Technical Talk

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Solved: turbo unwrap vs unwraptools 1.4 :confused: Problem solved. I found them shortcuts finally I was wondering what happened to the unwraptools 1.4. I always thought unwraptools 1.4 and turbo unwrap were the same, or made by the same person, if…	0 Last	Sage Apr 2007
Mudbox ---> Max import question Can someone here tell me why does Mudbox imported object always look faceted when imported back in Max ? Object in Mudbox [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v396/foozboote/Mudbox1.jpg[/img] O…	8 Last	snap.crackle.pop Apr 2007
3ds 9: Problems with custom Quads! Hi there, I love Max. Really. But sometimes there are those moments of full hate, anger, pain! Sometimes when I want to set up a custom quad , it works. then sometimes it does not! I dunno why! For…	2 Last	Miguelito Apr 2007
Optimizing highpoly head for normal mapping ? I modeled a medium/highrez head for a normal map. I would like to know what are good ways to optimize it so i can have a lowpoly out of it ? is there anything that some of you guys do/use to de-rez …	14 Last	rooster Apr 2007
Baking lighting info w/ a normal map in Maya? I'm wondering if anyone knows how to bake information from a low poly character, with the normal mapping texture info in a lit scene, into a texture file? I'm toying with Surface Sampler, toying with…	6 Last	Whargoul Apr 2007
Laser beam in Maya hey my buddy wants to make a lazer beam in maya for his assignment that's due on monday, is there anyway to do this given the time restraints? Any help would be appreciated "now, i dont want glowing…	4 Last	Geezus Apr 2007
Unwrap question! Is there any way to grid the uv's on a pipe shaped unwrap? In the example below I can get to an okay unwrap for a lightmap in 7 clicks, but I'd much rather have it straightened to avoid stair steppi…	10 Last	Noren Apr 2007
How do I link thumbnails to a bigger pic on pc? I used to use this but the newer polycount does not support it, anyone know how to click a thumb nail and make it go to the bigger picture? <A HREF="http://www.malcolm341.com/misc/unwrappipe_01.…	3 Last	malcolm Apr 2007
Maya Plugins Hey guys, well as it seems more and more of us are having to use Maya at work why don't we go ahead and post handy scripts and Plugins we have found. The tool that made Maya open up for me is called …	1 Last	rooster Apr 2007
Maya Transparency Depth Sorting problem I have been trying to to apply this alpha transparency to my model in maya. I am trying to get my parts that are supposed to be invisible to render in realtime in the maya viewport. Problem is when I…	7 Last	DarkStryder Apr 2007
Mudbox Local Subdivision I'm just curious how you do it the right way. I've tried selecting faces and subdividing those, but that's a horrible mess, with an ugly seam, and you can't go NEAR the edges anymore... Anyone know h…	1 Last	Noren Apr 2007
Combine or Extrude So I was wondering if any of the game artist vets could answer my question. When modeling why not combine everything? It saves polys and looks the same. [img]http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h201…	4 Last	Vailias Apr 2007
Ok you Maya users, answer me this! How the hell do you view FX files inside of Maya? The ASHLI shader is complete rubbish. I've tried loading fx files made within max, within rendermonkey, shaderfx, and three other separate FX genera…	4 Last	malcolm Apr 2007
Resizeable Rig for Maya? We are planning to do a group project using both max and maya. most people in my class seem to prefer animating in maya, but most of our experience lies in max. So I was wondering if there is a res…	3 Last	Vailias Apr 2007
Dumbass 3ds Max Question long story short. Need to staple a biped's left hand onto the foreend of a pump action shotgun, that is linked to the biped's right hand. I remember people laughing at me about not being able to do …	12 Last	Scott Ruggels Apr 2007
Looking for a past thread Im looking for a thread about presenting your 3D models, it was here like a few months ago, but obviously typing 3D model in the search engine returns too much links. Did anyone saved it somewhere ?…	5 Last	snap.crackle.pop Apr 2007
Maya "Fatal Error: Attempting to save? this all started last night,when i load my texture in from photoshop, i load it up on the fish,then the texture wont show up on the uv editor in maya 8.5 im using,and i get this error reading Fatal …	3 Last	chrismaddox3d Apr 2007
3ds 9 : "Error Creating Bitmap" Hi there, today is one of those days where I could just eat up my keyboard! I'm trying to bake a texture out in tga format (because I want that alpha) but it simply doesnt work. I just get a messag…	11 Last	Miguelito Apr 2007
Maya Rigging Help [img]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a30/ev3rm0r3/leg.jpg[/img] The problem im having is that I have no idea how to attach and make the shocks move and line up with each other to make it look like …	2 Last	pyromania Apr 2007
Closed Need rigging help [img]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a30/ev3rm0r3/leg.jpg[/img] The problem im having is that I have no idea how to attach and make the shocks move and line up with each other to make it look like…	3 Last	animatr Apr 2007
Metal Specular Maps - Your Methods I've come to the conclusion that all my specualr maps pretty much look the same. I've tried a few different things but they always seem to look a bit naff. What do you find works best as a specular …	33 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2007
Texture Optimization I'm currently curious about optimizing textures. I read once that if you've got a mapped model, to make all the unused areas in the texture, black - so the engine doesn't waste calculations on that …	12 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2007
Need Help....again... Okay, Zbrush is killing me with this strange triangle streaking across my normal map, again. I had it fixed earlier - only cuz I recreated a new high-res version of my model. This new high-res versio…	4 Last	peppi Apr 2007
[Question] Quake 3 Main Menu I was wondering if someone had any ideas which file in pak0.pk3 that could be edited with photoshop to change the hue of the orange fiery Quake 3 Arena and the text. Have alook at the screenshot for…	5 Last	Socrates Apr 2007
new nvidia normalmap filter & dds saver I noticed Nvidia hasn't put up the latest versions of these tools on their site. Well you can get them here if you want. [url="http://www.ericchadwick.com/examples/files/2005.10.14_DDSformat_and_Nor…	10 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2007
Unreal 3 Engine Questions Hey I am using unreal 3 for some things and I'm sure I'll be running into some questions about some things and work arounds. Since I don't think I can ask the questions for everyone to see if you are…	6 Last	imurpet Apr 2007
XSI questions hola pessoal ! i am currently in the process of learning XSI , i doubt much people use it here, but it doesnt hurt asking , i have read the help file , and it really has helped me so far ,but there…	10 Last	Joao Sapiro Apr 2007
UT2004 jump tweaking Here's the deal: we've got this idea for a level in Unreal that's based around acrobatics (jumping and stuff). We need to be able to jump from wall to wall. However, we don't know how to do that or e…	5 Last	Penzer Apr 2007
request for a howto: SSS - caustics can someone make me a larp themed educational video explaining how to render caustics and sub surface scattering in 3ds max (8)? or just a link to a paragraph-less tutorial on it. or a picture of a c…	10 Last	dejawolf Apr 2007
Problem Baking Normal Maps in 3ds Max 7 I've been trying to get normal map baking in max right for a while now, and now that I finally got it mostly right, I've encountered a problem. When I press render after everything is filled out corr…	4 Last	Mugofdoom Apr 2007
Help needed, normal mapping dilemma I'm making a normal mapped character and i'm kinda into a dilemma. I dont really have lots of experience doing normal mapping so I came here to ask a few questions. My problem consist of projecti…	9 Last	raydog Apr 2007
[ASK] How to animate cape/ fur ?? Hi, i want to ask how to animate cape/ fur/ feather in 3dmax. right now i'm doing a birdman model & want to animate it. but, i don't understand how to animate the fur, so it will folloe the ch…	4 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2007
Holes in mesh in Game Engine Hey guys, I'm trying to make a model of Davy Jones for a pirates of the Caribbean game (yeah, I know it's old). I have almost finished the mesh - more or less just tweaking at this point, but when I…	7 Last	CheeseOnToast Apr 2007
Problem with Curve Patches in Gtk Radiant Ive a problem with the simple patch mesh in Gtk Radiant. Ive created an arche for a doorway for a JK2 map. In the mapper its all perfectly aligned. However when I want to look at my map in JK2 the…	1 Last	Black_Dog Apr 2007
Ref. Pics - Gun Images I have been taking a few pics to help fellow gamers out in creating accurate gun models. I wanted to make the images available to my fellow Polycount buddies. Please find a short description of the…	4 Last	snap.crackle.pop Apr 2007
Problem with Max...plz help! Hi all, For some bizarre reason, when I open up the UVW unwrap I am unable to use shortcuts, for example if I press D which should detach edges, it will instead carry out the action for the main scr…	3 Last	greyhawk Apr 2007
strange wacom issue ok i'm wondering if anyone has ever had this issue or heard of anyone having a similar problem before. here's what happening, i have an intuos 3 6x11 tablet. Every once in awhile i get error message…	11 Last	allyx Apr 2007
Physique with Bones?? Hey everyone, Just a quick question (I hope). I am trying to create a rig for a creature that has six legs, a tail, and arms. I have to use physique and the biped in max, (engine is requiring it, bo…	1 Last	e_x Apr 2007
re-baking your texture maps...max... hello. i've been hearing about this for some time now. and i just don't get it. i've heard about people using render to texture in max to "re-bake" their UV maps. can anyone shed some light on th…	33 Last	Joshua Stubbles Apr 2007
ways to speed up 3ds max loading time? does anyone here have tips how to speed up 3ds max loading time?	5 Last	Xenobond Apr 2007
3Ds Max Skin Question We are under a ridiculous deadline, but I am used to it, having worked at 3do in my past. the problem I have found is that I need a solution for a logisitcal problem about the character. I have t…	8 Last	Noren Apr 2007
Photoshop batch question. So I would like to put my web address in all my images is there any way I can take a layer out of one image and batch it into a bunch more images?	10 Last	malcolm Apr 2007
Level Design Blueprints I'm taking a Designing Interior Spaces class, where we are developing a playable level from the ground up. Problem is, some of the required work-flow is different from mine. I'm more of the, take my …	5 Last	Mark Dygert Apr 2007
3D FX Shaders and DirectX SDK I had a few questions about this. I have installed them and have no idea how to apply them. I need it so that I can get some sort of in game shader on my models. Just because its more convenient to b…	0 Last	3D-j Apr 2007
3D For Mobiles Help Request DELETED Post deleted by SUNCHIRP	1 Last	D4V1DC Apr 2007
From Blendshapes to Bones My art pipeline is currently set up using FaceGen, which gives me a number of blendshapes. However, we didn't have time to get blendshapes implemented into our engine. However, I still would like t…	7 Last	James Edwards Apr 2007
What to do? DS enviornments Hi I have a few questions about modeling. Currently I'm doing some environment props and targeting a developer that makes Nintendo DS games. I have searched through some of the threads that have info…	20 Last	dur23 Apr 2007
XSI paint geometry on surface tool ? I've been looking for that for a little while without any success, basically I want to paint geometry on a surface with control on the orientation, scale, etc, something ala Unreal Engine Decolayers,…	2 Last	StrangeFate Apr 2007
texturing tooled leather starting to texture a saddle and i want to make it look like tooled leather. Does anyone have any tips to make a tooled leather texture?	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 2007
How many tweaks does it take....? ...for a 3d model to be legitimately yours? Just wondering about this, you hear about with imagery you can change a certain percentage and it no longer is something they can sue you for, but where is…	11 Last	Ruz Apr 2007