I actually quite like this thread. Since you already have a lot modeling experience and (understandably) high expectations, I think that great suggestions can come out of it. And I think I understand your frustrations :) Now of course a lot of the suggestions being made in this thread will be strongly biased, since people…
For those who are interested, here is a description of my current setup. First I take my normal map into Photoshop and create two versions of it. To one I apply a Gaussian blur (8 pixels wide in my case), to the other I apply a high-pass filter (same diameter as before). This splits the normal maps into two parts, the…
Just so you know up front: This Is A Job Posting In The United States (Florida, or New Jersey - Other States also Acceptable) _____________________________ A little background: Xyla Studios LLC. is a small off-shoot project from the same people behind Motion9Studios LLC. and our many iPhone Games (some silly, yes, but…
Did some hardcore playing in 1.9 v4 this weekend. Here's my totally rockin' plan to reach The End from the beginning. Item Req. Nether Portal 10 x obsidian (or buckets of lava) 1 x flint & steel (activate portal) End Portal (at most) 12 x Eye of the ender which requires Ender Pearl and Blaze Powder to create. SHELTER &…
Task Prioritization Overall goals should be prioritized by the stake holders. If the stake holders aren't involved in the decision process, then there's a great likelihood that they won't fully understand the work that your team is doing. This can cause future large workloads on your team, as well as undervaluing of your…
Rant, with the best intentions: And there you go everyone, can anyone else see how knee jerking about offence is actually counter productive? I've noticed and occasionally grumbled about a cultural phenomenon that has emerged over the last few years where people frequently feel entitled to actively police the morality of…
CYA, once it starts to go negative and they aren't turning around, they often take it and make it, personal. From what I can tell you're doing most of the right things but just to recap and reinforce for you or anyone else happening upon this thread, here are some points. Dumping on someone who is already down and out will…
IDK if this is the right section to post this, my bad if not, there's so many sections it was kinda confusing. XD; Hello very talented peoples! I am not a game-maker myself, I normally just write stories, but I've had an idea for a possible farm-type game that has been bugging me for a while. I figure there must be a…
Hi, its been a while. A couple days ago this article was posted on 80.lv and this in a way is a response to it: https://80.lv/articles/game-art-tests-and-how-to-approach-them/ TL DR: 1. Select carefully who you are sending tests to, if the applicant is way below the required skill level there is no point to a Test 2. Make…
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…