Technical Talk

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Student In Need Of Realistic Soldier Maya Rig For Upcoming Reel I'm an animation student in need of a realistic soldier Maya rig for my upcoming demo reel. The only ones I've found so far are fairly cartoony... and I'm looking for something realistic if possible.…	3 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
Posing a character for beauty shots. Hi guys, currently im finishing off a character with no intention of using him for an animation however id like to have a beauty shot of him in a good pose. However, when I manually try to move polys…	7 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
UE3 PC Workstation Assembly The user and all related content has been deleted.	23 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2009
UV workflow--->Seperate mesh items? Hello all! I have a work flow question regarding laying out UVs. On the image below I have identified two areas on the model that will receive different treatments, Area A and Area B. I have separ…	3 Last	Tumerboy Jan 2009
Max 2009 Polygon Statistics So I actually really like 2009s poly counter. Its nice that I can just hit 7, and it shows up in the corner and stays there, isnt a separate window that I have to drag out of the way or whatever.…	18 Last	vik Jan 2009
ZBrush help - Disabling dynamic brush size SOLVED What I'm trying to sort out is how do I turn off (or minimise) the dynamic brush size that changes based on pressure sensitivity. I still want to maintain the dynamic brush intensity. Basically like …	2 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jan 2009
Rigging in 3dsmax Hey guys,recently i started learning 3dsmax and i have some trouble rigging a model. I use the skeleton of the game Prey. When i pick all the bones and hit initialize,the model disappears so i click…	10 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
XSI 7.1 question Hey everyone, I was just wondering if anyone knew if files created in the new XSI version (7.1) are compatible with 7.	3 Last	Chicklet Jan 2009
zbrush annoyances. ok, so i've used the groupsplit tool to split my mesh down, but it's done it by element, so both boots are now different subtools. i can't edit one and have those edits show on the other, how can i …	29 Last	Unleashed Jan 2009
Split loop/insert loop script in max So, I'm looking for a script in max that will function similar to "split loop" in Silo, or a similar feature I've seen used in maya. In silo, you click an edge, hold a key down and move the mouse t…	36 Last	SyncViewS Jan 2009
Convert UT models to UT3 does anyone know how to convert ut99 characters to ut3? I would like to know if there is a way thanks:poly142:	0 Last	techlord Jan 2009
Corrupted max file woes Had a blackout while working on one of my models, which resulted in corruption of the max file (file open failed). Nothing usable in the autoback folder, merging with a clean file doesn't work. Any …	14 Last	commander_keen Jan 2009
Unreal Editor 3 problem Messing around with Unreal Editor 3 and I came across a few problems. Here's an example of what happened. Any ideas? It's the exact same scene imported into UE3. As you can see, it flips my UVs. 3d…	13 Last	A-Train Jan 2009
Basic WIP Lighting Setup.. Recently I've told not use GI renders when posting an update on a project. People have said that it does more bad than good. The lighting hides many details in the geometry of an object. So if I s…	7 Last	Pedro Amorim Jan 2009
cs4 3d painting and networking? Hello I just got my hands on cs 4 and ive been eager to test 2 big things. 1 being its 3d paint application and 2 being its networking. now for the 3d painting side Ive figured out how to use the …	1 Last	renderhjs Jan 2009
Who uses booleans? I was reading a thread about a student who's tutor said if you expect to work in the CG industry you HAVE to use booleans. Obviously that's absurd, everyone has a different workflow. But booleans are…	7 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2009
LCD screens and colors So i have a new LCD screen since my old loved CAD CRT died, and since then colors really trouble me. I got an LCD from Samsung that is supposed to have better colors. (one with these CCFL backlights)…	13 Last	thomasp Jan 2009
Unfold3D Blunders Currently I'm working on a low poly model in 3dmax and exported it into Unfold 3d, the problem is however that when I try to cut the model it says (Invalid mesh) one of the edges divides more than tw…	1 Last	animax Jan 2009
photoshop performance in vista (32/64) Hi folks, I´m using vista 32bit atm on my laptop and photoshop gives me some strange and annoying performance breaks ps CS: the brush-tool is very laggy and after I´ve used the hand-tool everything…	9 Last	Junkie_XL Jan 2009
How do you begin modeling a room I know it seems like a very basic thing but I'm starting a new project and I would like to start on the right foot. If you were to model a room, how would you start? Do you line up and merge plan…	13 Last	Talbot Jan 2009
Modeling with multiple comps over a network I was wondering, is it possible to do something in a program such as max/maya/zbrush where multiple people can be working on the same mesh at a given time? Open canvas did this for 2D and it was a re…	10 Last	MoP Jan 2009
UE3 Shader to mimic SF4 (WARNING LONG POST!) ok Ive been dealing with this on my off time for a while now and I cant take it anymore, ive asked alot of people personal questions online (and thank you for all your support and sorry for being a h…	25 Last	seforin Jan 2009
Direct x not working in 3ds max 9 Im running windows vista and i want to upgrade to 3ds max 9 so i checked out the demo everything runs fine but in the material editor the direct X feature is not showing up so i cant see real time re…	2 Last	ae. Jan 2009
Suggestive practice modelling subjects Hi everyone. I don't know how well this is going to work but we will see. Recently I've been trying to modeling various things for practice. But I found a little bit of a problem. When I'm ready …	18 Last	Talbot Jan 2009
iPhone/iPod touch Hey everyone! I've been doing some searching through the forum and other sites but I can't seem to find some general specs of what the ipod touch and iphone can handle for 2d and 3d graphics. I have …	2 Last	CrazyButcher Jan 2009
Whats your method for creating World Cubemaps/Spheres? (Space) I guess I'm trying to learn all the different methods of creating large rez cubemaps used for space environments. One method I saw was creating a 2d seamless space texture in PS, and throwing it on …	6 Last	jogshy Jan 2009
Modeling a complex building I'm about to start modeling this building for Crysis: [url]http://www.mybesthelsinki.com/HelsinkiArchitecture/Stockmann_Argos_building_Helsinki.jpg[/url] It's a corner of a department store located …	7 Last	Vailias Dec 2008
Problem with textures turning low res in UE3 Hi, My high res 2K textures on my character turn muddy low res when I want to reopen my scene back up in a different session. Just curious what gives with that? They still say 2048 in the generic …	16 Last	alexk Dec 2008
Photographing skies for sky domes So I just got a Nikon D80 for taking pictures and I was wondering if anyone knew of some tutorials or themselves knew how to take pictures of skies to create skydome or skybox textures. The only two…	19 Last	Marcel Dec 2008
More maya rigging grief couple of things, some of which are my own damn fault probably. some joints have no translate channels? when I select the joint it only shows the rotate channels in the channel window? thing is some…	6 Last	Hito Dec 2008
low frame rate in max on my laptop. doing some character animation with the low max rig. at 55% cpu usage and 33% memory usage i am only getting 10 fps. help? I'm leaving to work so i will check for answers tonight. …	12 Last	Cody Dec 2008
UE3 asset workflow... Recently I've been wondering what steps people take when they create an asset (static mesh) for UE3. Anyone want to share from beginning to end the basic steps they take when creating a static mesh …	6 Last	Talbot Dec 2008
Is there a way to change FOV in UE3? Just wondering if there is a way to change the default perspective viewport FOV in UE3 without having to go thru matinee?	1 Last	commander_keen Dec 2008
Linux and 3d... so i've got my new rig built, but i'm kinda thinking of experimenting with it. i've installed OSX on one of the hard drives for audio recording. for my other hard drive, i'm debating switching from…	19 Last	Richard Kain Dec 2008
Voice activated commands I'm sure this must have been discussed before but what's the view on using voice recognition software to issue commands when your modeling instead of hotkeys? I've read a lot on people's hotkey setu…	19 Last	Codeman Dec 2008
Creating texture for windows When you create the texture for windows in buildings where you can't see though the windows, how do you make it? Do you use reflection to make the effect of window, or do you put the reflection into …	3 Last	McGreed Dec 2008
Reset XForm in modifier sets Is it possible to place a Reset Xform button on the modifier sets above the stack? I use this very frequently and can't find out how to place it there (do I need to use maxscript? Might be a good exc…	8 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2008
Extruding edges in local [I]Another[/I] question apologies i've been hammering max last few days - extruding edges via holding shift works fine in view space however it doesn't allow you to extrude edges along the local axes…	0 Last	scourgewarper Dec 2008
Max cut tool quirk Occasionally when i'm doing cuts in 3ds max, it will only let me cut from one vertex to another and not vice versa. It seems to be very picky regarding which vertex I initiate the cut from. Is ther…	13 Last	scourgewarper Dec 2008
"Terrain material missing shader map" (UE3) So I was attempting to add specular and normal maps to the materials on an existing piece of terrain already made and I turned it into a rainbow fantasy mess. When I check for errors it says TERRAIN…	4 Last	Junkie_XL Dec 2008
component selection running slow on laptop i'm having a hard time unwrapping a model on my laptop. i dont have access to my pc. when i try to make a uv selection in the uv editor in XSI 7, it takes like 10-20 seconds to even make the selectio…	3 Last	JohnnyRaptor Dec 2008
Constraining bones to verts Hi Do any of you know how to constrain a bone to a vert in an editable poly object in Max? I don't even know what to look for or what it would be called in the help file. Thanks!	5 Last	SideEffect Dec 2008
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