nice, but high poly creates lag
lag decreases playability
halo 1 has bump mapping, but it's only sunbaked, it shows in ingame lights, not like halo 2 where the mapping automatically shows
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nice, but high poly creates lag
lag decreases playability
halo 1 has bump mapping, but it's only sunbaked, it shows in ingame lights, not like halo 2 where the mapping automatically shows
demon, read the thread. He makes a hi poly mesh of the object in either Z brush or Mudbox, and uses that mesh to create a displacement normal or something in max, i think and he applies that normal onto the lower poly rock. It isn't actually any higher poly than what it was to begin with ingame.
Also, halo 1 only displays the bumps when a dynamic light is shined on them, they're not "sunbaked". Halo 2's actual radiosity or sun power in a map is actually a dynamic light, and thats why bumps always show, because theres always a dynamic light in place somewhere. I'm not exactly right with the full details but it's somewhere along those lines.
Also, if you don't have Zbrush or couldn't be fucked doing hi poly meshes, do what I do, and just paint a greyscale bump map of the cliffs and then convert it to a normal map with the nvidia plugin, like so:
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8...render8pc7.jpg
:)
Btw, thats an old pic >_>
Yar he made the high poly model in mudbox then he baked the normal map in 3dsmax.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ð4ÑØ *
Bud, you have really missed the concept. There is no HIGH poly mesh in game. This method simply captures the silhouette of the super high poly object and creates a normal map to be used on the Low poly mesh. Thus creating a great looking low poly mesh in game. Thats the beauty of bump/normal maps. Creates an illusion of high poly objects with out waisting a ton of polys.Quote:
Originally Posted by demonmaster3k
it's a nice tutorial, how do you save it?
http://www.madworkzstudio.com/tut/tut.swf
Found that looking through his tut section. It is the same thing, I'd try right click save-as. And Madworkz, if you don't want that link there for some reason, I'll remove it (they are his files).
Your normal map in the first picture looks more like skin than rocks, though.
Holy Christ Dano. Thats fucking awesome.
this tutorial looks helpful for later +rep
(but no saveable version...=( i like having copies for refrence
but using this technique (or dano's[gg btw]) i could see some pretty pro bsps coming out
My god, are you brain dead or some thing? Right click that .swf link and save as, or click on it then go to file > save as.Quote:
Originally Posted by demonmaster3k