Technical Talk

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fog colour faliure ok so i have been doing this tutorial : [URL]http://www.aversis.be/tutorials/vray/vray_basic_material_settings_02.htm[/URL] i have been changing my fog colour, using their settings, then when i go i…	0 Last	aNarchy Dec 2010
3dsMax - Chuggernaught UV scripts Anyone have chuggernaughts UVscript? I was trying to use the workflow described on [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=17398"]jesseMoodys[/URL] site here: [url]http://www.artbyjessemoo…	14 Last	renderhjs Dec 2010
Infernal Engine Help post removed.	2 Last	Racer445 Dec 2010
Mudbox Help I am doing a tutorial on digital tutors, and when sub divided my model I get an error that says "not enough memory". I did not have any troubles on the previous tutorial on mudbox, and I am running 4…	2 Last	tehrobster2 Dec 2010
3dsmax 2011 nurbs question does anyone know if nurbs can be converted to quad polys now in 2011.	15 Last	onionhead_o Dec 2010
zbrush w/ Tablet or Mouse? Which is everyone using? I'm decent at drawing by now, but I much prefer to work with a mouse. I want to get into sculpting pretty badly, but I don't know if I should without buying a Wacom. How muc…	10 Last	XenoKratios Dec 2010
3d max - Selection 'Ring' - question Is there any easy way to select every second edge by 'ring' ? [IMG]http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7797/s1s1s.jpg[/IMG]	7 Last	Neox Dec 2010
Z Brush being rebellious again. Help! [URL=http://img221.imageshack.us/i/angryy.jpg/][IMG]http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5227/angryy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] 1) Sculpted this mesh but didn't like how his arms got in the way of trying to scul…	13 Last	pangarang Dec 2010
Envelope question Anyone know if this is possible to automate or do without a great deal of work in Maya or Xnormal?. I know that baking [U]without[/U] an envelope respects hard-edges but you lose the ability to bake…	3 Last	ivars Dec 2010
Max 2010 mat editor glitch with directx shaders Hey PC techies! Problem: The max 2010 mat editor rollout is not wide enough to check boxes or load maps when using direct x shaders?! Is there a way to change the width of the editor in some config …	7 Last	Psyk0 Dec 2010
3dsmax, normalmap woes. Max be buggin' on me ass =(¨ For some reason whenever I have more then two textures activated in my material, max kills my normal map... more or less. Its still there, its just very very weak. Scanl…	6 Last	cw Dec 2010
tf2 lighting and import problem Hi! I'm trying to track down a lighting issue I ran into when importing a hat into team fortress 2. Essentially the hat is always illuminated from the underside rather than in a manner consistent …	14 Last	Scruples Dec 2010
UV tiling tricks within 0 to 1 space. Hello, Some of your views of tiling is probably the auto tiling of a single map, that goes outside of the 0-1 space, such as the UVs generated by Loft, or the auto tiling that most 3D engines provid…	16 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2010
Maya Split Polygon Tool + snap problem Hi all I come with a strange problem that I apparently am the only one to have (just asked a friend and it works perfectly for him, both at work and on his own pc). I don't have problem to split po…	6 Last	GoSsS Dec 2010
Detach with modifiers Yo, maybe a noob question but I don't know how I could tackle this. My model is to big to render the normal map(not enough ram, I think). I reduced my turbosmooth modifiers as much as I can but sti…	3 Last	NBLM Dec 2010
Converting .pose to .obj Hey guys, Someone just gave me a 3D model to play with. Problem is, it's a .pose file tag (which I'm assuming means that it exported from Poser). Since I don't have that program (and the person who…	4 Last	ivars Dec 2010
Need help with swiftloop I am trying to use swiftloop on my model but it is for some reason only allowing my to do the command on certain parts of the model. Or in other words I cant get it to loop around certain faces of my…	5 Last	polygonfreak Dec 2010
MAx 2011 jerky Viewport so just got Max 2011 demo to mess with over the break loaded in a moderate lvl polygon model (300,000) when the viewport is maximized, the arc rotate jerks around like a meth addict looking …	1 Last	low odor Dec 2010
Max user wanting to learn maya, need some advice! Hi everyone! I will like to learn maya...and keep delaying it for some months now, because every time I "tried" using it I ended up in 3ds max as I am more used to...... the main problem I found …	13 Last	maze Dec 2010
Edge flow (Hard Surface) Hi guys, Im in need of some help with this HUB im creating in Maya. Can you guys help me out...I cant seem to get the ploy flow right around the area which curves upwards...and its becoming less sh…	3 Last	BreaK Dec 2010
Multiple Texture Plates Hey there everybody, I'm fairly new here and I'm a little lost, so I hope I'm posting this in the proper place. I have a question about textures for in game models. I'm trying to make a fairly simp…	5 Last	8-Bit Dec 2010
Creating a very specific type of rock... ...that covers a large amount of space, in the shortest amount of time. Hey everyone, I am trying to create a very specific type of rock. IMO, 90% of rocks in videogames look like blobby, messy si…	22 Last	Peris Dec 2010
Way to move frozen UV verts in 3dsmax? Is there a way to move frozen UV vertices in the UV Editor in Max? I know it sounds counter-intuitive. But I'm basically looking for a UV-pinning feature. Mark some verts to be excluded from Relax.	4 Last	Bigjohn Dec 2010
3DS MAX Unwrapping: Flip vs Mirror? So I just started unwrapping a model I've been working on over the past week when something caught my eye. In the UV editor there is both the option to flip and mirror both horizontally and verticall…	2 Last	camza Dec 2010
3dsMax Reactor Problem Hey, Trying to use 3ds Max Reactor feature to make a pile rubble like the one in this tutorial. [URL]http://www.3dmotive.com/product-reactor-junk-pile[/URL] The problem Im having is my bricks a…	3 Last	Maxim Dec 2010
Looking for a good uv packer for maya for lightmaps. i know roadkill pro is no longer available.	5 Last	renderhjs Dec 2010
Normals and rotation Never seemed to have this issue before or maybe I just never noticed it. I have a simple 8 sided hose that I want to slap normal map on so I get a little more interest out of it. It looks fine when t…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2010
Max strange uv bug Hello everyone, im having this strange bug in my models.. first a screenshot: [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/kool2rul/bug-1.jpg[/IMG] Now you see the pixel wide transparency, well thats…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2010
3ds Max Key binding confusion I've been binding keys to increase my workflow lately and I've come across a problem. When in the Editable Poly modifier, the Connect function used to be bound to (Ctrl+Shift+E), which I'm pretty sur…	3 Last	Bigjohn Dec 2010
Modo 501 Smoothing Groups and udk? I have tried exporting out of modo 501 with fbx and collada into unreal to see if smoothing groups work. Smoothing groups do work with collada, but my mesh is about 250 smaller than if i export wit…	4 Last	g0th Dec 2010
UVW Mapping problem Hey guys, i'm having a lot of trouble figuring out the options and tools in 3ds max 2010! I'm reading this book 3ds max modeling for games, but it does not show me how to fix the problem i have. The…	0 Last	Heindorff Dec 2010
rendering trouble so at the moment im rendering this pokeball, with a gold stand if you like, and the pokeball renders fine but i cant seem to get the black to disappear from the stand. [IMG]http://img98.imageshack.u…	3 Last	aNarchy Dec 2010
Painter 2011: Copy Merged Color Degedation Newbie here, I've found that when I use copy merged + paste in new image to convert a RIFF into a filetype I can post, the copy's colors are not quite the same. Here's an example from my current pr…	2 Last	Pencil-of-Sketching Dec 2010
PShop: Maintaining clean layers / textures Yo Santa believers, I was hoping to create a base in this thread for discussion revolving around the process / techniques you've come across and have used that best maintain a clean and orderly Phot…	29 Last	Grimm_Wrecking Dec 2010
The point.... I already Have Z brush but I keep hearing Zbrush used in tandum w/ other programs like 3dmax. should I invest in getting 3d max as well, or does z brush cover all my modeling needs? I have 4.0.	2 Last	Justin Meisse Dec 2010
Creating a bland blotchy hand painted surface? Im wondering how you would paint something like this and have it look so natural, there seems to be surfaces like this in almost everything ive seen hand painted. [IMG]http://img441.imageshack.us/img…	6 Last	sprunghunt Dec 2010
Beginer Question # 3 [LEFT][IMG]http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa442/Builder_Anthony/hotpokerphoto.jpg[/IMG][/LEFT]	6 Last	Builder_Anthony Dec 2010
Normal map with weird angle First off, I am terribly sorry if this has been answered before, I did search but I couldn't really find any. I'm creating a SCAR-L weapon and I'm having some baking issues. As you can see from the …	28 Last	EarthQuake Dec 2010
Beginer Question #2 Fraps I want to take a screenshot while 3ds max11 is open.I seen in fraps you can assign a button to take a screenshot but 3ds max11 seems to have all there buttons filled up and i dont want to mess with i…	9 Last	stop619 Dec 2010
Adam Lewis Matcaps? I've been trying to hunt down this pack of great zbrush materials for a while, but all the links I seem to find are no longer working. Does anyone have these available? (I believe they were released …	4 Last	k0c0s Dec 2010
Cut Tool I tried to find the solution via searching, but I've had no luck. What would cause the cut tool to only detect border edges and vertices? It identifies them as I hover over them, but doesn't do so f…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2010
Photoshop_embed history log in saved files. Greetings Everyone, I'm looking for a way to embed a log or list of changes made to an image inside Photoshop. I am hoping this will save with the resulting JPG, TGA, or RAW files metaDATA so down …	4 Last	jocose Dec 2010
Max Script help Hello, I've developed a very basic custom exporter for my 3D engine, that simply exports geometry, and also centers the object when it exports etc. However, there a few basic things I need to do, a…	12 Last	renderhjs Dec 2010
TF2 Models in GCF missing Hellow everyone, I hope that this is the right forum place here XD I was about to search for some models for TF2 as reference for making some new custom models, but for some reason i can't find th…	1 Last	Zipfinator Dec 2010
Mudbox: Is there a mirror brush? And why are these faces violet? Hey everyone. I'm starting to get used to mudbox and I have some slightly less obvious questions now. (I hope) While I was trying to get some detail on the tongue of my character and having difficul…	4 Last	Simon Dec 2010
GMAX good afternoon, I'm in a bit of a pickle at work. I'm a concept artist, but for some quick scenes I would like to sketch up a basic model for perspective help. (saves a but-load of time, plus the m…	16 Last	renderhjs Dec 2010
Marmoset Normals screw up need help! Hey all, so I'm just trying to figure out my work flow between zbrush and marmoset, so I am using a test cube here. Im wondering why marmoset is tiling my normal map like in the picture below? My n…	3 Last	jordan.kocon Dec 2010
Tangent basis convertion Xnormal/3dsmax? I was wondering if there is a way to bake in Xnormal and convert the tangent basis for 3ds max's renderers? I'm preparing a course for my students on lowres modelling and normal maps baking and I wa…	14 Last	Tyrone70 Dec 2010
Confusion about smoothing groups in 3ds max I made a simple box and noticed that 3ds max places an automatic smoothing group per polygon, is this normal and why is it doing this? Should these groups be be removed for my low poly model? [IMG]ht…	1 Last	Ben Apuna Dec 2010
Photoshop + Painters Wheel help I love the Painters Wheel addon ([URL="http://nerdchallenge.com/lenwhite/"]check it out[/URL] if you haven't yet), but I just can't get it working on this one specific machine. It works on other iden…	5 Last	Jeff Parrott Dec 2010