Technical Talk

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Scale down but still snap the grid to maintain... Hello i have a problem.I made a mesh for UDK and its way to big.I have a 16X16 segment grid.I want the mesh to snap the grid while scale it down so it maintain its ratio if you guys know what i mean…	10 Last	r_fletch_r Jan 2011
Tech Artist - What are you working on: 2011 Edition! Opening the new thread ! :poly121: --- I am working on a walljump, wallrun and camera system in the udk. Actually my walljump is limited to three jump maximum while the player is in air. [ame]http…	5 Last	Nysuatro Jan 2011
Directory Structure for game project? I've been working on and off on a project at home for almost 2 years now, and i've decided to clean things up a bit and re-do the directory structure (previously, there was none..). Project Managemen…	11 Last	r_fletch_r Jan 2011
SmartQuad in Max2011? I'm looking if there is a script (or existing feature) for max that does the Smartquad function. Here's a link to a site that illustrates what it does: [url]http://www.exch.demon.co.uk/jj_SmartQuad…	17 Last	r_fletch_r Jan 2011
Mudbox: projection texturing + low poly base model = bad idea..? Hello. This time I've decided to try texture projection in an attempt to get this project over and done with faster and more efficiently, but might have just wasted my time.. This is what the model…	3 Last	Simon Jan 2011
Really quick question. Can 3D Studio Max read OBJs by default? I need to send a Maya model (no rigging lighting etc) to someone using Max, with a minimum of messing about. Can Max read OBJs by default or does it need a plugin or some such? The pages I've pulled …	5 Last	Ben Apuna Jan 2011
Weird perspective viewport error Hey guys, Does anyone know what would be causing this? It only happens in Perspective view when I rotate the viewport, those black tris flicker all over the mesh. [img]http://users.tpg.com.au/paul_…	2 Last	apocalypse Jan 2011
Tips for creating with only one photo If you have tips please post. Im new to 3dsmax11 and i ran into the problem of only haveing one image to work from,it was a photo that was angled the way 3ds max11's perspective viewport starts in …	9 Last	renderhjs Jan 2011
quake 2 textures too bright hello, i hope i registered on the right forum xD i know most quake related stuff was made by the folks of the polycount forum. polycount was one of those iconic names back than like planet quake an…	14 Last	utilizator Jan 2011
UVWMap Gen [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxbp-Q1nVjE[/ame] This looks awesome :D. Might be slower than some methods for certain tasks, but I wonder how the hell he's doing this... Max really needs to o…	17 Last	MattLichy Jan 2011
Max 2011 - flattening Composite maps Ok, is it possible to extract flattened composite map without rendering to texture, ie. is it stored anywhere just before being rendered in a tmp directory? It is kinda possible when exporting the wh…	1 Last	r_fletch_r Jan 2011
Editable poly NURMS switching off? In max 2010, is there an option to always have editable poly NURMS active (not the modifiers but sub object)? Recently it started switching off when i deselect the object. I dunno if updates caused t…	4 Last	Psyk0 Jan 2011
Tutorials for Animating in Games? Hi guys, I'm quite fluent with both 3ds Max and Maya. I can animate stuff around a timeline; it's easy enough to set key frames. However, one thing I cannot figure out or find any kind of documentat…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2011
cman2k's eyeShader Sup polycounters! I've been trying to learn how to write my own shaders, and in the process I decided to work on a 3ds Max shader for the community. I didn't want to make another Do-it-all shader, …	24 Last	almighty_gir Jan 2011
Hardware rendering in Maya with GT430 I've just got a new GT430 card and Maya2011 won't work in Hardware Rendering Mode. does anyone know if this is a hardware or driver issue? also can i import my Maya vertex colours into UDK directly…	3 Last	tharle Jan 2011
Normal Map issue Ok, I usually dont run into this problem but for some reason this one is bugging me. My edges are not baking the way I would intend them to be. I am getting some bad seams in the bake. I am not sure …	7 Last	Bal Jan 2011
Fake Eye Refraction for Viewport. This is something I have been sitting on for a while. Fake eye refraction for viewport, [U][URL="http://img442.imageshack.us/i/eyeballrefraction.jpg/"][IMG]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9454/…	4 Last	Scruples Jan 2011
Automatron This is free now [url]http://www.lotsofrobots.com/automatron/Automatron_FS.htm[/url] Haven't heard about it before, but it looks/sounds awesome	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
need tips on "shave and haircut" for Maya I recently tried out "shave and haircut" for maya 8. Liked it a lot. I personally think it's much easier and looks better than Maya build in Hair. But I can't find any tutorial online teaching how to…	4 Last	terry comolli Jan 2011
Max Issue Can anyone shed some light onto why my object goes black when having the viewport show direct x active on when a material is applied? I think i had a solution before but cant recall what i did to fix…	2 Last	Oniram Jan 2011
My website doesn't have scroll bars on the iphone? Anyone know why my website won't work on the iphone, the scroll bars are missing so you can't scroll down to see the images. On the pc the site works the same in safari, ie, and firefox. Not sure why…	3 Last	peppi Jan 2011
New Job + Maya = I miss Max Hey guys, I just landed an animation job at a company that creates medical products. I'll be working on modeling their products and making instructional video's for their clients and salesmen. It's m…	15 Last	bugo Jan 2011
Hair card shader strategy. Hi Been checking out the hair threads here but am wondering how you guys organize alpha cards. I am making a character and would like to get it running around in the unity3d engine. If I have a text…	0 Last	kanga Jan 2011
UV Mapping Help! Wings 3-D So I believe I finished my first model in which I feel I did the entire thing correctly. I made a simple retro-style fridge for a TF2 map some friends are making, and although I am slowly but surely …	11 Last	Calabi Jan 2011
UVW Mapping (Tiling) Help I have started doing modular buildings, and I am currently doing the inside of a hall, question is in my UV Map I want to tile a texture, now is there any way of doing this on one polygon on a textur…	4 Last	SteveyConlan Jan 2011
Mudbox frustration - can't rotate a stencil Hey everyone, still trying to finish a head.. soooo f-ing depressing... but not at all my fault, unless you count the fact that I thought mudbox would be intuitive and practical. I'm trying to preve…	1 Last	oglu Jan 2011
zbrush mesh question. One of z brushes base meshes that ive customized has this annoying "hole" where you can add in teeth gums and whatnot behind the main mesh. I dont want this. is there a way to "close" the hole? than…	4 Last	DrunkShaman Jan 2011
UVing a car Hi all, just been UVing a car at work and since I haven't had much experience in terms of UVing, was wondering if I could get some help. I'm trying to give it optimal UV's with the least seams possi…	2 Last	renderhjs Jan 2011
Help with High Poly Hello, I've been creating models for a while now but I've never really learnt any High Poly techniques for Hard Surface modelling. With not having any work to do over the Winter period and the festiv…	8 Last	ZacD Dec 2010
Line/sweep workflow plus inclined bends Hopefully some of the posters with driving game experience can give me some advice here. First of all, simple question, what is your workflow like when creating a track? Do you make sure the geomet…	7 Last	rumblesushi Dec 2010
I have been experiencing an assembly problem while modeling with Maya [COLOR="Gray"]For the last couple of weeks I have been using this tutorial ,which was originally intended for 3DS Max, to model a character for the first time ever. Things have been going well until …	8 Last	ClockHavoc42 Dec 2010
Why is Maya not extruding with welded vertices? I'm a long time Max user who is trying to learn Maya 2010 for my new job. This has been bugging me for the past 8 hours. Why the hell can't I extrude two edges with the vertices already welded? I hav…	4 Last	Mladen Jovicic Dec 2010
Model Dissapears in maya HQR So as of today for some reason when i switch to high quality rendering in my viewport my models disappear, and if i open a scene that had HQR left on when saved, i get an automatic crash. Things were…	1 Last	Scruples Dec 2010
Any tips for normal mapping curved surface? Hi All I'm having a few issues with normal mapping and it would be great if someone could point me in the right direction. Basically, I'm trying to make the following shape: [IMG]http://img.photob…	33 Last	EarthQuake Dec 2010
Normal Mapping Question for the vets Hey guys, I have a somewhat noob-esque question for ya. Am I able to use more than one normal map per object in 3ds Max? Basically, what I'm doing right now is modelling a high poly pineapple hand g…	7 Last	Silix Dec 2010
Cant customize my own UI under Zbrush 4 Hello Polycounters, i just have a question Under zbrush 4 when i try to customize the zbrush UI, i go in the menu: [B]preference ---> custom UI --->[/B] [B]enable customize[/B], then i ctrl …	0 Last	freewaldo Dec 2010
Searching existing Tutorial - cobble, gravel, pebble path I'm desparately searching for a very specific tutorial about making a gravel/cobble path in 3dsMax that I saw in here before. I really don't remember the proper words used nor how it looked in the e…	6 Last	Acumen Dec 2010
Photoshop: Convert Nor to Disp I'm trying to convert a normal map to a height map using the Nvidia plugin, but it keeps returning a flat image. What are the correct settings for generating a height from a normal map? Edit: Never…	0 Last	ironbearxl Dec 2010
Is a 3 Cell animation on a 512x256 ok? The studio is making an isometric/dimertic game (my first iso) and was wondering if anybody has some experience with this. The image is actually 3 different states of an object. So, 512/3 = 170.666…	3 Last	RezNik Dec 2010
RyanTaylor3D Hi all. uhm so im a beginner at maya. so i was searching up some video tutorials and i founf this guy on Youtube/ His channel name is RyanTaylor3D. Ive been watching some of his videos and can anyon…	7 Last	RyanTaylor3D Dec 2010
Create a low poly sphere I know it sounds stupid but hear me out. I want to know if there's a trick to creating a sphere with textures or making a really low poly sphere appear to be smooth and round. I'm building a char…	5 Last	defecticon001 Dec 2010
TF2 - StudioMDL Compile Error I've had this problem and tried to troubleshoot it for awhile now. Whenever I try to compile to .qc of an exported model i get: SteamStartup() failed: SteamStartup(0xf,0x0012F170) failed with error …	0 Last	Fatman Dec 2010
TF2 - StudioMDL Compile Error I've been staring at this problem and trying to troubleshoot it for some time now. Whenever I try to compile the .qc of an exported model I get: SteamStartup() failed: SteamStartup(0xf,0x0012F170) f…	0 Last	Fatman Dec 2010
how to get z brush... to present a model in a more natural way. For example; what ive been doing is doing a screen capture. Theres got to be a better way than this. Thanks!	5 Last	maze Dec 2010
How should I go about texturing this? -removed-	0 Last	KiTheif Dec 2010
Box Modeling - A Method? Hello there Polycount, Novice to-be Animation student here with a quick question. So far, I have been using Wings 3-D to practice modeling and It's been a great program; I have to admit. Primitive co…	7 Last	Bargadiel Dec 2010
Is it possible to open 64bit file in 3d max 32bit? I've created some easy object in 3d max 64 bit. But I'm on holiays right now and I forgot that my laptop has Windows 32bit and 3d max 32bit. Is it possible to open this 64bit file in some way? The f…	11 Last	r_fletch_r Dec 2010
Light Maps and Ambient Occlusion Maps What's the difference in baking a light map versus and ambient occlusion map.Why would I want to do one as opposed to the other? Also what's the difference between light Tracer and Mental Ray as an …	4 Last	Bigjohn Dec 2010
Full Weapon Creation Tutorial tutorial is no longer available. something will be said soon.	89 Last	KiraHoshi Dec 2010
zBrushe's ACTUALLY Recommended Requirements? Hey guys, my PC blows. My processor is a Pentium 4 @ 3.2ghz w/ 2mb L2, and my RAM is only 2gb DDR2 @ 266mhz. I'm running 32 bit XP and I'm sick of it. Render to Texture in 3ds Max (even on simple geo…	9 Last	Calabi Dec 2010