Posts by Steppenwolf

Chamfering? Learn to subdivide m8.

Don't let it discourage you. There was tough competition and the scores were close. Was definitely one of the best looking maps in the contest imo. I like the organic flow of the layout in your map particularly.

polycount wiki has a bunch of tutorials:

http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/TexturingTutorials

Natural progression of learning the trade would be to start with photo sourced textures, then partly or fully hand painted textures then to use 3d modelling and sculpting in your workflow. Or you learn something like Substance Designer for a procedural workflow.

Quote from Sentura

The Renaissance just seems like the most boring time =/

waaaaaat. Renaissance was crazy.

Looks interesting. Would be cool if you could add obj or fbx export.

Yea that looks shit.

Mapcore represent

Started watching Six Feet Under. Almost done with first season. Reminds me a bit of Twin Peaks for some reason with the weird characters and offbeat humor.

Never cease to amaze me what people get into via Twitter. Digging their own graves, sliding down slippery slope after slippery slope, ugly arguments with strangers and friends. And then the spread of half truths, lies, hyperbole and propaganda. It's like a never ending stream of piss and shit.

Watched Downton Abbey recently. I like historical drama so i enjoyed that quite a bit.

I wonder if the game will be modable for some real disturbing content.

I think some of you are a bit too harsh on these guys. The one who didn't work on a game that at some point would have been considered a murder simulator should throw the first stone.

I would agree that perhaps they are a bit naive and immature about how they go about it. I don't see much value in the game in terms of social criticism of things that have unfolded in the gaming scene over the last couple years/months. People nowadays get offended by boobs and crotches in games not the violence. So ther's not really a point to take a stance for artistic freedom of depeicting violence.

What they should do is add a decent background story. Something like the first act from the 1936 film Fury where the protagonist seeks revenge on a town that falsely accused him of a crime and almost lynched him.

I dunno if the point is to make a statement against censorship and political correctness then it's not going far enough imo. It's trying to be offensive but without touching subject matters that will get peoples knickers in a bunch for real (unless the release date will coincide with some real life rampage). As such it is shallow and boring to me due to the lack of background story. It would help the game if there was more context to the protagonists motivations.

Banned in Germany

I will wait for dux's testimony before i touch this game. Feels like no day goes by that i don't see or hear something about it that rubs me the wrong way. I was hoping they learned their lesson from DA 2 but to me it seems while they fixed some of their mistakes they made a bunch of new ones with the direction they have taken.

Sometime in the late 90's i was googling for a Russian mail order bride and stumpled upon a thread in EOT. Only hung out there for a couple years. Eventualy i started making levels to fit better in with the rest of the forum.

- Force yourself to do at least something on the project every day even when you're not motivated. When you feel creative do something creative on the project. When you don't feel creative do some technical tasks on that day. The motivation will come back when you realise you made some nice progress even when you didn't feel motivated

- Fill your brain with creative input from other artists/designers. For me i always feel most motivated when i just saw some cool screenshots on polycount, pinterest or something that a coworker did

- Choose your battles. When the project as a whole feels overwhelming then focus on a small aspect. Eventualy you will see the puzzle pieces falling into place

- go about the project in a way that lets you see the light at the end of the tunnel. when i worked on levels i preferred to finish it from the outside areas to the center

- know when to stop. a map or model is never finished if you don't declare it finished. you can keep working on it forever. so don't ocd on details

- when you're still learning then work on small things. Make a chair for a first model not a combat vehicle etc.

- set yourself realistic minimum goals for the day. It's a good feeling going to bed knowing you have achieved what you had planned. and an even better feeling when you got more done then you had planned

That's so cute it makes my heart melt Minos.

Eww, doesn't look i'm gonna get this. Did noone who gave this game 9's and 10's notice that it plays itself when mindlessly spamming buttons? That's a huge deal breaker to me.

Nothing wrong with giving different things a try and see what you like most but in the end you're better off to spezialize. The softwares are so complex and possibilities so vast you will never become really good at something if you don't stick to it and learn it inside out. I started with level design then moved into environment art. Even just sticking with env art now it often feels like stretching thin between too many different things and softwares. It's very hard to get better at hard surface and sculpting at the same time for instance.