First impressions
by ando · in Artist Corner · 02/13/2007 (3:23 pm) · 2 replies
Hello all, just joined the beta and have been toying with constructor for a few hours, thought I would offer my first impressions while they still are fresh.
I must give it time and adapt but the first thing that got me was the 3D navigation, it seems to only rotate and zoom which feels very awkward after using other software with flying FPS style cams. I often fly around with my cam at eye level to get a good feel of the structures, just cant do that with constructor unless I am missing something.
Other odd thing is grid sizing in units of 10 20 50 etc.. I prefer the 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc... setup simply because it translates much better with the texture scale being power of 2 and helps with creating pixel perfect textures in relation to the grid, having the 2, 4, 8. etc.. option would be nice
I think it would be a good idea for the "size bounds" function found in the "modify panel" to be automaticly assigned when a brush is selected. This would realy speed things up because it is a pain having to go thru menus to access what is the primary tool.
I must give it time and adapt but the first thing that got me was the 3D navigation, it seems to only rotate and zoom which feels very awkward after using other software with flying FPS style cams. I often fly around with my cam at eye level to get a good feel of the structures, just cant do that with constructor unless I am missing something.
Other odd thing is grid sizing in units of 10 20 50 etc.. I prefer the 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, etc... setup simply because it translates much better with the texture scale being power of 2 and helps with creating pixel perfect textures in relation to the grid, having the 2, 4, 8. etc.. option would be nice
I think it would be a good idea for the "size bounds" function found in the "modify panel" to be automaticly assigned when a brush is selected. This would realy speed things up because it is a pain having to go thru menus to access what is the primary tool.
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Grid sizing and unit scaling can also be changed in the options.
It took me a while to get used to the tool, but I'm not an artist. I still love it =)