The "What Are You Working On?" Thread

[Trava]

I'm just gonna leave this here.

Have you ever wanted to make a skin only to find out that half of the car is on different UV map?
Me neither, well, until now.

 

[AadHofman]

I don't really understand the motive of it...

Money for nothin' and chicks for free?

 

[AccAkut]

@Trava I've actually seen that alot (basically standard back in my Flightsim days), but if one's short I'm space in one specific direction, an asymmetric UV map is just much more convenient.

 

[Ben O'Bro]

I'm just gonna leave this here.



Have you ever wanted to make a skin only to find out that half of the car is on different UV map?
Me neither, well, until now.

can't really blame everything on him either
unwrap is a pain in the a**
and on that account go see how not clean my work can be
so let's be fair

@ben baron with your skills, you could really shine more by yourself than with a team of not so clean people (to say the least)
You took so much time to do almost everything, go the extra mile and make everything properly

 

[ben baron]

can't really blame everything on him either
unwrap is a pain in the a**
and on that account go see how not clean my work can be
so let's be fair

@ben baron with your skills, you could really shine more by yourself than with a team of not so clean people (to say the least)
You took so much time to do almost everything, go the extra mile and make everything properly

The uv map os something I am improving since the model was made , like 5-6 months ago , I understood better now how the game model should be ^^ sorry for that , same goes with the 3d modelling

I feel more like , using that project to do better for the next one !)
I also learned at the mean-time to import the car ( only esthetically in the game ) at least to be able to work on the shader to have a shiny result ^^ which i am happy on the audi , it looks almost as I wanted

 

[Trava]

can't really blame everything on him either
unwrap is a pain in the a**
and on that account go see how not clean my work can be
so let's be fair

It is a pain in the ass but come on, flattened interior with some meshes seemingly not unwrapped at all and exterior split across two different UV maps with what looks like planar mapping and randomly packed? Come on. You can do MUCH better than that.

 

[ben baron]

It is a pain in the ass but come on, flattened interior with some meshes seemingly not unwrapped at all and exterior split across two different UV maps with what looks like planar mapping and randomly packed? Come on. You can do MUCH better than that.

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yes , definitely on your side !! Something I will do much better in futur !)

 

[Ben O'Bro]

It is a pain in the ass but come on, flattened interior with some meshes seemingly not unwrapped at all and exterior split across two different UV maps with what looks like planar mapping and randomly packed? Come on. You can do MUCH better than that.

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Sorry if we don't all have your professional skills

 

[Trava]

Sorry if we don't all have your professional skills

I wouldn't call myself a professional by any stretch. People the likes of Gary or Alfie walk all over me any day.
It's just about not half assing the work and then charging money for it.

 

[Nuptella]

it's not like unwrapping is particularly hard, it took me an hour-ish to map that tundra using rizom.

aslong as the model is in quads and the topology isn't too down bad it's ez.

 

[ben baron]

I wouldn't call myself a professional by any stretch. People the likes of Gary or Alfie walk all over me any day.
It's just about not half assing the work and then charging money for it.

this money story is a bit ridiculous , just on my side , spend over 100 hours easily on the model , so charging those 3 dollars , would be paying me 3 cts per hour ....

 

[RG27]

this money story is a bit ridiculous , just on my side , spend over 100 hours easily on the model , so charging those 3 dollars , would be paying me 3 cts per hour ....

Would it be legal though since not only are you using another brand's property (their likeness and brand) but you are also stealing data from commercial content (the r8 gt3 files you stole from kunos)

 

[mclarenf1papa]

Not to mention that the actual profit being made on these cars is probably in the $5-10k region.... if you’re not really getting paid and are being associated with illegal practices and low quality, again, what’s the point? Dozens of other groups where the work could be put to better use.

 

[Ben O'Bro]

Not to mention that the actual profit being made on these cars is probably in the $5-10k region.... if you’re not really getting paid and are being associated with illegal practices and low quality, again, what’s the point? Dozens of other groups where the work could be put to better use.

 

[krissboo]

Ah... finally they are here... the Mod Police

Then scratch build a mod in it's entirety and don't steal other assets and claim it's all scratch built. I'm sure you have been in the game long enough to realise by now that people will tear your claims apart - more so as you are charging for this mod and not asking for donations.
I mean that is where my issue lies - it's the lies you tell claiming everything is your own work when it's obvious it's not.

 

[krissboo]

this money story is a bit ridiculous , just on my side , spend over 100 hours easily on the model , so charging those 3 dollars , would be paying me 3 cts per hour ....

Do you do this as your main source of income or as a hobby? I mean if this is your only monetary income then you need to get paid more, if you do it as a hobby you cannot use that as an argument.
For example, to make a good skin can take hours but I have never asked for money for my time. If someone donates me a fiver it's a bonus. But this is a hobby and not a job!

 

[ben baron]

Do you do this as your main source of income or as a hobby? I mean if this is your only monetary income then you need to get paid more, if you do it as a hobby you cannot use that as an argument.
For example, to make a good skin can take hours but I have never asked for money for my time. If someone donates me a fiver it's a bonus. But this is a hobby and not a job!

for sure it is not my main income , I don t think you can't compare a skin work to a 3d modelling work ...
Anyway that was not my point , I wanted to point that I obviously don t do it for money as you could understood on my calculation per hour ...

 

[ben baron]

Not to mention that the actual profit being made on these cars is probably in the $5-10k region.... if you’re not really getting paid and are being associated with illegal practices and low quality, again, what’s the point? Dozens of other groups where the work could be put to better use.

10k dollars profit , for one car mod so I assume after taxes , so that is close to 20k dollars charged to the customer ? , I don t believe it a second ... sorry

 

[krissboo]

for sure it is not my main income , I don t think you can compare a skin work to a 3d modelling work ...
Anyway that was not my point , I wanted to point that I obviously don t do it for money as you could understood on my calculation per hour ...

Of course making skins is not the same as 3d modelling but I was making a point about this being a hobby and not charging people for your time unless you do this for a living. I hope you get at least some kind of payment for your time put in, even if it's a cake or something

 

[ben baron]

Of course making skins is not the same as 3d modelling but I was making a point about this being a hobby and not charging people for your time unless you do this for a living. I hope you get at least some kind of payment for your time put in, even if it's a cake or something

Not really ^^ , sadly , but At least i do it for personal improvement on what is something interesting and close to my real job !)