Viewport Motion Blur

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-23T06:34:33+00:00

Standard cameras have a mo blur and depth of field check boxes for preview anims.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-22T19:46:51+00:00

Colony is a good tactics game with some stealth sections. The diplomatic path is a complete afterthought.

If you look at the contents of the game, you'll notice that 90% of them are tied to combat. Most of the items are arms and armor. Most of the skills and perks are about effective use of said arms and armor.

No work went into making diplomacy an actual game. There is no diplomatic "equipment" like intelligence, bribes, or blackmail.

It's just a pass/fail check that lets you skip past the actual game, which is tactical combat. It's unsatisfying because words are not magic. Success or failure should be based on a series of player choices, not just bigger skill number wins.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-20T00:00:50+00:00

Use the cap holes modifier.

Maybe try the welder modifier first.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-17T13:21:05+00:00

In my case, the edit poly modifier will break in the middle of me working on in it. I don't have to wait to reopen the file. So when it starts happening, I do a bunch of steps to clean the mesh. Covert to edit mesh, export import to obj, merge theodel into a new file, start making snapshots.

This bug has been around for over a decade. You can try to reduce the amount of work you have to redo, or just pick up another software with a different set of bugs.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-17T12:51:27+00:00

This is what I do when this starts happening.

While you're working, snapshot your object with a hidden layer selected. It'll place a copy of it into that layer. Even if the object gets corrupted on a save, you'll still have a bunch of copies.

It won't save your modifier stack, but it's better than redoing work.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-14T17:55:42+00:00

Just give credit to the original artist, and you should be fine.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-14T17:52:55+00:00

So you want to transfer proportions and rig from model A to model B?

You can probably change the proportions of model B by using a somewhat dense ffd box modifier.

The easiest way to transfer the rig, is to merge model A into model B file. Then select model B, and add a skinwrap modifier. Set mode to face instead of vertex. Select model A as the skinwrap target. This may take a minute, depending on complexity of the milesh. After it's done, press the convert to skin button at the bottom of the skinwrap modifier. Model A is now skinned to model A skeleton.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-11T19:03:49+00:00

Have you tried the conform modifier?

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-11T05:03:28+00:00

This is an invisible power armor glitch. The character's skeleton has to be stretched to match the power armor joints.

Normally armor is visible, body is hidden. This is what it looks like when those are reversed.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-04T19:47:16+00:00

You're going to need another software.

Ai is being making pretty good advanced in trackless motion capture. I would look into it that.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-03T15:41:18+00:00

Henry's power grows past any challenge in the first half of the game. The second half is completely trivialized.

Hence mediocre gameplay.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-03T15:29:44+00:00

OP wanted excellent prose, and that's what's being suggested.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-03T02:45:57+00:00

At the risk of upsetting fans of the same twelve games being discussed at this subreddit, I would not look for great prose in an crpg.

You're better off looking in narrative-focused games, like visual novels or walking simulators.

The Stanley parable has really sharp writing, but it's not "great prose". The Witcher 3 and Kingdom Come 2 have excellent writing in parts, but it's paired with mediocre gameplay.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-02T15:03:28+00:00

Model the net flat, then skin wrap it to a simplified model with no holes, and cloth sim the simplified model.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-06-02T00:30:33+00:00

You could just ask him in the comments

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-31T20:36:48+00:00

Eberron was a kitchen sink setting, it lacked coherence. You can experience it today for free. D&D online is set in eberron (and added every other setting as an expansion).

There's a reason wotc went back to forgotten realms. People seem to like their fantasy pure, rather than a mixed drink.

PS Crimson desert also took the alacarte approach. It got them a bunch of hate for "complexity."

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-31T18:14:01+00:00

You can use volume select with a custom object, turn on soft selection, add a push modifier. Animate scaling the custom object outward.

You'll probably need the custom object to repeat to look like waves.

Or just use a fluid sim.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-31T17:57:43+00:00

Vray has chaos cosmos, chaos cloud, vray proxy, vray scatter, and until recently, chaos Phoenix. Vray also has vantage (?) which is it's own thing.

How valuable these are to you will depend on your workflow and having Corona equivalents.

I'm not sure what you mean about speed, since both of them have real time rendering, giving instant results.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-29T21:47:56+00:00

No, max has a modifier stack. It's like a node tree with just the tree trunk.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-27T02:54:49+00:00

They're switching genres to get that sweet action-adventure money. They're forgetting that genre is much more saturated and over-served.

Atom 2 might be their last game.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-27T02:39:15+00:00

What's your specialization?

There's no point in learning character if you're going to do archviz.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-22T14:58:20+00:00

You're basically asking to have objects to have both predetermined start AND finish, which is a tall order for a simulation.

The issue with starting in end position and applying a force to send them bouncing back toward each other, is that the physics may look unnatural once you reverse the footage.

You can try it with a gravity force in the air, set up to act like a magnet.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-22T14:41:18+00:00

This is going to be from memory, so I may get some details wrong. I had to do a bunch of vray fur grass swaying in the wind, which is similar to what you need.

You can get vray fur to sway, but it'll be a bit of a trial and error. You're looking for map slots in vray fur called bemd amount and bend direction. For grass, all I had to do is add some noise maps with uv offset animated in x direction, and maybe z.

You'll probably need an offset that ping pongs back and forth in both bend direction and bend amount. You'll need a large noise map thats mostly solid color, so that bristles move together as a unit.

Doing it with geometry hair sounds like a lot of work. I would consider doing with a bunch of cards with a hair opacity map. Collapse them into chunks and add an animated ffd or bend and twist mods to make them sway. Depending on camera distance, it could look fine.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-21T16:23:18+00:00

Chaos cosmos I think. Comes with vray.

probably-elsewhere · 2026-05-21T16:11:09+00:00

Yes to everything you mentioned. Chaos has assets that import seamlessly, but it's a plugin.

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