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Ryan Schmidt
@rms80
Back @gradientspace. Making gsworkspace.com. Made Modeling Mode & Geometry Script @epicgames. Invented Autodesk @meshmixer. PhD in Computer Shapes.
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Feb 17, 2024
    when you understand why there is only one rock, you will understand why so many other things (AI, 3D scanning, Houdini, procedural generators, etc) do not magically solve the make-videogame-environments problem
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    RejectedShotgun
    @RejectedShotgun
    Feb 16, 2024
    I can't keep this knowledge to myself anymore. EVERY SINGLE ROCK on The Covenant is the same rock. EVERY ONE. ALL OF THEM. THERE IS ONE SINGLE ROCK ON THE COVENANT. NOT TWO, NOT THREE, JUST ONE. IT'S JUST ONE ROCK ROTATED, SCALED, AND MOVED AROUND.
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Mar 3, 2024
    this video perfectly demonstrates the absurdity of AI generators. Infinite galleries filled with unique imaginary "content" that has no meaning, history or purpose, and so no real reason for anyone to actually stop and look at any of it - but wow a quick flyby sure is impressive!
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    Tim Brooks
    @_tim_brooks
    Mar 2, 2024
    "fly through tour of a museum with many paintings and sculptures and beautiful works of art in all styles" Video generated by #Sora
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    May 24, 2024
    At some point this kinda stuff will look as-good-or-better than high-res meshes, and be more performant, and be easier to build with. Kinda hate to say it but I'm increasingly convinced that 3D grids (at multiple scales) are the only plausible way to build proper live virtual
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    Daniel Schroeder
    @dan5sch
    May 21, 2024
    I'm building a renderer that uses very small voxels and displacement mapping to modernize the retro aesthetic of games like Doom and Quake. More info in thread #voxels #gamedev #rendering
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Oct 7, 2024
    the roll/twist rotation that accumulates in this type of gizmo (v apparent if you move the mouse in a small circle) can make it very frustrating to use. The original 1992 Arcball paper avoids this problem, but many implementations do not: graphicsinterface.org/wp-content/upl…
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    Freya Holmér
    @FreyaHolmer
    Oct 7, 2024
    maya-style trackball~
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Oct 26, 2020
    Time for another @UnrealEngine 4.26 Tutorial - this one is on at-runtime geometry generation and editing: gradientspace.com/tutorials/2020… How to make the bunny-gun!
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Oct 16, 2022
    Something I've been working on is improving traditional Selection-based workflows in Modeling Mode. You can enable my WIP using a Project Setting in #UE5.1, and then you'll be able to directly select and transform faces/edges/vertices of DynamicMeshActors, without starting a Tool
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Jan 27, 2024
    this looks great but also screams kitbashed-megascans...after a few years working on UE, it's hard to un-see...
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    Scott Stevenson
    Spellbook
    @scottastevenson
    Jan 26, 2024
    This is the first time I felt a game engine demo cross the uncanny valley
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Apr 17, 2024
    maybe time to look at Godot...this is exactly the kind of workflow I was hoping to get into Unreal Engine. Imagine if FN Creative had gone this route...
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    passivestar
    @passivestar_
    Apr 17, 2024
    Runtime VoxelGI rebake in Godot
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Dec 15, 2023
    rounded bevel support now checked in to UE5 Main. 🎁🎄
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Feb 23, 2022
    Super quick demo of how to make a simple procedural mesh BP Actor using Geometry Script in UE5.0. See thread for screenshots of the stairs and cylinder BPs (apologies if the compression is terrible, will post source video link). Questions?
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Oct 23, 2024
    coming real soon now: some tools for making things with blocks, in unreal editor
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    May 12, 2023
    Another super useful addition to Geometry Scripting in #UE.2 are the new Mesh Surface Sampling functions. These compute packed sphere locations on a mesh surface, with a guarantee that that none of the spheres intersect. Great for scattering shapes on another surface.
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Sep 17, 2021
    fast mesh winding number is pretty great...
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    Ryan Schmidt
    @rms80
    Oct 21, 2022
    we can render a jillion triangles in realtime but things still fall apart if you have some overlapping glass...
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    juan
    @juanbuis
    Oct 21, 2022
    oh my god amsterdam looks *incredibly* realistic in the new call of duty — almost can’t believe this is a video game