about the only things I can see a missing or wrong are: 1.) there is a little bead on the metal rim of the wheel just above the line of rivets, and that bead is there to keep the solid rubber tire on the road wheel from flaring out too much and delaminating from the road wheel. 2.)The tread links individually are missina a…
for example: a poly -sm 12 filterExpand will only return objects if an object is selected. If using your pSphere1.vtx[300] selection as an example... nothing will be returned if that object is not in object mode. filterExpand will return an array.. depending on your selection you may need to use the -expand "true" flag to…
Hi! Looks cool overall! Some critiques: Much free UV space. For shapes like this that follow an axis (long), you could consider a 1:2 texture ratio. If you stick to a 1:1 ratio, I would still try to maximize the UV space. Another way to maximize UV space would be to mirror parts of the model. Appearance is rather lowpoly,…
This post is about some of the Modo specific tricks and the hero mesh workflow, using this 80's home supercomputer as an example: It was inspired by Minitel and teleprinters. Its function in game is to describe and start the next mission. It is part of my effort to only use narrative UIs: No menu, no HUD, all the…
This is really cool. It seems a little impractical to paint something so uniquely with real-time limitations, but hats off to you for trying something different! Here's another trick for adding edge padding I used to use before Xnormal: 1) cut out your textures into islands, if they aren't already, making sure the edges…
1. You should probably use a more descriptive function name. Generic names like "texture" are easy to type, but when you look at your code some time from now, or share it with others, a more descriptive name will be appriciated. So instead of Texture() we'll use ApplyNoiseTexture(). 2. The problem is that you are…
Hi all ! Just wanted to let you guys know that I have one left (v2, colored) that never got sent out because of a waiting list cancellation. It's been sitting all wrapped up and ready to go in my storage for a while now, so I thought I would put it up for grabs here ... It will go to the first person posting in this thread…
Great Article. I can relate alot! My 1st job in the industry was the same. A junior thrown into the deep end, working 9am-10pm for weeks at a time. I just thought thats how it was. Then when i started to see recuring events - like design leads requesting changes to me or others 1 on 1, without consulting Leads or within…
Remember those old David MacCauley books (Pyramid, etc.) With great black & white line drawings. Lots of details etc. I know there was one on the building of an old European, Gothic Cathedral (maybe Notre Dame?) He may have others ETA:…