Modeling/Art non-related to Amnesia / SOMA

[Acies]

this is one of the only threads i care about dont let it die

anyways

heres a thing ive been working on for like a week and a half now in an attempt to try to learn how to use 3DS max. as a result its probably taken me 5 times longer to make than it would take most of the other people in this thread, but im still pretty happy with it so far (WIP obviously)

Good start. As to answer your question, it's totally okay to split the entire model into several parts. If you are planning on bringing it into amnesia, each model (export) can have a maximum of three parts (if I remember correctly!). You can however export the 'entire thing' in four parts for example; House_A, House_B, House_C etc. where House_C might be the streets and House_A might be the walls and sign (and so forth). So ultimately, just split away, if it makes the job more simple for you.


You can work towards splitting the entire thing into 'modular pieces' or things which can share the same texture. As I've painted here. That will allow you to work with a higher resolution of textures at a lower performance cost. Dust,scratches etc. or unique things on the textures can look odd if repeated in a modular environment, so at some point you'll have to do a weigh-in between variation and performance.

Two, three and four in the picture might for example be flat planes showing the same textures. One and five could be 'modular pieces' (sort of like lego pieces) which you build the environment with.

Best of luck! I'll try to answer questions if you have any