Model pimpage Thread

[Gary]

Seems pretty automatic to me, I did nothing for these props:
(World and 3dsky drawing disabled for pictures)

cl_skipfastpath 1
cl_skipslowpath 1
(No model rendering)


cl_skipfastpath 1
cl_skipslowpath 0
(slow path rendering)


cl_skipfastpath 0
cl_skipslowpath 1
(fast path rendering)


It even seems most models go through the fast path.

[Stormy]

You guys blow my mind. Thank you for the info Stoopdapoop, I did not know any of this. The next time you launch into a long winded speech about performance, link me.

[no00dylan]

I'm proud of myself for learning how to use ambient occlusion more betterer.

[Epifire]

Hey you and me both man, here is a pillar to go as my own addition to the metal fence I posted on...

[Gambini]

@stopdapoop: How affects then fadeout distances for models regarding, again, performance?

And.. How is it that I converted a choppy map (average 15fps) into a well optimized map (30-40 fps) by merely adding a big occluder brush where a large building was and by adding lods to my models? And I´m talking of a lot of repeated models like bushes and fences.

And why then Valve uses up to 8 lod models with small polycount jumps (about -100 per lod in a 8000polys model). Aren´t they aware of all that?

No rethorical questions. I just want to learn too.

[TheDanishMaster]

5 minute model


Don't know what they're called so I couldn't really find a reference and had to do from what I had in my mind

[Jangalomph]

is it like an exacto knife?

[no00dylan]

I made a window.

[source-maps]

feels more like one of those pillars on the side of the road

[Sathor]

Looks more like those reflective warning posts which in Germany are at the side of streets.

Edit: source maps was faster on that.

For pictures:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitpfosten

[TheDanishMaster]

I decided to go with the German/Swedish look because apparently the Danish one looks like a... boxcutter
Anyways, I couldn't find a good texture for the refleks/reflex thingy either :/

[joe_rogers_11155]

fyi: "reflect"

dude i think it looks really good. it looks like PVC pipe

[PhoeniX1992]

I decided to go with the German/Swedish look because apparently the Danish one looks like a... boxcutter
Anyways, I couldn't find a good texture for the refleks/reflex thingy either :/

Maybe you could make the reflector look better by giving it some sort of repeating texture for the contrast. And maybe make the rest self-illuminating. I think you could trick the player that way. It should not give off light, but whenever the player is watching it, it will seem to reflect light. Or even better: place a 'locked' sprite in front of it, so it's flat from the side and back, but in front of the reflector, it gives a flare.

[TheDanishMaster]

In game testing. Don't worry about the scaling

[no00dylan]

Hello everyone, I've got a lot of questions to ask. I would ask these questions in the "those simple questions" thread, but I think my questions are more likely to be answered here.

1. How do you go about baking high poly ambient occlusion/normals into low poly models? What process do you go about making high and low poly models? Do you start with a low poly, save it, and add detail to a copy?

2. How could I take a model made in 3ds max and turn it into a 2d texture?

I ask these things because I've recently fallen back in love with 3d modelling, just to see how nice ambient occlusion makes things, I can see now why people I've worked with before have really pushed me to learn about it.