Technical Talk

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
Closed UDK Lighting problem with modular roads	0 Last	gannonroader Apr 2010
Best place for quality mocap files? Just for a bit of Motionbuilder practice :) Anyone know of any good site with decent free mocap files?	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2010
In-Game Crowd Techniques, such as FIFA 10 So I was looking at FIFA 10 trying to work out how they did the crowd scenes and it sparked my curiosity. I only have a demo here but it looks like they have something clever going on to give the eff…	7 Last	pixeldamage Apr 2010
architectural hard edges in mudbox hey guys, im trying to export my architectural mesh (a back alley building) from 3ds max to mudbox but to do so i need to create edge loops in max to keep the hard edges. everytime i do i end up sp…	14 Last	Michael Knubben Apr 2010
Realistic Metal Hello, So I have a model that has a variety of materials--mostly wood and metal. For the metal I want a realistic, very reflective metal. I want to do it with Mental Ray. The problem is, when I f…	13 Last	Mr. Bean Apr 2010
Maya Hardware lighting limits Pretty simple question...hoping the answer is just as easy heh. I have created 7 point lights in maya any other type of light I try and create does no illuminate. If I delete one of the point lights…	2 Last	ivars Apr 2010
is this a MR memory issue? hey so this render got about what looks like 20 percent of the way done then stopped calculating the reflections and I have no idea why, has anyone experienced anything like this before? I think it…	3 Last	Cyrael Apr 2010
Zbrush UI Customization Hey, I'm wondering if it's possible to create a custom Menu in Zbrush and have it docked on one of the side Panels? I'd like to take all the features I commonly use from the draw panel, such as the …	2 Last	BeatKitano Apr 2010
character and weapon advice I am currently currently a character for an art test.The requirements are that he has a 2 handed axe and i am to create a 20 frame animation of him swininging the axe. I am using biped 3d studio max …	3 Last	kodde Apr 2010
Closed Sky / Foliage in UDK	0 Last	Tom Ellis Apr 2010
Chamfer Behavior - Max 2009 I'm chamfering an edge in Max 2009, and the result I want to get is an even chamfer/bevel between my two edge loops, however when I chamfer the edge, it is very flat on the top and isn't an even curv…	3 Last	PredatorGSR Apr 2010
Special Effects Hey there, guys! I'm in need of some advice here! You see, the project I'm working on right now is coming quite close to wrapping up our modeling and texturing stuff. But we are pretty low on effects…	2 Last	d1ver Apr 2010
Maya rigging - bone plates Just wondering if anyone had a tutorial, or the name of how to rig it so that it looks like a bone plate is shifting under the skin. Ive seen something before, but i cant remember what it was called,…	3 Last	ivars Apr 2010
Looking for this script/effect... I know what I want to achieve, I just don't know if it exists and/or what it would be called. This script/effect takes the colors of an image and a mask (or selection) and "stretches" the colors on …	9 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2010
A couple of Zbrush questions... Hi There, I have a couple questions of ZB, one regarding polypaint, and the second one regarding Decimation master. 1) I did a bed some days ago in ZB as part of a scene I am building, it was also…	9 Last	manuqc Apr 2010
Benefits of modeling in Tris I want this to be a collaborative thread and I want to hear what you have found and I hope we will all learn more about this topic. For the past few months I have been researching about modeling in …	73 Last	Autocon Apr 2010
Which model formats are best? I finished a good amount of model in my small asset shop and want to convert my models into other formats as well. I think the most used game-engines like Unity and follow-ups should be included too.…	8 Last	renderhjs Apr 2010
Getting a new PC I'm getting a new PC under 600 bucks because i'm broke right now. I'm thinking this type of PC from Tigerdirect. Any better suggestions i'm up for it. Here are the specs and it's a Dual Core and it'…	26 Last	OBlastradiusO Apr 2010
Maya transfer maps help Hey all, im just testing the transfer maps feature on a simple elongated cube. When baked im getting some strange errors in the normal map and im unsure why. I have laid out the uv's for the low poly…	17 Last	kodde Apr 2010
Zmapper in new zbrush? Hello , I premise I am a total noob and trying it now Zbrush , was making some tutorials but when it comes to making normal maps they all refer to a zmapper thing that I cant find in the tools , ho…	7 Last	Ruz Apr 2010
Zdepth - maya - why have you forsaken me? so i've got an issue with zdepth in maya - I've created a render layer and its assigned with the preset for luminance which outputs a zdepth file. The issue is that the zdepth file thats being output…	9 Last	Cyrael Apr 2010
3.5 Zbrush export scale issues I'm having an issue with Zbrush where when I export my model, it always imports into another 3d app super small, and centered at the 0.0 point (IE humanoid, would be feet below 0.0, upper body above …	8 Last	nightwoodwolf Apr 2010
How to merge a Sculpt with Rocksurface the right way I ran into a problem where i need to merge a seperate head sculpt into a rocksurface in Zbrush without making a big mess. The whole meshes will be part of an Level/Map using the Unreal3 Engine. I got…	45 Last	reiro Apr 2010
Model isnt showing up in Mental ray (maya) So, i did an animation, trying to render it out in mental ray, but one of the models isnt showing up. It will render with maya software, but not mental ray. the model beside it shows up, and casts sh…	3 Last	Ark Apr 2010
is it possible to load revers a normal in .... Inside mudbox or 3dsmax? For example lets say I make a normal map with a external tool from a texture , then I would like to reqork or refine the normal bumps on the model loading the same map in th…	1 Last	StefanH Apr 2010
mudbox texturing Hi I was trying to make a texturing with mudbox on a simple rock , and I am having not few difficulties , I was following that tutorial online about texturing of a column , it looks very cool in the …	6 Last	NAIMA Apr 2010
Concepting clothes/armor Hey all, I'm just wondering how most concept artists (or character artists who concept out their own stuff) go about coming up with the right clothes/armor for their characters? Do you start with ide…	1 Last	renderhjs Apr 2010
i need a new computer Hey all looking for help on getting a new computer .I am wondering what are the better machines to buy to run z brush, 3ds max and photo shop? I want to get a new computer because my old one is "[I…	20 Last	ZacD Apr 2010
[3DSmax] Texture border is transparent, why? Hi everyone! There's an issue I get everytime I add an Alpha Map to my textures. Look at this image... [IMG]http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/1462/why.gif[/IMG] This is a simple lowpoly model, I j…	8 Last	Ghostscape Apr 2010
3DS Max mesh to ffd Is there a way to turn a simple poly mesh into a FFD object to deform another or several other mesh objects? Box or cylindrical FFDs will not work well with the objects I want to deform. I am working…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2010
[Photoshop CS4] Scripting book? I found the 2 following documentations on the Adobe website about Javascript on Photoshop CS4 : - [url]http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/pdfs/photoshop_cs4_javascript_ref.pdf[/url] - [url]http:/…	14 Last	sinistergfx Apr 2010
Baking AO in Maya Failing I wondered if anyone would be able to help. I have a problem baking AO maps in Maya with Transfer Maps every time I try to do one in my scene it says [quote] "// Error: The attribute 'transform162…	2 Last	JackyBoy Apr 2010
Zbrush'esque Symmetry in Max. Hey, I was wondering if its possible to work on both sides of a model without having to use the symmetry modifier/cloned instance. The reason I need is that I have a low poly model created with UV'…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2010
Help me, I'm ineffecient! what poly modeling extentions are you working with? I've realized as i do more poly modeling how tedious some of the tasks are. So I'm trying to figure out a way to speed my poly modeling, I know some basic things I need to improve, like how I need to…	18 Last	Michael Knubben Apr 2010
select every other edge on collapsed subdivided mesh - 3dsmax Hi all! In a few occasions lately I ve been in the need of going back to a subdiv mesh and manually remove the edges generated by subdivision, in order to get the base cage back. It's not a very ha…	18 Last	SyncViewS Apr 2010
Fuzzy texture for reference pic Hey I apologize if this is asked a lot, I tried searching around for a fix for this but couldn't find one. Anyways my reference pic in 3ds max is really fuzzy and I'm looking for a way to make it mor…	2 Last	Piflik Apr 2010
Mass effect artistic style So I was looking at Mass Effect today, and noticed a few things regarding it's artistic style. Why is it that the specular and bloom is totally overboard? I must admit is gives a real nice effect. Bu…	26 Last	Japhir Apr 2010
MAXSCRIPT post Object Manipulation Callback I was wondering if there is a callback option for objects that have been manipulated (translate, rotate, scale). there is one for the manipulationmode itself but that only returns when entering or ex…	3 Last	FortyOne Apr 2010
Mudbox is flipping maps? Hey, So I am having an issue with mudbox where it is flipping all my maps. (See pictures. Any idea what is causing this? This is in Mudbox 2010 by the way. I just can't find a way to flip the maps in…	6 Last	Will Faucher Apr 2010
.fx shader with UV channel selection? Does anybody have a DirectX viewport shader (.fx mat) that allows you to pick the UV channel of the normal map? I'm working on an object with different mapping channels for the diffuse and normal, a…	10 Last	GarageBay9 Apr 2010
Closed UDK - Light Function Bleed	0 Last	Flava-Fly Apr 2010
(Help?) Conversion from .MAX to .MD2 file format? Hi, I'm really new to this place, I was searching for help on how to convert a MAX file to a .MD2 file format for 3D models that I have downloaded from The3dStudio.com. See, I was working on a progr…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2010
An Angle Puzzle? Someone asked this question a while back on the 'how u model dem shapes' thread but it never got answered, so I'm asking it again. What's the best way to tackle edge flow when approaching an angle …	18 Last	Playdo Apr 2010
My bakes still look like shit! I dont know what Im doing wrong now. I used xNormals because it seems to be easyer. But when ever i calculate ray distance, i get there very high numbers. Also, things often appear warped and messed…	8 Last	Racer445 Apr 2010
UTE Additive style problem Got it working, I had to scale down the light.	4 Last	Titus S Apr 2010
A free optimizer that doesnt mess up uvs for 3dsmax 2009 Hi does anyone knows where I can find a free otpimizer for 3dsmax 2009 that preserves the uvmapping? so far I found this [B]Optimize (Mapping Fix) [/B] but I cant find any working download ..... m…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2010
Error while painting bumpmap Hi, I thought it was a nice idea to add some additional detail in mudbox on my low poly mesh. It really worked out fine, beside that i'm getting some weird lines (probably on the edges of my low pol…	0 Last	MaD Apr 2010
Maya 2011 High quality rendering not showing diffuse Ok I haven't used maya in like a billion years but the new ui caught my eye so I downloaded the trail. So to test it out I imported a model I am working on at the moment and tried to set up a view-p…	8 Last	Toast Apr 2010
Question on retopology!! Hi guys, have a problem and want to ask a question i started all the model on zspere, i finished the model on zbrush make the retopology on zbrush for each piece separately is tis way the right wa…	4 Last	Trappe Apr 2010
3d max retopologizing Shrink/relax problems Hey all I am trying to retopologizing some hard surfaces in max, when apply the turbosmooth after worth its Shrink or rather relax out the models shapes. is there any method script where I can mo…	11 Last	Harvid Apr 2010