Gussebb Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Not bad Some suggestions Attack : Make it so the "reload" is longer than the hit.Walk : Try to synchronize using the anim speed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussebb Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 movement better synced, blender file in folder, rhino sound in folder.rhino.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historic_bruno Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 I moved this topic to the art development forum Hopefully you can get some good feedback here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micket Posted March 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hi Gussebb!I sure hope I don't come off as a too negative here, but I think there are some anatomical issues with the model.Some time ago, I made a model for a white rhino (but noone ever got around to texture or animate it), which lookes like this:The thread is here: http://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17411While I do realize i sound like a pompous @#$%, I was very happy with how the model turned out. Perhaps you could switch out the model for your animation skeleton?(also, everyone should feel free to modify any of my meshes if they think I've done something badly!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussebb Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hi Gussebb!I sure hope I don't come off as a too negative here, but I think there are some anatomical issues with the model.Some time ago, I made a model for a white rhino (but noone ever got around to texture or animate it), which lookes like this:post-15430-0-11894600-1371943335.jpgThe thread is here: http://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17411While I do realize i sound like a pompous @#$%, I was very happy with how the model turned out. Perhaps you could switch out the model for your animation skeleton?(also, everyone should feel free to modify any of my meshes if they think I've done something badly!)I like your model better and i wish i could easily just switch the model out, but it's not so easy for me. the uv map already set for the model so i will have to redo the texturing i think, and i'm not sure if you can just switch out models once imported to the game. and i'm not sure if your model has to many polygons, i tried to keep mine very low (probably too low). but all the files is in the zip so you can try out yourself if you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micket Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yup. I wasn't expecting any of this to be easy, and (unfortunately) I am suggesting there is a lot of work to do (and re-do).I will advise against working in a vacuum; Upload the mesh screenshots as soon as that is finished. Or even better, upload it when you feel you have the basic shapes down. I believe we are quite good at giving out constructive critisicm in this forum (think of it as tough love).Tweaking the model based on feedback early and there would have been very little to do, and now, ouch.I can't help but to feel like a as$hole to suggest changing something, because I know it was a lot of work at this point.As for polycount, yes. I make my models of higher polycount than what the typical zoom-level in gameplay calls for, for several reasons:1. It's a bit of future-proofing. Mid-poly today? Low poly tomorrow!2. If there is ever any LOD support or anything like that, It's a lot easier to collapse nodes (I made a small test of collapsing some edges, and I got it down to 350 triangles: ) without noticeable loss of detail (at this zoom-level)3. In the end, the difference in polycount (300 triangles or so) is probably less to that of a single palm-tree in the background. Unless there is a rhino stampede (which would be awesome), there is not really any impact on the game.4. A bit of eye-candy doesn't hurt when you zoom in! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 @Gusseb, What if I textured/UVmapped the rhino ?@Micket hey, nice, how did you collapsed it ? If I make the texture for the high poly, and collapse it I'll have two textured models. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussebb Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Ok i see. Thanks for the criticism i'm still a beginner so criticism like this helps me improve alot. But i don't know how much i wanna redo i have already spend so many hours on this rhinoceros. :/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Rhino is UVmapped. If you want i ´ll make the texture. if you rig it you won ´t have to make new anims since they are in your blend file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussebb Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 the only blend file i have is in the zip folder as well. i didn't think about having a blend file for every animation. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micket Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 With careful node merging, the UV map will remain useful (in Blender at least). You just have to be careful at the texture seams.Maybe a bit of tweaking is needed, but at the zoom-level where the LOD switches, there is no way to tell if the texture is a bit wonky.Just select an edges, and press "alt+m" and choose collapse. It you need more control, select 2 nodes, and press alt+m for merging at different positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I attached the files, texture is included.white_rhino.zip 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussebb Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Wow that's beautiful! well done! - The ears, eyes, and mouth is really black though :/ Edited March 11, 2015 by Gussebb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micket Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Looks great, though, there should be quite a bit of tweaking left. I don't think the black areas are really the problem, but there are some regions where the reference image doesn't cover well, such as the back, and the legs. It looks great from the side, but in game, it'll be viewer from above most of the time.There is also quite a bit of highlight in the texture, which should preferably be painted over with a neutral grey body color (the region on his back is almost white). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrique Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Looks great, though, there should be quite a bit of tweaking left. I don't think the black areas are really the problem, but there are some regions where the reference image doesn't cover well, such as the back, and the legs. It looks great from the side, but in game, it'll be viewer from above most of the time.There is also quite a bit of highlight in the texture, which should preferably be painted over with a neutral grey body color (the region on his back is almost white).Correct.Nice work projecting it though. Stan you should try to improve the texture once projected through GIMP or Blender's texture painting.I finished texturing this fine model. I think I scaled the model though, not sure if it was already set to in-game scale. Good job everyone.white_rhino_final.zip 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Nice for the record how did you tweak it ? I see you painted grey on the top ? Clone tool in blender ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrique Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Gimp and blender Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micket Posted March 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) I saw this crazy GDC 2015 video today on the art assets in UE4: Starts exactly at 15minPhoto scanned, and semi.-automatic de-lighting/shadowing to obtain the raw diffuse color. Clever stuff. Edited March 16, 2015 by Micket 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 That is beautiful - thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrique Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Very interesting an informative. Thank you for sharing Micket.The technique to remove hard shadows from the photo-scanning data blew my mind. Will finish the video tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrique Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Ontopic... rigged and on it's way. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micket Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 It really is unfortunate that this is going to be like.. 10 pixels big grey blob on screen! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrique Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Someone, someday will eventually implement a FPS or third person camera to zoom into the troops. Just maybe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcxSanya Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Someone, someday will eventually implement a FPS or third person camera to zoom into the troops. Just maybe Do you know about CameraFollowFPS? Engine.CameraFollowFPS(g_Selection.toList()[0])Not sure if it's available from dev panel/via existing shortcut or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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