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What is Level of Detail (LOD) in 3D Modeling? | Techniques & software

CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

They can be rigged and animated, placed as a stationary object in a scene, combined with other assets to create a set/environment, simmed or destroyed, and used for shadows or holdouts. Retopology is an essential step in creating 3D models for animation, games, and other interactive media. What is level of detail (LOD)?

Software

Software Polygon Baking Texture Mapping

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

Cocos

MAY 9, 2023

Fixed animation switch issue when GPU INSTANCING is enabled for the material of SkinnedMeshRenderer. Fixed bone animation texture size error on some platforms that don’t support float point texture format. Fixed animation system error by saving incorrect material uniform binding. Fixed memory leak of built-in physics module. .

Terrain

Terrain Render Simulation Texture

Cocos Creator 3.8.2 LTS has been released!

Cocos

JANUARY 31, 2024

Fixed the issue of not finding node data when opening other prefabs from animation mode. Fixed the issue where the simulator might crash when using a custom pipeline. Fixed the issue where moving the probe point after baking the light probe caused the loss of the baked effect of the probe. Fixed the issue of the cc.js

Baking

Baking Texture Scripting Platformer

Updates to NVIDIA’s Unreal Engine 4 Branch, DLSS, and RTXGI Available Now

Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

World position offset simulation for ray traced instanced static meshes (beta) Allows ambient motion of foliage like trees and grass. Uses approximate technique of shared animations to reduce overhead for simulating a full forest. Selectable per instance type.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Engine Engineering Beta

Cocos Creator 3.8 Community Beta is now available

Cocos

JUNE 11, 2023

AGP upgraded to 8.0.2. AGP upgraded to 8.0.2.

Beta

Beta Lightmap Render Animation

How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The adorable characters, detailed worldbuilding, and an animation style that is both refreshing and polished made it easy for players to immerse themselves in the world of Cookie Run and hard to leave. For a 2D game, animated cinematics can significantly help with storytelling in the main campaign.

Baking

Baking Simulation Build Animation

Cocos Creator v3.8.2 Community Test Version

Cocos

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Fix the issue where opening other prefabs from the animation mode prompts that node data cannot be found. Feedback source ) Fix the issue where the simulator may crash when using the custom pipeline. Feedback source ) Fix the issue where the simulator may crash when using the custom pipeline.

Texture

Texture Baking Engine Engineering

NVIDIA RTX, Unreal Engine 5 Define Future of Game Development and Content Creation

Nvidia

MAY 26, 2021

UE5 represents a generational leap in both workflows and visual fidelity, extending the engine’s support for DirectX Raytracing, NVIDIA DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex, and adding new features such as Nanite and Lumen that make it faster and easier for games to implement photorealistic visuals, large open worlds and advanced animation and physics.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Engine Engineering Content

Leveling Up Graphics and Performance with RTX, DLSS and Reflex at NVIDIA GTC

Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) Leveraging the power of ray tracing, the RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) SDK provides scalable solutions to compute multi-bounce indirect lighting without bake times, light leaks, or expensive per-frame costs. With the Audio2Face app, Omniverse users can generate AI-driven facial animation from audio sources.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Graphics Render Technology

Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code - A Valuable Learning Resource for 3D Game Development

Cocos

APRIL 13, 2023

Character controller Separate animations for the upper and lower body Shooting while in motion Shooting mechanics, bullet tracking, bullet decals, hit detecting Enemy spawning, pathfinding and AI 2. Reflection Probes also can be used to simulate shallow puddles on the ground with the projection correction technique.

Game Developer

Game Developer Game Development Code Culling

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop, Part 1

Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I would never have bet on a ultra-detailed dwarf simulator using ASCII art. Well, in Valorant, all animations, graphical effects, and sounds are only visible to the purchaser. Here’s the rest of the quote from screenwriter William Goldman – Not one person knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Your enemies don’t see them.

Mechanics

Mechanics Game Design Game Designer Build

Q&A: Real-Time Ray Tracing in a Cinematic Scene

Nvidia

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame. Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame overnight—a painstaking process. Six years ago, real-time ray tracing was seen as a pipe dream. Check them out below: Video.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Cinematics Render Baking

Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

where the main drawback is you're still vulnerable during the 2 second execution animation. This ties into a common complaint: the melee weapon machete is very powerful, like a 1-3 hit kill (maybe 10-15 hits against a boss?) But for a medium mob (4-6 enemies) in a cover-y arena you can just run in and safely slice up everyone.

Fighting

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI

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What is Level of Detail (LOD) in 3D Modeling? | Techniques & software

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

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Cocos Creator 3.8.2 LTS has been released!

Updates to NVIDIA’s Unreal Engine 4 Branch, DLSS, and RTXGI Available Now

Cocos Creator 3.8 Community Beta is now available

How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Cocos Creator v3.8.2 Community Test Version

NVIDIA RTX, Unreal Engine 5 Define Future of Game Development and Content Creation

Leveling Up Graphics and Performance with RTX, DLSS and Reflex at NVIDIA GTC

Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code - A Valuable Learning Resource for 3D Game Development

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop, Part 1

Q&A: Real-Time Ray Tracing in a Cinematic Scene

Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

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