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Re: Maya can't import highpoly FBX from zbrush?
Looking at the issue the other way around (since there is obviously a problem with the FBX importer) : what actual limitation prevents you from using OBJ ? If that's just a matter of enabling smoothing on the whole model, this can very well done in Meshlab IIRC. As for groups, OBJ does support internal groups and Zbrush… -
Re: BSP maps (brushes) vs pure meshes
As Joopson already said BSP is mostly used for blocking out and even that is nowadays rather done in a 3d modeling package than inside the editor. But if you look at the maps that epic ships with the UDK you can see that they use BSP sometimes for simple flooring or straight walls. Besides that im always encounter heavy… -
Re: Alpha Map Compression and Dithering
This sounds crazy, you want to put two different control values into a single channel? How will that even work? Let's say you have two required things (your opacity/alpha and your "shader parameter"), each limited to a range of 128 levels... what if the opacity is 32 and the shader value is 32? That adds up to 64. But this… -
Re: Different T-Pose advantages?
The idea is to have your neutral pose with joints midway of their target range of motion to make all the distortions as inoffensive as possible. Practically speaking there is an argument for a bias towards what will be most usually seen, out of the total range of motion. We could excuse a less good looking arms-right-up… -
Re: With so many programs out there which ones do I actually need!?
use whatever fits best into your pipeline or workflow if you can. For speed on pbr environments I really recommend substance painter, make your lowpoly and have good uvs and an id map(vertex colours even) then just slap on materials and put the model in your archvis. You really don't have to add any dust or scratches or… -
Re: Best tool for high poly static rendering?
[...] and before putting a file into the program from 3DS max you have to unwrap the UV, which is something I know virtually nothing about. That's your answer right there. Before attempting to go any further you need to learn how to unwrap your model, even in a rudimentary manner. Sure, it would be great to be able to use… -
Re: 3D Studio Max on grid...
If you want to do this, you need to be in 3d snap mode, if you use axis constraints make sure that you have (at least) the z-axis enabled. if you dont use axis contstraints, you should not have any trouble. However note that the "grid" in the perspective viewport is only available for the XY plane, unless you activate a… -
Re: ms3d tutorial in progress
I think Milkshape is a good program if you want to make low poly game characters. It also has a very easy to learn interface, which is great for newbies. [ QUOTE ] When you import an md2 or md3, it doesn't bring in any frames. [/ QUOTE ] You can import all the frames one by one if you really want to, because you can tell… -
Re: next gen and alpha
I think we'd still see backwards compatibility, just like engine coders are used to multiple codepaths anyway (pc,console,linux,mac...), you cant afford to put millions in development and then have just a small percentage of hardcore gamers with latest cards buy it (different for consoles). Also a lot of the new stuff can… -
Re: WIP Modular Game Environment [ Roman Piazza ]
Small update this time. mikezoo - Thanks! Yeap.. definitely can clean it up a lot more. For this doorway I cut the front piece this way cause the vertex lighting was making it look really weird before Zbrush, but after it's not so bad. As for the arch, this doorway is an example of the kind of detail I'm going for in…
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