The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

Eugene Abramoff · Mar 3, 2021

Trava said:
Lighting finished, time for reworking the PBR presets for fixed specular calculation....View attachment 450565
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Are you making a whole new RX7?

Trava · Mar 3, 2021

Eugene Abramoff said:
Are you making a whole new RX7?

I did make a public stock one using GTS model which for obvious reasons cannot be released here, the one I posted pics of is my personal one.

Ryno917 · Mar 3, 2021

aphidgod said:
ha... I'm 41 and if i ever lose touch with my inner 13 year old i hope someone has the decency to just kill me.

33 going on 13 here.

Ben O'Bro · Mar 3, 2021

Trava said:
I did make a public stock one using GTS model which for obvious reasons cannot be released here, the one I posted pics of is my personal one.

to your few sad supporters, this thread is called "what are you working on"
not "what are you gonna get for free soon"

Trava · Mar 3, 2021

^ Should change your username to Ben O'Based

Nicecuppatea · Mar 4, 2021

Mmm, I love the smell of baking ambient occlusion - not so keen on Blender's UV packing, every update I hope they've improved it but it still leaves empty spaces everywhere, in the past I've done it by hand which takes ages and usually ends up needing to be done again when you spot something that needs changing.

I've been thinking of buying the UVPackmaster add-on, which seems to work much better, anyone got it and can recommend it or tell me not waste my money?

Ben O'Bro · Mar 4, 2021

Nicecuppatea said:
Mmm, I love the smell of baking ambient occlusion - not so keen on Blender's UV packing, every update I hope they've improved it but it still leaves empty spaces everywhere, in the past I've done it by hand which takes ages and usually ends up needing to be done again when you spot something that needs changing.

I've been thinking of buying the UVPackmaster add-on, which seems to work much better, anyone got it and can recommend it or tell me not waste my money?

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i think it's the same everywhere
it detects squares around the objects, and don't use the empty faces within... same in 3dsmax
so you need to manually edit some things if you want those space used !
or... it's very clever, and it's allowing you to use those spaces for the details you haven't done yet

(ps i have no experience with UVPackmaster )

Nicecuppatea · Mar 4, 2021

Ben O'Bro said:
(ps i have no experience with UVPackmaster )

I tried the demo a while ago and it seems to work well, it finds the space within those rectangles around UV islands and uses that as well. Just don't know how well it works in practice or how well maintained the add-on is. Have to do a bit of searching see if I can find some reviews.

Ryno917 · Mar 4, 2021

I've never heard of it before, but now I'm intrigued. I keep forgetting about the plethora of addins Blender has...

Hotdogxx60 · Mar 4, 2021

I giggled at Alfie's bush and the Brazilian track.
What can I say but I'm Benjamin Button on the inside, Methuselah on the outside.

Nicecuppatea · Mar 4, 2021

Ryno917 said:
I've never heard of it before, but now I'm intrigued. I keep forgetting about the plethora of addins Blender has...

It looks good from the reviews, hard to tell though, they don't really go in depth. UVPackmaster 2 is the current version if anyone wants to Google it.

A Casual Sim Racer · Mar 5, 2021

My studio team is in the beginning stages of 3d modeling this beast....

(Several other vintage cars in the works too, I'll post more updates in the coming days).

1937 Mercedes Benz W25 Streamliner (Winner of 1937 Avus GP).

GTAce · Mar 5, 2021

A Casual Sim Racer said:
My studio team is in the beginning stages of 3d modeling this beast....

(Several other vintage cars in the works too, I'll post more updates in the coming days).

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1937 Mercedes Benz W25 Streamliner (Winner of 1937 Avus GP).

Very cool!

wmialil · Mar 5, 2021

Slightly shortened free version of the track now up on RD

edit - once the WIP is complete is it bad form to post here?

dwightyone · Mar 5, 2021

wmialil said:
Slightly shortened free version of the track now up on RD

edit - once the WIP is complete is it bad form to post here?

Like your other rally track this one also looks 5***** stars to me but can I ask - what car (mod) are you using in the vid' of your track?

wmialil · Mar 5, 2021

dwightyone said:
Like your other rally track this one also looks 5***** stars to me but can I ask - what car (mod) are you using in the vid' of your track?

Thanks. It's the rallylegends one but I've updated the exterior sounds n stuff (don't think it was working past a certain update)
I think it's got great physics compared to some others out there which I think are way too grippy
If it's allowed I'm happy to send you my modified one via pm (last update for the original was like 5 years ago or something

wmialil · Mar 5, 2021

Actually I'm not even sure I modified this one you know. Think it's just a great mod

dwightyone · Mar 5, 2021

Don't worry about it, I've got a few other mean machines in my rally cyber garage to try with the track when I finally (another story) get to my rig to try it.

wmialil · Mar 5, 2021

dwightyone said:
Don't worry about it, I've got a few other mean machines in my rally cyber garage to try with the track when I finally (another story) get to my rig to try it.

Cool cool good luck with the rig!

Rodger Davies · Mar 5, 2021

Consecutive posts, one with a Mercedes W125 streamliner and one with a Monte Carlo Rally stage. How very AC. Those will be an interesting combo...

Quite aside from the great stage thanks @wmialil that video production is stunning. And I say that as someone who will never understand music in car bids, but the cinematography there is on point - great showcase.