Posted by vagrant on June 16, 2000 at 18:14:10:
In reply to: Texture Hi Pixel...and why Lara is droopy eyed... posted by BitShifter on April 02, 2000 at 12:52:26:
ha ha...
Good guess!
(I had to add this reply June 00',sorry I'm late)
actually, they "forgot it completely"...
if you look at the model in the game, you'll notice that
the eyes (on the horizonal plane) are exactly "level"..
what a bunch of idiots!
anyone who has EVER made a human face in a 3D program
knows that this is most definately a No No..
the eyes,(really, how many times does this have to be said?)
Must be "slanted",that is to accomodate the
shift of the possible(probable) "3/4 facial view"
the probable "underside Look UP view" of the face.
(or any other frontal angle of viewing this face)
it's not that tiny "undereye sliver" texture that was used in
the TR1/TR2/TR3 games that you're thinking of..
they re-arranged the textures on the face and forgot to elevate her eyes..
that's why TR4's Lara is really sad...
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: BTW, I kinda figured out why Lara looks so droopy eyed: there is a small texture "stamp" missing in the TR4 texture strip: the one where the bottom part of the eye is drawn. It's very thin and easily missed but it is placed somewhere else since it paints another polygon. However, I don't think they did that intentionaly...I hope.
not intentional when you're ignorant, right?
the Vagrant