Posts by von*ferret

static meshes are rendered faster and take up less memory than brush based objects.

First off state when engine you're using

I'm going to asume this is HL2. In that case I do not know cause I havn't looked into the shaders. In unreal 2 though there is a thing called 'self illumination'. I'm pretty positive that HL2 has it too because you see it in some models that have glowing features such as eyes. So look for something along those lines. Also its probably an alpha channel texture over it with the color you want. Again though, I'm not positive on this.

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3) I agree that stealing car stereos and boomboxes is bullshit. But what about clothing? Diapers? Clearly some gray area exists if you believe stealing/looting for survival is justified in dire circumstances. What justifies "dire"?

That is the thing I can justify, because they're doing so to survive the disaster. I'm more furious over the people who have the energy and enough food in their stomachs to go steal tonka truck cars for infants out of toy-r-us and the fact that every jewlery store in the flooded areas were completely ransacked. I was brought up that if you're poor that you fight for an education and work hard to bring up your family. My mom worked her way up from an extreme poverty only earning 5k a year, funded her way through college, became a teacher for children who are unable to fit into society (special education) and now directs the 6 major counties of Oregon on early intervention programs. She is a prime example of how even poor people can 1.) get an education through working full time and school along with scholarships 2.) do something you love and 3.) be a good benefit to society

I'm not going to say she doesn't make a lot of money, because she does. The point though is that she worked her way up and now she has a comfortable living. Anyone can do it with enough drive. However I've lived in the south for 2 years now and am face to face with the southern "drive." In general I find that poor african american youth care more about getting a car with loud bass and going to the clubs to shoot each other at 3 am after the clubs let out. Johnathan can back me up here that its the sad truth about where I am. If they just had a reality check to tell them "look there are plenty of opportunities out there and you dont have to take this route" and if they took that SERIOUSLY than they wouldn't be poverty stricken. People need to take account for themselves and realize that the capitalist country we live in does not force you to have an education past grade 12 (or the age 18) and does not force you to have ambition. These are qualities you must garner yourself if you want to be successful. I personaly want to be successful and raise a family. Being rich would be nice, but I'd rather live comfortably and provide for a loving family than have a hand ful of cars and a hundred suits. That again is something that my parents instilled in me and something I grew into as I grew up. Sadly though the poverty stricken areas of the US dont have solid families to learn these lessons through, rather they have MTV to teach them lessons in pop culture and everything that is wrong and lazy about the US.

My brother and I were discussing the US yesterday and we came to the conclusion that we're no longer the super power in the world, if we are still than its for a limited time. Where were the days when we'd walk up to something and say "I'm going to build a big ass dam here that is majestic" and not care about the money or how long, rather that it would be an achievement (just want to say I dont agree with daming of rivers cause they kill my beloved chinook salmon). Look at the highway system and rail road system. We simply just BUILT these massive projects that were a testament to our society. Today we'd rather create the next "survivor" show in guatemala than create. Where as in other countries they're building the largest tower, biggest bridge, ect. Our countrie's laziness and lack of caring to garner our own education will be the death and fall of the "sleeping giant" we once were. We have spirit when we need it, but people every day forget the blessings our country had and take it for granted. Its a very sad thing.

style is too close to kami's nice anyways though

I'm so jealous. I dont even have a cd player. Anyone gonna get one of these? I'd kill for the black one.

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So he passed a bill that no one will ever follow and stupid parents will continue to avoid in an effort to quell their snivelling brats' collective whining. Yeah, good job.

\amen posty

you max out your poly count ceiling?

If signs are what it takes to discourage people from taking advantage of a disaster than I fully support "you loot, we shoot." I dont see how you guys can justify stealing. Stealing is stealing whether they're in a disaster zone or not. I would not want people making excuses for me if I was the one choosing to steal.

Johnathan good to see you're back online, i'll be back in sav on the 13th if I dont get held up in the new hurrican orphelia or what ever.

very sexy andrew

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I hope when we're all totally fucked over by a natural disaster that claims members of our families and friends, we can all think as level headed as ferrett.You're an example to us all.

How does losing loved ones warrant stealing materialistic items for one's personal benefit. I dont see any reason to forgive those who steal, they should be treated as criminals as they are, criminals. My shooting anyone who is stealing was mildly sarcastic, but anyone caught should definately be arrested. There is no excuse for it.

I hate the lack of color in the lighting outside, personal preference.

how big are those texture maps

Edit poly is just newer, easier controls, more "ergodynamic." My life also was made much easier with edit poly. Good luck!

I read in a popular science they're creating fabricated muscles, so maybe it doesn't need hydraulics! Eitherway its a cool sci-fi model with a good theme. I dig it :~)

You really dont need so many subdivisions on the short side of the handle. That detail will be covered by a hand most of the time in an applied game, and the smoothness can honestly be done with smoothing groups. Otherwise its a good solid model now texture it!

try not to render your images with a stroke around the file. Makes it hard on my eyes to actualy guage some of the things.

Can you post the texture flats and the wireframe/polycount?

I agree with mazzle, otherwise very solid content. Nice job

try to get away from the symetrical look. Even pig tails aren't exactly symetrical. I dont like the pig tails, and you should have those attached to the rest of the mesh and rig them as a ponytail bone so they get affected properly.

Lock or delete this thread, this is not amusing. You can not be seriously expecting constructive criticism on this. Its not even remotely close to the quality work that people build here, nor is it appropriate content. Find another site to post this on.

I find that if you make a tilable image and "soft light" it with a soft opacity than you can get some color variance without having to paint it. I had this awesome moss picture that worked swell for it.

I've seen pictures of "scavengers" carrying off plasma TV's, dvd players, all the shiz electronics, even a small toy electronic car for todlers. If they put the ingenuity into stealing this stuff without destroying it you'd think they would be able to put that smarts into getting out of a city by stealing one of the hundreds of school busses and govermnet vehicles that were left behind to rott. If the local government had acted like their field manual told them too though, there would be no poor black victims because all of the government vehicles that are now rotting, would've hauled them out (or at least 50,000 people).

I've seen pictures of a number of ex-marines who patrol their neighborhoods with loaded weapons looking for looters and are shooting them on sight. Hell yeah! Get caught with anything but food and water and you should be shot. Harsh, but this is a disaster, not a free shopping day.

An amusing picture even showed an ex marine offering shotgun shells to the national guard lol.