Technical Talk

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Realtime display is funky! Hey fellas, a couple of weeks ago I got myself a new graphics card - a 7600GS. Since then, it's been screwing up my realtime display when I apply normals to any of my meshes. The image attached sh…	5 Last	Rob Galanakis Dec 2007
Is their a mel script that will Is their a mel script that will evenly space uv points between 2 uv points? Like on a uv border I would like to evenly space the uv's.	1 Last	Funky Bunnies Dec 2007
Color and Specular Maps I've done a quick search around here/net and I can't find too much as far as an explanation of what a specular color map is, or how to go about creating one and what colors to use. I'm used to using…	17 Last	Joao Sapiro Dec 2007
Intersecting archway woes: modeling for realtime I'm trying to make a clean pair of intersecting archways. I'm starting with the canopy. I was hoping to have the archways meet cleanly rather than clip through each other for texturing purposes. I'v…	18 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2007
weird mudbox issue Ok this is really pissing me off...i have this model i am sculpting and everytime i press subdivide it hangs in 90% and crashes ...so i opened in max and subdivided there...now if i want to subdivid…	3 Last	j_bradford Dec 2007
UT3 play in editor window graphical corruption Every time I play one of my levels in the Unreal 3 Editor window, the graphics get corrupted and I can't see what's going on. Anyone know how to fix this? I've got an ATI video card. [img]http://i66…	2 Last	nicedwar Dec 2007
transpose ' master ' since polycount's always had such a strong and rich tradition of hate : [url="http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=54270"]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/showthread.php?t=54270[/url] …	3 Last	James Edwards Dec 2007
Unreal Editor 2004 Question (s?) i had a quick question about the texturing in Unreal editor 2004. When you texture in 3DS Max with a regular diffuse texture and add a normal map to it, then export to unreal. Does unreal bake the no…	2 Last	pliang Dec 2007
Maya Trouble. MR Physical Sun/Sky "use background" Hey, I have a scene that I am lighting with Mental ray physical sun and sky in Maya 8.5. The sky appears blue or whatever time of day it is according to the physcial sky. I want to set a picture as t…	11 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Dec 2007
Multiple UV sets Anyone know of any tutorials on creating multiple uv sets? I'm currently using Max, but Maya would be fine as well.	2 Last	joe gracey Dec 2007
Help me get the right clipping mask in ps. I'm having a little trouble making the right clipping mask for what I want to do. I have this here: [img]http://home.earthlink.net/~mitchdurnell/images/crest1.jpg[/img] The red portion is on a l…	7 Last	Option Dec 2007
Cloth in 3DS MAX does anyone have a good tutorial on how to use cloth WELL in 3DS max 9 or lower. All of my experiments in cloth are either too computer intensive or just plain don't work properly. Also, any link…	9 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2007
Max9 mesh autoupdate problem Probably isn't a problem, more like a button I accidently hit. When I use the arc sub-object tool to rotate around my mesh, the mesh goes invisible. Anyone know what I hit or how to make it so I ca…	2 Last	SomberResplendence Dec 2007
UV - optimization Hi everyone i just wanted to ask if anyone have any tips on optimizing the UV and how i should think, i always have too much space left when it's time to put the last piece in. also how would you go…	8 Last	Mark Dygert Dec 2007
Old school pixel art question hey everyone now this is a bit off but kinda a bit funny since the first thing I ever did video game related was pixel editing megaman sprites (hince the icon) almost like 9-10 years ago at this poin…	7 Last	Xenobond Dec 2007
Multiple Objects using the same texture. Ok, so in my learning quest to figure out whats going on in UT3 (and how to create it myself) I've come upon another question. I can create models, I can create other maps/textures, I can import tho…	2 Last	Saidin311 Dec 2007
Problem with my wacom Has anyone had this happen to them before? Today my wacom started to draw incorrectly. It keeps on drawing even when the pen is not touching the tablet, like it's lagging? The result is I get trails …	4 Last	Sage Dec 2007
3d figure of man hey all. i am modeling some body armor. does anyone have a really basic male body model... just need the torso really. so that i can model around it. ??? thanks, cccp	2 Last	hula Dec 2007
normal map generator for mac heya, does anyone know if there is a decent normal map maker for the mac? Something like Crazy Bump for pc? thanks! CP	5 Last	hula Dec 2007
customizable nudge when holding shift and tapping an arrow key in photoshop, as many of you know, PS will nudge your selection 5 pixels, rather than 1. can i change this number? my thinking is to find a number that is…	4 Last	killingpeople Dec 2007
Blending Normal Map Hello, first post here. I've been told these forums are a great resource for questions etc! I'm hoping someone can help me with this issue. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I have 2 normal map…	8 Last	Saidin311 Dec 2007
Max 2008 normal maps in viewport. I just upgraded to max 2008, as I have been using 7 for a long time, had some money and thought this would be a good way to spend it. The only thing now is that I can seem to display my normal maps i…	8 Last	dejawolf Dec 2007
(Vista) 3DS Max 9 & DDS problems - Advice? So every time i try and install the nvidia plugin to use dds in 3ds max... it doesn't work. No matter what i do i don't seem to be able to use dds files in 3ds max. The first time i installed it Vis…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2007
Messin' with da normal maps (non photorealistic) [img]http://freegamearts.tuxfamily.org/images/web/np_normalmap.JPG[/img] Done by vectorizing a normalmap (not by me, just taken for test purposes) with vectormagic on level low. Anyone else messed …	5 Last	pliang Dec 2007
skateboard specs question. texture and pc. Would anyone have some ballpark specs for a skateboard in the new EA game Skate or the latest Tony Hawk? I'm building a skateboard deck as a personal project. Screenshot for skate. [img]http://w…	4 Last	Whargoul Dec 2007
Wireframe Over Color? (Maya 2008) Just asking on behalf of a friend of mine... Is there an easier way to render color with wire frame on top instead overlaying in Photoshop? I recall its available as an option in Max...	5 Last	pliang Dec 2007
more xnormal woes! hello guys and gals and all inbetween , well I spent a big chunk last night reading and playing with xnormal and finally figured out a few things.....now heres the issue, at the moment every time I T…	23 Last	jogshy Dec 2007
Unreal Tournament 3 tutorials So I'm coming up on my last semester of school and wanted to pick up a copy of Unreal Tournament 3, and play around with editor, maybe create a nice scene to put in my portfolio. I was hoping there w…	3 Last	IronHawk Nov 2007
normal map on cylinder hey there, this is my first post! ok, so i have a question on how to best normal map a cylinder. im putting up an image with two ways that i tried. first way is the way maya generates it. then i tr…	13 Last	hula Nov 2007
body armor hey all, I am starting a new project of body armor. I will just create shoulder, elbow, and glove. I need to know how it works though, and i cant find anything online. I mean how do things connect, …	2 Last	HEx Nov 2007
weird problem with face in max. Hey guys I'm currently building a model and upon splitting up my head so that I can uv them I noticed that there was a face that stretched out into the distance which I can't delete or select. [img]…	7 Last	breakneck Nov 2007
light maps, and their implementation in engine we're looking at getting some lightmap support so we can get some nice prerendered lighting ingame. Since we dont have massive environments or a sophisticated in-engine lighting system we'll be rende…	2 Last	rooster Nov 2007
Zbrush irregularities Fooling around in zbrush, i've been trying to create some skin wrinkle effects. I've read that for detailed areas, it can be good to mask off the area and increase the polycount (lips, eyes, brows, …	8 Last	MoP Nov 2007
Max Viewport Distance. (Too Many Verts) I am working on a large model. In wire fame mode, when I am manipulating Verts, despite Ignore Back facing, I often select the ones on the other side of the model. I would be nice to not be able to s…	4 Last	Incomitatum Nov 2007
Segmented Models I am just not getting it. I have been looking at the armor in Mass Effect, and some of the ships in the new Trinity System for EvE Online. Thin and deep lines denoting the segments in machinery or a…	5 Last	Incomitatum Nov 2007
Need help - basic 3ds max Q I'm trying to subtract the shape of some text from an object in max... so the text is in holes in the mesh... if that explanation makes sense. I have completely forgotten which modifier i can use to …	2 Last	BigJon Nov 2007
Near and Far clip plane in Maya The near and far clip plane reset to 0 and 10 no matter what I set in my preferences. So each time I start a new scene I end up having to fix each camera's values. This seems to be a common maya bug …	3 Last	TWilson Nov 2007
better quality materials in viewport (max)? Running direct X mode, been playing around with a reference image, I haven't attempted to switch over to open GL mode. Doesnt seem like raising the dpi would have an affect, should I force the refere…	3 Last	MoP Nov 2007
Whole mesh versus bits and pieces? Hi all! I've been wracking brain over a dilmma I've encountered and was hoping for some advice from you experts. I have a character mesh that several pieces of armour have been built around. The w…	4 Last	MoP Nov 2007
Installing ActorX For Maya (2008-?) I found the ACTOR X file here [url="http://udn.epicgames.com/Two/ActorX.html"]http://udn.epicgames.com/Two/ActorX.html[/url] I need to figure out how to install the ActorX plug-in for maya. I'm tota…	2 Last	fal$eProfit Nov 2007
Dithering in Normal Map's Blue Channel Hey all, as the topic suggests, I'm getting some weird dithering in the blue channel of my normal map. I'm not to sure what is causing it, but any insight on the problem would be awesome. Thanks! …	3 Last	Rob Galanakis Nov 2007
Cavity maps with zBrush Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to import a highpoly and a lowpoly .obj into zBrush, and then bake a cavity map from the high to the low? All the tutorials I find show you how to do it with a ztoo…	3 Last	Joshua Stubbles Nov 2007
xnormal + ambient maps ok seriously explain your science on how you render it out,not having much luck here :\	9 Last	jogshy Nov 2007
ram question Looking at getting some new ram, just wondering what the general opinion would be about these [url="http://shoprbc.com/ca/shop/product_details.php?pid=23593"]http://shoprbc.com/ca/shop/product_detail…	11 Last	Blaizer Nov 2007
3ds max .obj exporter, multiple uv channels? Heya, I was wondering if there is a .obj exporter available for 3ds max which supports more than one uv channel. Since the one which comes standard with max only supports one uv channel. Thats ju…	3 Last	MoP Nov 2007
Gmax - combine objects while preserving UV? The model I'm currently working on has too many objects for what I need to do. Does anyone know of a way to combine objects, but preserve each object's UV map?	4 Last	Lord McMutton Nov 2007
Animation Adjustments So I'm working on my 3d final and I'm running into some unforeseen timing issues with the animation, I'm quite happy with how the animation is playing so i'd like to preserve it as much as possible, …	4 Last	Archanex Nov 2007
exercises you use to generate ideas ? what types of ( more or less obscure ) activities do you engage in to generate ideas ? eg : drawing upside down drawing with your opposite hand drawing in the dark exercises like : [url="http://we…	6 Last	tacit math Nov 2007
Da Vinci and art? actually i'm just having trouble finding a simple reference: there is a drawing made by Da Vinci which shows facial proportions, it has a triangle from the forhead to the mouth, which shows how the …	19 Last	aesir Nov 2007
How to build joystick controllers using Maxscript Useful for creating facial rigs, this JUST builds the sticks, it doesn't link them. I still need to tidy up the linking code (it works now, but it's still hardcoded in places), I'll post it when I ge…	2 Last	Rick Stirling Nov 2007