Technical Talk

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SoftImage XSI 6.5 - Problem Using Ultimapper to bake Normal Map. When i Bake normal maps through Ultimapper, all i get in the texture is black. It happens when i try to bake any map weather it be AO or Normal Map. I've tested this on a cube and have gotten the sam…	11 Last	McGreed Dec 2008
Share your max Custom Keyboard UI's This is just an idea I had, maybe it has been tried already. I was just curious about max keyboard setups and if anyone wanted to share their own setup. Wondering what is most efficient for all of …	38 Last	scourgewarper Dec 2008
Can't see changes with Lighting Subdivisions in UE3 So I'm messing with AdvancedLighting subdivisions on my meshes and I can't seem to find any differences when playing with the min & max values after I attempt to 'Build Lighting'. I've checked and u…	3 Last	salman_fas Dec 2008
teeth? Recently I was talking with a friend and a subject came up about something that is often really never really looked into great detail. The subject being teeth. Mainly I was trying to figure out the …	11 Last	bugo Dec 2008
Maya Ref Editor + revision control system + telecommute Just checking if anybody was experienced with this who can share advantages/ disadvantages and pitfalls to be aware of. Ref editor basically like xref in Max. Our company has multiple studios and I…	3 Last	MoP Dec 2008
ZBrush Tutorial DVDs? I'm thinking about finally learning ZBrush, so I was looking for tutorial DVDs helping me to get into the software. There's quite a lot of those on the net though, so I would be grateful if someone c…	6 Last	neolith Dec 2008
Cloth in games ? Hello everybody ! I'm new here , however i reading forum for a long time . And i have a question about cloth animation in real time , i have a character who's dressing a big apron (like butchers or s…	25 Last	Rob Galanakis Dec 2008
Transparencies, sorting and intersecting I was having a conversation with a co-worker last week about transparencies. I found out that we both have pretty different ideas about how to handle transparencies and I wasn't sure what was hearsay…	21 Last	CrazyButcher Dec 2008
Lightmaps Hi Polycount Community :] Sorry in advance for my awful english, I'm a frog :poly136: I try to have some decent results while generating lightmaps with 3ds max via Vray. First I tried without hlsl…	6 Last	Noors Dec 2008
ZBrush problem, can't edit model I need help with Zbrush! i had started a model, and i saved it then i closed Zbrush and i went to load it up and edit it some more, and now i cant edit what i was working on. What did i do wrong?	5 Last	MoP Dec 2008
Image quality I do quite something with photography, and when saving it i mostly deal with quite some quality loss. I edit a NEF/PSD file, and when i save it to a jpg, it loses alot of color, contrast ect. (Savin…	2 Last	Keg Dec 2008
Max to Maya user Hi, I am a 3dsmax user and would like to pick up the basics of Maya too. Anybody know of any good tutorials / websites or books that teach Maya from a Max users perspective? Thanks.	19 Last	fr0gg1e Dec 2008
Max viewport bitmap resolution In 3ds max configure driver>match bitmap as closely as possible the manual states the max resolution is 4000x4000 and anything larger will be scaled down to this. It's nothing major but i've some re…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2008
Must-have 3dsm Plugins ? Since I don't use ANY plugins for 3dsm, I was wondering what plugins you guys use to make your lives easier.	13 Last	distilarouk Dec 2008
Low poly human modeling questions(BLENDER) I am working on a game and I want to make the humans and zombies right now. I have no idea how to start modeling humans though. I have done a few tutorials for 3Ds Max but in blender it is kind of ha…	10 Last	Kap'n Kronic Dec 2008
using 2 uv sets in maya? (multitexturing) I´ve a scene in maya with baked light using 2 uv sets, one for texture color and other for baked gi, i´ve baked the light to the 2nd uv set and now i don´t know how to create a multitexture shader, i…	4 Last	rul119 Dec 2008
blender? okay so i was looking around on the net and i found a website called [URL="http://www.blender.org"]blender [/URL] and would like to know what y'all thought of it.	14 Last	Richard Kain Dec 2008
3ds max: DirectX 10 weirdness After changing to directX 10 in configure driver and reloading max, all objects are rendered with triangular faces even when I turn it off in configure driver and reload. Also the main grid lines tha…	3 Last	scourgewarper Dec 2008
Modeling cables without going overboard. How would you guys model this for the low poly version? Specifically the broken cables thingies. I already have a pretty hefty tricount in the rest of the model.. This model will be displayed in di…	4 Last	oXYnary Dec 2008
Smoothing groups in cinema 4D? Hi all I just discovered this site,and it's very informative,helped me a lot. Seems most of u are using Max or Maya,wich makes some terminology hard to follow for me. How would smoothing groups tran…	8 Last	Spanki Dec 2008
I need a simple script for max9 Hey guys, I thought i'd start using StrokeIt together with max, so i thought of some nice ways to set it all up. (mouse gestures > faster workflow). but to make a stroke do something i want it to …	16 Last	Japhir Dec 2008
Unreal 3 editor import problem I'm having trouble trying to do the basic of things. Importing ONE box into Unreal 3 editor and i keep crashing. I created the box in max named it SM_Box and even just Box, put smoothing 1 on it, na…	30 Last	Lamont Dec 2008
Import .objs only script among other things [B]Hello everyone![/B] I complied/edited/created another script. I'd much prefer to not garner [B]any[/B] credit at all rather than implying i was entirely responsible. [WAZZA] Ok so when i had to…	3 Last	renderhjs Dec 2008
Maya Scripts... So theres a thread here to gather links to interesting Max scripts.. but not one for Maya. What does everyone use in Maya to make things easier ? :)	20 Last	malcolm Dec 2008
Mentalray alpha texture shadow issue. I have a quad with a texture on it using an alpha channel for transparency I have a directional light casting a raytraced shadow. The shadow from the alpha appears correctly but with a faint outline…	3 Last	malcolm Dec 2008
Lighting prob, any advice? Ok so here is the render of this character that i am building a skin material for. Im using mr sky and sun with an mr photographic exposure control as well. Right now im working on only the lightin…	1 Last	Alex Pointer Dec 2008
Transfer UV layout mini-tut This will cover transfering one UV layout (old) to another (new). If you've ever had to do changes to a UV layout after a model has been textured this is for you. It basically [URL="http://www.gamasu…	8 Last	Mongrelman Dec 2008
custom maxscript panel for modeling, management and exp/import models after replying [url=http://boards.polycount.net/showpost.php?p=869360&postcount=9]here[/url] people asked me if they could have that script with the spinner that lets me smooth surfaces without the u…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2008
Quick back and forth between Modifiers? (Max) Is there a way to do this? Specifically between my base mesh and my MeshSmooth modifier? I can't stand modeling with the "Show End Result" toggle, and find myself constantly going up and down to se…	13 Last	MoP Dec 2008
Actor X for Max2009 hmmm i thought i already used the actorX Plugin for Max 2009 but no matter where i test it, 32bit and 64bit version don't seem to work "DLL is not made for this verion of the program - not loading…	7 Last	ironbearxl Dec 2008
User defined Bevel in Maya?? Hi all, I've been checking out 3ds max recently (haven't used it since version 3) and I happened across the Bevel modifier that can accept a user defined profile spline. I thought this was pretty co…	2 Last	Irreal Dec 2008
Tablets I'm just starting school for general Game Art and Design, and I was talking to one of my teachers today about equipment. I told him I planned on investing in a tablet of some sort over winter break, …	15 Last	Marnik Dec 2008
Remove texture in 3ds max Hey, this is something that has always bugged me and I figured I would share the solution with everyone. In 3ds max when you start making simple objects you get a default color that gets applied. H…	4 Last	Ghostscape Dec 2008
Need some help with normal mapping. [maya] But hey! So Ive made a highpoly gun/rifle that I wanna make a normal map from. Never done this before, so I was wondering; how? Do I UV map the highpoly first or do I even have to UV map the highpoly…	0 Last	eric. Dec 2008
First Macro, please help! Hello everyone! So ive been really interested in scripting and the sorts and i thought i should give it a try. Basically what i am trying to do:- Im making a Blueprint manager. What it would do is …	8 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2008
Render does not show all of my model, Maya I am very close to being done with my second modeling project, a dinosaur i made for my 3d modeling and animation class. it's due tomorrow but i'll get it done today. fairly low poly as compared to a…	7 Last	rooster Dec 2008
Beginner in MAYA (Tutorial links needed) Hi. I need to start doing 3d modeling because in Vancouver Film School I need a strong portfolio to get into the 3D Animation & Visual Effects Program. If i don't have a strng portfolio, I would nee…	5 Last	BuCC Dec 2008
Photoshop CS4 brush size bug? Hey I have noticed in cs4 when I use a large brush I think bigger than 20 pixels the outline of the brush cursor gets cut off, anyone else having this issue? I have the latest driver for my card I us…	1 Last	Kawe Dec 2008
Animation sharing with scaling? Hey all, Hopefully a quick question.. Has anyone been able to share animations between 2 rigs with the same naming conventions, but with uniform, or nonuniform scale applied (for longer arms, etc.).…	9 Last	kream Dec 2008
Diamant UV 1.2 Beta for Maya. Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum but just wanted to share a plugin that I've created for doing Automatic UV's in maya and much more. Its called Diamant UV.. I have just updated Diamant UV to ver…	7 Last	Funky Bunnies Dec 2008
LODs tips & tricks or pure drudgery? I thought it might be handy to discuss Levels of Detail, how to create them and what are some tips and tricks everyone's discovered. I'm mostly thinking about static triangulated props but I'm sure p…	12 Last	Justin Meisse Dec 2008
Polycount Cruncher for 3DS max Is there something like Polycruncher but for Maya? or similar to it. this would be very helpful!	2 Last	airbrush Dec 2008
toon shading? Hey guys, I finally just picked up a 360 and was playing tales of vesperia. I think I'd like to investigate toonshading and environments next as my next 3d learning experience. Also I'm looking at a…	6 Last	sir-knight Dec 2008
Normal Mapping I'm trying to transfer Maps in Maya from my "High" mesh to my "low" mesh. Problem is i'm getting really crap-tastic maps.... Does the low mesh have to envelope the high? the only different is ones go…	7 Last	EarthQuake Dec 2008
Three Button Mouse, impossible to find! I'm trying to find a three button mouse.... and it's impossible apparently. I'm not talking about 2 buttons and klickable scroll wheel and I'd rather not use a thumb button. I want a mouse with thr…	6 Last	Ryan Clark Dec 2008
AO map troubles in 3ds Hey guys, This is my first post on the forum. I am currently a student studying games design and I am having a problem baking out an ambient occlusion map for a brick pillar that I have modelled. T…	8 Last	NuggetOG Dec 2008
Photoshop CS4 if you hate it these might help. Hi, so I have recently been upgraded to cs4 at work and I am totally hating it, I thought cs3 was bad but cs4's bad performance and new interface are just frustrating. Please note we're using cs4 not…	11 Last	thomasp Dec 2008
Model flickering in UE3 The screenshot pretty much tells you what is happenning, those square parts keep flickering when you move around and they disappear if you move far enough. [IMG]http://blog.carlocarfora.co.uk/dump/b…	7 Last	Jesse Moody Dec 2008
OPTPIX macros? we've got version 4.16 for ps2- what I need to do is get optpix to only process graphics with alpha, and crunch down through a bunch of folders.. anyone got any optpix knowledge for automating? cheer…	0 Last	rooster Dec 2008
How to get correct orientation of heightmap baked to normalmap ? Let's say I bake a heightmap texture to normalmap via 2d program (nvidia tools, xnormal PS plugin, crazybump, etc) - since the 2d program/plugin doesn't know how the faces are rotated on the uv map -…	2 Last	Chai Dec 2008