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Re: Shaders - Where to start?
[Re: Alan]
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07/21/09 19:09
07/21/09 19:09
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Hi! For a tutorial on Shaders go to the TUTORIAL section on the main page of 3dGS. 
Hope this helps! Ottawa  Ver 7.86.2 Pro and Lite-C
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Re: Shaders - Where to start?
[Re: Ottawa]
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07/22/09 03:21
07/22/09 03:21
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Hiya.
No offense, but the Wiki is pretty much useless for artists with *NO* programming experience. The section called "How to Apply Shaders to Models" sounds promissing...until you click on it. Then it's back to useless again. The English description is about as useful as someone trying to explain how to drive a car:
"Take the key. Insert it into the ignition. Start car. Press clutch down and put the car into gear. Drive forward."
...what's a "key"? What is an "ignition" and where do I find it? What do you mean, "Start car"? Uh, what the heck is a "clutch" and where is it on the dashboard for me to press it down? What "gear"? Actually, what *is* a 'gear' anyway?
I (and other artists types) have been complaining about this for what seems like forever. Someone needs to explain how to use normal maps, bump maps, alpha maps, and specularity maps on models (both animated and static)...and this needs to be done WITHOUT REFERENCING ANY SO-CALLED TUTORIAL ABOUT SHADERS, *AND* WITHOUT MENTIONING *ANY CODE AT ALL*.
Want a good example of what A7 needs to be like? Go look at Torque3D or Unity as far as artists/art-pipeline is concerned. In T3D all I have to do is save my model and textures in a folder. That's it. When I'm in T3D designing my level, I just navigate to the model folder ad click n' drag. Select the model, and choose any appropriate textures I want (normal maps, diffuse, specularity, etc.). Done. Quick, simple, straight forward and easy. Until A7 has as friendly an art-pipeline as T3D or Unity, it's going to sit on my hard drive...again... *sigh*
^_^
"We've got a blind date with destiny...and it looks like she's ordered the lobster."
-- The Shoveler
A7 Commercial (on Windows 7, 64-bit)
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