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Retro 3D Art FAQ - Everything you need to know to create PS1/N64/Dreamcast/etc. 3D art!
Welcome to the 'Retro 3D FAQ', a thread dedicated to sharing information about the creation of 3D art for game consoles made before the age of programmable pixel shaders. If you enjoy the look of 3D games from the 90's and early 2000's, and would like to learn how to make such art yourself, this is the thread for you! :)… -
Re: explain it to me like I am 5, what is a floating point render engine
Disclaimer: While I'm a programmer, I haven't written a "proper" render engine. Some of what I say is from my own experience, and therefore may be less than 100% true. With that said... First off, one thing that we should be clear on with half/float/doubles are approximations of decimal numbers. Computers don't really have… -
Re: Silicon Knights Files Lawsuit Against Epic
Shacknews interviewed other developers who were using the unreal3 engine around the same time SK was, and they've posted an article covering their responses. Link and full text... right... NOW http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=468 Last week the internet--or at least the video game-related parts of it--exploded… -
Re: First Macro, please help!
@ vig: You have no idea how much help you have been.seriously. thank you very much :) Oh and you edited the post later? :D Sweeet. Ill be sure to read it once i up this post and my throbbing err.headache subsides:) UPDATES THANKS TO VIG Btw,some of the things addressed would/should definitely be similar to what you posted.… -
New Game Art Courses at CG Master Academy
Courses have started for the Fall term, but CGMA hasn’t let up on giving students access to the best resources an aspiring artist could ask for. CGMA, the leading provider of digital arts education, has been working hard to make sure students are well-equipped to enter into the industry with all the skills they… -
custom maxscript panel for modeling, management and exp/import models
after replying here people asked me if they could have that script with the spinner that lets me smooth surfaces without the usual hassle in 3dsmax. The picture I posted back then was: http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycount/tips/quarantine_map_smoothing_groups.gif its a common task for me fixing the smoothing groups of… -
Re: Computer upgrade
[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003, 2004 Lavalys, Inc. ] Version EVEREST v1.51.195 Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/ Report Type Report Wizard Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail) Date 2005-04-18 Time 13:31 [ Summary ] Computer: Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service… -
Re: NVIDIA GeForce 301.24 Beta Drivers Big boosts! FXAA! & Surround improvements
Finished reading... Sounds like they have spent a lot of time on this release! Definitely the biggest driver feature packed release I have seen. And it's still only in Beta ( I would be really surprised if there are not many bugs introduced with the 301 series considering some of the longstanding tdr issues they have been… -
Re: Google's stopped Google.cn, redirecting to uncensored HK host
China does publish some interesting stuff though. Should put some of America's criticism of China into perspective. (all of this is backed up by the HRC an Amnesty international as well) http://www.china.org.cn/world/2010-03/12/content_19596239.htm The United States ranks first in the world in terms of the number of… -
List of UK Developers
Here follows a list of UK Developers, mostly console and mobile games but theres a few interactive tv and slot machine companies as well. I've left out audio companies and places that produce tools etc as Im trying to list places for Polycounters to get work. So I'd like your help in filling in the gaps. If you know of any…
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