other than that Mio3 for blender really helps with stacking and straightening curved UVs, and it's free

regarding video game assets there isn't much of step by step tutorials but this series was eye opener for me, i'm practically following it while making this dingy restroom thing, i didn't even use textures larger than 512x512 and it still looks crisp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAPH...

uninformed tutorials really did uv mapping dirty over the years, treating it like something to sweep under the rug on your 16k mug texture, or thing you should never ever ever straighten in case you want to break your normals, lighting and cause 7 years of drought

thinking about cramming 2 dirt masks in the metallic channel - one in the range 0.0 - 0.5 and the other in the 0.5 - 1.0, maybe it'll be worth the effort

the fishes also jump out of aquariums and you can squish them under your boots
much to think about

ripping copper from the wires sounds like a cool spin on that tho

sometimes it feels like this false memory only highlights quirky neocities pages, as if that were the only thing that existed back then, overlooking the fact that they grew on the back of a clueless giant giving away server space for free as part of their 4d marketing chess

Looks cool nonetheless

For those interested