The document discusses the process of creating 3D characters for games. It outlines the steps involved, including concepting, modeling, texturing, rigging, and optimization. Key aspects covered are creating characters for games like Hitman with hundreds of heroes and bases, the importance of research and concepts, building characters from simple to detailed, UV mapping, baking textures, normal maps, combining textures, rigging, level of detail optimization, and using tools like DirectX 9.

1. 3D Characters For
Games by Tom Isaksen

2. Hitman Games
• Hundreds of characters
• 100s of Hero characters
• Base characters
• Fast production
Screenshot from Hitman: Absolution

3. Hitman: Absolution Sceenshot

4. • Case study: Alien Soldier
Real-time DirectX 9 render

5. Research
• Visual Quality
• Platforms/game restrictions
• Technology
• Pipeline/Workflow
• Resources, can you make it on time?

6. Concept
• Great concepts will save production time
• Personality
• Background Story
• Style

7. Modeling
• Gather reference, what does it look like?
• Define proportions. Know your anatomy.

8. • Build a simple version... then add details.

10. • Create the in-game geometry

11. Texturing
• UV mapping

12. • Bake textures

13. • Normal Map

14. • Combining the textures

15. • Final Uniform Textures

16. Shaders

17. Shaders

18. Rigging/Skinning

19. Optimizing/Level of Detail

20. Finished Character DirectX 9

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