Billiards

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:50 am

something i did one night, was just making sure i understood gi and hdri.

rossmum · Post by **rossmum** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:03 am

The balls themselves look good; the table surface doesn't.

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:28 am

They're racked wrong! lol

Nice job.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:41 pm

whats the correct order? all i know is where the 8 ball goes.i havent shot pool in a while

RaVNzCRoFT · Post by **RaVNzCRoFT** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:07 pm

The numbers are supposed to go in order from 1 to 15, with the 1 ball at the front point. Everything else is in order, except for the eight ball in the middle.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:28 pm

ok thanks

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:49 pm

I really love the looks of the balls (ehhmm....), they look pretty real.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:53 pm

thanks, i was told the simulated chalk stains look horrible, idk about horrible, but what do you guys think about the cue ball?

Dr.Cox · Post by **Dr.Cox** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:06 pm

i dont like how it dosent end Look behind the balls

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:09 pm

working on it.

The_Hushed_Casket · Post by **The_Hushed_Casket** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:56 am

The use of HDRI does not really fit, and the GI is not rendering accurately. It just doesn't look very realistic.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:49 am

i fixed the issue with the gi, but it still doesnt look right. ill work on it some more when i get home, ill probably post and updated pic tonight as well.

speakeasy · Post by **speakeasy** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:46 am

the chalk stains look pretty bad for two reasons. first, the reflective/gloss coat appears to be applied to the chalked up parts as well, which wouldnt be the real case because the chalk should look powdery. and second, there is way too much of it on the cue ball, as a combined result of both these things, it looks more like the cue ball has a marble-esque pattern on it. Otherwise it is pretty awesome, I didnt notice the fact that the table didn't end until looking very closely.

Ombre · Post by **Ombre** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:22 pm

I don't think any pool balls are that reflective. The reflection also looks strange for some reason.

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:07 pm

Just depends on what company made the ball, I've had shiny ones and dull-like ones.

And yes, the chalk does look pretty bad, because it's just a patteren, as apposed to random chalk marks.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:12 pm

For a more realistic look you would need a different rendering engine like vray and brazil.

But yeah looks good.

Darco · Post by **Darco** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:14 pm

im using finalrender, ill mess around with the other two though. thanks for the comments, for the chalkmarks, should i just make a bitmap for it?

speakeasy · Post by **speakeasy** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 11:37 am

yeah, a bitmap might work, just make sure you dont overdo it on the marks

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:24 pm

I say have a custom Cue Ball, Like the one at my office, for fun, my boss has a clear Cue with a small grenade in it. Properly weighted, balanced, and no imperfections. But yes, Cut the chalk, or better yet, kill the chalk alltogether.