Tips on creating content

Tips and Tricks for Creating Content

Four ways to make content:

Modelling Tips:

.obj is natively supported as an export in Blender. However, it may have a larger filesize than md3.
.obj is also static: no animations.
.md2, .md3, .md5, .smd and .iqm formats allow for animation.
Try to keep the face/vertex/edge count small for better rendering. You can use normal maps and such to give the appearance of some things.
Depending on the 3D modeller used, you may have to find an exporter for a certain format.

Texturing Tips:

For textures with a ton of detail, ALWAYS save in jpg format. png files like that take up an extremely large amount of space.
It's okay to save normal, bump and specular maps as jpg.
Also, only use .png files for icons, GUI parts (guislider, etc), and anything with transparency, such as 3D grasses.
If you want a seamless texture that doesn't immediately seem to have a pattern (I'm thinking rock and such), try to use bigger filesizes.
Powers of two, all the way.
Some textures are often better with normal/bump/spec maps, which determine the appearance of a texture via shading. Normal and bump maps give the appearance of a texture with bumps, while it may not be the case. Specularity maps determine how a texture receives light.

Skybox Tips:

Music Tips:

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