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Re: Toying around with normal map approaches
As I said earlier, we're doing the same thing that id engines do (custom baking app built into the engine tools), however we have set it up to use Maya's normals and reconstruct tangents in the same way, so we end up with a result where if a normal-map looks correct in Maya, it will look correct in game. We could bake in… -
Re: Texture vs Mesh
This depends on what game engine you are using. Does the game engine have texture streaming? does the game engine have streaming geometry? There are game engines that have both of these things and some have neither - but they'll both change the way you build assets and construct scenes. -
Re: 3DTotal.com News & Updates
That's not better. The book is titled 'The Unreal Game Engine', then I'm expecting a book about the Unreal Engine in general, likely with a technical orientation as it's the engine and not the tools. If your subject matter is game environment design and uses UDK, then you'd call it something like 'Environment Design in… -
Math behind Cubemaps and Normals (and how redo it manually?)
Heya to all, A silly question, I'm sure, but I was wondering if anyone could explain to me the 'math' behind a cubemap and a normal and how they would work, but also, how would one go about 'declaring' them manually, or reconstructing them back? Here is an example of what I mean: -I'm using an engine. -When I import my… -
FX Technical Artist - Oculus
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[LFW] - Experienced Technical / Systems Designer (Unreal Specialist)
Aloha! If you're looking for an technical / systems designer with oodles of Unreal Engine* and professional experience, you're in the right thread! *I can certainly quickly adapt to work with other engines too. With two years of experience working with and directly on Unreal Engine 4, and six years of experience working… -
Re: Air-Bike Project
Just an update on some modeling that was changed for the tail and engine mainly... I just made the engine and prop bigger and redesigned the tail section so that the hull sloped right down to the curve of the engine. Then with the thinner tail and the bigger engine they both complement each other a bit more, or so I hope. -
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Re: Mass Effect Andromeda
I dont think anyone is blaming the engine, per se. It's more of the fact that it's the first game on that engine. Yes, it's capable, but that's not the point. When you switch engines, it takes a lot more work. It requires more time. If they switched engines, but didnt have the extra time needed, it's going to show, as it… -
Re: Lightmaps: tech pros and cons
I agree. However I quickly stole this from a recent Crytek Powerpoint, haha. It's a good format though. I'll try and expand on it a bit. Lightmapping: Unreal Engine, Source Engine Pre-computed radiance transfer: Infernal Engine (Ghostbusters), Batman: Arkham, etc. Light Propogation Volumes: Crytek Engine
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