Technical Talk

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Nvidia 680 - Peach fuzz Hi guys, We were looking at the Dawn tech demo (first video here : [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-hardware-nvidia-gtx-680-review[/url]) from the new Nvidia 680 and we were wondering how t…	3 Last	Ace-Angel Mar 2012
Shortkey UV (move, scale , rotage ) in 3Dsmax dont work Shortkey UV (move, scale , rotage ) in 3Dsmax dont work, I confied W,E,R on shortkey config menu . but it still dont work. please . thanks	2 Last	renderhjs Mar 2012
Need info about Cursors (.cur files) I feel like creating a .cur file has presented itself to be quite difficult. Does anyone know of any snazzy plugins or apps that allow for easy alpha channel management?	2 Last	konstruct Mar 2012
Alpha/Transparency Ok, never needed to look into this before now but the model I am currently working on is in need of some transparency. I don't need any fancy gradiant transparency just plain and simple opacity cha…	0 Last	woody Mar 2012
MotionBuilder v.2012 better than v.2010? Just wanted to ask if anyone who has used motionbuilder 2012 can verify if its better than 2010 version in terms of performance,realtime dynamics and simulations while animating,time it takes to save…	1 Last	melviso Mar 2012
Can't sculpt in MuDBox with small brush size or camera zoomed in close...?? I have been struggling with Mudbox 2012 for the past 30 minutes.I am sculpting the eyes of my character and I decrease the brush size to like 1.62,the damn brush won't sculpt. and won't work when the…	14 Last	melviso Mar 2012
Maya/MudBox/UDK Normal Map Workflow Question Quick description of what I'm trying to do: Make a low res model in Maya (literally a box). Take it into Mudbox for sculpting and normals baking. Bring model and map into UDK. The problem is I ca…	8 Last	Dataday Mar 2012
modular wall : wierd seams Hi, there ! I got a question, I try to create some modular pieces of wall, i did them whith maya, it looks nice and clean, but then when I import them into unity 3D, I got some wierd seams when I'm …	0 Last	menico Mar 2012
Shifting Grid Topology Keys - Interactive Samplers For what is worth here is my lastest effort on laying down some Topology concepts. Cheers [center] [url=http://oneupontherock.webege.com/?p=667][img]http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatic…	6 Last	pasha_sevez Mar 2012
Infos on Realtime data streaming e.g. Open World Games Hi, I was always interested in "realtime straming" engines in exploration based games like Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption... But it seems i cant find any infos on the internet. Everything i …	1 Last	Dataday Mar 2012
Issues with Microsoft PIX's Hey Polycounters, Anyone on here use Microsoft PIX and if so do you have any crashes when you try and debug a pixel? I am trying to find out why some light and shadow maps are not working correctly …	2 Last	\|BILLY$CLINT\| Mar 2012
How do I put two UV-layouts into one? (3ds Max) Hello, I was making an object by starting it with 2 different objects and my plan was to join them together in the end. So I did all the modelling and then I uv-unwrapped them while they were still …	1 Last	cptSwing Mar 2012
Max undo function demolishing mesh normals? Bug? So I've come across this problem a couple of times in the past. I don't think I ever actually managed to fix it, I think it may have just have gone away. It was however on a different version of Max.…	4 Last	cptSwing Mar 2012
[Help] Subdivion on Ztool not present Hello everyone, how are you today? I am just starting out with Zbrush and managed to sculpt a terrain, since I have little time to sculpt the whole thing with details and everything in one go I save…	5 Last	Vallar Mar 2012
Normal map green channel oddity When I rendered out this simple normal map of a twisted cord my green channel looks weird. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v725/l6bit/bomb.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7…	4 Last	16bit Mar 2012
3DS MAX 2011, combining rigged weights in 3ds max, i am giving a model a simpler bone structure, to make animating easier. the model i have right now is fully rigged, but with many more bones than the skeleton i want to use. i was wonderi…	2 Last	monster Mar 2012
Mesh completely black when Normal Map is applied I don't know if this has to do with the difference in number of sides between the low and high poly. The base of my barrel has 12 sides so it's pretty blocky, but the high poly has at least 40 sides …	6 Last	Chase Mar 2012
Zbrush color fill issue Hey guys, in Zbrush, I'm separating subtools by color so that when I do my bakes, I'll end up with a handy mask for all of them. This was working swimmingly until for some reason I cannon discern, a …	4 Last	cryrid Mar 2012
Maxscript Assign Vertex colours issue Hi guys I read this thread here: [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65348[/url] and I'm mostly using rick's maxscript, just testing things out. I'd like to assign a material's diffu…	0 Last	ImSlightlyBored Mar 2012
3DsMax imported OBJ problem when skin modifier is applied Hi, I need help with a problem in Max. I imported a new mesh as obj from maya, and when I try to skin it on some bones, suddenly the mesh pops out of position. I have already freeze transforms, freez…	2 Last	Jairsanity Mar 2012
Problems with textures Hi all .I create barrel in Blender 2.60. then i create texture in photoshop. Texture looks pretty good in blender and when i import it in vtf file. However , in model viewer and in tf2 it looks ter…	19 Last	wardog Mar 2012
GUIStudioMDL recompile issue Hi guys i'm trying to compile my hat with jigglebones and i get this error from GUIStudioMDL: [IMG]http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/l637/Giovanikc/ScreenShot012.jpg[/IMG] I tryed many tutorials…	0 Last	Giovanikc Mar 2012
Maxsript: windows.sendMessage return value Hi guys, i have a callback to handle some dialog auto clicking like described in the help under "UIAccessor". To click a button i use windows.sendMessage but sometimes the click fails. I'm not sure w…	0 Last	SimonT Mar 2012
Decal Problems Hi Guys, Ive been working on my scene for a little while now and have only just started adding in decals and have run into a problem. I have setup my decal and applied it to the entity and all works…	4 Last	theonebutcher Mar 2012
Animation question, feel like an idiot... Brief question about animating a moving character... Am I right in thinking you should animate a characters position from the root/COG rather than the master controller? I've spent more time than I…	20 Last	Valerien Mar 2012
Reordering the vertex numbering of a model. Alright, our programmer brought to our attention that each sub-mesh of a model may only have 40(ish) bones. The model in question has 79 bones, so must be broken up into at least 2 sub-meshes. Howev…	6 Last	claydough Mar 2012
TF2 Compile OK, but MDL wont load Heya Folks, I am running into an issue where I compile my weapon model through GUIStudioMDL and it runs, says it completes the model with no errors... yet when I try to load it in HLMV it locks up,…	1 Last	-DN- Mar 2012
Normal Maps and the CryENGINE [I've posted this on the Crydev site, but I'm pretty desperate to figure this out as it's really starting to hold up my environment now.] After watching the free video from Simon Fuchs on Eat3D, I'v…	10 Last	Wesley Mar 2012
Need help with Zbrush Rigging :( This is my farmer and I used Zsphere to build Rigging frame for him after done, I clicked on Make Adptive skin button , and it gave me a new skin without Material , without color ... I really don…	2 Last	freebambino Mar 2012
xNormal Issue / Maya OBJ Export Hello all, I'm going to try to explain my issue to the best of my abilities and hopefully someone can help. I have a high poly cactus that I modeled in Maya, it has been combined to be one mesh and…	2 Last	KrysaMae Mar 2012
maxscript - copy vars from referencetarget heyho, my problem is I have a custom referencetarget object (tool provided by someone else) this reference target has a bunch of vars .. like .name .color .allowexport and so on.. not how can I c…	3 Last	cw Mar 2012
Zbrush, where to start? so i think its about time i get going on zbrush, been putting it off for too long. can anyone recomend a good video series to get started, free or pay? mainly looking to use it for hard surface stu…	4 Last	Rob Macko Mar 2012
Closed Where to learn to create max scripts? Where to ?	4 Last	Joshua Stubbles Mar 2012
UDK Stats visualizer Hello Polycount people. Hopingone of you might be able to assist me. I am currently in the middle of a game level building / testing project, and I would like to use UDK's gamestats system to gene…	1 Last	whitelyt Mar 2012
how to collapse layer styles photoshop Is it possible to collapse layer styles in photoshop, in a way that the layer styles effect stays, but the layer itself returns to a normal non-styled type. I find it irritating when using layer styl…	5 Last	cptSwing Mar 2012
UV Mapping Strategies? Hello everyone, I'm currently UV mapping the side profile of an aircraft to be mirrored later (AH-1W chopper) in Maya and having trouble deciding which strategy to adopt. One method I have been e…	1 Last	Phrexeus Mar 2012
Trees in Zbrush workflow Question I'm starting on a new scene. I picked it because it has trees and foilage, which I've never really done any of. I'm doing this to learn them. Anyway, I have a few questions about making tree trunks …	3 Last	Hayden Zammit Mar 2012
sculpting straps im talking about the kind they use for pretty much everything in the army. [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Military_gear_strap_001.jpg[/url] i saw someone sculpted some straps…	7 Last	Fingus Mar 2012
Maya 2011 rendering issue (textured ncloth reflected in a mirror) Hello there, I've never posted here before, mostly because I feel like a total beginner whenever I browse through all the cool stuff you people come up with. I'm saying this because the only reason …	1 Last	Bouleau Mar 2012
spilt polygon tool on a face without connecting to edges in Maya? When modeling stuff in Maya,my most frequent tool is the spilt polygon tool,Autodesk later changed it to the interactive spilt polygon tool.I love using this tool but I would love it if one can say c…	2 Last	xillyriax Mar 2012
Absolute UV rotation? (max) I'm looking for a way to rotate UV's from the center of 0-1 uv space. Max always does it from the local center of the selection and I don't see any way to change it besides trying to manually place…	5 Last	DeadlyFreeze Mar 2012
Rendering problem Can somebody tell me why it appears so light? I've asked a friend and he doesn't have a clue either. Cheers. [url]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/821/renderproblem.png/[/url] -DMV	1 Last	AlexLeighton Mar 2012
Red Dead Redemption Techs Hi I am playing on xbox R.D.R. and I am in total awe , this world is so full , large , rich and dense of texture details that I am really happy looking around , now I am wondering how that was possib…	53 Last	dfinlay Mar 2012
Sculpt tool minus specific edge I have looked for a while online and couldn't find an answer, I'm not even sure if it is possible. I am in maya 2011 and using the sculpt geometry tool on a very high poly vehicle. Is it possible f…	2 Last	skaytr Mar 2012
Cant query an object in MEL? del	3 Last	Jedi Mar 2012
help with "shiney" metal One of my teachers gave us an option to do the door from the starcraft 2 intro cg...he showed us some of his former student's work including this one...I'm going towards a steam punk-ish style for my…	26 Last	cptSwing Mar 2012
Why so blue? Alright, so most people have seen or created specular maps that have prominent blue colors in them, for various effects, but it seems many do no actually understand why we do this. I've had a few di…	85 Last	Racer445 Mar 2012
Extracting normal maps from very high poly models in ZBRUSH? Been using ZBrush for a while now for high poly models with no uvs.So since ZB can handle very high polys compared to other apps I was wondering if there is a way u can select the high poly model,the…	17 Last	melviso Mar 2012
Need help in understanding Weight Distribution and modeling for animation [Maya] [COLOR="Silver"]Hello guys, I am going to get straight to the point; I have made a human modal which I have also rigged, as well as modeling and rigging a 5-fingerd hand. While I have yet to encount…	10 Last	melviso Mar 2012
Any opinions on Max xRef for characters? We're looking into using xRef in our pipeline, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with it? I found some old threads from 3-5 years ago, but nothing recent, and was wondering if anyone u…	7 Last	Bigjohn Mar 2012