Technical Talk

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Zbrush normals/Tangent for games I have been using max and zbrush for a while now, I am working on games and doing things in UDK. I hit a brick wall when it comes to the putting normals on my low poly. I have clicked about every e…	7 Last	Turbogoats May 2012
How often do you model the details instead of scultping them? And when it comes to skin-tight clothing, is it acceptable to model/sculpt it from the base mesh, instead of modeling it on top of the base mesh?	6 Last	YoutLeaderVal May 2012
UDK vertex paint on STATIC MESH Hi! I'm new to UDK (and this superb website!) and I am trying to do some vertex painting on my static mesh but I don't know how to do it right. I would like to do some basic vertex painting and som…	2 Last	olivierth May 2012
Still not getting the most out of my texture Hey guys, Every few months I redo our human model at work (we do medical sims), and this time around we got a subscription to 3DSK for some high quality reference photos. They are fairly large, whic…	4 Last	mdeforge May 2012
Photoshop Texture Painting Problem Hey guys, I am using the PS CS5 Extended 3d tools to paint textures. Now when overlaying a texture onto my mesh, it overlays transparent. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AWaKM.png[/IMG] Now my seams do …	2 Last	Benton May 2012
isolating layer in photoshop? How can i isolate one layer in photoshop and edit it without having all the other layers around? ive tried the atl+click visible icon already. it does a good job at hiding all the other layers, but …	4 Last	Noors May 2012
Max 2012 symmetry modifier weirdness So for some reason every time I put a symmetry modifier on something, save, then reload my file, the symmetrical half of the model will have ... deleted itself? The whole half of my character that wa…	2 Last	Kupikimijumjum May 2012
[Maya CGFX] Photoshop psd file loses alpha channel For one of our 3D artists I've ported and extended a shader from Unity3D to Maya. The shader in Unity3D uses PSD files as input for textures and makes use of the alpha channel of one of the textures …	1 Last	warby May 2012
Diffuse Workflow/Pipeline (Share opinions and workflows!) Hi guys, I'm currently texturing my character and ive baked a normal, AO, and a specular map in Maya for a Model but wanted to know peoples own workflow on a diffuse. So far I've painted basic bloc…	18 Last	ahtiandr May 2012
Can I skip the Cryengine log in? Hey guys, Is there anyway to get around logging into the cryengine SDK? I don't want to do anything suspect, it's just that I can't log in through the university internet connection and I've been tr…	4 Last	[HP] May 2012
Maya Snap/move pivot hotkeys trouble Hello to all Maya users here I got some unusual trouble. I made some changes in hotkey settings(snapping and pivot keys wasn't changed), and after maya restart a find that pressing x/c/v/d and movi…	6 Last	Joopson May 2012
Modelling Question Hey everyone, Quick modelling question, I am making a building with four walls. It is one mesh, but the four walls are not connected. It does not raise the triangle count, but it does raise the ver…	9 Last	Benton May 2012
Scott Wilson - Technical Artist Portfolio Hey folks! thought that I would finally place my portfolio up here! a few minor things need added but shouldn't take long! =) [url]www.pixelmaniac.co.uk[/url]	18 Last	Kwramm May 2012
If you could change 3dsmax... If you could change or fix something with Max what would it be? Personally I would like to see: - The viewport not come to a stand still if I have the curve editor open. - UV editor become a mode yo…	46 Last	Justin Meisse May 2012
[3ds max n00b] creating dismemberment animation on a biped A) I have a zombie character mesh that is already skinned to the biped... I'm wondering how to create dismemberment animations, for example cutting off the head or limbs, or perhaps slice the zombie …	9 Last	Nash May 2012
MaxScript (Beginners) Questions Hey folks. Currently working on a project for uni, trying to create a more user friendly fire generator in 3DsMax. Using Partical systems as the basis of the tool and just simplifying it. [IMG]http:…	8 Last	monster May 2012
Floating Geometry not showing up in 3ds Max Im having trouble with getting my floating geometry to show up during the bake...Just wondering if I was missing something. I tried using the cage as well and setting it to cover my floating geos but…	5 Last	Notes May 2012
Vertex paint offset trick- UDK Hey people I don't know if this has been done before, but as I haven't seen anyone show it off or mention it I thought I'd share it as it works pretty well :) I'm sure I'm not the first! I thought …	1 Last	passerby May 2012
3d max scanline and normal maps Hi, I've created a normal map from a heightmap using nvidia plugin in Photoshop. But now when I render it in the scanline render of Max it doesn't look good. Those 8 rectangles shouldnt be protruding…	2 Last	styx May 2012
Student: Need help starting [SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Calibri][COLOR=silver]I am a high school sophomore and I would like to receive any advice I can get. I have an idea that a scientist fused the Dna of a Neon tetra (fish) …	8 Last	mccloudman May 2012
UV winding order I am currently trying to make a symmetrical texture map for my character in Autodesk Maya. [IMG]http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/58/symmap.jpg[/IMG] For example, I want the arms of a character to s…	7 Last	zzz7net May 2012
lowering reflection in marmoset? I cant figure out how to tone down the reflections on my materials. ive got a metal material, which is supposed to have a high specular, but not very much reflection. No matter what i do to the 3 (!…	15 Last	Olli. May 2012
(Question) Zbrush - Decimation Master Hey guys and girls, I just have a quick question regarding the decimation master plug-in for Zbrush [B](see below)[/B]. I don't have it accessible at this time so I was hoping someone might know the…	2 Last	Andr May 2012
question about high res to low res for mobile games Hello, I'm new to the forums here but have recently got back into 3d modeling and had a couple questions about the best way to take a high res model in zbrush and create a low poly model suitable for…	5 Last	Goeddy May 2012
animation frame sampling hey ho! I want to transfer simple idle animations (technical and organic) to ogre and I have to decide how I want it to be sampled (how many samples per second) Now I don't really have a feeling ho…	2 Last	rollin May 2012
Exporting Animations [3ds max UDK] Hey Polycount, I'm trying to export skeletal animations for a character from 3ds max and import them into UDK. I've try'd using the FBX method but when imported into UDK the mesh is completely broken…	0 Last	Selrahc May 2012
merge skin 3dsmax ok, I have a 3dsmax file which has multiple meshes skinweighted to a standard biped. I also have separate max file with additonal meshes which are skinweighted to an identical biped. What I need to…	8 Last	Ruz May 2012
Trancluency in CE3? I'm trying to re-create a wax candle and need some help. I've tried to find info in the cry wiki without luck. I also thought of using the SSSSS shader but had a real hard time fining anything on tha…	6 Last	sltrOlsson May 2012
Problem - Bone envelopes not synced with actual bones Okay, so I have this problem with my skin envelopes where they seem to be locked in a position where I was moving the rig around to test the quality of the skin. I'm using CAT (Because I'm not too fo…	2 Last	monster May 2012
dumb question, how to bake viewport highlight? Hello, I am trying to do some low res crystal shapes in 3ds max, and wanting to bake the default 3ds max highlights into my texture to fake lighting, is this possible? Thanks in advanced.	6 Last	vreza May 2012
How to you "permanently" assign material to a mesh every time I drag a mesh to the map it always has the red "replace me" so I assign a material with the material browser, and everything looks fine and dandy. But, if i bring in that same mesh again f…	4 Last	vreza May 2012
Quick Blender Question I am making a bolt action rifle in blender for a UDK project and I can't figure out how to get the scope's lens to be tinted and reflective at the same time. Whenever I make a change to the material…	3 Last	passerby May 2012
Unwrapping tyre treads Hi all I'm modelling a car and I've come to the point where I'm unwrapping it, though I'm not too experienced at it all. I'm unwrapping one of the tyres as a separate object and have got to the poin…	49 Last	EarthQuake May 2012
MaxScript: How to Mold a Road to a Hill Hello, I'm using MaxScript for a uni module and my idea to create a scene generator. I'm keeping it simple for now and sticking with just a hilly scene. I have managed to create a road using a box,…	3 Last	Quickwits92 May 2012
normal issues [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xcv8A.png[/IMG] on the left is my high poly and on the right is my low poly. I'm having some issues with the normal map tapering in at the vertices. How do I make a consisten…	6 Last	cptSwing May 2012
UDK Metaballs [img]http://i.imgur.com/sBbfH.jpg[/img] A quick, rough implementation of an idea I had for implementing GPU accelerated metaballs. At the bottom are planes with a white blob on them, additive blende…	4 Last	ambershee May 2012
Building a vehicle for games Hey guys, so i want to model a vehicle soon and i would love to know the different stages into how to model something like this. Is it: high poly low poly unwrap texture? or am i completely missin…	6 Last	Xoliul May 2012
Problem with HLSL Terrain Shader(Texture 2D Array) Hi, I use the HLSL function Texture2D.Load do retrieve texture information. These informations are 3 Texture Indicies, 3 Texture blend weights and 3 texture tiling vaulues. Now if 2 different textur…	5 Last	SpeCter May 2012
ZBrush: Is it possible to save a mask? Hi all, I'm working on a model in ZBrush and I spent a decent amount of time on a detailed mask i want to use to pop detail out of the skin of my model. My question is: Is there any way to save this…	10 Last	Ace-Angel May 2012
need help with procedural generation of veins in marble so Ive been tryin to get this texture done in MapZone, but I'm having a lot trouble getting veins like this: [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NY5TlZyvWEE/T6cSVgnpMmI/AAAAAAAAAUo/SbmIQAVhqYQ/s…	2 Last	Paradan May 2012
[MAX] VRay and Lightmap generation storing "Shadow info" on alpha channel So this 3D engine I'm using(and I can't change the tech sadly) seems to use lightmaps(just simple 2D dds textures which are mapped to the second UV channel in geometry) in quite a particular way for …	0 Last	Dario_ff May 2012
"clean" topology? hey ive been wondering what this "clean" topology everyone has been talking about is. So far every time i have made a low-poly model for realtime use, ive followed a simple optimization plan of havi…	33 Last	Olli. May 2012
Welding them edges hey guise. Ive been wondering that has to be a better way for this: [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15275414/uv.PNG[/IMG] as you can see, there are many small edges on the border of the UV island, and…	9 Last	Olli. May 2012
Maya bugs that I can't find an answer to So Maya sometimes does this cute thing where it changes some random setting for me without my asking... I'm sure this has happened to everyone. THIS TIME it's changed something someplace to make it …	2 Last	sun_smasher May 2012
xNormal instead of Max's render-to-texture? Hi, Ok, I know this must be the most stupid question - but what are the actual benefits of using xNormal instead of Max's render to texture? I have tried xNormal quite a few times, watched tutoria…	15 Last	cupsster May 2012
3ds max 2012 uv mapping Im trying to pelt map by selecting faces and then pelt mapping and then reselecting another group of polys and then pelting again, A method that worked fine in 2011, but now its frustrating me to no …	2 Last	Rockley Bonner May 2012
Trying to get the hang of some maps So I have only really just started to try and make normal and spec maps properly and have read through the polycount wiki page for normal maps and tried taking that into consideration. [IMG]http://i…	4 Last	JamesWild May 2012
Zbrush fantasy tutorial Hello I am wondering if there is any cool good video tutorial out there about making a fantasy dragon or medieval character out there? I mean the cool expensive videos like eat 3d or the like ... I…	9 Last	Neox May 2012
Question about UV Layouts and Scale So I'm getting my feet wet skinning and one question I keep running into, but keep having to shrug and push on over, is one of scale in my UV Layouts. First off it drives me crazy when I unwrap a set…	13 Last	Neox May 2012
New custom computer. SUGGESTIONS? So I'm getting a new computer, but I'm like five years out of date when It comes to hardware. Can anyone suggest some parts? Mostly I'll be using it for autodesk software but I game now and then. Ma…	2 Last	xk0be May 2012