WereCoderDec 22, 2022
Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)
got my biggest cave entrance done today.
i don't have much to say other than sharing these screenshots.
i have two more to go then i can be done with caves!
#screenshot #gamedev #indiedev
Dec 21, 2022 at 1:38amWeb
Show threadNathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)Dec 21, 2022
here's an animated gif because all this looks much better moving... i'm proud of my materials and shader work on it lol
Show threadNathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)Dec 21, 2022
note: i still have NO idea how to properly unwrap UV's or how to really approach that other than adding seams and moving them around a little. i'm glad i'm learning on things like cliffs or trees lol.
i found a couple of tools for Blender. one of them is UnwrapMe: https://github.com/3e33/UnwrapMeBlender/releases/tag/0.1
and Uv Packmaster: https://uvpackmaster.com/for-blender/get-uvpackmaster/
going to try them and see what happens. sharing the links here in case they are useful.
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Show threadCheesenessDec 21, 2022

@alienmelon I haven't used it, but I'm aware of Magic UV (an addon that's bundled with Blender, but not enabled by default) which adds a bunch of additional UV operators that might be of value

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/addons/uv/magic_uv.html

Magic UV — Blender Manual

Show threadNathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)Dec 21, 2022
@Cheeseness thank you for pointing that out! lol didn’t think of looking at the plugins first. i should try that first since it comes with blender.
Show threadCheesenessDec 21, 2022
@alienmelon Same! I mostly run vanilla Blender and almost never think to look there before doing a hunt online for others' workflows when I'm stuck
Show threadAlen Lapidis 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 21, 2022
@alienmelon Ive heard some good thing about “zenUV”
Show threadNathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)Dec 21, 2022
@Alapidis this looks great too. thank u!
Show threadGreg TatumDec 21, 2022

@alienmelon I hated UVs back when I did 3d. It seemed like something that software should just do for you.

That said I have no idea the state of things these days.