Welcome to the Polycount Wiki!
Polycount is made of green and black pixels. It is a constant costume party.
3D Graphics Primers
These pages are about the art and programming of making games. They define the terms used by game artists, and offer general tips and tricks about making game assets.
CategoryPrimer lists all the categories.
CategoryAnimation outlines animation issues.
CategoryEnvironment has environment creation topics.
CategoryModeling has modeling tips and tricks.
CategoryShaders describes what shaders are.
CategoryTexturing lists the texturing topics.
Tutorials
Here is where links to all the tutorials will go. For game specific tutorials, please see the Game Specific section.
Software
This section is all about the software available for editing games.
Game Specific
This section will provide background details for games, and editing resources for each one.
Work To Do
Public account creation has been temporarily disabled. If you'd like to add or edit, send a PM to Vito and he'll create a wiki account for you.
The TOC for all the old site content is here:
It's already been tagged with priority 1 (highest) to 3 (lowest), and lots of content is there already, ready to be cleaned up with proper, nice wiki formatting. If you want to work on something specific (say, No One Lives Forever tutorials), let Vito know and he'll give you access to the backups so you can convert it.
Basic rules: Be helpful, be smart. Read the In-depth rules.
Formatting: Some simple guidelines for formatting.
Recent Changes: Check the RecentChanges page to see what's been added recently.
This wiki software is fully featured. It has a WYSIWYG editor that's pretty good about letting you cut-and-paste into it. Once you create a page, you can add attachments to it, including images. Check out the In-depth rules.
External Resources
Links to other sites that will prove useful
Other information
A brief History of Polycount.
Contributing Members of the Wiki.
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