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  1. Here's a brief overview of making a tileable normal map with 3d-coats instance feature. Nothing pretty just me working through the process with a basic place holder.

     

    Rough sculpt of a single tile, obviously you would make a few variations for production work.

     

    single.jpg

     

    Next create 4 instances a set distance apart with a single tile.

     

    instance.jpg

     

    i layout the tile randomly on my first instance until i have a area big enough to create the normal map and then export it out as a single obj.

     

    instance_1.jpg

     

    I then import the mesh into my modeling application so i can bake the normal map onto a single uv mapped polygon placed in the scenes origin the same dimension i originally offset the instances in 3d-coat.

     

    bake.jpg

     

    Final result once baked ready for use in substance designer.

     

    normal.jpg

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  2. I was mostly talking about “PBR” Linear colour space is a smarter way of working, it’s the evolution of the normal map we all grew to love. Substance designer is only one tool embracing the transition of many.

     

    That said I think native substance support would be a great addition to your game launcher given the reduced file sizes.

  3. With modular design sometimes it’s best to piece together larger sections in your modeling application and weld them. You still benefit from all the modular benefits but can selectively choose where to hide such issues with other geometry or pieces.

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  4. The physical behavior, predictability and consistency of PBR lighting should be reason enough not to ignore it. It has not become a rendering standard for its bling appeal.

     

    Gone are the days of editing textures to suit individual lighting environments.

  5. You can tell it to not auto update but when you go to launch an application that requires an update it will download and install before running.

     

    I have plenty of steam games/apps but dislike not being in control of how/when i choose to use them.

  6. I dislike steam as it dictates when I update my software and should I choose not to update I am unable to use the software I purchased.

     

    Bandwidth is not free and running a household that is restricted to 4g connection of 15gig at $100 month and 3c per MB over that I can’t afford to let a program choose how I use that bandwidth.

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