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Re: Specify Dimensions In 3DSmax
It's not that I don't understand the math, I can write this stuff up in MEL pretty easily. I just don't know the syntax, and that takes time to learn. I wrote a script this morning that snaps an object to the nearest grid point and it took me quite awhile to do because I kept getting a syntax error that turned out to be a… -
Re: [Portfolio] James Benson, Animator
I'm not sure if this reel is good enough to get you a job, yet. The major thing that stands out to me right now is your timing. Everything is too slow with very little anticipation on any of your action. I'll focus on the fight scene at the beginning to hopefully show you why. The gut punch is a very good example of the… -
Re: Level designer vs. Enviro artist
My summary would be: A level is a discrete section of a game which has a beginning and an end, and does not comprise the entire game. Therefore I'd suggest that a game like an MMORPG like World of Warcraft doesn't really have "levels" as such, since it's all tied in as part of a big interconnecting world that the player… -
Re: My first WIP post ---The T-Rex in High Poly
off topic: i'm just now starting to realize the extent of my ego and come out of it. the minute you stop being proud of yourself is the minute you'll realize that you can acctualy learn and better yourself. i remember being in grade 10 and thinking 3d logos were cool because i 'knew' 3d. it impressed my classmates. i… -
Re: Sketchbook: BlazefuryX
Day 88/360: Today, I studied Frank Polygon’s Sketchbook. I learned that most corners are either boxed or mitered. I tried to understand each example he used by modeling them myself and carefully reading the concepts. Thanks for reading. -
Re: Overlapped UVs per UV island 3ds Max.Accurate method to find them?
Thanks for that Eric, directed me to a very useful code snippet (it renders each face to a buffer and if theres something already rendered it flags it as overlapped). I've known about this method but never had the time or inclination to code it :) test output for my above example 100 by 50 buffer, the uvunwrap modifier… -
Re: [WIP] Hellboy Fan Art Critique
Hey, congrats on finishing the project! I agree about fleshing out the idea in a blockout phase as much as possible. To prevent burning out when doing personal projects that keep growing, I think rescoping is another option, for example finishing a bust at first. Much success for the next one! -
Re: How are you organizing level design for ease of iteration?
@Alex_J have you seen the making of video of The Matrix Awakens ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVJP-o0g28 It seems like that's a good example of what you want to achieve and the kind of technology you'd need to use/create -
Re: Bake AO using Self Occlusion?
I would say that applies more to the high poly. The low poly should be a shell around the high - unless the object needs to split apart for some reason, in that case, the internal areas should be modeled. Here's a simple example of an object made up of intersecting spheres. The version on the left uses 30% more triangles… -
Is there a solution for converting 3D animated model to USDZ?
I know many tools for converting 3D mesh with materials with USDZ, but these tools can't convert animated models to USDZ. For example, glTF / GLB / FBX to USDZ. Reality Converter is a great tool, but I can't install it on Windows.
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