Technical Talk

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3dsMax bake without splitting model? It's on again...	5 Last	undoz Sep 2009
importing terrain texture alphas into unreal 3 wtf i have some terrain i've made in world machine 2 and i want to import it into unreal 3 i've got the height map in and working, but can not figure out how to get my texture alphas into the engi…	2 Last	Rhinokey Sep 2009
2D program gripes Okay, so heres where i'm stuck, My pros and cons for both painter (IX or X) and photoshop (cs4) Photoshop +sketching brushes +custom brushes +filters +works with zapplink -massive slowdown with s…	5 Last	achillesian Sep 2009
help with maya hey guys i just downloaded the 30-day trial of maya... woot go me getting with the program. well learning videos want to load in window media player and wont play cuz of the file format, i have qu…	3 Last	ru4it Sep 2009
Curve Extrude Help (Maya) I'm trying to extrude an edge along a curve that is flat on the grid. I want the resulting geometry to be completely flat in the X Z plane. The problem is that I'm getting a subtle, and sometim…	1 Last	Frump Sep 2009
Gaussian blurring a cube map? Anyone have any trick to gaussian blur a cupe map texture? I can generate a cube map but there will be seams in it if I blur it in photoshop. Ideally there would be some way to blur the map after its…	6 Last	malcolm Sep 2009
CS4 64-bit and plug-ins Just checking here... at work I'm using PSCS4 64-bit in XP64 and I'm having no luck finding compatible versions of certain plug-ins (like .dds, nvidia's normal map filter, or valve's .vtf format). I…	1 Last	Xoliul Sep 2009
Texturing and file formats Hey guys, I've recently started learning 3D at University and I have some questions when it comes to file formats that my teacher couldn't really answer for me. I notice that when I save a file, wit…	11 Last	kodde Sep 2009
Closed [Dillema] CrazyBump epic win, max, xnormal fail?? Hey guys, I've actually just used Crazy bump demo on a test of mine and it came out.. a billion times better. I have a million questions in my head but I can think of them XD Why can't I achieve a s…	84 Last	Krynn72 Sep 2009
GPU renders ¿ Hi & why when i render in blender it only use CPUs , why it doesn't use GPU too ¿ :( thanks .	3 Last	MachineMinded Sep 2009
porbably dumb Nvidia filter vs UV orientation question I've baked out my normal maps in xnormal, and I am adding small details such as studs and rivets using nvidia filter in PS. And this just occurred to me: nvidia seems to always assume the orientatio…	1 Last	Piflik Sep 2009
3ds max automatic backface deletion? I was wondering if there was a script to automatically (and reliably!) delete backfaces based on a moving camera ( or cameras)? It seems like a great task for a script or a robot, but here we are doi…	8 Last	SyncViewS Sep 2009
Looking for Wings3D Occlusion Generator Plugin Scorpius Created the Occlusion Ambient Generator and it makes Models for Wings3d Amazing. So I want to get my hands on the download but I cannot find it anywhere. Anyone have a copy of it? or where…	1 Last	glynnsmith Sep 2009
Is there a better retopo script for max out there? I wish I would've tagged the thread but I did not. I seem to recall someone, somewhere, was mentioning a retopo script for max that works better than polyboost...but not quite as good as topogun? I…	7 Last	vargatom Sep 2009
a little problem with Normal maps Hey guys, i have some problems with normal maps I don't no exactly what is the problem, maybe the low model has to less polygons, or maybe my render is not apropriated u.u someone can me plz ? Forg…	13 Last	SpeCter Sep 2009
Change Max toolbar button size I created a macro script and added it to the Main toolbar in Max but the words are clipping off. anyone know of a way that i can re-size the button so it is larger than the words in it. Thanks	3 Last	Jet_Pilot Sep 2009
3ds Max Render Settings [B][U][SIZE=3]Baking and Rendering in 3ds max [/SIZE][/U][/B] Thought this thread may be useful to some people who wish to get better bakes/renders in max :) Over the years I have experimented wi…	0 Last	System Sep 2009
maya 2008: rotating uvs on non-square textures and preserve uvs? hey everyone. i was wondering if you guys know a fix (or really fast workaround) for the nasty distortion happening when rotating uvs while using a non-square texture. i also just found out that ma…	7 Last	motives Sep 2009
Really Dumb Question about Specular Maps in Maya... Ok, I've got a confession to make. In my 4 years using Maya, I still don't know how to plug a spec map in! I always just used a Blinn shader, but I wanna go legit with this. I have a spec map gene…	10 Last	verybad Sep 2009
terrain polycount in cryengine 2 I just now realized im going to have problems when unearthly challenge starts because the terrain in cryengine uses up so much of the tricount budget. Is there any way to bypass this problem? Can i m…	18 Last	[iWi] Sep 2009
What the deal with water? I was looking at some real time shaders for water and was wondering if there was efficient shader that i could use in max. They had some really cool stuff even in beyond good and evil. Also beaches.…	3 Last	Ged Sep 2009
Pen Tablet Hey. so i have a terrible cordless mouse that shakes all over the screen. i was just about to buy a new mouse, but then figured since i'm getting into modeling, i might check out pen tablets. first …	12 Last	ZacD Sep 2009
Normal maps flatten after UT3 lightmap bake Hi Guys, I am working on an interior scene that is affected by exterior light that is passing through a crack in the cieling. Some of the shadows do not reflect on the wall mesh ( it is almost like…	12 Last	3DK.P. Sep 2009
HELP!MY MAYA Today something that I did had annoyed me for hours.I open Windows->settings/preferences->Tool settings.Then the tool setting panel on the right of my screen disappeared,and a float tool setting pane…	10 Last	SUNCHIRP Sep 2009
speed up PS CS3 + CS4 a free tool (no installation ~300 KB) lets you define which plugins photoshop should start with and which fonts should be excluded. This should speed up the boot time and reduce the hick ups it gets …	11 Last	ChrisCox Sep 2009
Anyone gotten Agieas Metal Cloth to work in UT3? Hello, my names matt. My main point in posting up this thread was to seek the advice of you resident experts. I'm part of a games collaborative at my college and I've been attempting to recreate the…	6 Last	Stronin Sep 2009
XNormal Help needed! Hi there! Im having trouble generating a normal map in XNormal and I just cannot figure out whats going wrong! When ever I click "Generate map" i get this error: "Invalid function parameter "msh" : …	3 Last	BunnyBiscuit Sep 2009
Want to learn more about shaders :? Hey guys, so basically I've decided I want to start to get a grip on shaders, done a bit of looking around but found its hard to find stuff that explains the basics from the ground up eg navigating y…	4 Last	holygon Sep 2009
UV Mapping a High Poly am i fucked? 1.2 million polies. how might one go about texturing such a work? i have zbrush and blender available for usage, and have mats/colors on the model in zbrush. as far as i understand, you…	21 Last	binopittan Sep 2009
::Fixing Texture Seams:: Can I [B]see[/B](	31 Last	Bokaja Sep 2009
Referance Images? I am looking for referance images to use for improving my modeling skills. Nothing in particular, I just can't seem to find any orthagraphic images. I googled images of guns and all I get are side vi…	0 Last	Mudslung Sep 2009
tutorial on caves Hello I was wondering if you know any tutorial on how to make a cave and illuminate its inside to make a baking over the textures to then export to a game .... any ideas? :) ...	16 Last	Shogun3d Sep 2009
Plants textures sources? Hello is there any good site , free or not where I can find good plants textures sources? I dont mean the alpha contourns of the silouhettes of a plant but actual images of leaves , flowers , trunks …	8 Last	Ben Apuna Sep 2009
Zbrush: Normal Map Over 500k polygons So I've finished detailing model at 1.2 million polygons, want to normal map for low poly. This will be my first attempt at normal mapping, and i found a pretty decent tutorial for doing so on zbrush…	6 Last	ralusek Sep 2009
reference hunting - flash image zoom Does anyone know of a way to get at the high res version of images used for those flash online image zoom things? here is an example of what I'm talking about... [url]http://www.yoox.com/item/YOOX/…	6 Last	Vrav Sep 2009
DDS Compression Tool Options: Whats the best of the best? I'm stuck with non dxt-n for normal maps. So red channel is going to be in pain especially. I have noticed differences in output between gimp and photoshops plugin. Photoshop being much less artif…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2009
Maya: Transfer Maps, Diffuse flipped (registering on back) Hey guys. I'm trying to create a cubemap texture in Maya using Maya's Transfer Map to sample the diffuse colors around a polygon cube. I have a sphere with a starmap texture and a few polygon sphere…	2 Last	kodde Sep 2009
Max - Alt key acting up Ok, so i have a few short cuts that i use alt... but for some reason, when i press alt, it goes up to the menus at the top. so, alt+e usually selects my edge loop, but now, its opening my edit menu..…	3 Last	Michael Knubben Sep 2009
Zbrush Overlapping Uvw's I'm having a problem with importing into Zbrush from max 9, that I was hoping somone might know whats going on, or how to fix it? I've created a model with UV's in max, and have brought it into Zbr…	3 Last	praxedes Sep 2009
Looking for Edge Loop Critique hey guys, i'm new to this, and dear lord is learning good ethics stressful. i've been looking at a lot of face models which are considered to be "properly looped"...but there are thousands of variati…	3 Last	ralusek Sep 2009
Cube Map Generator Im searching for a cube map generator, preferably for mac (and tutorials/info as well, i dont know much about cube mapping). thanks in advance!	4 Last	renderhjs Sep 2009
questions about UT3 shadows i built a small room with a desk in it, and stuck one d/s light in there. The desk cast shadows and looks great by converting it to a mover and cast dynamic shadows. This may look good, but like ma…	3 Last	ImSlightlyBored Sep 2009
3ds MAx UV's not scaling correctly 3ds max appears to be lying to me when it comes to the scaling of my UVW's, you can see what I mean by looking at the screenshot below. [url]http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1988/errorscaling.jpg…	1 Last	cman2k Sep 2009
ZBrush: Problems with Retopo So I had a model of a fat man, made from zspheres, and decided that any additional detail should be added after i redid the topology. Here he is with original zsphere topology [IMG]http://img42.imag…	5 Last	ralusek Sep 2009
zbrush poly paint question .................................................zbrush poly paint question............................................................ ............................................................Que…	9 Last	CheeseOnToast Sep 2009
Creating A Perfect Hole In A Cylinder? Hi, can anyone explain how to get a perfectly clean hole in the side of a cylinder using as low geometry as possible? It's to be subdivided and I'm having some issues with deformations. What I've b…	11 Last	Playdo Sep 2009
Low Poly Lettering Is there a simplified way to create low poly lettering using the text tool in maya? Rite now the only way i can think of is to start with a box and get extruding, but fonts are so much more convenie…	8 Last	MikeF Sep 2009
Script request How hard would it be to write a max script that allows you to set the vertex color of selected vertecies to either 100% red, 100% green or 100% blue, aswell as 100% black or 100% white? Would really…	4 Last	PixelGoat Sep 2009
Wires... T-pose vs posed- opinions? Hi folks. Apologies if this isn't the right thread cos I suppose this isn't exactly a technical question, but... I'm busily rendering out images today for the guy who's putting my portfolio websi…	2 Last	praxedes Sep 2009
reset Xform question it,s true it save me a lot of headache in max. but what it actually do anyway? it,s still beyond my knowledge atm. FYI my current ( char modeling ) workflow are : - draw a box - convert to editable …	6 Last	Mark Dygert Sep 2009