Hey guys, you're correct that this is a re-occuring issue, with further investiagation it appears that the skew maps are being loaded but not initialized, clicking on the low poly object per for each group when you load an existing file should resolve the issue. This is something we plan to fix in the next update of…
@dejawolf & Sukotto - I can see that being true, but I would imagine it also depends on where... The sim industry where I'm at (Florida) seems to be much more as I described in my initial post - they want that paper, and of course special situations happen and every place is different. I would also say that over-qualified…
Thanks guys! Appreciate the feedback. Update for tonight: Low Poly on the turret and an initial bake. Spotted a few uv issues so I will tweak those and then probably be pretty good to go. Here's the first bake. Mixed the green channel from a bent normal map, AO and a top down gradient map. Also, I baked it down to a…
I use a really low cost alternative which is a stylus for my ipad2 and employ that as a poor man's wacom cintiq. Good for initial sketching. Serious work can be done on the desktop at home. I hope one day Apple will consider adding levels of sensitivity to their tablets, even if a small amount, it would at least give wacom…
You can export your objects as OBJ files from Maya then import them in ZBrush from the Tool palette. Or you can send them over directly using the GoZ feature, which is initially set up within ZBrush: at the top of your Tool palette on the right side bar, find the GoZ button and click on it. It should take you through the…
If you are new to PBR texturing it could be worth reading the Allegorithmic PBR guides. It's a really well put together guide that will go over the theory and practice of the texturing process. I personally use Substance now for my texturing as I find it really powerful and flexible. Just dive into the texturing process…
@pior This studio is brand new, as in, I'm one of the first people that has worked there lol. (I suspect this is the reason they hired someone as noobish as me). They're going to be basing their timeline/poly budgets off of some of the work I'll be doing initially so I really want to make sure I've got a good idea of where…
Looking at the picture, it IS too dark! I thought it was too bright in the UDK scene I had it in, so I put it in a blank one. And when you can't see the flickering light effect, it's rather diminished... Hm. I'm considering making it into a scene, but the point of this initially was to be a simple prop exercise ;D But it…
I like that top two primary situation of Washington. As for the combo ballot initiative and add on garbage, I couldn't agree more. To much good stuff goes down because of bad ammendments and bad stuff gets swallowed to get good stuff. Either way, I think the last few posts answers the question of the thread really well:…
Was playing a little too. From the onset, i think its a little convoluted in creating a character. Choosing from the 4 bases is cool, but what is a "druid justicar shaman?" How do i get that? where do i get that? I realize i can create characters and try - but would be nice if the initial 4 options outlined a set of what…