I lived 15 mins away from work. So that helped. It wasn't mandatory that it was 18 hours, usually just 12 for most people. For me though, it was a bit of a special case as I was one out of two environment artists remaining on the project by that time. Most had quit and moved on. If you watch the credits at the beginning of…
You can go about that way by re-using the same assets within that asset and scaling them, rotating them, modifying parts of it differently. One thing I forgot to mention is that in the image supplied, the electric box in the two different shots with different modules inside can easily be put on one texture page. You…
Actually, the Dirt Layer feature is obsolete and was replaced by the Blend Layer. http://freesdk.crydev.net/display/SDKDOC2/Blend+Layer Diffuse color is changing the appearance of all geometry using an affected material and you will need two materials applied to separate parts of the mesh or two meshes if you want to…
Yeah and it's the same way particle systems work. You have a thousand quads all drawn in one draw call. The way it works is there's usually one of two things: a special break command sent added as part of the mesh to say we want to start drawing a new section, or (more commonly) "degenerate" geo, which are just zero-sized…
Since last time I've spent a lot of time tweaking and re-tweaking the fog and added some ground fog for some added atmosphere. I had a big problem with not being able to get enough moonlight on the house whilst also getting enough moonlight on the rest of the scene. Someone I showed this to said I needed more light on the…
Finally have some time off work, so I started on a character project. I wanted to pick up a few new tools, and push for photorealism in UE4. I am building a 1920's Empire State construction worker. Started by blocking out body and a placeholder face, just as a frame to build on. Experimented briefly with cloth in Blender,…
Oh no problem, I indeed doubt myself that this is anything new (as I mentioned in my original post). And as such I'm not claiming it to be new or original. I don't know how all the other solutions work (apart from wang tiling which is pretty labour intensive to set up) I just needed a solution for this tiling problem and I…
My point about books was just that they are both "experiences." Once you've read it, you've gotten your money's worth and it's quite common for people to loan, give, or even re-sell them. Not too many people get bent out of shape about that. There is the physical quality and value of the book to consider, but essentially…
Job satisfaction is what it all boils down to. Is the atmosphere right? Do you get on well with your coworkers? Are the projects you work on chalenging and interesting enough? Is there potential for advancement? Are the hours good? How stable is the company? How good is the pay? I would say that at least 2 thirds of the…
Your video requires a plugin - recruiters have better things to do than download stuff and very often don't (hell knows what they are downloading, too - could be a trojan for all they know). Make it quick and easy to navigate, make sure that the first two-three images they click will show your best - rule of thumb, 2…