Comments for The 3D Ninja http://the3dninja.com/blog Thu, 10 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on modo Game Development: Vertex Normal Smoothing by chad chatterton http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1769&cpage=1#comment-945 chad chatterton Thu, 10 May 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1769#comment-945 Actually I'm not even getting consistent results using Vertex Maps atm. It's like the tools are either broken or not interpreted properly by our engine. I mean I actually failed to get simple cubic shapes to work properly out of Modo.  When I then go into Maya to do it there, Maya adds extra UV maps to all my meshes which I then have to delete. If I then export the Maya results as an .fbx because I want to do some more tweaks in Modo, the smoothing information is lost.  I really want it to work, but it just doesn't. Actually I’m not even getting consistent results using Vertex Maps atm. It’s like the tools are either broken or not interpreted properly by our engine. I mean I actually failed to get simple cubic shapes to work properly out of Modo.Â
When I then go into Maya to do it there, Maya adds extra UV maps to all my meshes which I then have to delete. If I then export the Maya results as an .fbx because I want to do some more tweaks in Modo, the smoothing information is lost.Â
I really want it to work, but it just doesn’t.

]]> Comment on Unity iOS Shader: Faking surface detail for mobile assets by Anonymous http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1453&cpage=1#comment-944 Anonymous Sat, 05 May 2012 16:42:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1453#comment-944 Here is the graph I used. It's actually pretty simple setup. I'm just multiply the textures to produce a similar setup I use in Photoshop to fake the textures. The purpose of the shader was to give me a means to do this in Unity without having to open Photoshop.  Here is the graph I used. It’s actually pretty simple setup. I’m just multiply the textures to produce a similar setup I use in Photoshop to fake the textures. The purpose of the shader was to give me a means to do this in Unity without having to open Photoshop. 

]]> Comment on Unity 3D Flash in a Flash: Submission Update by Anonymous http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1696&cpage=1#comment-943 Anonymous Sat, 05 May 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1696#comment-943 Hi, I'm sorry for late reply! Unity 3.5 should auto-bake this for you as realtime substances are not supported on mobile devices. Did you get this worked out? I can take a closer look if you need help. Hi,

I’m sorry for late reply! Unity 3.5 should auto-bake this for you as realtime substances are not supported on mobile devices. Did you get this worked out? I can take a closer look if you need help.

]]> Comment on Working with Text in modo : Redux by Anonymous http://the3dninja.com/blog/?page_id=545&cpage=1#comment-942 Anonymous Sat, 05 May 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?page_id=545#comment-942 Thanks! Thanks!

]]> Comment on modo Game Development: Vertex Normal Smoothing by Anonymous http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1769&cpage=1#comment-941 Anonymous Sat, 05 May 2012 16:34:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1769#comment-941 I agree. Modo still has a ways to go in this area. I'll take a look at the MIG Normal Tools in Maya and see if I can come up with a modo solution. Thanks for pointing this out! I agree. Modo still has a ways to go in this area. I’ll take a look at the MIG Normal Tools in Maya and see if I can come up with a modo solution. Thanks for pointing this out!

]]> Comment on modo Game Development: Vertex Normal Smoothing by chad chatterton http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1769&cpage=1#comment-940 chad chatterton Thu, 03 May 2012 12:54:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1769#comment-940 How though would you control vertex normals in the way Mig Normal Tools does, controlling inside and outside fillets for instance: http://migugi.net/mel/normalTools/  This is where Modo falls short when working with vertex normals for game models. How though would you control vertex normals in the way Mig Normal Tools does, controlling inside and outside fillets for instance:
http://migugi.net/mel/normalTools/ 

This is where Modo falls short when working with vertex normals for game models.

]]> Comment on Unity iOS Shader: Faking surface detail for mobile assets by Valdir Salgueiro http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1453&cpage=1#comment-938 Valdir Salgueiro Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:19:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1453#comment-938 hi, thanks for the shader :) i was designing my own one, wihch has a pre generated static AO map as input do you have the screenshot of your strumpy shader diagram? that would help a lot :) thanks! hi, thanks for the shader :)
i was designing my own one, wihch has a pre generated static AO map as input

do you have the screenshot of your strumpy shader diagram? that would help a lot :) thanks!

]]> Comment on Unity 3D Flash in a Flash: Submission Update by Ina Centaur http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1696&cpage=1#comment-937 Ina Centaur Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:23:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1696#comment-937 Hi Wes, how did you bake the substance to bitmap for usage in Unity? I am using the latest public 3.5 but the substance show up as black textures on mobile Hi Wes, how did you bake the substance to bitmap for usage in Unity? I am using the latest public 3.5 but the substance show up as black textures on mobile

]]> Comment on CameraMan for Maya® by Anonymous http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1296&cpage=1#comment-936 Anonymous Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:47:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1296#comment-936 Hi,  Are you using the CameraMan 3.0 version? Hi, 

Are you using the CameraMan 3.0 version?

]]> Comment on CameraMan for Maya® by BaN http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1296&cpage=1#comment-935 BaN Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://the3dninja.com/blog/?p=1296#comment-935 Hi! I have a problem with cameraman and maya 2012 - I received error in maya  cmUI; CameraMan Port Opened : x.x.x.x:2020// Error: #headsUpMessage "CameraMan connected to Maya"#; // // Error: invalid directive //  Hi! I have a problem with cameraman and maya 2012 – I received error in maya 

cmUI;
CameraMan Port Opened : x.x.x.x:2020// Error: #headsUpMessage “CameraMan connected to Maya”#; //
// Error: invalid directive // 

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