Technical Talk

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How to do car procedural destruction? I have a small offline rendering job, static image. I need to create a car that has been crunched like a soda can. I remember using the demo from PhysX where you could crunch metal barrels that looke…	10 Last	renderhjs Jun 2009
Smoothing Groups in Unreal? Using Maya, I know that Smoothing Groups in 3dsMax, to the best of my knowledge, function in a similar manner to Soften/Harden Edges, but for UnrealEd 3 I can't seem to find a real difference between…	6 Last	warby Jun 2009
Creating Low Poly From High Poly in Max Ok so I wondering after completing a high poly model in max, what is your work flow for creating the low poly around it. If their are any plugins or tools to help in this process I'm all ears because…	19 Last	Empty Jun 2009
Hard Drive Recovery Companies Gotta drive that kicked the bucket today. There was TONS of shite on this thing. It fires up, and then goes click only to stab my heart every time the arm tries to kick over to read. :( I know th…	7 Last	sir-knight Jun 2009
Getting an AO map out of Floating geometry So I was working on a normal map base for a texture this morning, and I want to get an AO map out of it - but I have no idea if its possible with floating geometry (see below!). So whats the best w…	11 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2009
Max hotkeys Hey I have been having a few problems getting some of my hotkeys set within max. My main one is Bridge, it is a tool that I would love to utilize more in my workflow, but only have succesfully got a…	6 Last	renderhjs Jun 2009
3ds max edged faces performance issue hey ho.. i´m wondering if there's some kind of a fix for the problem, that max starts to get very slow with "edged faces" enabled or some way to increase the speed at least a little bit it seems t…	3 Last	rollin Jun 2009
3DSM 7 - Duplicating UV channels? I want to duplicate the uvs from channel one to channel two, setting the channel to two resets my uvs. Saving/loading uvw files does not work. Halp?	4 Last	LEViATHAN Jun 2009
Blender's Interpolation Woes Uh, instead of a text wall I was going to write... I'm making low-poly models in Blender, and I'm relatively new to the whole 3D art form at all. I'm a long-time pixel artist, and as such I want to …	3 Last	Richard Kain Jun 2009
Help with baking and normal map ? Hello , first of all I am not a pro , just an amateurish modder that wants to learn , that said here is my problem , I hope I am allowed to post here even if its a pro maker forum here ..... the pro…	8 Last	jogshy Jun 2009
Help to make a model low poly-Highpoly Hello , Sorry if I posted this already in the wip thread , but I feel that I need more technical advices and guidance than showing it off in the Wip section ,.... So I hope you won't mind if I post i…	4 Last	shadows Jun 2009
mesh to nurbs Is it possible to convert a mesh object into a nurbs object? Thanks! :)	7 Last	00Zero Jun 2009
Workflow UV Issue Hey all, Just got directed to this thread by a friend and found tons of really useful environmental art related information. Anyways I've been doing the whole learning Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop thing …	3 Last	Emiraly Jun 2009
Polycruncher thing Peh! I just got the Eat 3d Damaged pillar dvd and i cant even finish it because i cant use Poly Cruncher :( Is there anything simular ? Thanks man :)	11 Last	Luke_Starkie Jun 2009
xbox360 plus stereo headphones? Does anyone know what is needed to play xbox360 with headphones. Back in the days of ps2 I had CRT tv which had a headphone jack on the front, nowadays I have a fancy LCD tv with no headphone jack so…	8 Last	Jesse Moody Jun 2009
Need help and advice. Hey fellow polycounters! So heres me in a nut shell.... I have been modeling for about 2-3 years now and have worked in a small production studio doing modeling for a kids show type deal. Recently…	3 Last	Heathmeister Jun 2009
art test clarification I'm a bit confused as to the texture specifications of an art test I was looking at. The art test is for 3 small environment props that have similar attributes to them. "Texture Limit: 2 1024x1024 …	2 Last	HntrLuc Jun 2009
Issue with Mudbox to Maya normal maps. Hey Polycount, I'm having a problem with getting my normals to look right once I export them into maya, the problem is that my model in maya seems to be keeping both the default maya normals as well …	16 Last	holygon Jun 2009
Navigation problem... Help my thumb Hi all, I use maya, Because i have assigned custom Hotboxes to "A", "D" and "F" key, my fingers are place on them always, then i have to bend my thumb to hold the Alt button. My thumb ache after ke…	5 Last	claydough Jun 2009
max 8 materials...all white? hello. i have no idea what happened. but all of the sudden...all my basic materials in max8 are white. tried reverting to startup layout. nothing happens. s'gotta be something dumb. just never …	6 Last	keizza Jun 2009
Clean hard edges for stuff n' things I imagine this is seemingly simple but I suppose I really just haven't done anything besides organic stuff in a while and this has been something kinda bugging me. I just modeled out this quick helm…	4 Last	ericdigital Jun 2009
A question about currently used workflows. I still haven't gotten on to learning Zbrush that well yet, but in terms of game art, are things typically done low poly in a 3d program and then taken into Zbrush for making the high poly and genera…	1 Last	Ben Apuna Jun 2009
Metal/armor textures! Im working on a next gen character which consist in a human knight with realistic proportions. I basically need armor, chainmail and leather textures. Im asking here because Im pretty sure everyone o…	2 Last	Valandar Jun 2009
I need help doing my first low poly char! (500 tris) Hey guys, Im new and I am assigned to do a low poly ( 500 tris or less with a 128x128 texture) human male with realistic proportions. I did a couple 3d characters before but they were all in the 700…	6 Last	Mark Dygert Jun 2009
image editing with dedicated alpha channel is there another low cost / free imaging tool that supports a dedicated alpha channel like photoshop does? most apps I know premultiply alpha so you dont see colors anymore for alpha = 0 areas, but I…	11 Last	Richard Kain Jun 2009
Tool to generate procedural environment skybox I was wondering if anyone can recommend some (affordable) software to procedurally generate and render environments such as mountains, lakes, martian landscapes, etc. I basically need to generate a …	2 Last	Minos Jun 2009
Concerning Normal-Maps Hello everybody, I m reading in this forum for quiet some time and want at first say thank you for all the information you came up with. I am trying to create a space-game with some buddies and thi…	7 Last	CrazyButcher Jun 2009
@#$%@*#$ bone hierarchy Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knows of any Max tricks to sort out a problem that keeps haunting me. I can't explain why I keep doing this but: I rigged and animated my mesh, then realised tha…	4 Last	Jason Young Jun 2009
Wacom right click I'm having a little bit of trouble with my tablet, if I tap the pen onto the tablet and hold it down a little icon flashes up with a mouse that highlights the right button of the mouse getting clicke…	4 Last	solar Jun 2009
Transparent Texture Not Appearing Correctly in 3ds Max Viewport I've created both my diffuse and my black/white transparent map for the model I'm building. I load both maps into the material editor (diffuse from the diffuse rollout and transparency from the trans…	5 Last	Simpletool Jun 2009
xNormal normal maps all blue and doesn't work What's wrong with xNormal, I have the most simple scene with 1 high poly cylinder and 1 low poly. The high poly has just one inset ring and one extruded ring. xNormals normal maps generated looks lik…	5 Last	arshlevon Jun 2009
Maya- What is this Icon for? I'm trying to work out what this icon (from the Outliner) is for as a new maya user. Cant find its name so dont know what to search for on Google! Icon in question:[IMG]http://www.g3org3.co.uk/pic1.…	6 Last	pixeldamage Jun 2009
XRayunwrap [url]http://www.raylightgames.com/xrayunwrap/xrayunwrap.htm[/url] Is it any good? Currently using Butcher's LCSM plugin, but it has some quirks. XRay is only a fiver and looks like it produces good …	12 Last	rasmus Jun 2009
Sample Sphere's Missing Hey guy's I can't seem to figure out this problem, all of my sample sphere's in my material editor have just gone blank. I've tried shutting down max and reopening, even restarting the computer. I do…	4 Last	Heart_Murmur Jun 2009
Favicon for website not working in firefox hey guys, does anyone have any idea why my favicon isn't working? [url]http://www.greenergrassgames.com[/url] it's showing up for me in IE, but not in firefox. I'm calling it like this, in the hea…	2 Last	John Warner Jun 2009
Quantum 3 Engine Wii Engine: [url]http://www.high-voltage.com/technology.htm[/url] The Conduit: [url]http://wii.ign.com/objects/142/14248157.html[/url] Grinder: [url]http://wii.ign.com/objects/143/14352829.html[/url] …	0 Last	ironbearxl Jun 2009
Max 2009 UV mapping Bug? Looks like Unwrap UVW doesn't show UV channels other than 1? I applied a planar on UV channel 2, and then unwrap UV (set to UV channel 2), and it shows the same map as in UV channel 1, when they ar…	2 Last	PeterK Jun 2009
What are the Iphone Specs? As far as creating games and such, what can it handle and all that jazz? Is there a max file size, poly count etc. Been having some trouble pinning these down. Also does the Ipod touch specs follow …	6 Last	Gannon Jun 2009
Marmoset Engine I have noticed that a lot of people are doing renders with the Marmoset Engine these days. Does anyone know if it free access or if these is a beta verison out there. I would really like to get my ha…	2 Last	Orgoth02 Jun 2009
Crit My Painting Workflow Please! Hey guys, this is sort of an unusual thread I guess; but I think I could get some good information here that could really help me if I post this. Anyways, I have some freelance work lined up, where …	9 Last	BradMyers82 Jun 2009
MaxScript Issues (arrays?) I'm trying to write some simple UV tools, but I'm running up against some oddities with arrays. I'm no MaxScript expert, so I'm probably doing something wrong somewhere. I'd started off with trying …	8 Last	renderhjs Jun 2009
4k texture maps? Hey everyone, I was sent an art test for a Freespace Mod, and I was asked to use a 4k map for a fighter craft. This seems a bit too huge for something that takes up maybe 20% of the screen. What do y…	9 Last	Gannon Jun 2009
Extrusion problem I am sorry to impose again but now I am having tool trouble that frankly I don't even know what to call it, my extrusion tool is casing an odd pie effect. The most noticeable example is when I extru…	2 Last	Harryscary276 Jun 2009
Desaturate bounce transfer maya mentalgay? Is it possible to desaturate the colour of a photon that bounces of a surface. I'd like a global control we have a lot of saturated textures in our scene and these are bouncing quite saturated light …	15 Last	nezach Jun 2009
quick question on joint topology for a toad I am not sure which type of topology would be best for my toad's joints. In circle 1, I extruded the lower leg from the bottom of the upper leg and in circle 2, I just bent the leg around in the new …	8 Last	Frankie V Jun 2009
Poly Types and Animations in TGEA... So I am new to the community here. I am a complete newb when it comes to the 3D side of things and game engines. I have a few questions that hopefully some of you more experienced 3D'rs can help wit…	6 Last	Daaark Jun 2009
2 custom applications. Hey guys, a friend of mine ,Rikard,made this program that I asked him to do, it makes screenshots of your selection and you add comments to it, very easy and quick. Good for making tutorials: [URL=…	23 Last	Funky Bunnies Jun 2009
PS CS2 + Cintiq + Vista64 = madness? So, there appear to be some big issues with running certain versions of Photoshop on Vista (moreso on 64bit). Add in the fact I'm using a Cintiq, and there's fun stuff going on all the time. Random …	8 Last	Xenobond May 2009
avi/mpeg codec for 3d render? OK this may be a retarded question, but if you are rendering something out in max as a video which codec are people using nowadays? i noticed divx has gone totally commercial, i used to use that all…	10 Last	renderhjs May 2009
tri hunter anyone got a link to a script that finds tris in a quad mesh thnks	6 Last	Ruz May 2009