Spring RTS Engine

For things you'd like to see in an advanced modelling/texturing tutorial.

I promised to write one around the time I finished the spherebot retexture, so i'm going to get down to it. But even though i've a general idea of how to go about it I figured its best to get some suggestions on what to cover as well.

This isn't here to answer questions, just get an idea of what people want to know.

So suggest away.

Make it on how to texture Imperial walkers, walking readers from the start to the finish

Really though, do the texturing one first, and the modelling one later. The former is far more in demand. Concentrate on how you do base textures, get material 'feels', some basic ideas for panelling, and methods for greebling.

Aren't there enough on the internet? Especially time lapse and realtime video tutorials.

Just make a unit you would do anyway and describe how you do it so people can learn of your personal style and tricks.

I suck fat ones at trees. I would love to see a tree making tutorial.

You could include what is the best way to unwrap a model to UVmap, and how to add all those nice greebles that I see on people's units.

hamstate, there is no one best way to uvmap.

smoth wrote:hamstate, there is no one best way to uvmap.

lies. you just dont want to share the secret

Pressure Line wrote:lies. you just dont want to share the secret

Choose "Atlas Mapping" and click "unwrap"...

Eh, uv mapping is a VERY individual process. Everyone does it a bit differently. You can't really learn how to uv map your model, but you can learn how to uv map.

Light baking via MAX, and how to do edge tears and erosions.

I'd rather blender over max, max is not readily available.

Give both where it applies, then we're all happy.