CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It helps reduce the amount of detail by simplifying polygons and textures as they get further away from the camera. Generally, the closer to camera, the more level of detail (surface details, textures, shadows, etc. These texture maps are then applied to the lower polygon count model to give it a more detailed and realistic appearance.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 5, 2024

Seasoned gaming studios like ours love Maya for its features and flexibility. With that I have to create a low poly model of the gun on which we will bake the high poly details. Then I unwrapped the low poly mesh model into three UV sets in order to get a good resolution of the textures. The more you have, the better it is!

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iXie gaming

APRIL 21, 2025

Game studios today face a growing challenge: delivering visually compelling, platform-agnostic gameplay without sacrificing responsiveness or stretching production timelines. The most successful studios treat that window as non-negotiable. Textures: Use texture atlases, apply compression formats suited to your target platform (e.g.,

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Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

Editor • Support baking high-precision lighting maps to get a better baking effect. When the user turns on high-precision lightmap baking, 16-bit colors are used instead of 8-bit colors, and AO channels are baked separately. Improvements • Move the Light Bake entry from the top item settings menu to the panel menu. •

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

This is the only place where you'll receive a monthly, in-depth look into the entire development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game built in Unreal Engine 4 by the incredibly talented team at Astral Clocktower Studios. During his first official pass, Pete was finally able to make the textures and shaders work in tandem.

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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. Texture Tools Exporter Version 2021.1.1 Version 1.1.30 Download OptiX today here.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls.

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