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Re: ratGPU : OpenCL raytracing renderer
Thanks for testing on a Mac. Well, the time really depends on the settings you use. I recommend you to run the benchmark pressing the button on the toolbar to compare times against other cards. Geforces 8/9 can perform ray tracing but its architecture it not really efficient. A GeForce 2XX is 10X faster and Fermi is 25X… -
Re: Low Poly Isometric Buildings
Hi! If your buildings consist mainly of 90 degree angles (like the one on the picture), a quick and reliable way to unwrap them would be using a 'Project from view' approach. At least that's what it's called in Blender, but I'm sure 3dsMax has a comparable way of doing it. Basically, you'd unwrap all necessary sides (in… -
Re: Buying a nice rig for 3d modeling and game engines
CPU, Ram and SSD are key. Video card is not as important but i would recommend a nvidia card so you can use CUDA. Processor - It comes down to budget, and how to maximize it. For example CPU the i5 has better gaming performance and will save 100 bucks but the i7 has better rendering ability. So you gotta decide if its… -
Re: The problem with current sci-fi art/style
Think of design. The ratio between visually noisy areas and visually clean areas. A perfect balance (I think its 80/20?) between those two is more visually appealing to the eye. And where are you getting your 90% figure? Sounds kind of pulled out of your ass. If this has been troubling you for some time then you should… -
Re: Which Baker??
If your biggest concern is handling very large meshes you should give handplane baker a try. The GPU bakers like knald have the fastest AO calculation which is a big advantage over CPU based bakers (handplane and xnormal) but handling really big meshes is where they struggle. Sending that much data to the GPU is slow and… -
Re: Congrats to Helder "[HP]" Pinto
Wow, congrats Helder! I have had his APC thread on my bookmarks bar almost all year for inspiration. http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/showthread.php?848-APC-H%E9lder-Pinto-concept-by-Scott-Robertson Great work man! -
Re: my sketchbook
aaaaand i didn't finish my last project, as usual. so now i started a bust from a concept by biboun ref: http://40.media.tumblr.com/8486317d95e512dffd9c2efc1410e4ec/tumblr_nmqlc1QWDW1sep4z4o1_1280.jpg progress so far; -
Re: Halp!? Best laptop for 3D
I agree with building a PC. I think you could build a tiny Micro or Mini ITX build with 1 21" monitor and easily fit it on a small desk. You could keep all of the cables off of the floor as well (except for power, but you'd have a power cord for the laptop as well). But to answer your question, I'd still go with the Envy… -
Re: weird streak
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/streak.png/ http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/streak2p.png/ but now im getting that weird slided face and not sharp corners around the extrudes -
Re: Low poly joints - How can I stop the deform?
the only way to stop collapsing from joints twisting on a rig is to add other bones that soften the amount of twist applied to the vertexes. So for example on a shoulder joint you'd add bones between the elbow and the shoulder and constrain them to twist along their long axis incrementally as the shoulder twists. Of course…
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