Technical Talk

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W.o.w screenshots homepages ? Hi guys, I love the graphics in W.o.w and use it as reference when i paint my textures. Does someone know any good BIG zip files with alot of full resolution screenshots ? , homepages where you …	26 Last	jimpaw Dec 2010
Photo references for cars? I'm looking for good photos of car parts like headlights, backlights and such stuff so I can do textures from it. Other details are appreciated. No racing cars but common brands like VW, BMW and so …	6 Last	Xoliul Dec 2010
Odd lighting in UDK Hi, I have created rock face material for a UDK scene and then rotated the material by 90 degrees each time on 4 assets to create some variation, the problem is that I get the following result, the l…	10 Last	Ben Apuna Dec 2010
Normal Map - Water spots?? [URL="http://img146.imageshack.us/i/spotsa.jpg/"][IMG]http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7277/spotsa.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Uploaded with [URL="http://imageshack.us"]ImageShack.us[/URL] I have just baked …	4 Last	Snader Dec 2010
Making an open pit mine? How would I go about making something like this? Zbrush? It seems daunting. This is for a backdrop. [img]http://travelblog.mostlyfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1008-mine.jpg[/img]	7 Last	sprunghunt Dec 2010
AO burn / photoshop help needed ok so i got a new vid from eat3d, the highpoly bulldozer. ive been trying to use his render and photoshop methods but i've run into a snag i cant figure out i did it once but cant for the life of me…	2 Last	Eltrex06 Dec 2010
Biped and multiple objects Hey guys, I'm using biped in Max to animate a character, and in the scene, he picks up two different objects at different times, with the same hand. The method I'm using to pick up the objects is to…	8 Last	Dim Dec 2010
Little confused about Unity Emissive Shader ... I have an emissive map on this lamp. The entire yellow part is supposed to glow, but most of it is dark like it's not lit at all. I also baked a lightmap out through Unity 3, and I'm wondering if tha…	10 Last	mparis Dec 2010
UV'ing larger objects Hi, I'm working on a large circular stage that I've broken down to a fourth for the sake of easier modelling, and it certainly has been easier, but I feel as if it's still too large a model to be …	3 Last	doeseph Dec 2010
[3DS Max] What's the best way to make a knot? I'm trying to make a knot out of a length or rope that I've modeled and I've been having trouble with it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make the straight rope into a knot best? I've tr…	13 Last	Zipfinator Dec 2010
UV Wrap Chamfer Box This is probably so simple and I'm being an idiot but I can't for the life of me UV map a simple chamfered box. This is 3DS Max 2011. It's actually more of a rectangle for a sofa cushion that I'll c…	4 Last	Habboi Dec 2010
Weld or not weld hey guys, I've got a new object im making, its a big steel basket thing. Anyway I want to put welding marks and seams into the normal map. So it's like a cylinder meets a big cube, question is, do I …	5 Last	Ben Apuna Dec 2010
Help Regarding Value Ive found that i am able to fake the idea of shapes, but i can never get the correct value. I have yet to find any good tutorials on this, so im asking here. (oh, and the black to white bar thing n…	6 Last	pior Dec 2010
Tackling Samus Aran. Have a look here: [IMG]http://www.metroid-database.com/sb3/trophies/Samus_power.jpg[/IMG] What kind of mapping would be best for creating the grooves in her armor? From what I understand, normal map…	4 Last	Aerosol Dec 2010
Could this cause Problems? Could this cause future problems in any way shape or form??[IMG]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r170/MovingTarget22/CollapseQuestion.jpg[/IMG]	2 Last	Piflik Dec 2010
Help with Knowledge ok so i just need some help with understanding some stuff. i know that is not the best way to describe what i need but, i will try to explain more. so i want to make a mmorpg kind of character creat…	0 Last	Pieforyou Dec 2010
Baking animation help Hi! So I have a model that is linked to a spline via Path constraint. I would like to be able to bake this animation into actual animation keys. How would I do this? Hopefully I am being clear enou…	4 Last	cryrid Dec 2010
Why I can not see the patchs facing camera of the nurbs sphere? Hello,everyone. I had opened a maya example scene file which called sunsetleavefall.ma. It is in the ndynamics->nmesh->get ncloth example. Then I found that I can not select the nurbs sphere which…	2 Last	guangh69 Dec 2010
Baking Zbrush matcap materials to texture Hi all, I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to bake matcap materials to my high poly model, so I can bake it into the diffuse of my low poly in max. Can anybody please help? I used z…	19 Last	mixeh Dec 2010
3ds Max Scene - All props suddenly centered to world. So a year or two ago I had to make an environment for a class of mine. I'm not sure what version of Max I made it in (thinking maybe Max 9) but I finished it and stored it away. Now I'm trying to use…	1 Last	Mcbiskit Dec 2010
Applying a specular texture into Mental Ray in Max Hi, I'm new to using Mental Ray inside 3DS Max, and I've created a specular map for my current character, I'm not sure what the equivalent of specular is though inside of Mental Rays Arc and Design m…	3 Last	maze Dec 2010
Trouble using Alphas on cylinder mesh in ZBrush Hey, I was wondering if I could get help with this. I am trying to make a snake skin texture using an alpha. However, I am running into issues with the scale and seams on it. I am using a standard b…	3 Last	SilentKnight Dec 2010
UDK for iphone free read it here: [url]http://www.macworld.com/article/155897/2010/11/epic_games_to_release_unreal_development_kit_for_ios_.html/[/url] [QUOTE]When it ships, the UDK iOS will include the same editors an…	23 Last	jocose Dec 2010
Looking for gun engraving patterns Almost everytime I do a weapon I am looking for some Engravings, cuttings or tatoo-like lineart to enhance them and give them some fine detail, you know, these classical ones with leaves, wild animal…	16 Last	THE 5 Dec 2010
[Maya] Creating a 2048 x 1024 texture map? I was doing some research and extracted the Team Fortress 2 character texture maps and discovered that they are all 2048 x 1024 (for the most part). I was blown away because I've generally only seen…	7 Last	sfhdweb Dec 2010
Wacom Intuos1 gd12x12R and Win7 x64 i got a huge wacom intuos 1 tablet for birthday and im trying to make it run for a whole week now and i dont seem to get the clue there were alot of registry hacks and using older drivers in compati…	2 Last	arrangemonk Dec 2010
Max is closed, process remains. I'm noticing the 3DS Max process (3dsmax.exe *32) is not ending when Max itself has be closed. This is happening at home and work, on two separate versions. Any idea what could be causing this?	7 Last	r_fletch_r Dec 2010
xnormal issue So I created a simple cube in maya with default uvs, then duplicated it and beveled the crap out of it. ive then averaged the normals on both meshes and exported them as objs (also tried with that …	0 Last	explodingseashells Dec 2010
Is there a hair tool like this for Max? Anyone know if there is a Hair tool like this for Max? [url]http://www.matkovic.com/anto/xsi_nurbs_hair.html[/url] Or even for Maya?	1 Last	Kewop Decam Dec 2010
stereoscopic 3D development questions Hi everyone, I'm doing a final year project on stereoscopic 3D in university. I'm only looking to develop a couple of animations and scenes to demonstrate some concepts and I don't want to have to in…	8 Last	Ryan Clark Dec 2010
Maya Transfer Map, Normal Map Help Hi everyone! I am trying to bake normal maps using the maya transfer maps tool, but the geometry of my low poly geometry seems to distort the resulting Map. Wierd right? here are some Pictures of my…	11 Last	stringkeeper Dec 2010
Grid Max , UDK Help hi i read this : [URL]http://udn.epicgames.com/Two/WorkflowAndModularity.html[/URL] Grid : we use grid for scaling and we better make snap/grid in 16 grid and also udk have 16 grid like we wan…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2010
Question concerning Wacom/Tablet Hi, I've had my first tablet for almost a year and a half now, and just couple of hours ago, it stopped working. The drivers are installed correctly, tried it on other computers, and its giving me th…	2 Last	Jungsik Dec 2010
fixing Triangle hi guys :) i work on low poly car but i try to optimize my object with remove and cut but i have triangle every where @_@ that bad right ? so how i can fix that ? [IMG]http://img257.imageshack.u…	3 Last	Visceral Dec 2010
New Video Card Issues and Maya So my trusty ol 8800 gts randomly died the other day. At first it would run for awhile and then my monitors would turn off while the computer would still run. Then it got to the point where it would …	14 Last	SaferDan Dec 2010
XSI - tile cropped portion of texture In Max, I can crop a texture into a smaller block, and use that for tiling. That way, I can have a bunch of different tiling textures on the same texture sheet. Does anyone know if is there some way…	0 Last	Elyaradine Dec 2010
Decals in Max Not sure how decals work in other engines, but ours use coplanar geometry that is cropped around the texture space we're decaling. In our engine, we draw the decal last and so it appears on top. In M…	5 Last	leechdemon Dec 2010
Maya Asset Browser? So i dont know if theres something native to maya that would suit this application, but i'm currently working on a contract for a bunch of torchlight/diablo style environments and the number of asse…	3 Last	MikeF Nov 2010
A call out to Titan Quest's artists For the last couple of weeks I've been playing Titan Quest. The quality of the art in the game is just amazing. While playing and enjoying the game I started thinking about how the textures and main…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2010
What Computers Are Best for Modeling? I'm new at modeling and have been using my school's computers for the last semester but I'd really like to start working from home. I've expolred both options for custom built machines and pre-built…	8 Last	[HP] Nov 2010
High to Low Poly Workflow? Hey everyone, I am having trouble figuring out how I should make a normal map for a character; it seems like there are so many different ways; should I make a high-poly and then build the low-poly ar…	47 Last	Kwramm Nov 2010
Problem with the normal constraint and click & drag in maya Hi guys ! Because video is better than many words here's my problem in video (with some words after :p): [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqL8eSixlBw[/ame] As you can see, I can't reproduce the…	8 Last	Bal Nov 2010
Best method for creating foliage? Hey, I making a prop which is covered in foliage, mostly leafs. And its my 1st time creating any type of vegitation. Editing a photo reference seems the quickiest and handiest way for creating the f…	9 Last	Grums Nov 2010
Noobie question - softening hard edges? Alright, so this is kind of a stupid question, but I was wondering what the best way to make a hard edge look not-as-hard would be? For example, say I have a single brick, a 6 sided rectangle. How …	10 Last	PredatorGSR Nov 2010
Shiva Engine Not many threads on the Shiva engine but the features seem decent. The pricing is nice compared to Unity, my question is does anyone know how it performs on mobiles, I'm interested in some 3D fun …	1 Last	Ben Apuna Nov 2010
Blender Uv Unwrap Help Im working on my first proper finished model. Im gettign to the textures, but the uv unwrapping is being weird. I have this model: [IMG]http://grab.by/7C2b[/IMG]and when I try to unwrap it, i end up …	5 Last	Lamoot Nov 2010
Mudbox 2011 stamp problem Hi, well im working on a small model and I wanted to try out a vector displacement modeling technique. Soon did I realize that my stamps aren't acting the way they should be. all my tools work proper…	3 Last	SpeCter Nov 2010
Problem: Cloned wireframe hates me! Hey! Since I'm new to this forum and this is my first thread, treat me gently! :D I'm having this problem in Maya where a "cloned" wireframe of my model has appeared and I have no idea what it does …	6 Last	throttlekitty Nov 2010
Problems with Blender; connecting curves Hello again. I've been making a TF2 hat(which is almost done), but at this moment(like, has been the whole day now :\). I've been trying to connect 9 bezier curves with each other to make the Linux p…	4 Last	metalliandy Nov 2010
max material ed not showing up.... hey guys...need some quick help here. i work on two monitors. my left one has conked out. so i switch over to my good one and need to do some work this weekend. but when i open max and try to wor…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2010