Model or skin?

[Orcish.Human]

Oke I think I have to be verry stupid, but I realy donn't know the differents between skins or models... Can someone please explain me what it is?.. Txn verry much

 

[Saikann]

'Skins' are the clothes that computer game characters wear. They are more commonly known as character 'textures' by other game genres but Quake popularised the name skins. A Texture is a piece of flat art that is wrapped around a 3 Dimensional object. In the case of skins that object is usually a humanoid player character but for a map or level the 3D object can be almost any type of real world or fantasy archetexture.Additionally extra object models in the maps such as candlesticks are also textured.


'Models' are the people & places that populate a game. They are a collection of triangular flat surfaces ( polygons ) arranged in a 3d shape that resembles the human form or whatever shape the Modeller wished when creating them.


'nuff said

 

[Orcish.Human]

Aaah tnx verry much... just one question... What do you think is the best programe for 1) modeling and 2) skining?