Sartorium Studio Development Blog

Unity offers limited primitives in the package and prefabs can be bought relatively cheaply, however if a specific aesthetic design or functionality is required in a project, being able to model efficiently and effectively in Maya is essential. I am 3Ds Max trained but this has always mainly covered Box modelling for environments and props.  I had to go through several tutorial videos so that I could navigate Maya (and get a 3 button mouse :D)  Poly Modelling Navigation   Q - Select  W - Move  E - Rotate  R - Scale  A - Centre  F - Close up Experiments   Box Modelling (FalmouthTutorial)  Vertices Modelling  Face Modelling  Low Poly Models  Material Maps (export to PNG)  Material Mapping    Ink on Watercolour Paper  Photoshop PNG Editing Mapping/Lighting Backface Glitch....

I have tried to change the X, Y preferences on the project and object/environment orientation and I have compared settings from a simple 1st person player capsule set up and they are the same. The only fix I can think of trying is a complete rebuild using standard settings in a new project. I tried installing a C#  1st person script on a camera and have set up several set cameras so that the project can be viewed in Unity. This is as far as I can get in this phase of development. I will rebuild the project, add animation and full interaction in the next stage of development. Now I’m just going to work on finishing the set ready for this development.

I have set up a github repository and shared the link to test that it works. https://github.com/Human-9/Wheels I have been unable to upload larger files to the repository and so i’m also looking for a fix for this issue. With this in mind, I am intend to make use of my time to complete a rigged character in maya to see if I can export it to unity. As i’m unable to upload my current project to github I might as well try to improve it while I find a fix. The other two things I need to do are the process video and reflective report. I’m going to spend tomorrow afternoon storyboarding the video and creating the first draft of my report. This all needs to be submitted by Wednesday.