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[calalily]

Oh, it makes sense. Looks like a map you get if you use BodyPaint, which is available with Cinema4D. And as far as i know, she uses it to create her meshes. The reason for those extremly weird maps is, that you paint the mesh in the program like using photoshop in 3D and the program creates the UV map and applies the colors to it automaticaly. This way, you can get almost perfectly textured surfaces (no distortion effects, smooth transition between different parts of the mesh etc. etc.) but the UV map is almost unusable for anyone not working with BodyPaint and Cinema.

Don't nail me down on this, but i am pretty sure this is the explanation for this somewhat strange mapping

But her other mesh is mapped differently - with logic, and not at all like that. If she used Cinema4D, it would have a similar bizarre map - but it's like Heidi's map. If it was the same with the other mesh, argument could be made - but that looks to me like a box mesh remap. 

[Solander]

But her other mesh is mapped differently - with logic, and not at all like that. If she used Cinema4D, it would have a similar bizarre map - but it's like Heidi's map. If it was the same with the other mesh, argument could be made - but that looks to me like a box mesh remap. 

Maybe different mapping mode. You can set some parameters which mapping methods should be used. This results in completely different maps from classic style maps similar to Milkshape etc. to those "optimized" maps. But i can't tell for sure.

[calalily]

But her other mesh is mapped differently - with logic, and not at all like that. If she used Cinema4D, it would have a similar bizarre map - but it's like Heidi's map. If it was the same with the other mesh, argument could be made - but that looks to me like a box mesh remap. 

Maybe different mapping mode. You can set some parameters which mapping methods should be used. This results in completely different maps from classic style maps similar to Milkshape etc. to those "optimized" maps. But i can't tell for sure.

I think you're reaching for the bizarre explanation, when there's a perfectly good non-bizarre one.  I don't change my settings and do them over when meshing, so I fail to see why she would change them so rapidly this one time. 

[Jonesi]

Doesn't surprise me at all, infact apart from feeling bad for Heidi it makes me chuckle a little that one person could fail so much in such a short space of time. Thank god we're no longer associated with her crappy site!

[Jojoba]

Did Heidi make that mesh from scratch or use a premade 3D source? They are too similar for both to claim to be made from scratch. Either Marcella has yoinked it, or they both used a premade 3D object. Did not see it stated that Heidi had made it from scratch, so correct me if I missed that.

Also, is it just my suspicious mind, or do you think TSR gave Nanu a nudge to make a gift to save some face and put TSR in a better light? There were subscribers at RSF and TSR do often plan deliberate attempts to boost their image like that.

[dietofworms]

From Nanu's posts at RSF and the new forum, I get the impression that he really likes it there and is liked in return.  So I wouldn't be surprised if he made the gift without TSR's meddling.

[Jojoba]

You may be right with that dietofworms. I do hope it was an actual act of kindness, and not for murky reasons. I just would not put it past TSR to encourage him to do so.

[keirra]

I thought I would have to sign up at Black Pearl. It was a nice surprise to see that my login from the old forum worked.

[dusdeedawn]

I was pretty happy about that, too, until I discovered that I can't remember my password to save my life! Sadly, I signed up on my old e-mail account, which is now defunct.
But I'm super stoked about the new site. I always felt a little bad loving the reflex forum, because I really dislike the reflex site. Hugs to the Black Pearl Peoples, for coming back better than ever!

[Heidi]

Did Heidi make that mesh from scratch or use a premade 3D source

I made it from scratch.

[Heidi]

*an answer of yes would be good!*

Yes!

No, nothing to forgive. I made this flower like 3 weeks after we had the ability to put meshes in the game and I had no idea about polys or their impact on the game. I remember making it and I subdivided the hell out of it.   

[Eskimo Pie]

From Nanu's posts at RSF and the new forum, I get the impression that he really likes it there and is liked in return.  So I wouldn't be surprised if he made the gift without TSR's meddling.

 I think you are right, he seems to be a nice guy.He doesn't seem to be all hateful and jaded yet. Too bad he is in with the TSR but you never know, maybe with some encouragement he will switch to be a free creator.

[katija]

Also, is it just my suspicious mind, or do you think TSR gave Nanu a nudge to make a gift to save some face and put TSR in a better light? There were subscribers at RSF and TSR do often plan deliberate attempts to boost their image like that.

It's for sure that TSR didn't had anything to do with that gift. After becoming a gold member last month he promised a gift to rsf members, he even posted a thread asking all of us what we want. After all what happened I believe that he made those black pearls as a sign of support to the new forum. 

[aeris]

Yeah, i remember reading the post where he offered making a gift. What i've noticed was that he offered to make ONE mesh. Considering the fact that he usually upload big sets at TSR, i think that if he really cared about the RSF, he would have offered an entire set, not only a single item. To tell the truth, i think that what he really wanted was to see how much people would post requests in the thread and prove that he is loved by everyone and that he's such a great and generous artist blablabla...

Plus, that candle gift looks familiar. He uploaded something similar at TSR, than cloned it and added the pearls to match the new forum's name. Yeah, he's such an original artist!

[Jonesi]

From Nanu's posts at RSF and the new forum, I get the impression that he really likes it there and is liked in return.  So I wouldn't be surprised if he made the gift without TSR's meddling.

 I think you are right, he seems to be a nice guy.He doesn't seem to be all hateful and jaded yet. Too bad he is in with the TSR but you never know, maybe with some encouragement he will switch to be a free creator.

He is well liked and he's a nice young man too, always helpful and polite.  It is a pity he's an FA but we're not gonna hold that against him :p  As long as he follows our rules he's more than welcome at the forum, what he does about his FA status is completely up to him, he's old enough to make his own decisions.