GAMC #2 - Ruined

MeintevdS · 29-08-2009, 03:53 PM

I'm sort off new to the forums. It's gonna be my first post, but I've been lurking for a while before doing so

Anyway, I was hoping I could get my forum name changed before I started posting, but since the deadline is creeping up. I figured I'd better post my model and see if you people have some usefull tips before I start on my lowpoly

Oh and the material is not mine, I'm a complete newbie at zbrush and wouldn't know how to make a pretty material. I downloaded this material from Threedy Forums - Powered by vBulletin, one of their users uploaded it for people to use

Thanks for watching!

(ps. omg! that's awesome, the forum automatically changed the forum name into a hyperlink

)

lloyd · 29-08-2009, 10:58 PM

i like what i see so far, hope the texture doesn't brake it!

kinjutsu · 30-08-2009, 12:30 AM

Look great so far, the only crit I have is the the seat looks a little low but that could just be the perspective in Zbrush.

MeintevdS · 30-08-2009, 11:52 AM

Thanks lloyd and kinjutsu.
Yes you might be right about it being to low, I put a biped in there for measurements and it seemed alright with me. So I'm not going to change that (since I'd have to redo my sculpting

)

But thanks alot for the input!

So today I started on my low poly. The current triangle count is 1886.
Below you can see my final sculpted version, and a picture of my lowpoly and wireframe.

http://www.game-artist.net/forums/at...1&d=1251650365
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/at...1&d=1251650365
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/at...1&d=1251650365

I'm getting there, I'm getting there. Next up unwrapping.

MeintevdS · 30-08-2009, 07:02 PM

Soo I unwrapped my chair and baked my normals using xnormal. But I have a problem which I can't find the solution too.

As you can see below the left armrest has the normals of the right armrest. I gave the lowpoly object a projection modifier and enabled 'use cage' in xnormal, and still the rays manage to reach the otherside of the chair.

Does anybody have an idea how to fix this?

http://www.game-artist.net/forums/at...1&d=1251676750
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/at...1&d=1251676750

lloyd · 30-08-2009, 08:36 PM

im guessing when its creating the normal its sending the rays out to far. somthing to do with cage distance? is there a distance slider in xnormal?

MeintevdS · 31-08-2009, 02:54 AM

Xnormal lets you fill in a number for the ray lengths, and it is set to 0.5 as default. But I enabled the 'use cage' function which means it should use the cage that I made for it in max. And the cage in max does not reach the other side of the chair.

Kaleb3d · 31-08-2009, 02:57 AM

Try using the default cage that Xnormal generates, but then change your mesh scale to something a lot smaller (like 0.2) for both the High and Low poly meshes.

MeintevdS · 31-08-2009, 07:01 AM

Thanks Kaleb3d, I'll give it a go when I get home today.

MeintevdS · 31-08-2009, 05:02 PM

Thanks for the tip Kaleb3D, worked like a sunshine. Not the way I wanted tho, wanted the stupid cage to work. But ohwell it got the job done

29-08-2009, 03:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
MeintevdS New Member 43 - 4	GAMC #2 - Ruined I'm sort off new to the forums. It's gonna be my first post, but I've been lurking for a while before doing so Anyway, I was hoping I could get my forum name changed before I started posting, but since the deadline is creeping up. I figured I'd better post my model and see if you people have some usefull tips before I start on my lowpoly Oh and the material is not mine, I'm a complete newbie at zbrush and wouldn't know how to make a pretty material. I downloaded this material from Threedy Forums - Powered by vBulletin, one of their users uploaded it for people to use Thanks for watching! (ps. omg! that's awesome, the forum automatically changed the forum name into a hyperlink ) Last edited by MeintevdS; 29-08-2009 at 03:58 PM.

29-08-2009, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
lloyd Senior Member 185 - 71	i like what i see so far, hope the texture doesn't brake it! __________________

30-08-2009, 08:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
lloyd Senior Member 185 - 71	im guessing when its creating the normal its sending the rays out to far. somthing to do with cage distance? is there a distance slider in xnormal? __________________

31-08-2009, 02:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
Kaleb3d Frequenter 118 - 15	Try using the default cage that Xnormal generates, but then change your mesh scale to something a lot smaller (like 0.2) for both the High and Low poly meshes. __________________ Kaleb3d http://www.kaleb-3d.com

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30-08-2009, 12:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
kinjutsu New Member 22 - 3	Look great so far, the only crit I have is the the seat looks a little low but that could just be the perspective in Zbrush.

31-08-2009, 02:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
MeintevdS New Member 43 - 4	Xnormal lets you fill in a number for the ray lengths, and it is set to 0.5 as default. But I enabled the 'use cage' function which means it should use the cage that I made for it in max. And the cage in max does not reach the other side of the chair.

31-08-2009, 07:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
MeintevdS New Member 43 - 4	Thanks Kaleb3d, I'll give it a go when I get home today.

31-08-2009, 05:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
MeintevdS New Member 43 - 4	Thanks for the tip Kaleb3D, worked like a sunshine. Not the way I wanted tho, wanted the stupid cage to work. But ohwell it got the job done

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