Technical Talk

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Disable text - split polygon tool maya Not sure if this one has been asked before, but is there a way to disable the "click drag on next edge..." text when using the split polygon tool. Its getting in the way more than usual at the minute…	2 Last	solar Feb 2010
Animation BIP walk cycles Anyone know where i can buy or get hold of any decent bip / 3dsmax mocap walk cycles? can't seem to find anything online via google or turbosquid. I may have missed something and sorry if this has be…	16 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 2010
rigging weapons for md5 Hi! I have made a weapon recently and I want to get it inside doom3 for testing purposes:) I however have no idea how to rig a weapon, can anyone help me with this? regards, Kjell	0 Last	kjell Feb 2010
High Poly Modeling Tools Don't know if there is something out there like this or not, but I could see it being an extremely useful toolset. As it stands now, tight edge loops or beveling can be a pain to tweak if large ch…	17 Last	Michael Knubben Feb 2010
max 2010 texture not updating? I had grown accustomed to saving a texture in photoshop, and it automatically updating in max. Now in 2010, it appears to be selectively updating some and not others. This leads me to have to reopen …	4 Last	renderhjs Feb 2010
Max 08 UV editing plugins Are there any good free UV Editing plugins for max08? The default editor is awefull.	4 Last	renderhjs Feb 2010
My experiment with Lightmaps in UVch2 I've often heard that you're not supposed to overlap uv's when making lightmaps. I wanted to test this theory and have found that it IS ok to overlap uv's. Sure, if you want multiple copies of say a …	15 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2010
creating floors for video game environ. I would just say that for me the hardest part to creating an environment in the flooring of the level. I would like advice and screen shots of wire frames of game levels that you guys can show. Hope…	8 Last	Lamont Jan 2010
crysis vegetation tutorial Hello I was wondering if someone can poiint to a detailed tutorial on how to make a new plant for crysis , I woul dlike to learn the things like root object link , dummy and all this stuff described …	3 Last	teaandcigarettes Jan 2010
Maya 2010 insert edge loop bug. When I use the insert edge loop tool it no longer slides around in real time. Anyone else have this bug it's quite annoying. I'm using a certified quadro card.	5 Last	ether breather Jan 2010
Mudbox file cockup. Mjello.. On opening a mud file, mudbox gives me a "Not enough memory" error. Which really sucks because it has my last 2 days of work in it. So my question is, is there any way to salvage the file,…	5 Last	bbob Jan 2010
Zbrush Pixelated I'm experimenting with thumbnails similar to what James Jones did in his demo, but when I start to paint there's some sort of noise making the image speckled with white dots. Does anybody know how I…	1 Last	JaySmitt Jan 2010
max2010 problem anyone got any idea wth is wrong with this file? [url]http://www.jeremylindstrom.com/files/weird.max[/url] if I do a quick render it's showing geo that's not there.. if i export it as a fbx and th…	3 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Jan 2010
Help needed in cubemap creation and use with Xoliul's shader... Hello all. I can not for the life of me figure out how to generate a cubemap using various tools I have found through searching. Currently I am using [URL="http://developer.amd.com/gpu/cubemapgen/p…	20 Last	toren3d Jan 2010
Need to buy a new PC, have no idea what to buy, assistance please! Hey there all, It's about time I bought a new PC... in fact it's way overdue. I've ashamedly been using a couple years old MacBook Pro running BootCamp for all my 3D work over the past year or so. …	26 Last	Tom Ellis Jan 2010
max2010 bake artifacts Baking a normalmap from highpoly mesh onto lowpoly using scanline render-to-texture (ray distance, no cage). Getting some weird banding type artifacts on a lot of edges, like the normals seem to be b…	13 Last	DarthNater Jan 2010
Any way to change file type icon without chaning program association? Yo, I'd like to change all my .psd files to display the blue photoshop .psd icon but when I double click them I want them to open in irfanview. Anyone know how to do this?	6 Last	glib Jan 2010
An explanation on alpha maps? flippering Hi I was wondering for a problem , in Second life I have seen that most of the alpha texture have a problem due to the alpha sorting level meaning that when two transparent textures overlap they flip…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2010
Closed UDK vs. UE3	0 Last	Will Faucher Jan 2010
ZBrush Hard Surface tutorials anywhere? So... are there any hard surface tutorials out there? Every time I try to sculpt a mechanical surface, it ends up bulgey and slightly blobby.	27 Last	yeman Jan 2010
Maya guy learning Max, looking for tips Hi. I've been using Maya for a while and am just starting to get into Max. I really just have one specific question for now, but it would also be cool if anyone knows of any resources that could he…	7 Last	pixeldamage Jan 2010
Problem Normal map in 3dsmax convexe and concave shapes Hi everybody, :):) I have some problems to bake a good normal map in 3dsmax for this object : [URL="http://uppix.net/f/5/c/08b28383f10e864a1612683526c6d.html"][IMG]http://uppix.net/f/5/c/08b28383f1…	0 Last	hx.jonathan Jan 2010
Student 3ds License ends soon, alternative programs for cheap? Hi all, I know this is a rather noobish question but does anyone know of any cheap 3d design programs out there that I can use to practice with? My student license for 3ds MAX '09 ends in just a few …	5 Last	CrazyButcher Jan 2010
Need Help! 3ds Max is looking "wierd"? I'm just modeling a house for a college portfolio and what ended up happening was that these weird black smudges appear on the front of the house as if some vertex or something is going crazy. Any i…	17 Last	TheBat Jan 2010
using my tax return to buy a new monitor... for 3d modeling/texturing what should i be looking for? I'm looking for something $300-$400.	1 Last	AlecMoody Jan 2010
Help with background material in Max scanline Hi guys. Where can I find that material in max scanline that I can assign like to a simple plane where the plane blends with the background color but still able to receive shadows (like the image bel…	1 Last	rasmus Jan 2010
Mel Script: Toggle Camera Based Selection I wrote a little Mel script to handle toggling Camera based selection in marquee mode on or off. Anyone know what I need to add or do so that the script can just be called by using something like cbs…	4 Last	jukke Jan 2010
How do I model this chair!?!? Been having some trouble modeling this chair I'm making for an interior scene. It doesn't look that hard. It looks easy as, really, but I just can't seem to get a part right. Here's a link to the ref…	5 Last	mLichy Jan 2010
Level Design in Maya Hullo thar, i've been messing around with unity some and trying to make some environments here and there. Complex shapes within a level (statues, torches) typically need their own texture maps and uv…	5 Last	achillesian Jan 2010
perspective in max vports i prefer working with a higher perspective setting than the 45 max normaly uses so i have to go into veiwport pref an set it up higher,, usualy 60-70 but i have to do this everytime i open max,, is …	8 Last	Derelict- Jan 2010
Alpha Channel Targa Tutorial So alpha channel transparency in tga's seems to be the standard, and i found a tutorial that explains it okay [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li5AWYxIurw[/ame] but this tutorial lacks a major t…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2010
Max 2008 FOV resetting Is there a script or a known fix for max 2008 that will keep the FOV settings from changing everytime I hit a button or change views? Right now I need FOV around 10 but everytime I set my FOV in the …	0 Last	Derelict- Jan 2010
3D Coat vs Zbrush I'm giving 3DCoat a try. Other than really needing a super powerful computer to run at full bore. What are the minuses compared to Zbrush? Im already all over the bonuses.	23 Last	achillesian Jan 2010
physique to skin modifier? anyone know of a reliable script to do this. thanks	5 Last	Ruz Jan 2010
Lightbox [URL]http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/[/URL] Does anybody use this on their website? I'm trying to use it on my next site, but when I try to view the set of images, it displays the l…	7 Last	Joao Sapiro Jan 2010
Any way to import multiple images into a word document at their actual scale? I'm trying to make a word document and import 200+ images into it but they come in gigantor scale, any way to import them without scaling or scale them down together after the fact?	0 Last	malcolm Jan 2010
Need advice for demoreel Hey, I am currently a student in 3D art for games, and I have lately started working on my first demoreel. However, I need some advice coming from people with alot of experience in the industry. I am…	11 Last	Will Faucher Jan 2010
Looking for a diffuse texture reference I've been working on an African female character in ZBrush but have kind of run out of my sphere of knowledge when it comes to laying down the diffuse texture for the skin. The darker complexion is p…	4 Last	disanski Jan 2010
ASBlender: Library to Use Blender Files Directly in Flash [url]http://drawlogic.com/2010/01/27/asblender-library-to-use-blender-files-directly-in-flash/[/url] Kinda neat, and could be a quick, easy way to get a 3D portfolio on display if you already know A…	1 Last	Richard Kain Jan 2010
3DSMax 2010 Help Please. Hey Guys, I just started using 2010, and one thing that I'm having troubles with is my materials. For some reason, when I make a change to my texture in photoshop, its not automatically updating in …	13 Last	apocalypse Jan 2010
Closed UDK: Creating custom weapon	0 Last	Stitch Jan 2010
Battle of the monitors! Short and sweet. My old monitor was giving me these really wierd faint horizontal lines in games. Only in games. So I figured it was a videocard problem. Tried out my TV my screen and it's fine. My…	6 Last	AlecMoody Jan 2010
MoP's Transpose Master Tutorial Hey MoP, I had a question about that tutorial you posted up in WAYWO about using Transpose Master to pose a high res sculpt in ZB. I can get to step 5 just fine, but when I use TPose > SubT, the hi…	5 Last	Ruz Jan 2010
Software choices + workflow advice (Maya user) I am a Maya user and not new to 3d industry as such. I mainly do hard surface modeling , concept design and rendering as a freelancer. I am my own boss and buy my own software. Unfortunately I have…	18 Last	oglu Jan 2010
Wonky Surface Master results in ZB3.5 R3 Sorry I don't have a picture atm, I was just wondering if others are experiencing strange results with the Surface Master noise thing in R3? I found a reason to use it and now it just does weird str…	1 Last	ImSlightlyBored Jan 2010
Cube map shader maya viewport. Anyone know a good cupemap shader for the maya viewport that works in 2010 64bit? It needs to load .dds format cubes.	2 Last	kodde Jan 2010
Closed Need Help in UDK: Dynamic Physics Volumes + Kismet	0 Last	Stitch Jan 2010
My snow textures, need opinions Do these look ok ? do they look usable any critacisms of them ? I Can't put them in a game engine to view them on the ground or on parts of models, (not on a decent pc atm) so I was wondering if one…	2 Last	psychoticprankster Jan 2010
Engravings in Mudbox Hey everyone, I'm trying to sculpt some engravings on a plane in mudbox, I am new to the software and was wondering how exactly i would get around to do this. I'm aiming for something similar to t…	9 Last	BradMyers82 Jan 2010
Houdini anybody? I didnt know where to post this but it seemed the best place. Does anybody here use Houdini? if you do is it easy to use? or personnel experience would be helpful	4 Last	oXYnary Jan 2010