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Re: uvs: efficiency vs accuracy?
[ QUOTE ] erm, ok. What you said. Looks like you lost some o' dem dollars writing that out though man! [/ QUOTE ] no,following his logic it would mean, his workflow actually gave him the opportunity for time to do waterfall-esque replies. as for the looks, obviously the best way would be "screenspace" mapping, givin the… -
Why did I switched to Linux ? [ What You Need To Know ! A Game Artist perspective ]
{Important Stuff Below The Picture} ( Picture from VinceHardy.com) Intro Hi! I'm T.F, a Game 3D Artist. This is a little guide (explanations) on what do you need to know about Linux for Art & Game Development ! Basically as I grew tired of MS Win10 for different reason's like the poor resource management usage which is… -
Answered: Imported mesh displaying forcibly smoothed surface normals.
I'm working on a mesh with several pieces that doesn't seem to import correctly. I've had no trouble with numerous other meshes along the way and haven't adjusted my export settings at all. The meshes naturally require their original surface normals to display correctly, yet I'm unable to bring the full mesh in without… -
Breakdown of the AAA pipeline for game-ready realistic hero props
Hello! Some time ago I finished a project and thought I’d make a breakdown of the whole process from start to finish. This is not a detailed tutorial for every step but rather an overview over the process that I hope will help people (especially beginner 3D artists) get a better understanding of how the pipeline works.… -
Re: Fixed Camera (eg. Resi 1) Research
Hey @Mark Dygert - I think I mentioned that rule above, search for 'crossing the line'. When I get a chance I'll sit down with my Resi Remake HD screenshots, but I'm pretty sure there are multiple points where the devs / directors go "continuity editing is for losers" and stomp all over the 180 rule. Which is kinda… -
Re: Do engines end up rendering what we can't see?
On PC it is not so typical to cull on face level. Backface culling is basically a hardware feature, but frustum/occlusion culling not, you have to code your own algorithms leveraging GPU/CPU to do that. The static geometry of say good old quake/halflife levels indeed are culled on face level by CPU, prior sending to GPU,… -
Re: max batch material path?
OK, I've written a better version. Click here to download it. Overview - Can replace any string (case-sensitive) in a path, filename or extension. - Works on every bitmap texture found in a scene (regardless of format). - Can convert paths to upper or lower case if necessary. - Tested on Max 8 and Max 2008. - Runs as a… -
Re: UDK - Player detect change of direction on land (Endless Runner)
OH! right. Ok missed that part. So no not InterpActors, but a custom actor class for "level block" or something would be best since each block will probably want to have more data associated with it than just direction and static mesh. You might be able to set this up with Kismet, but you're probably going to have to get… -
Re: Forest Lighting study
@dralex789, what an amazing scene you have created here, truly one of the best I have seen, I want to give a few tips that you and everyone else who are trying to recreate life in the digital world. I know your video is a demo, and no where intended to be a game scene (yet) but I would like to point out a few things,… -
Re: Decal technique from Star Citizen
Yeah, exactly! And it's pretty simple to set up if you have a clear idea of how exactly you want your shader to interpret that packed map. Makes it really easy to iterate on stuff too - instead of editing textures, you just drag sliders until you're satisfied with results. Basically, my approach is like having a tiny, tiny…
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