boring (while I work on my textures etc), but you can start and see things slowly coming together: Shot 1: Beginnings of my second shot - I plan to add a wood… -
Re: Color change effect questions
You could do it a few different ways. 1. Yes, this is certainly feasible, and not all that difficult. 2. Lots of options here. Depends on the app you want to make, what platforms you want to deliver it on, how you want to monetize, etc. Unity is easy to get started with. Unreal has easier tools for creating new shaders.… -
Re: Maya folder confusion!
Project folders will go wonderfully with your desire for tidyness :-) Whenever you open up a new scene and want to start a new project: 1) Go to File>Project>New 2) Here you can give a name for your project folder (let's use "My Project" for this example), as well as where it will be saved to. So if you make a folder… -
Re: 3D Environment - Futuristic scene Shopping District
Still working on the hall way on what to make of it actually it is a mix of heavy advertising laced with heavy security. Background wise it is a main place for custom scanning peoples bio signatures and applying advertisements directed uniquely for every individual and group. From a market stand point it is very effective… -
Re: How do one learn 3D?
Do small props and slightly for harder. the best way to learn is to make something you have no idea how you'll achieve it. At school, the first modeling intro class i had was 3 month, where we only focus on modeling, not the polycount not the uv etc, just modeling with no bug, and nice flow and normal. First month we did a… -
Re: What is the aim of a highpoly for inorganic models?
You can counter each of those points separately, but when you add it all up, its slower, less flexible, and often requires more work(high uvs, rebaking, etc etc). It wont take me all day to do a basic uv on my high, but it will take time, time better spent using more straight forward methods. When you couple this with the…
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