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26-02-2009
, 08:05 PM
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as far as i know, in maya 2008 you just add the object to a render layer and then right click, go to presets, and then select the Ambient preset
i'll take a look at your model when i get home.
that's a "Ch" pronounced as a "K"
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26-02-2009
, 08:22 PM
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update
I made an update.
Use this instead if that.
It is 1K poly less then the previous.
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27-02-2009
, 09:51 AM
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Originally posted by iamcreasy
it's a 7.2 K model....i know Very high.
The mod is using a railgun which is abt 8.5k.If SOURCEcan handle THAT it can also handle this too.I know extra pressure.BUT CAN'T IT BE ACCEPTABLE.
for what it is it's WAY too big, esp since the player wont even look at the gun in detail (i assume its not something you have on display that the players have to look at to go somewhere)
even if the railgun model you talk about is 8.5k is it something that is going to be looked at close up?
is it going to be static enough that players will notice little details?
how big is the rail gun compared to this puny little glock?
Originally posted by iamcreasy
if i use cleanup is distorts the original shape.Could u plz let me know how use it wisely.[/B]
never used it and don't know what the settings are for but i assume it works best when it can clearly tell where the quads should be. right now, if i try it edges get placed in funky places. its too ambiguous to clean up (at a guess)
Originally posted by iamcreasy
Why i find dark shades on the gray surface in maya.(both in the viewport and in the render scence)
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this is usually because of one of two reasons...
the soft and hard edges don't play with each other very well
or you have way too many faces with more than four edges. I'm guessing its the latter
Originally posted by iamcreasy
is there any specific procedure or rules(except low poly count) to follow.And if the are what are they?
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can't think of any... other than keep your faces four sided as much as you can... also have a good logical edge flow
Originally posted by iamcreasy
How do i know a model is ready to go and it will not cause
any trouble in game engine or while texturing in other modeling softwares.
The file is attached.So, let me know where are the errors(except poly count) [/B]
its ready when you're happy with it. not sure about predicting if it will cause trouble or not... by trouble i assume you mean like slowing down the game or causing it to crash.
i dont think models will cause the game to crash but if there is a lot going on in the game the model could slow the game down if its textures or polys are too high
anyway, i was going to just try this out in Source, just export it to xsi and then as an SMD file and seeing if it would work.
but before i tried that i had a look at your model
i thought it was all just one model but you've got lots of little pieces together. Not sure how that's going to work when you export it to the game engine...
since you mentioned source i assume you're using that?
i find that you have a lot of faces that you don't need (there are faces that are occluded by other parts of the gun, you don't need them because they will never be seen)
you have a LOT of edges that are totally redundant, even for a high res model
and as mentioned before... you have a LOT of n-gon faces (faces with n edges, but in this context n > 4)
i will do a little bit of tidying up just to show you what i think you don't need and post lots of pictures...
also, that link to low res game model tutorial that brains linked you to, it's helpful, but i dont think it will help you much in this situation. I can't remember if Kurt talked about any tips for low res models
if you build a high res model you can make a low res model and use the ultimapper... i mean the transfer maps.... once you've laid out UVs and you'll get normal maps
https://www.simplymaya.com/movie_page...tml?tut_id=156
here's a free tutorial from mike explaining the transfer maps
that's a "Ch" pronounced as a "K"
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27-02-2009
, 11:17 AM
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didn't try it out in Source in the end, couldn't figure out why the plugins went missing
anyway, i took a few snap shots of an altered glock
take note that you should delete edges that don't change the shape of the model
you have to do this stuff manually
its a tough and long job ahead for you, but that's because you beveled your edges TOO much
i'd start over if i were you...
you'll notice in my attached picture in the lower left screen shot there are some selected edges. why do you even have them there in the first place? i assume its an accident of another operation you did somewhere else?
i only did a few changes (deleted edges mainly, i did add edges to the side of the gun as you can see in the top left screen shot)
it could be cleaned up a lot more than what i've done too
also, a tip for game models... if you can texture it then texture it.
also, the poly count after my changes was only 5499, you're was 6259, and that was just making changes on one HALF of the gun... imagine what would happen when you do the same to the other half
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28-02-2009
, 08:52 AM
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When i export to "3D coat" frm maya by OBJ some there is some serious disturbance found.
But when i export the same OBJ to deep paint then the model shows no disturbance.it is perfectly all right with deep paint.But why so different?
[attached img no 1]
When i export to "3D coat" frm maya by FBX some there disturbance is found but less severe.
[attached img no 2]
Why this happen.
while rendering in houdini using OBJ causes black shades at random places.So, i used FBX whose output was good.
But why this happen?
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28-02-2009
, 08:54 AM
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OBJ and FBX
When i export to "3D coat" frm maya by OBJ some there is some serious disturbance found.
But when i export the same OBJ to deep paint then the model shows no disturbance.it is perfectly all right with deep paint.But why so different?
[attached img no 1]
When i export to "3D coat" frm maya by FBX some there disturbance is found but less severe.
[attached img no 2]
Why this happen.
while rendering in houdini using OBJ causes black shades at random places.So, i used FBX whose output was good.
But why this happen?
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