Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

Lastly, Nick revisited the 3D model for his previously created Anagativa skeleton to improve its shape and textures before handing it off to Allie for rigging and animation. After finishing up the forest townhome models, Cass then started in on texturing each of the structures. Animation / Rigging / Production.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Disable unneeded background processes Update your PC’s graphics driver Disable the Windows Game Bar Set a higher game priority Lower the screen resolution Set the max performance NVIDIA Control Panel setting for games Reduce in-game anti-aliasing, texture quality, and filtering 1. Click Startup to view apps that start with Windows.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In today's issue, you'll get an update on all the custom 3D assets we've been working on for the capital city of Nisar, plus a peek into our process for creating a fully functional facial rig for our female main character. We're looking forward to seeing how Cass textures this beast of a model once he's done crafting it. Check it out!

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 3, 2023

Control rigs for the crew and X-Wing models. Building Control Rigs for a crew member. I found one beautiful high-poly model by Charles Woods on Sketchfab, but the textures were made to look a little too damaged for what I was looking for. X-Wing animation using Control Rigs. Staying organized.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

High Resolution and Texture Quality : Running the game at a very high resolution or with maximum texture quality can overburden your graphics card, resulting in low FPS. Adjust the settings downward, such as reducing texture quality and turning off special effects like bloom or ray tracing.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Tweaking parameters like anti-aliasing and texture quality allowed me to optimize my setup for the best performance and visual quality. Adjust settings for Alan Wake 2, such as anti-aliasing and texture quality, to optimize performance. Access your graphics card control panel.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

The walls' scorched texturing alludes to the carnage that has taken place in this once-great city. All pieces of furniture were purposefully modeled and textured to represent a general state of decay and neglect.adjectives that lend to the abandoned nature of many of our levels. Animation / Rigging / Production.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Now that both versions of the Cathedral models are complete, Cass can begin unwrapping the UV's before diving into the tedious texture work. This sprint, Karena was able to tackle the UVs and begin texturing. Rigging / Animation. Take a look! Here's a look at Nick's 3D version of the Myrtuna crest.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Another specialty of Nuare Studio is 2D art, 3D high and low poly modeling, texturing, and VFX. Specialties: – Low Polygon Modeling, High Polygon Modeling, Textures: photo source or hand-painted, Digital Sculpting, Target Rendering, Rigging and Animation, and Concepts. AAA Game Art Studio. Bon Art Studio.

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Game Errors

JUNE 27, 2023

Insufficient system requirements – Your gaming rig may not meet the minimum requirements necessary to run Cyberpunk 2077 smoothly. Lower the resolution, texture quality, and shadow details. But that is not the end of it. There are a lot of other things that may have an impact on the performance.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The asset also includes a new confetti-rain type emitter, as well as extra confetti textures, normal maps, documentation and more. High quality rigged low poly animals with amazing animations, stunning demo scenes, multiple textures, sounds and Wander Script. Standard and URP support. . Epic Toon FX by Archanor.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Almost every 3D asset is painted using only one atlas texture. As I mentioned before – almost every 3D object uses the same atlas texture. Adjusting mesh, rig and skinning needed a couple of iterations. They are textured using the same atlas map and need to fit into the grid size.

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Game Errors

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Hardware Limitations : There were times when my older rigs just couldn’t keep up with newer games’ demands. Click on ‘Graphics Settings’ Lower the settings from ‘High’ to ‘Medium’ or ‘Low,’ and reduce texture quality and shadow details. Save and restart the game.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

We've shown off Bianca's progress on the tree trunk spider enemy in previous issues, and we're super pleased to be showing you the fully textured and painted fiend. First, Shelly gave a little facelift to the texturing used on our Masarusa enemy. Animation / Rigging / Production. Behold.the completed, eight-legged fiend!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Here's a look at Cass's finished model for the coliseum, complete with unwrapped UVs and applied textures. These are still a very early work in progress, but check out what Shelly's got thus far: Shelly also lent her impressive texturing skills this sprint to some of the picture frame models Karena created. Animation / Rigging.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

We especially love the scale-like indentations Bianca has started to add and we can't wait to see how he looks with painting and textures. The texturing featured in the below video is just a stand-in, but you can see how this plugin helps us better tame this feline fur. 3D Environmental Design.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Find the graphics options and select a lower preset or manually adjust settings like texture quality, shadows, and anti-aliasing to lower values. Disable Full-Screen Optimizations Turning off full-screen optimizations can be a game-changer, especially when I’m looking to stabilize game performance on my rig.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Takes the rigs built by the riggers and manipulates them so they can convey believable motion over time. Texture Artist : 3D wire frames need skins that make them look right in various lighting situations. Environment Artist : Models, textures, and places the stuff in the game levels. Rigger : [ The skeleton master ].

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

We can't wait to see what all these look like when they're fully detailed, textured, and placed in the Kristala game build. Wanna see what this set looks like fully textured and detailed? The sprint, Karena was able to finally nail the crystal-like texture she was aiming for for this important item.

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Adjust the sliders or dropdowns for graphics features like textures, shadows, and antialiasing to lower settings. Upgrade to an SSD Upgrading to an SSD brought noticeable speed and performance enhancements to my gaming rig. Launch Like a Dragon Gaiden and access the settings via the main menu. Navigate to the Graphics or Video options.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 6, 2018

In this mega guide, we'll be importing models, their materials, textures AND animations. you are creating your textures in Blender it is likely that you will leave this off too as you will be providing the normal map required for Godot. This is super handy when your models and textures have a one to one mapping. Let's do it!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Once he's modeled all three sets, Cass will then begin the tedious texturing process for each one. This sprint, Karena was able to complete her model and begin texturing. Take a look at Iuliia's models thus far; we'll be proceeding with texturing and finalizing three of the five pictured below to be used in the game.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Last issue, we shared the texturing work Cass had started on the forest homes, many of which resemble beautiful log cabins due to the intricate woodwork featured throughout. Much to Cass's relief (we're sure anyway), he was finally able to finish applying textures to the townhouses over the past few weeks. Take a look!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

After working with the hair cards for awhile, it dawned on Pete that he could actually create a proxy texture that would easily troubleshoot the orientation of each card. During his first official pass, Pete was finally able to make the textures and shaders work in tandem. 3D Environmental Design. Level Design.

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Bullet Time rig from "The Matrix". AI can also enhance the efficiency of the creative process by generating realistic textures or even assisting in character animation. Filmmakers began to blend practical effects with CGI seamlessly, allowing for more dynamic and immersive storytelling. Image source: beforesandafters.com ?

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Game Errors

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Interesting fact The complexity of modern games, including Like a Dragon Gaiden , pushes the boundaries of what our gaming rigs can handle. Lower settings like Shadows , Textures , Effects , and Anti-Aliasing. This leap in technological demand is often the culprit behind game launching issues.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

For me, it's not really about Unity vs Unreal.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I started with Gaea for landscape creation, then did the texturing in Unreal Engine. Hanny's version of the desert road scene in Unreal Engine, applying what she learned in the course to create the landscape and foliage. Building the scene using Gaea, Unreal Engine, and Megascans. It took a few iterations to make the landscape materials.

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

Texture Tools Exporter Version 2021.1.1 of the NVIDIA Texture Tools Exporter brings AI-powered NGX Image Super-Resolution, initial support for the KTX and KTX2 file formats including Zstandard supercompression, resizing and high-DPI windowing, and more.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

This sprint, Fede was able to continue working on the soldiers and armor he'd started, polishing up details and working on intricate textures. After nailing the painting and texturing in Maya for the lantern, Joe then worked on properly setting up this model in Unreal Engine. link] Rigging / Animation. Take a look.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To generate digital humans, teams must first make 3D models, textures, shaders, skeleton rig, and deformation of the skin so it follows the skeleton. There are three main components to making a digital human, and each of these requires a different combination of art and technologies: generation, animation , and intelligence.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now that he's done with the model itself, Cass will focus on unwrapping the UV's before getting started on the detailed texturing for this colossal beauty. With Shelly's keen eye for detail (and impressive modeling and texturing skills), she's been able to capture exactly that with her new and improved crystal models.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

After adding some rust to the texturing and bending and breaking a few of the rungs that comprise the gate's overall structure, we think Cass finally nailed it. 3D Generalist Joe was another talented team member to work on modeling and texturing a few props that will be handed off to our level designers and placed in Nisar (and beyond).

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

We'll walk you through Nick's entire process for modeling and texturing these Twiggies in the comprehensive version of today's dev blog. This sprint, Joe refined his textures by adding in more color variation to the mushrooms and the crystals that can be seen on the lantern below. link] Rigging / Animation. Check it out!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 23, 2017

It's a very, very rare use case for artists to re-use the same model and apply different textures to it. Nowadays, characters are rigged and animated using IK, not FK. OpenGEX and Collada apply materials to instances (the former), while glTF 2.0 does to meshes (the later). As such, the method used by glTF 2.0

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Although he'd already completed the base models and initial texturing for the Nisargan Impaler and Rosethorne Swords prior to this sprint, Cass spent some time this month further refining each design and finetuning its details. Here are two of the different texture variants Pete showed off this sprint. Rigging / Animation.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

To draw the crosshair we use the Draw Texture node and we pass the texture we want to draw, X and Y coordinates, and the tint color. And the reason why is because we didn’t set the width and the height of the hud inside the Draw Texture node.

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