Game Port Update - Jan

Model & UV Updates

Most of the updates this month involved realigning and smoothing out edges to make a more comprehensive UV.
Making the UV for the ear circular: I originally didn't want to do this, but I figured if I'm going to perfect things before porting it to a game this was a necessary step. A very annoying fix, but now this tweak will allow me to paint hair near the ear without the lines overlapping the UV's (causes problems when texturing). As small as it may be, it also helps make the planned procedural textures more fluid, and makes attaching different styles of ears like elf ears less likely to cause seaming issues

Unfolding a new face UV: This was a time consuming process but moreover a big step as now some procedurals will no longer align in my texturing software. (Most of them had to be remade anyhow) But now it's more spread out, allowing for better detail in places like the eyes for higher quality makeup.
Breast cleavage detail for bulge: This one was a long time coming, In past commissions I was asked to make bulges go all the way to between the boobs. I tried it and the low quality in that area made the bulge look jagged and horrible, now it is fixed! You can see the new detail in the UV window
A complicated factor here is that I can't spread the booba out even more than they already are or it will cause clipping in other areas, all the other areas for bulges are controlled by joints but if I put joints in such a compressed area here it would not control the surface properly. I'll have to mastermind a way around that using only blendshapes in-game
Innie-Outie model: I have made a start to remaking the innie-outie walls with something more appealing for the x-ray mechanic in-game. This model was setup for animations and still didn't work as intended, I know some shaders that will work in-game that should give a desired effect for this area (cannot re-create this is maya)

Next on the plan - Continue working on the innie-outie on model & replace with bubbly walls. The updates for the face are all done now, so all that remains is modelling improvements for the genitals and rig improvements before moving onto texturing!
I feel like I wrote a lot here, but this is still small progress compared to what I used to do :/

IRL Update
So...I just want to say I miss doing 3D all day and interacting with you guys on stream a lot. I wish I had the time this month, but they have had me covering for others and I have been doing many hours per week at my irl job. The days I was not covering, I have had like 2 hours a day to work on the updates and most days I have just been too exhausted or could not find my creative flow. I have asked my boss for fewer hours, which should free up some more time for next month. <3