Technical Talk

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Basic Maya Python Script Problem I'm taking a Mel and Python scripting class for Maya and I've run into a pickle. I'm just trying to change the color of a blinn for all the blocks in my project, but I keep getting these two errors …	2 Last	almighty_gir Jan 2011
Normal map question Hi PC crowd, I have a question concerning normal maps. I did search before hand on the PC forums, but did not find what I am looking for. Basically I would like to know if there is a big advantage…	32 Last	G3L Jan 2011
UVW mapping help PLEASEE Ok so i'm new to polycount and am not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask this question, but here it is. How do you map a complex model like a big cathedral or something of that sort? would…	3 Last	keres Jan 2011
Does low tris affect the models texture? Hello, I and my friend were arguing about the question stated in the tittle. He states that the low tris model will affect the textures position and stretching while higher detail model wont. Referen…	6 Last	keres Jan 2011
environment uber shader request? Hi everyone I recently more or less finished my generic BRDF shader for maya. There's other features that might be interesting but then it will start to be a little messy. I was thinking of building …	66 Last	BlvdNights Jan 2011
unwrapping question hi everyone! first sorry for my english! i started to model a thompson m1 smg, to learn some current-gen game modelling and texturing. the hi poly and low poly is done and approximately the 90% of …	6 Last	7oli Jan 2011
1:1 FPS Ratio in sprite animation from max? When creating animated sprite sheets with 3ds max do you guys animate a higher framerate in max then have a script render out every Nth frame? Or would there be a 1:1 ratio in frames? Seems to m…	1 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
MEL - getting values from array returns without using variables Is there a way to get a certain value from an array retun without first assigning the return to a variable? For instance, I'd like to use something like: `ls -sl -fl`[0]; instead of: $val = `ls -s…	1 Last	Chai Jan 2011
Why don't you bake diffuse? And, normal from bump (baking)? 1: of all the tutorials and things I learn from, I see people baking AO, baking nomals, but never do I see them slapping on tiled textures intuitively and then baking out a basic diffuse... why not? …	7 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
Easy was to create rocks?? Hey guys... i was wondering if there was a tutorial out there on how to make creation of rocks any easier.... creating rocks using the Asteroid Creation script in 3Ds max is fast but they come out ve…	6 Last	mortalhuman Jan 2011
Favorite Painter 11 Pens/Pencils and Tools Just wondering if anyone has a favorite setting out there for favorite pens and pencil tools out there for Painter. Me Blender Grainy Water opacity 80 grain 80 resat 0 bleed 100 jitter 0 change anot…	0 Last	MayaAW Jan 2011
I've turned this annoying setting on in Maya what is it? I've accidentally turned something on that is quite annoying. I am able to select objects with a drag select even though I'm in component mode of another object. This is definitely a setting somewher…	5 Last	malcolm Jan 2011
[Maya] - Get twists when i use the "flow path object" Hi guys ! I have a weird problem with the "flow path object" within maya. So basically, I create a curve : [img]http://gaetm.free.fr/help/FlowPathCurve.jpg[/img] After that, i use the "flow path …	7 Last	GoSsS Jan 2011
help me figure this out hey everyone. not too sure if this is the right place to post this, but ive spent the good majority of my night going through trial and error on ways to create this pattern. [IMG]http://image.shutt…	6 Last	Oniram Jan 2011
Maya mental ray ao that only shows up in ambient light? Is this possible in maya, I'd like my ao shader to only show up in the ambient light's contribution, ie you shouldn't really ever see ao where the directional light is hitting but rather just in its …	4 Last	malcolm Jan 2011
Hand painting grass and dirt I've had some experience with stone and wood, but im still stumped on how you deal with grass or dirt.. Heres two textures from WoW [IMG]http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9338/elwynngrassbase.jpg[/…	30 Last	Joshua Stubbles Jan 2011
Trying to align vertices [IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/2afii3m.gif[/IMG] What I am trying to do is make the center vertices all uniform, so that the polygon is straight and is the same width at each vert. I think I saw a metho…	11 Last	Bigjohn Jan 2011
Hard surface problem - cylinder Hi all, I have a problem with my hard-surface cylinder. I've made a rectangle hole on the cylinder so I can put another shape inside. The problem is : the form above the rectangle is too sharp, not …	8 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2011
Can't figure out whats up with these polys [IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/inev7n.gif[/IMG] In the past when I came across this(bad smoothing) it was because I had some verts not welded or wild verts, or some edges were missing. But this time I…	3 Last	polygonfreak Jan 2011
Zbrush normal map help... Hey, I started using Zbrush a week ago its amazing but I'm having problems when normal mapping. I've sculpted a squid type creature that I'd like to rig and animate for a game. I've sorted the uvs …	2 Last	cryrid Jan 2011
Any way to force photoshop to never save icc profiles with images? I hate it when I forget to turn off icc in the save menu for psd and jpg images. Is there a global settings where I can disable this, the setting keeps coming back every time I close photoshop.	2 Last	sprunghunt Jan 2011
hoses and tubes? I have a scene I am trying to throw together and I am building the assets now and plan to throw it together in UDK. My question is, there are some hoses and tubes around the factory along the back wa…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
Blend Shape Animation UV Problem I think I just screwed myself over. I've never done blend shapes up until this project, and I UV Mapped and Textured AFTER I did the animation... which results in the image attached. The UV"s are ble…	1 Last	mdeforge Jan 2011
more maya questions. Alright ,even more questions ;) 1. does maya have any tools like select planar in 3dsmax ? 2. is it possible to change color on the texture border ? 3. is it possible to see what edge belongs to a…	1 Last	rebb Jan 2011
Resources on Maya Nurbs modeling? Hi guys, I've been looking around for a while for some good curve/nurbs tutorials for Maya - I've only found some really old ones and wondered if there's anything more recent? At work we use Max an…	2 Last	praetus Jan 2011
Source Engine: $origin in models... Help Needed I've run into a problem with a feature in Wall Worm Model Tools (ongoing thread at [URL]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=78621[/URL] ) that I have been stumped on and currently don't h…	2 Last	shawnolson Jan 2011
Camera Projection [COLOR=Yellow]Hi, does anyone know about types of cameras for RPG games? Today, not only uses isometric camera, an example is Diablo 3. Was wondering if anyone knows what kind of camera that is used…	3 Last	wagner.sz Jan 2011
Mudbox is being an asshole! Here I was tonight, sculpting away with the Flat brush with it set to not update its plane. Minutes and SAVES later I notice this shit. Like a mad man I undo until I can't undo any more and it doesn…	8 Last	Michael Knubben Jan 2011
basic shelf tool missing !! I recently made a shelf in maya to put all my favorite tools but today they are allgone, the problem is that its the standart cube, and sphere among others that have gone missing, is it any way to re…	4 Last	jimpaw Jan 2011
NURMS not working properly in max So I have a problem that I have never encountered before, and absolutely baffles me. I'm throwing together a dashboard for my car model, and when I use NURMS smoothing on my mesh, it works as expecte…	2 Last	KWAN Jan 2011
gmax - Shift + Drag? Im in the Halo community, the members there seem to enjoy using a common excuse of "i have gmax, so i can't make anything good". I wish to prove them wrong by just quickly modelling something in it. …	5 Last	mdeforge Jan 2011
UDK flythrough render help! Hello- noob question i guess I have a map that I am working on in UDK and I would like to eventually render a flythrough to show it off. Similar to this.. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhwY…	2 Last	unclestan Jan 2011
Scaling skeletal mesh for game engine Edit: I use maya 2009-2011 Hi!, my first thread on PC so sorry if Im off topic on this forum-section or something. After doing lots of animation on a character I've realized it's not properly scale…	3 Last	sprunghunt Jan 2011
shadows and streaks [IMG]http://www.martinarts.com/eddy27_marmoset.jpg[/IMG]Hello, I have 2 questions - one about shadows and the other about vertical streaks. I have read a forum post about setting the shadow dist…	4 Last	ishkur13 Jan 2011
Unwrap Tools 1.6 and UV Toolbox 1.7 Hi all, Here are some quick Updates for these 2 cool tools.... [B]Unwrap Tools 1.6[/B] This is the updated version of UnwrapTools 1.5 which was originally developed by Steve Johnson ([COLOR=dar…	19 Last	gateian Jan 2011
hi..... i need a help, i'm a noob about models and i'd like to know what programms i can use for creating tf2 models, i need an easy programm to use tans =)	0 Last	theweird95 Jan 2011
Hiding pieces on a rigged and animated mesh for interchangeability Ok, so the project has shifted to 2D. I need to break up and animate several character meshes so their clothing and skin tones can be interchangeable on a sprite sheet. On a side note this is the …	3 Last	RezNik Jan 2011
Maya unclean meshes? Recently i have begun using Maya at work and there is alot of things that really bothering me with maya. My job is to build models of buildings and various propps.Generally when i do lowpoly stuff i…	17 Last	m4dcow Jan 2011
I need some assistance. Hello, I'm here to ask you professional artist here to help me out with some kind of problems I have lately. As far as I remember correctly I started with 3d modelling, especially for the source eng…	12 Last	murphy8 Jan 2011
3Ds Max not using graphics card properly Hey just wondering if anyone else has had issues with 3Ds Max not using the graphics card to its maximum potential. I never really noticed it before I started using Mudbox to create very high poly me…	5 Last	DigitalDilettante Jan 2011
Blender 2.5 uv island scaling Is there a function for shrinking and fatten uv islands in Blender 2.5? in editmode you can scale along the normals with alt+s. I want this for uvs where every island is scaled along its center. At…	5 Last	eld Jan 2011
Maya verts problem Hi, new here so youll have to bare with me if I sound really stupid. I'm currently modelling a character to be used in my third year university project but ive hit a bit of a brick wall thats reduce…	0 Last	craigrmsmith Jan 2011
Uneven Fillets Of Splines? When I fillet corners of a spline, a lot of the time the fillet doesn't look even. Anyone know why and how to change it?	0 Last	Playdo Jan 2011
Optimize your 3D models: Atangeo Balancer 1.0 released Atangeo Team recently released Balancer 1.0, which allows quickly and easily simplify 3D models. It also features fast and effective stripification algorithm, to optimize meshes for rendering base…	36 Last	Neox Jan 2011
basic shelf tool missing !! sorry double post.	0 Last	jimpaw Jan 2011
variuos Maya questions. 1. Is it possible to make viewport shortcuts in maya 2011 (key bindings), i want to make them like blender, 73,1 numpad. 2. is it possible to always have move,rotate,scale always active ? like trans…	9 Last	jimpaw Jan 2011
Curved arches Hey I was wondering how do I got about modeling (modular) arches that are curved such as those in the picture. Would I take a straight arch and use a path deform? [IMG]http://i812.photobucket.com/al…	16 Last	Makkon Jan 2011
Interchangeable Equipment I should start by saying that I've only just gotten into working with 3ds max and wanna break into game modeling. A friend of mine is making a game that involves interchangeable equipment, hair, weap…	17 Last	Tickwomp Jan 2011
Max Viewport lighting issue Hey all, Having a weird Max lighting issue in the viewport. I'm using 2011 Design, and have been doing a lot of pre-rendered Architectural stuff recently, including messing with linear workflow and …	24 Last	[HP] Jan 2011
Zbrush Base Mesh Question - Hard edge and organic together Hey guys, Got a quick question for you all; how would you go about making the base mesh for an astronaut-type character in this sort of style: [IMG]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_WDmOOECn9i0/SNlS_shdwPI/AAA…	6 Last	[HP] Jan 2011