Recently in DDA II, we've been working with lighting and how lights interact with objects in 3DS Max. Our most recent project, which had to be completed at home due to the coronavirus, involved working with the Arnold Renderer and the Arnold lighting system. Arnold lights are versatile and appear to be photorealistic, and I personally really like how my final scene turned out. The only problem that I have with them, and the Arnold Renderer in general, is the fact that it takes a really long time to fully render. A preview pass takes an upwards of three minutes, which is fine, but my full render for the scene took around 3-4 hours, but it looks incredible. Below are two renders I made of my scene- one of the preview passes, and the full render, which I'm really proud of. The preview passes are grainy at best, but give a good idea of what the full scene really looks like. Overall, I really like Arnold lighting, but rendering takes a really long time, which can be a problem if I'm working on a school assignment.
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This game truly is for everyone. If you enjoy an engaging and deep story with unique and heart-wrenching characters, this game is for you. If you like deep and complex combat systems, with a sort of easy to learn but difficult to master mentality to it, this game is for you. If you simply play games to experience cutting-edge graphics and see just how far technology has come, Sword of the Black Stone is for you. The game's story is so complex that even I cannot begin to grasp it in its infinite complexity. So much of its symbolism and dialogue goes over my head that I am simply left bewildered with every character encounter I have. I am simply left to assume that the human mind is simply incapable of grasping the sheer perfection of the story. In a similar way, the graphics and artstyle of the game goes over my head as well. The avant-garde, cutting-edge graphics are so powerful that my lowly PC cannot render them in full, and can only manage a low-detail mess of what must be the most graphically impressive piece of media ever made. The game is perfect in so many ways. There are so many things that I cannot even touch upon, because the game is so good that I cannot get past the first area without utilizing a technique used only by the most daring speedrunners. My lowly human mind simply cannot grasp this game's sheer perfection. 10/10, 5 stars, play this game. Plus, it's only $1.99 on steam. |
AuthorHi! I'm Thomas MacDougall, a sophomore at DSA. Here you can check out my thoughts and recent activities. Please note that the views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools. Archives
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