Technical Talk

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Web page help Hello to everyone! This is my first post here at polycount. Just a simple question for anyone who has time to answer. I'm fairly new in the game art and design program here at the Art Institute o…	21 Last	Richard Kain May 2009
Handling high poly objects in max I have a few meshes in max 2009 imported from zbrush and the scene is knocking 8 million polys. How do you guys manage the scene with such high poly counts? I have active degradation on but that doe…	10 Last	RickFX May 2009
So I got my new pc and I hate it. Hey so I got my new pc and the case fan is super loud, the hard drive is loud but most annoying when I move the mouse or certain graphical elements appear on the screen there is an electrical hissing…	30 Last	EarthQuake May 2009
Bake deformer to vertice animation (maya 2009) I need some help on how to bake a deformer that's affecting geometry to the vertices of that geometry. I want to be able to delete the deformer and keep the animation intact. Specifically my setup is…	5 Last	BuCC May 2009
Help with UE3 - Play testing issues! Hey guys, after downloading the unreal patch 4, every time I save out a map as a DM or CTF and then try to play test, it just drops me into the level with my weapon, hud, etc. I can't move around or …	2 Last	Mcejn May 2009
[Papekura Designer] Multi texture problem!! I know Pior is using it... maybe another UFO arround know about it : [url]http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/[/url] Anyway, I actually create a body with one texture, but when I import another b…	3 Last	sama.van May 2009
Some Maya Questions Hi, Im coming back to Maya after 5 years of Max and I have a few questions if any one has the time... 1. When creating new uvs for a model they are created in a new uv slot, not over the existing uv…	6 Last	easterislandnick May 2009
Flipped Normals in zbrush problem Im currently using 3dsmax 2009 64bit. I exported some floor tiles into zbrush with zbrush preset in the export dialog in max. The problem is that not only does it flip the normals, it also flips th…	1 Last	MoP May 2009
i want a norm for normalmaps why.. why is everyone implementing or creating normalmaps a bit different?! object space, tangent space flipped green, flipped red, red as green or the other way around, flipped green and swapped w…	4 Last	Brice Vandemoortele May 2009
getting maxes working pivot to work like mayas I use this so much in maya, and its so quick and intuitive, but im struggling with maxes, i can use it and it seams pretty powerfull, but really slow, needing to change menus etc just to place or rot…	7 Last	SHEPEIRO May 2009
Rendering in Pieces Hey guys, I'm in the process of modelling a high poly tank. At the moment, my treads are increasing the polycount by quite a large number, and mental ray refuses to render the scene. I figure I have…	7 Last	tanka May 2009
[maya] repeat last translation with duplicate not working anymore. Hey guys for some reason shift+d to repeat last translation, scale and rotation is not working anymore, could you guys help me?	1 Last	claydough May 2009
Topgun Tutorial/quickstart There are a couple of beginners tutorials for Topogun created by Wayne Robson: "Topgun a Quickstart Guide" ebook and "Introduction to Topogun" video. Both are usually available as links from the Top…	4 Last	pior May 2009
Speed up Photoshop using RAMShop if you have more than 2G RAM and use XP. Saw this great article about using the RAM that windows XP can't. By nature, the 32 bit OS is limited to ~2.5GB of RAM, so if you have 4GB (or more than 2.5) installed, it's not being used. RAMShop …	9 Last	elte May 2009
MAX Verts to face creation script? Is there a max polyop macroscript for the action of subobj level selecting x verts and creating a face in the order the selection array is in? As in: Select verts: 1, 2, 3, 4 Create face from v1 > v…	5 Last	renderhjs May 2009
is silo dead? just wondering, there hasn't been updates for months.	8 Last	3devo May 2009
Maya woes, files getting huge i have this maya file with a highpoly and a lowpoly , all of them i deleted non deforming and regular history, freezed all transforms , but for some reason the file keeps getting bigger and slower an…	8 Last	MoP May 2009
3d max - What are your ideas to unwrap this? This is a simply object from spline-line (5-sides). Have you got some good ideas to unwrap it correctly for texture? I would like to have some nice script that allow me to unwrap it by one or two cli…	5 Last	Mark Dygert May 2009
Room Modeling advice This may be an odd question but I can't make up my mind on what to do since both options seem to have presented their share or perks and problems I am trying to model a hospital room. I have the sc…	6 Last	Tumerboy May 2009
Just a question about the legality of a software My question is this, and please moderators don't ban me, this is my first post and I'd appreciate a warning if I'm breaching any rules, the software 3D Ripper DX, it's available free for download, It…	16 Last	J. Nicoll May 2009
Topology help Hey all. I need som pointer´s on my character. It´s a character made for an iphone game so i really need some nice topo pointer´s so the animations won´t look like crap. :) Thanks [IMG]http://pici…	2 Last	Ayun May 2009
UT3 wireframe shaded rendering ? Im trying to figure out if there is away to either make a material for ut3 that displays shaded wireframe mode on my levels and models (like in MAX) or a rendering method inside the engine to get thi…	3 Last	ImSlightlyBored May 2009
bollox! maya mesh recovery from buggered .mb anyone know of how to recover meshes from fecked .mbs, been working in one for a while just blocking out a complex level, and i just tried reloading it, it crashes on loading as does the two file pre…	6 Last	SHEPEIRO May 2009
3DS Max Rendering problem (With texture) Ive never came across this problem before, Just now as i decided to texture this model. :( The problem only happens when i put the texture on the model and render. [IMG]http://img407.imageshack.us/im…	8 Last	kite212 May 2009
Modeling/Rigging Hands Hey guys, I started a thread over at cgtalk on this topic, but I'd like to hear what the folks here have to say on the subject also. Thanks for looking! [url]http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.p…	5 Last	Neox May 2009
Rendered Normal map has artifacts The problem starts in 3Dmax, I have rendered to texture the highpoly model to my lowpoly model, and I get these weird artifacts (Look at the metal, top right) I've been told that they are bugs of usi…	3 Last	ParoXum May 2009
3d max - how can I see a lightmap with diffuse map? I have some simply object and I have unwrapped UV for diffuse on channel 1. I put diifuse map on it and everything is ok. After that, I have rendered a lightmap for the object with UV on channel 2. T…	2 Last	Xoliul May 2009
3d max works very slowly with many objects When I have a lot of objects (not attached) on the scene, Max works very slowly :/ After attach all together to one object - is pretty good. Why :/? Is it possible to do sthg that Max would work a li…	4 Last	Mark Dygert May 2009
glow...maya..mental ray.. I figure this should be relatively simply but it's been giving me a hard time. Can you use a texture map for glow and still render in mental ray? From what I've seen it doesn't seem to work. Would it…	4 Last	JordanW May 2009
Modeling and mapping a flag? I'm trying to model a still flag on a vertical pole similar to picture below, but I'm having trouble with both modeling and uv mapping. The modeling is problematic because the flag doesn't just fal…	8 Last	SHEPEIRO May 2009
Most useful shortcuts nobody knows I've become very aware lately of hidden shortcuts in software packages that do not have equivalent menu buttons and are rarely mentioned in help docs. Some of these shortcuts perform crucially impor…	41 Last	TWilson May 2009
Need a little zbrush uv help Hello all. It has been awhile since I posted but I am in need of some help as I am fairly new to zbrush. I am working in Zbrush2 and max 9. I created this model in max, laid out the UVs and then im…	10 Last	Neox May 2009
max 2008 to max 7 Hey there PC I'm working on an art test to get my first job, and the instructions I was given says that when I send out my files to them that it has to be able to open in Max 7. However, I don't ha…	10 Last	Pope Adam May 2009
Roadkill in Max 2009? Hey guys. So I was wondering if anyone has tried using Roadkill in Max 2009? Basically the program relies on an OBJ export maintaining edge selections. In 2009, it doesn't seem to do this... I've …	1 Last	Dakkon May 2009
smoothing weights in 3ds max hmmm am I just a noob-face, or is there no way to 'smooth' out weights between several vertices in the skin modifier with 3ds max? I know you can blend weights between verts on ONE bone using the w…	4 Last	Funky Bunnies May 2009
Transferring all 3dsmax and photoshop settings, scripts etc Starting a new job tomorrow, first time working in max, but I've been learning it at home for months now. I've got a couple custom toolbars with scripts, completely redone the interface etc. What fil…	1 Last	Yozora May 2009
Steep parallax in UE3 / Brothers in Arms (UnrealEd) Just looking at the UnrealEd version that comes with BiA:HH, and I see a steep parallax expression. I checked some of the parallax materials in the game, and I haven't seen any yet that use it, so d…	5 Last	Jonathan May 2009
realtime viewport animation capture Hello there! I use 3ds max. I use shader FX. Looking for help and experience to be able to capture the 3dsmax viewport while playing an animation. Im looking for software suggestions surroundin…	5 Last	Xoliul May 2009
Decal Video Tutorial Hey guys. i thought I'd post a link to my first video tutorial. I will probably make more in the future with audio and more pizazz! [url]http://www.vimeo.com/4448315[/url]	0 Last	indavisual May 2009
mutli-material still used? rewrting some import/export stuff for luxinia and wondered if max's mutli-materials (or if a equivalent in maya exists) are actually still used at all?	17 Last	DrillerKiller May 2009
Wacom Intuos - to buy or not to buy So I got rid of my lame Graphire some time ago, and I now find myself looking for a new tablet. Can get an Intuos 1 A5 for roughly $85. Yay or nay? :shifty:	28 Last	man_o_mule May 2009
Biped Help (3dsmax9) Hey, Just to start off with i am no Character artist or Animator! infact im all about Environment art heh but i am trying to do every aspect in a small project of mine. Ok i will try and explain my…	2 Last	Razorb May 2009
SSD vs Velociraptor Getting some cash back from the government and I'm putting together a new workstation for at home. Going with the Intel i920 with the Asus P6T and some 1600 Tri-Channel ram. Wondering if anyone has a…	6 Last	michi.be May 2009
Max pelt glitch I'm having a problem in max when pelt mapping that I've never seen before. It only appears to happen on boxes or meshes derived from boxes which I find very odd. When the pelt map function to unwrap …	2 Last	MoP May 2009
Multi-convert Maya-files to 3d max I've got a lot of simple objects from Maya (mb files), and I would like to convert them into 3d max files. Is it possibble to do it pretty easy and quick way ?	2 Last	Gerbeiter May 2009
SUB D question and quads There was a thread a little while back that explained how to take a cylindrical mesh at its ends and turn them into proper quads for Zbrush. Does anyone know the thread or can re-explain the process …	4 Last	Reverenddevil May 2009
Manually editing cages (Maya 2009) I recently posted some issues I had with baking normal maps and figured out how to use (I know, sad) and edit cages within Maya 2009. How much freedom is there in editing a cage, though? Is it okay …	7 Last	Isaiah Sherman May 2009
knees and elbow "crook, pit":) hey, i am working on this bunny at the moment and i have a question about modelling the arms and legs that you might be able to answer. my problem is that the mesh at the knees and elbows interleave…	9 Last	Bunnysuit May 2009
Hard Surface Normal Maps So I'm trying to create some normal maps for some hard surface objects. Like a table for instance. I want a normal map so that I can get the look of nice smooth edges on my low poly so that the ligh…	3 Last	butt_sahib May 2009
Muliple Uvs in 3ds max I'm working on a character in 3ds max 9, and i'm trying to unwrap the character using multiple uvs (one for the head, and another for the body etc.). Just to make things more complicated, I'm also p…	2 Last	vj_box May 2009