Asset creation - Revision history

Fire-hound at 09:20, 2 May 2020

2020-05-02T09:20:20Z

2019-08-02T07:54:58Z

‎Export options

2019-08-02T07:54:40Z

‎Export options

2019-08-02T07:54:10Z

‎Export options

2019-08-02T07:52:36Z

‎Export options

2019-08-02T07:52:09Z

‎Export options: added the blender export options image

2018-05-06T11:42:12Z

‎GIMP: link to normal maps

2018-05-06T10:00:45Z

‎GIMP: no TIFF support

2018-05-06T09:55:55Z

‎Preparation

2018-05-06T09:53:28Z

‎UV unwrapping

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	This is the asset creation section of the work pipeline		This is the asset creation section of the work pipeline

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-To export from blender to CryEngine, it is recommended to use the Collada format as shown to the left.
+To export from blender to CryEngine, it is recommended to use the Collada format as shown to the right.
 To properly do it, select all objects of interes, have them in the appropriate group, all LOD and parenting rules be obeyed and proceed to the export menu.

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 ====Export options====
-[[File:Collada_export.jpg|400px|left|proven export options]]<br>
+[[File:Collada_export.jpg|thumb|right|proven export options]]<br>
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 ====Export options====
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-[[File:Collada_export.jpg|400px|left|proven export options]]<br>
+To export from blender to CryEngine, it is recommended to use the Collada format as shown to the left.
-To export from blender to CryEngine, it is recommended to use the Collada format.
+To properly do it, select all objects of interes, have them in the appropriate group, all LOD and parenting rules be obeyed and proceed to the export menu.
 - exporting to Collada(DAE, options which and why set or not)

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 ====Export options====
 /TODO/
 To export from blender to CryEngine, it is recommended to use the Collada format.
 - exporting to Collada(DAE, options which and why set or not)

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	To export from blender to CryEngine, it is recommended to use the Collada format.		To export from blender to CryEngine, it is recommended to use the Collada format.
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		+	[[File:Collada_export.jpg\|400px\|left\|proven export options]]

	- exporting to Collada(DAE, options which and why set or not)		- exporting to Collada(DAE, options which and why set or not)

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 repeat until done for all files. Each '''*.png''' file will have it's '''*.dds''' sibling.
   This procedure is referred to as ''export (to DDS) with GIMP''
 === File Manager ===

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 Remember the '''*.mtl''' and '''*.png''' files from the last section? Excellent! we will now deal with those:
-Cryengine 2 and Sandbox 2 can't handle '''*.png''' files for no obvious reason. Luckily they handle '''*.dds''' and '''*.tif''' files,for which we have readied our plugins.
+Cryengine 2 and Sandbox 2 can't handle '''*.png''' files for no obvious reason. Luckily they handle '''*.dds''' files,for which we have readied our plugins.
 # select the '''*.png''' files of interest.

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 Now create a group called the same only suffixed by '''.cgf''' and add the "Box" to it.
-If we where to define lover detail objects (L.O.D. - Level of details) we would call the most detailed object as we did ("Box") and any subsequently simpler object would be a child to it, called '''_LOD<''index''>''' where ''index''
+If we where to define lover detail objects (L.O.D. - Level of details) we would call the most detailed object as we did ("Box") and any subsequently simpler object would be a child to it, called '''$LOD<''_index''>''' where ''index''
 is the ever lower detailed object.
-The original (highest quality) model is designated as _LOD0 or the "original LOD"
+The original (highest quality) model is designated as $LOD0 or the "original LOD"
 This object is to be the "parent" to all the other objects.

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 # Have in mind the distance the object will be looked from - use texture resolution sparingly - 2048 x 2048 is the recommended one, huge objects shouldn't go over 4096 x 4096 unless unique to the map and absolutely unavoidable.
-# Cryengine can use bitmaps of only 2^n (power of two) size and skewed by up to 50% (1024x512 / 512x1024), ratios other than that are accomplished in the Sandbox2 Editor by surface mapping and scaling in it's material editor.
+# Cryengine can use bitmaps of only 2^n (power of two) size and skewed by up to 50% (1024x512 / 512x1024), ratios other than that are accomplished in the Sandbox2 Editor by surface tiling and scaling in it's material editor.
 # When unwrapping, consider reusing the bitmap space - make all like surface patches overlap in a perfect fashion. This way you multiply the resulting objects resolution at no texture cost (see the image above).
 # When unwrapping individual patches, consider not putting any seams along emphasized edges as they will be, most likely, skewed badly.