Unix, Windows or OSX for Pro 3D and Texturing

GameDev.net · 2006-05-10T16:05:42

Hi everyone, Does anyone here know a little about the professional side of game development and what platforms are predominant? I've been in commercial graphics for several years using Photoshop, Illustrator etc. on the Mac which is the predominant graphics industry platform. I'm trying to move into the games industry on the visual arts side and need to build up modelling and texturing skills but very early on I found that for example Normal Map generation plugins and tools didn't exist for OSX and of course Maya is the only industry standard 3D App. on the Mac. I was then told that being on the Mac would present problems in game dev. and modding teams and decided to switch to Windows. I've been on XP for a month now and I can honestly say it's depressing me. The Registry, Windows Product Activation, the Interface, the boot screens, the whole Microsoft experience is getting me down, I'm spending all my time tinkering with Windows and no time in 3D and 2D applications. I used to love being on my Mac but being on Windows, well... So are there 2D and 3D modellers out there working professionally within pipelines using either Unix or OSX? Or is the games industry really Windows based and that's just the bottom line?