Few Questions from the New Guy
by Fernando Yi · in Artist Corner · 02/18/2011 (6:58 pm) · 3 replies
Hello everyone,
I just purchased my copy of Torque 3D after a while of debating (and lots of research via the resources/forums) and even though I have found many of my answers and even some interesting ones I hadn't thought of, I still have a few that hopefully haven't been asked too much.
First off: In the guide I see the Sketch Tool and in one of the blogs I see it's in the Beta 1.1 - which I currently have installed(1.1 beta 3). I can't seem to find that in my toolbar though nor the forest editor.
Second is more me having pet peeves.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Codingskillz2/blotches.png
Hopefully someone gets this I'm not sure how to explain it. My grass Texture is one solid color - yet if you look closely you see blotches of lighter/darker random parts? Is there a way to disable this or am I doing something wrong? I read somewhere that extending the terrain size will increase the depth of details shown but it's not so much the detail as the fading of one color to another.
third: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Codingskillz2/nodes.png
Every time I bump into the rat all is fine and dandy yet when I crash into the deer my screen actually freezes. I played around and saw the node section and could only figure that the deer cause me to froze due to the detail? I didn't make any of them was importing random DAEs just to make sure I got the flow down. Is that actually why I am freezing or is it a setting I am doing wrong? My last question ties into this. I have worked with Maya in the past but for quick decent models I must admit I love Zbrush - I have no problem importing into Maya then DAE but of course once I toggle the collission type to visible mesh that also locks my screen up. I've seen a few examples in the resources with some nice looking detailed characters - any tips?
Thanks in advance.
I just purchased my copy of Torque 3D after a while of debating (and lots of research via the resources/forums) and even though I have found many of my answers and even some interesting ones I hadn't thought of, I still have a few that hopefully haven't been asked too much.
First off: In the guide I see the Sketch Tool and in one of the blogs I see it's in the Beta 1.1 - which I currently have installed(1.1 beta 3). I can't seem to find that in my toolbar though nor the forest editor.
Second is more me having pet peeves.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Codingskillz2/blotches.png
Hopefully someone gets this I'm not sure how to explain it. My grass Texture is one solid color - yet if you look closely you see blotches of lighter/darker random parts? Is there a way to disable this or am I doing something wrong? I read somewhere that extending the terrain size will increase the depth of details shown but it's not so much the detail as the fading of one color to another.
third: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Codingskillz2/nodes.png
Every time I bump into the rat all is fine and dandy yet when I crash into the deer my screen actually freezes. I played around and saw the node section and could only figure that the deer cause me to froze due to the detail? I didn't make any of them was importing random DAEs just to make sure I got the flow down. Is that actually why I am freezing or is it a setting I am doing wrong? My last question ties into this. I have worked with Maya in the past but for quick decent models I must admit I love Zbrush - I have no problem importing into Maya then DAE but of course once I toggle the collission type to visible mesh that also locks my screen up. I've seen a few examples in the resources with some nice looking detailed characters - any tips?
Thanks in advance.
#2
02/20/2011 (10:37 am)
@Steve Thanks a lot. I did have the correct beta installed. I simply un-installed it and the demo then did a fresh install and it worked out great. Thanks for all your answers, you were on the spot. 
#3
Well maybe a free kitten or bunny slippers with each post
Glad you got it working
02/21/2011 (4:09 am)
Steves one of the stars of the forums, always on hand to offer an answer/advice and quite often even a joke to go with them -- what more could you want?Well maybe a free kitten or bunny slippers with each post
Glad you got it working
Associate Steve Acaster
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Sketch tool is the box (F5). Forest is the leaf (F8)
Are you sure you've done the following: linky
2) blotches - that's your diffuse texture sized huge - make the size smaller for small tiling.
3) Visible Mesh collision I wager. Visible mesh is expensive for cpu power. If each poly is in contact then each poly sends callbacks. You shouldn't be using visible mesh for these sort of things - check the docs about collision - here's the art primer link
4) I've never used Maya, can't help