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Re: LeMat Revolving Carbine
@sacboi I used standard highpoly->low poly workflow. Modeled base mesh first, duplicated it, applied bevels on the edges, converted smooth mesh preview to polygons to get high poly. I imported HP to Zbrush to relax the edges since some were too sharp, as I mentioned in a post above. I used base mesh for low poly, deleted… -
Re: Textures Are a Mess
So, I've been working on this, trying numerous ways of doing the UV's in LW, and exporting as OBJ into Marmoset. If I have a plain poly cube (elongated as a rectangle), not subpatched, just regular polys, so to speak, and straight edges, the textures in Toolbag work well. The wall has no chamfers or rounded edges. If I try… -
Re: [UE4] Modular Garage
Hi all, The constant back and fourth of adding edge loops to HP, going back about 3 meters to see how the edge looks, zooming in again and making changes is all really counter productive for me. Does anyone have a solution to make the process faster and more consistent? Like I know how soft I want x edge to be but since… -
Re: Construction Site (UDK Environment)
Should really make some bevels on those hard edges. Those plastic barriers like that have softer edges. Even with anything that has edges you really can take the extra polys to bevel. One it will give a better transition with light and two nothing in real life has edges that hard except for maybe a razor blade. But with… -
Re: Millennium Falcon model
Wow I just have to bump this cause it's quite a task to do all of this :D In terms of optimization, you can start by removing support edge loops; however, as a general rule, if a edge doesn't contribute to the shape of the high poly, you can remove it. A example would be a flat plane with like 4 edge loops on it. You… -
Re: Local Transforms in Max
Yea max's local transform was always a problem for me too. I ended up writing a script similar to how modo works when choosing local action centers on edges or polygons. With edges I just align the transform gizmo using the edge as one of the axis and build the normal from that. On Polygons I align the gizmo to the polygon… -
Re: AK-337 modular rifle system
Interesting project; I love AK's and it's awesome to see a unique twist on their design. From looking at the planned parts it seems only the barrels and handguards must share their type, while everything else can be mixed and matched - for example it doesn't seem that Barrel A can be used with Handguard B. Though, with an… -
Re: Questions about game-ready asset modeling workflows
if hard surface object is mostly rectangular shapes and cylinders I don't do hi res models at all . it's a waste of time. Splitting to parts and re-naming is a big part of it too. I use either rounding (bevel) shader in offline renderer to bake hard edge roundings into a normal map or rather just a substance that edge… -
Re: How would I texture an very large area with minute details?
I was trying to be more subtle than this, haha. Seriously, we can't help you overthink this without having concrete info here. If it were me, I'd be digging around the game's files or use a game editor to see how existing airports are constructed. Or look at any mods other people have done since they've likely done a lot… -
Re: Jewelry Box
In the third image there, you have what is called nonmanifold geometry, which should be avoided. Edges should only ever share 2 polygons. If there is a circumstance that would require more, you should separate the extra bits into it's own element. The edges you have underneath the container are welded to vertices in the…
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