So today marks the hand-in date for the van project I've been doing for the past few weeks during game production! I had great fun during this project, and a hell of a lot of stressing occurred! Due to having two weeks of intensive workshops, it meant I wasn't able to work on my van as much as I'd have liked to (wah). For this
project, the brief required me to model and texture a Ford Transit van of my choice. I had to
gather a range of reference images of my chosen van, and any details such as
badges/lights etc. The van has to be under 5000 triangles so I’ve had to plan
out what my limit is for each area of the van. I’ve also got 3 texture sheets
to work with: one 1024/1024 32bt tga for the main body of the van including an
alpha channel for semi-transparent windows.
One 512x512 for the interior, and one 128/128 for the lights. It’s extremely
important to follow these guidelines as it ensures that the model will work in
a game. I encountered a stupid amount of problems when making my textures, the odds definitely weren't in my favour to say the least. Although I did manage to remove all of my nGons...which is a start! However,
I feel as though I’ve learnt a hell of a lot throughout this project and if I
had the time to make another there would be a lot of things I’d change. I’m
still figuring out how to use the mind boggling program that is 3DS Max and although it may not always show, I
think I’ve made a lot of progress since I made the Dalek! Or as I've taken to calling it, a very oddly shaped wonky cylinder.
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So now this project has been completed, we've all been set a new one! This time we've got to model a low poly Gladiator with 2500 tris and 300 for any extras such as weapons & armour. I'm reeeeeaaaallly excited about this project and so far I've had a few attempts at box and strip modeling the body during my free time to see which method I prefer. Unlike the van, I've planned my time out better and have made myself a timeline on what areas I need to work on each week. So adios half transparent box, and hola hopefully successful Gladiator!
Done and Dusted! (Under the carpet in the hope that no one will ever find it...)
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