<P>OK thanx. :)<BR><EM><U><strong>NOTE:-</strong> This is my personal feeling and plz ignore it if you dont think its worth it.</U> No need to fight back .... LOL</EM> <IMG src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0"></P>
<P>1. U tend to tile the texture via mirroring. It does tile up very quickly, nicely and evenly. But IMO its really bad for game textures. The main reason is that suppose you have a vertical wall texture and the light seems to be lit from slightly upward direction in the texture. Now just the parts below will look like its lit from downwards. There are plenty of tuts in the net abt tiling textures. Its really easy to do that once u get the hold of it.</P>
<P>2. Try avoiding the sudden blob of darkness or lightness on the texture. See the roof of that building here.<BR><A href="http://img113.exs.cx/img113/1711/correction018jw.jpg" target="_blank">http://img113.exs.cx/img113/1711/correction018jw.jpg</A><BR>Though that thing really depends on the technology u r workin on. Instead it used to be a plus point when there was tomb raider 3 or 4 where the renderer was as simple as having a self-illuminated texture; but its really out-of-date right now. Check this article out.<BR><A href="http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010523/hajba_01.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20010523/hajba_01.htm</A><BR>Its written by "Peter Hajba"(pronounced "Haiba") AKA "Skaven", the lead texture artist of "Remedy Entertainment" of the Max Payne & Max Payne2 fame. U'll completely understand the matter and the solution from that article.<BR><EM>BTW that guy is my idol</EM>.<IMG src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0"></P>
<P>3. Check this image out.<BR><A href="http://img227.exs.cx/img227/4598/correction022xx.gif" target="_blank">http://img227.exs.cx/img227/4598/correction022xx.gif</A><BR>When u r only seeing the top parts, the texture seems to be satisfactory. But the moment u r looking at only the bottom part its looking low res. It picks the eye more when u r seeing them together in a single scene. Once Skaven told some of us guys in the Max Payne forum that game trick has a lot to do with the human nature and behaviours. He said that while in-game, ppl has a tendency to concentrate first on the ground, then on the walls or vertical structures, and then they hardly see the ceiling or down-facing surfaces. Is there any texture slapped on a ceiling of a level of a game u remember? I'm sure u forgot. Thats coz u hardly saw it. Anyways so as I was saying, since game art is also about tricks n stuff, we should trick also considering what ppl will think abt that. Therefore there should be a ratio of 4:3:2 in the texture resolution used for floor:walls:ceiling. And this does work like magic. ;)</P>
<P>4. Smoothing group problem.<BR><A href="http://img231.exs.cx/img231/8972/correction035lp.jpg" target="_blank">http://img231.exs.cx/img231/8972/correction035lp.jpg</A></P>
<P>5. You just cant compromise a bit of polygon on stuff like these.<BR><A href="http://img231.exs.cx/img231/5681/correction045zu.jpg" target="_blank">http://img231.exs.cx/img231/5681/correction045zu.jpg</A><BR>At least 8 sides/quads. Also fix the smoothing groups. It would've been OK for a drain pipe running from the rooftop to the ground outside a house. But with a geometry that big the polycount has to be more.</P>
<P>OMG ......... thats it. I'm happy I finished it :). I cant comment a little on ur modeling and sense of art as they r really nice. Keep up the good work buddy. <IMG src="smileys/smiley32.gif" border="0"></P>