Update- Switched back to Maya.Encountered really difficult technical animation/rigging problems using Blender and some of its addons.Also animating the characters has been really tasking especially getting facial emotions/lip synching right.I have put this project on hold for now. 3D is usually problematic especially when…
Quick response while I wait for addonbuilder to finish doing its thing: 1) It depends, neither are inherently right/wrong. If pieces need to deform (move, animate) they will be separate pieces (like the trigger of a gun). If not it's usually better to merge but it really depends on what you're doing. Relevant reading here.…
Per128: Damn strait EarthQuake: I just threw some quick directional lights in there to simulate the lighting you might get in game. These are screencaps, I'm no good a rendering. zenarion: Probably a good idea, but I wanted to use them in one of my own maps first, actually. However, if I don't end up using them I will…
Rick, have you seen the IE tab plug-in for firefox? It's dead handy for web authors, you can switch back and forth from firefox to IE in the same tab. I noticed atrait away that the top buttons have odd square edges in IE. https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=1419
It only took two hours per two days for me (yeah just me on the task) to put up an assload (220+) of old Half-Life player models (scavenged from old Cold Fusion archives) up at addondb.com so what's the deal. I had to write descriptions, screenshots, matching authors, etc. Polycount already has all this info, reviews and…
For those interested, the extension I have on firefox is called Tab X and you can get it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=785 While I was looking for it though, I found a different extension that appears to be even better:…