Technical Talk

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Vertex color and performance I'm kinda new to the idea of using vertex colors to blend textures but it seems extreamly useful. From what I understand it can be applied in different ways like for instance painted in Maya etc (whe…	10 Last	passerby Dec 2011
New Person asking for help on Normal maps So yea I'm trying to create a normal map/s for this gate way arch thing and I'm getting these wavy lines every where and what I'm guessing are seems every where too. I'm running at my wits end. -_- …	0 Last	Fates Healer Dec 2011
Maya - UV Strip Straightener? So I have just started trying out UVing again in Maya after like a million years of not using it. Loving RoadKill for most things but I was wondering if there are any scripts or easy ways to unwrap …	5 Last	EMC3D Dec 2011
mudbox 2012 hates me =[ nah not really, i just installed it after seeing Stoofoo's texturing video and thinking it was all awesome and stuff. but then when i import a normalmap, it's flipped vertically (the texture map). a…	0 Last	almighty_gir Dec 2011
How do you setup goZ for zbrush 4R2 if 4 is already installed? If goZ is already installed for zbrush 4 but you want to install it for zbrush 4R2, how would you get an external package such as Maya to know which version to send models to? Would you have to unins…	0 Last	theStoff Dec 2011
MAX2012 Lighting/Rendering Problem Hi, Im trying to render out a scene in MAX2012 and when I do my lighting seems to be all messed up. Heres a screen shot of whats happening... [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/workingi.…	3 Last	pez_11 Dec 2011
Zbrush and character modelling. Hello all, Tonight I've been doing some character modelling, I ended up sketching out a bust of one of my characters, my question is this: [IMG]http://i39.tinypic.com/24eqglj.png[/IMG] How do I no…	6 Last	Chimp Dec 2011
Creating Seamless, Tiling Textures from a Photo inside 3ds Max I'm teaching my kids and a small group of friends some things in Max right now... and one thing that came up was seamless, tiling textures. Most people seem to do all this in Photoshop and other apps…	2 Last	shawnolson Dec 2011
Are CE3 real time reflections affected by UVs? Hi guys, Real quick question! Im currently uving a scene i plan to put into cryengine. I do however have seams running down the middle of some large assets, which will will cause a mirror effect wi…	5 Last	CrazyButcher Dec 2011
Normal bake comes out completely black every time I am in 3dsmax and I cannot make my normals bake on my model for some reason, no matter what settings or anything I do to anything. The viewport preview shows it just fine, but the preview is complet…	0 Last	madmuffin Dec 2011
how to correctly measure pixel density Hey guys, I was wondering if there is anyway to measure pixel density, or better, if there is an addon that does this. I tried textools but this is out of date and doesn't work correctly for max 2012…	8 Last	Justin Meisse Dec 2011
Human Anatomy refs. What are the best places to get good anatomy references?	6 Last	pabgo Dec 2011
ratGPU : OpenCL raytracing renderer Hi, I've just uploaded ratGPU here [URL="http://www.ratgpu.com/"]http://www.ratgpu.com[/URL] ( yep, you'll be redirected by now to an xNormal's subdomain... I'm just lazy ) ratGPU is a free progre…	90 Last	Joopson Dec 2011
3ds max's version of maya's make live hey so im mainly a maya user, though im starting to use 3ds max as well. one thing i heavily use general 3d programs like those for is creating my game model from my high poly i export all the part…	3 Last	Macattackk Dec 2011
IQE format IQE 3D file type, does anyone know what program is used to make such file type???	1 Last	joebount Dec 2011
trying to make a lens texture + reflection I'm trying to make a lens texture but i'm kinda stumped and google really isnt helping me one bit >.	11 Last	supaclueless Dec 2011
Help! The I see gray in my 3ds Max! So, I'm using Max 2010 and every time I import a mesh it turns all my materials gray. And I mean EVERYTHING. Even the stuff that was created in that file get this gray film on it. Anyone know how t…	9 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2011
importing scenes from Max into blender SUCKS! I've been playing around with learning Blender and trying to import a scene from 3DS Max comprised of about 150 models and 50 dummy objects. The obj format exports models quite nicely, but does not …	2 Last	Rainyn Dec 2011
Custom Fx sprites Hi there, so I made an animated sprite sheet with fume fx and I put it in the cryengine 3 but the sprite has a jittery motion. The actual sprite is moving around not the image on the sprite. Does an…	1 Last	CrazyMatt Dec 2011
Max 2011 vs. 2012 ? Our studio is at the right place in our schedule to upgrade Max. We've been using 2009, but we need at least 2010 so we can use the latest FBX (2009 iasn't supported any more). I'm curious about ot…	18 Last	SpeCter Dec 2011
3DS Max 2010 Crashing Problem Hello everyone every 5 minutes or so while 3D Modelling it freezes then my monitor glitches out and then it goes back but 3DS Max has stopped responding or crashed then i have to go to auto back to g…	1 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2011
How do Specular Level, Specular Color, and Gloss Maps work together? I have a glass dome on my car model that I wanted really shiny but with a pin-point specular reflection, like high gloss. My problem is I've only ever used specular maps before, nothing else, and a m…	10 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2011
Procedural Generation in Unity, Tri Limits, Texture Memory, Etc? I asked the Unity forums but I figured I would also check with Polycount since you're my favorite 3D community. I don't know a lick of programming so bare with me as I misuse all the wrong terms an…	3 Last	osman Dec 2011
Zbrush 4 Keyboard shortcuts Is there any way to change the keyboard shortcuts/navigation controls? This ALT+Double click framing my tools is getting ridiculously tedious having to zoom back in every few clicks.	3 Last	claydough Dec 2011
Which program to use for hard surfaces? Hello everyone, Should I use Blender or Zbrush to go about hard surface modeling? I've heard the new Zbrush 4R2 has gotten a few more tools for hard surfaces. Can anybody speak from experience wo…	3 Last	Ace-Angel Dec 2011
Maya to Max: Problems with UV sets Hey guys, I'm working on an art test which has to be submitted in Max. Unfortunately, I have worked exclusively in Maya and I am having a rather difficult time with the transition. I've managed to …	5 Last	couette Dec 2011
dds in video memory. more (dxt1) or less files (dxt3) heyho, I'm wondering if it is 'better' to store your textures in several rgb-dds files (dxt1c) or try to pack special channels like team color, self ilumination, .. into the alpha channel of a dxt3 …	21 Last	couette Dec 2011
handheld workflow questions hello , i was wondering if anyone knows any sites, pages or threads here ( i have searched but always chose the wrong keywords no matter what) that are to do with workflows aimed at handheld modellin…	0 Last	bobberts Dec 2011
How do you work with UVs that are wider then they are tall? (Like 512x1024) I'm having trouble working with doublewidth UVs. The relax tool only wants to work like the map is perfectly square, thus relaxing into all the wrong shapes, and when I rotate objects, if they were s…	6 Last	pasha_sevez Dec 2011
Textures - How do you organise them all? Over the years i`ve accumalated a texture library with thousands of files (jpegs,tifs,tgas,etc) and was wondering how everyone else catalogues them all, anyone use any special software for doing it? …	11 Last	passerby Dec 2011
Powerbox for CPU?? My present powerbox got fried and I took it to a repair dude who is recommending a 220 volts powerbox for my CPU.My CPU has a quad core processor with an Nividia 9500 GT graphics card and the motherb…	1 Last	Justin Meisse Dec 2011
3DS Max: Weird animation key offset problem! I'm having an odd problem with the animation keys in 3ds max. Whenever I move or rotate a joint with auto-key turned on, the key I get will not be placed on my current frame, instead it will offset…	1 Last	chrilley Dec 2011
tris in video game models? I know for high res sculpting you would use quads but could you use tris in an animatable mesh or would that be onely in meshes that dont animate?	5 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2011
anywhere mouse + 3dsmax keys help hello I just got a logitech anywhere mouse , but now when I click on the central wheel it just switch ways of scrolling in steps or fluid , there are other keys as well and I would lik eo tassign one…	3 Last	.morph3us Dec 2011
Memory Ussage Hey guys, So I have been coming across some issues. When I render I get errors on really high poly models that include: "The render was cancelled due to insufficient memory. Adjust the scene or Rend…	2 Last	Joshflighter Dec 2011
UDK lighting problem hi there guys im working with a group of classmates on a university project and we got some issues with our udk lighting i was hoping you guys could give us some help on fixing it what we wanted to …	8 Last	Moshbeast Dec 2011
virus malware I'm pretty sure I have one or the other and want suggestions for best removal software I don't use AV ever so I'm total noob at this. I rely on sys restore but i know its still on my hd. Help plz	28 Last	GarageBay9 Dec 2011
I have a character rigged decently, no glitches.. But I have no clue where to start. All I need to make is a simple walk cycle for a friend and max seems so clunky to animate in Its this very simple low poly character [IMG]http://img6.imageshack.u…	3 Last	Rick Stirling Dec 2011
Switching from Max to Maya =[ Apart from Maya's baking/viewport being synched, I really can't seem to bond with the rest of it. I have recently aquired a job using Maya and need help with a couple things. I'll be sure to add to t…	15 Last	mixeh Dec 2011
Smoothing groups prevent me from making UV maps in 3ds Max 2012! The title explains it really. For some reason I can not have smoothing groups and UVs at the same time. :poly134: I have no idea why. I make a UV and then smoothing groups. I then go back to the UV …	11 Last	Torabi Dec 2011
3dsmax2012 running slow Heres the specs of my PC i5-2500k 3.30 ghz 16gb ram ocz vertex 2 ssd 120 gb (where 3dsmax 2012 is installed on) Western digital caviar black 1TB EVGA geforce GTX 460 Fermi 720 mhz 1024mb 3.6ghz GDDR…	4 Last	onionhead_o Dec 2011
Blender - What to read up on... Hey to all, I decided to finally learn Blender in my free time, but being oblivious on how it works, I was wondering what and where should I start. I was told to check out the Blender Store here: […	30 Last	Ben Apuna Dec 2011
Good lowpoly/mobile modeling tutorials? It seems like when modeling for mobile apps I need to be alot smarter with my polygons, is there any tutorials out there that you guys know have helped you alot? Thanks!	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2011
Jagged ugly looking Normal Maps? My normal bake came out looking extremely jagged on the final model, is it because the texture resolution is too low? The full image size is 1024x2048, I don't really want to bring it up to 2048x4096…	18 Last	SpeCter Dec 2011
IC PolySplitRing (modeling Question) I have max 2009, so I am not blessed with the privilege of having the Graphite modeling tools. I would like to use the Illusion Catylist "PolySplitRing" to insert support edges in my geometry rather …	1 Last	knak47 Dec 2011
best shaders. im thinking about xouliushader 2 or 3 point shader but what are the best shaders in poly counts opinion.	10 Last	EarthQuake Dec 2011
Corrupt autobak's (max) So this is an issue that has been annoying me for the past year already. For some reason, over half my autobak files are always corrupt! I have been using max 2010 and now 2012 and I still have the…	9 Last	boebi Dec 2011
Geo Acting oddly to light, Help needed Finally finished painting my character Stir-fried and I'm working on getting a nice render and I've come across this problem. Seems the the only spot the is happening and I've tried moving the vert…	1 Last	gsokol Dec 2011
Weird ZBrush/ZSphere problerm So I was trying to learn a little about anatomy and proportions and such so I thought I would build a dude out of ZSpheres. That went pretty well so I saved him as a tool and had to go out. When I …	6 Last	WarrenM Dec 2011
How From - high Poly to low Poly in zBrush I'm a student at the university in salzburg and i study 3D-Animations. A Friend and i currently making a video game. For the game I did a Model in ZBrush. The UVs came from Maya. My question is, wha…	8 Last	werkvoll Dec 2011