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3dsMax [Rigging] rotating two object together

Hello Everyone, Recently I am learning manual rigging, with Forward Kinematic (FK) for the arms part (it's more easy for newbie for me to rigging instead with IK) and I've just realize that when …
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Zzam_W

Baked normal maps are weirdly squished/not appearing in some places?

Hi all - working on my first project using a high->low-poly workflow. I know my low-poly isn't perfect, but I've been having some issues even getting it to work at all (see pictures below). I've been…
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AdvisableRobin

XFormer 2.0 Released

Hi guys, [B]XFormer [/B]2.0 has been released. Below is a short description of what it does. [B]XFormer[/B] is a tool that will allow you recover the transformation of an object. Some sc…
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PolyTools3D

Maya 2015 Viewport bugged

Hello I have a problem with the viewport, it was all normal at first but one day it bugged out. The "camera cube" is all black now and the grid doesn't smooth anymore when activating smooth wirefra…
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Magicool

why uv packers are so stupid and treat uv islands as conveses?

Hello, I'd like to ask you why uv packers are so stupid and treat uv islands as convexes? I've tested: -3ds max packer -uv-packer -xray unwrap -polyunwrapper and all of them worked similar. Check…
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kurt_hectic

Maya - Split Multiple Edges at once

Hey guys.. does anyone know of a way to [B]split multiple edges at once[/B](to edge ring and split). If you select an Edge Loop and activate "to edge ring and split" it will only split the first edge…
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Cay

Topology help please

I'll try and keep this short. I've been racking my brain all day trying to work on topology for a Maya/Mudbox workflow. I'm trying to get good topology on a bog standard crate shape but I for the lif…
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CheeseOnToast

Newtonian Follower free for Lightwave

We have just released Newtonian Follower for Lightwave, free for single seat users, along with several other plugins for Lightwave. With Newtonian Follower, you can link one object to another and ha…
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Dan_Ritchie

HQ Textures / Quantity and performance impact in engine

Hi folks, I have little question about textures, does any one know how big the performance impact is when using big / or al lot of textures i scene "per view" ? Is there actually a impact in FPS ?
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Eric Chadwick

what are some good working computers nowadays?

hey, so im almost a complete noob when it comes to hardware. my current pc is beginning to show some wear and tear and im looking to get a new one soon. so im gonna be using this one strictly for ma…
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Cay

ART TEST - Combining Keyframe animation with physics sim, for output to Unreal?

[COLOR="DarkOrange"] *Edit* Just going to do some geo switcheroo. Drop the original panel below the floor via it's joint, and then pop in the physics sym panel to complete the effect.[/COLOR] Hey …
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Bumper

Patchy mask brush ZBRUSH

I have been trying to fix my brush for days now. I can't seem to stop the patchiness, no matter the intensity levels. I was wondering if anyone else had ran into the issue, I'm sure it's just my sett…
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peanut™

Zbrush - Insert Mesh and wrong rotation

Hi! So I testing multi-mesh feature in Zbrush, but I don't understand one thing. Why when I use my InsertMesh Tool made by myself, it's not snap from the center of this object? I thought that my impo…
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Veezen

Some Questions

Well, i about to do a huge amount of studying and research about video game art and before i begin there's just some questions i'd like answers to. Feel free to point me to some articles. Thanks in a…
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Obscura

Unreal Engine 4 - Repeating meshes VS lightmap quality.

I've got a mesh that has to repeat about 32 times, a large cylinder like structure, so every piece has the same Materials and UV data.The problem I'm running into is my Lightmap UV in Unreal: Would …
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sprunghunt

3ds Max render to texture dots

I’ve got a problem that’s driven me to the verge of suicide ( 3dsmax must be the cause of at least a small percentage of suicides/murders?) I’m using render to texture in 3ds max 9 to bake the diffus…
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Kapoff

Creating a quality cloth simulation and baking to bones

I'm trying to simulate some nice clean cloth behaviour on a cloak with the cloth modifier of 3ds max 2012. The best I can do involves using the burlap preset, which allows me to get a clean animation…
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Wayfray

CryEngine Normalmap Problem

Hey Guys, i have some strange problems with my normalmaps in the cry engine. The normal map seems to change the lighting in the wrong way. The +x-y+z is set. Any advices? :) Thanks and cheers [IM…
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leleuxart

3DS maxscript autorig

Hi, A friend of mine told me that it is easier to learn how to code with a project. Now I have a project, and i don't know how to code. So here begin my journey on maxscript. My project: For some t…
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S-S

How would you texture this

I'm trying to figure out best way to get this textured. I went with modular approach but I'm having hard time to get the textures to look "as one" instead of individual pieces. Any other techniques t…
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Visum

help to choose a very good Workstation PC

hi i planned to buy a very good Workstation PC which budget is between 5000$-6000$ so processor are actually is dual Xeon but which one is very good for rendering in 3dsmax vray and also i dunno is …
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omidkurd

3dsMax Morpher - Vertex Color

I have two simple boxes with different scale and different vertex colors. I am trying to blend them using the Morpher. The shapes can be correctly blended but the vertex colors don't change. It uses …
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Eric Chadwick

ZBrush Hard-Surface Dynamesh

Hi peeps, I want to adapt my workflow between poly modelling and ZBrush so that I may create final renditions of complex shapes quickly from a base mesh. But here's the thing, after watching a vide…
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cookedpeanut

low poly to zbrush workflow?

So I've been using Zbrush for a bit now and I usually create my base mesh in zbrush with Dynamesh or zspheres. Lately though I've been enjoying going back and creating low poly characters and I usua…
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jfitch

Maya LT : Bake to Skeleton

Hi all , Newbie alert [IMG]http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/smilies/notworthy.gif[/IMG] I am retareting a Mocap but I don't know how to get the control rig to follow the skeleton. I saw an option…
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marvalgames

Problem applying IK handle to fps arms (Maya 2014)

Hello everybody I'm trying to create a set of fps arms for my fps game project, I generated a male model in makehuman and chose a skeleton for it, exported the rigged model to fbx then imported it i…
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threearabawys

Fresnel in Vray for Maya

I have a quick question about the two (that I know of) different ways to achieve fresnel in Maya/Vray. First way, which I'm familiar with from 3ds Max and Vrya, is simply checking the fresnel box in…
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9krausec

Terrain Editing Software ?????? PLZ HELP

I am really hoping that one of you guys/gals will know something about this, So at work I am having to edit some terrain based on an outdated DEM (digital elevation model)/height map and make it look…
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dystopianghost

Curved planes in 3ds max?

Hey, fellas. I've been trying to make some hair in 3ds max using alpha planes and whatnot but stumble on creating nice and curvy planes, like on this picture: [IMG]http://wiki.polycount.com/w/images…
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Mark Dygert

3dsMax Mental Ray - Render only Particles Flow

Hey everyone, I am using 3dsMax with Mental ray and I have a scene with multiples objects and a Particle Flow which has a Shape Instance. Is it possible to render only this Particle Flow with the in…
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Eric Chadwick

HELP OBJECT MISSING IN VIEWPORT

Hello, Everyone I really frustated with this one,,,,, Please someone help me.. I rigging a character, added object control to each part I finished nearly everything and then I repair leg part I di…
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Zzam_W

3DS Max Custom Primitive

Hello, polycounter, I wondering can we make a custom primitive just like the teapot in 3ds max? If yes, how? :(
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Fwap

Normal Map seam

Hi there, The first image represents a fully unwrapped model without overlapped UV. As you can see, no seam when I transfered the Normal map The second and the third are showing you how I proceed t…
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Air0ne

Black faces in Maya's high quality rendering in viewport

So I've seen this issue pop up every now and then but I've known a proper fix for it. Sometimes when I turn on "High Quality Rendering," then press 7 for viewport lighting, some faces on my mesh tur…
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Bartalon

pbRenderableCurve Maya Script

Little tool for maya i been making that simulates the same effect as renderable curves in 3ds max. [IMG]http://cmcproductions.co.uk/scripts/assets/images/pbRenderableCurve01.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://cmc…
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passerby

Flipped face within a UV shell when unwrapping?

I was doing some checks with xView, and apparently one of my faces is flipped. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3w6Jt3p.png[/IMG] I've tried flipping the geometry but that causes a smoothing error. I'm not …
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james swanson

Really annoying 3DS Max error.

Edit: False alarm. I didn't look hard enough!
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JordanN

Maya: Importing FBX triangulates mesh! Do not want.

Hey guys, I have exported an object from 3ds max as an FBX, when I import it into Maya it triangulates the mesh, as it's a sub'd model so there are many supporting edges, when I smooth the mesh it do…
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martynball

[Q] How do you create nice 3D environment for mobile?

Hi there, I have a question. I'm using Maya and Unity for our mobile game development. We are quite new in 3D (before this we mostly do projects in 2D), so this may seem to be quite noob question ; …
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Eric Chadwick

Hard edges and 3D printing?

So I just got a project that involves 3d printing. I've never had to model for a print before, it's kind of a weird shape so I was thinking about how I would create the rounded edges for the piece, b…
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cryrid

How Can I Create an Animation in this Particular Style?

So I'm attempting to create a short animation for my final years project in computer animation. I'm the artist on the project and we've decided on the kind of style we're looking for, along the lines…
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tadpole3159

bent normal vs object space

Hi polycounters, I'm curious to know what the difference is between a bent normal and a object space normal. I understand that bent normal bakes light information from a highpoly but is the differen…
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merwynl

Maya Python Command Completion and Last Command?

Is it possible in the Maya Script Editor to get command completion working for Python? Or to toggle last command with the up arrow? I tried changing the settings under command and it didn't work.
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inanimate

3ds max 2015 new mouse zoom config

help! In max you usually could zoom close up to your rotation centre. The camera would stop there and not zoom any further. In max 2015 there is now the functionality that you can zoom forever. The…
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sgtscience

3dsMax my Bones modifier gone.....

Hello everyone, There is something that made me really stuck at rigging today (my first time with manual rigging no biped) actually I created bones from foot > leg > spine > neck > head, then I add…
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Zzam_W

Far Cry 4 vegetation!!

Hey! So i just started fooling around in FC4 and i could not help to notice the awesome vegetation they have going on. I am especially talking about the pine trees which are rich and thick instead o…
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ZacD

Blendmask painting via Viewport Canvas - 3dsmax

I am trying to paint a blendmask between 2 textures. It works, but I have a little issue. When I enable the painting on the mask, then the 2 textures disappears from my model, and it shows only the m…
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Obscura

3DSM- Render to texture issue

Hey guys. Working on a new model and decided to do a quick test-bake and I'm getting some odd issues. In short, when using render to texture the final bake quality is really really low and I can't fi…
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WhiteHyena

Question regarding UV unwrapping game meshes

Hey guys What's better when unwrapping game meshes: to aim for less seams or less distortion in the UVs? I'm trying to unwrap an organic shape and it's either I get very distorted UVs or very nice …
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instg8r

Havok Destruction Tutorials for Maya?

I'm trying to create breakable models in Maya using Havok but there's little to no mention of it in the documentation for the Havok Tools, just a few 'tutorial scenes' are included that I can't seem …
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54Strat

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