Great work so far. A couple critiques: First, I would say since you're going high to low poly on this, you might want to add a bit more tertiary detail on the high poly overall. It's a bit hard to tell what you have because of the distance and lighting, but I think it could definitely use a bit more visual interest in that…
disanski: The metal on the blade is half Damascus half steel. There are quite a few looks to damascus but I've gone with a less folded version and a combined it with a stainless steel. Heres a couple of links: http://www.epragueknives.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/img_9956.jpg…
You might want to try a diagnostic first, if you have another drive to test it from. They also have DVD/floppy bootable versions. http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en
I've just started to get twinges in my right wrist, so I'm getting a powerball - http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=pri&page=title&r=GADG&title=610688 ..to try and exercise as I work. A programmer colleague says it's helped him a lot. Using my tablet pen more - for general work - is helping too. I feel for people like Ror…
for sett and everyone else just tuning in, nobody (whether an early retail copy or a steam copy) can play HL2 before it's activated this monday night at 12:00 am. and for the people still hung up on either valve security or big brother paranoia, read the gamespot 'final hours' article. has an overview of the development…
Have people here seen the Ps3 demo showing Alfred Molina's face? Another pretty HDR example. Nice facial animation too. http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/615/615000/vids_1.html?fromint=1 Of course, we'll never see a face like this in a real game, but it does make a nice presentation.
[ QUOTE ] http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157572.html?tag=breaking_news;link Confirmed, $250, Nov 19th. I'll probably wait a while after launch, to pick one up. [/ QUOTE ] I soooo called that.