Technical Talk

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
.o3d models? I need a program that can open and edit .o3d models. Anyone able to help? Converters also welcome.	3 Last	kjfk Oct 2006
Max Techniques I'm looking for some techniques you guys may have while modeling in max. I'll see if I can explain it correctly without making a bunch of images [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] First is how to…	5 Last	notman Oct 2006
Seam elimination article pimp Removing seams with 3dsmax & PS. Enjoy. [url="http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061019/kojesta_01.shtml"]http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061019/kojesta_01.shtml[/url]	29 Last	Rick Stirling Oct 2006
Neat and clear wire frame. (Tutorial) [img]http://askhat3d.by.ru/wiretutorial/1.jpg[/img] [img]http://askhat3d.by.ru/wiretutorial/2.jpg[/img] [img]http://askhat3d.by.ru/wiretutorial/3.jpg[/img] [img]http://askhat3d.by.ru/wiretutori…	8 Last	Blaizer Oct 2006
Vertex bone-attachment? Hi Is there any way of selecting vertexs or faces to attach to a bone instead of using the clumsy gizmo? (3dsmax 7)	2 Last	Carl Brannstrom Oct 2006
web space and a dot com address? I'm running low on free web space and I'd also like to get a simple web address to store my portfolio on, anyone know how this works? How do I register a dot com address and all that junk?	31 Last	fogmann Oct 2006
maxscript request This should probably go in requests, but I don't know if any of our resident max scripters lurk there. Does anyone know of an existing script, or thinks they can make one that functions as follows. …	0 Last	poopinmymouth Oct 2006
Source mod I'm having a pain working with source, I'm used to unreal importing setup, so anyways does anyone have any links or tutorials on how to get spec and normal maps in the game?	3 Last	CheeseOnToast Oct 2006
architecture modeling for games ? Hello I have a question for people working in the games industry. I'm thinking of building architectural models for resale, to be used in game levels. I use 3DS Max for modeling but have no experien…	3 Last	Rick Stirling Oct 2006
How can i create Hot Metal texture i am trying to create a texture for my character where his hand and arm look extremely hot (molten lava is the best descripyion i can think of). I want it for diffuse but the character will also have…	9 Last	kunglao Oct 2006
Max FBX export When you export to FBX from Max it creates a file with different animation tracks (Take001 is the first track by default). Does anyone know how to export so that you can have different animations exp…	4 Last	Ninjas Oct 2006
Out of memory when rendering in 3ds Max? Whenever I run Mental Ray to RTT an Amb Occ or normal map, I'm getting "unable to allocate memory" errors mental ray crashes. I tried to work around this by rendering a skylight in the scanline rend…	5 Last	Jarrod1937 Oct 2006
mirroring anyway to mirror a mesh without screwing up the vertex order max should have something like zbrush for this task , like smart resym	3 Last	Ruz Oct 2006
best way to add edge loop in max hi this has probably been answered before but I can't find it. basically, if I want to add an extra row of quadrangles from point a to point b, essentially adding an "edge loop", what is the best w…	11 Last	Ryno Oct 2006
Mirroring Physique? is there any way to mirror your physique weights in max? having to switch from side to side, to keep inputting weights after i find out that it deforms nasty etc. isnt a lot of fun...	8 Last	almighty_gir Oct 2006
3DS nub question Ok,i was wonding how or if its possible to disable axis and plane restraints. I could've sworn that they were off before because i usually just model in perspective view and i was freely moving verti…	4 Last	Clint Oct 2006
XSI 3.7 Yes lol anyone know of any tutorials for this beast??? Anything will help, thanks.	3 Last	skrubbles Oct 2006
UnrealED Noob question... I am trying to select a brush and it won't let me...how come? Another thing is when I pick a Texture package....and I see all the textures and try to select one, it selects a diffrent texture below …	10 Last	motives Oct 2006
wacom trouble hi my wacom keep double clicking from single clicks, and it's getting highly annoying. I tried new drivers but it's doing the same thing on both windows and mac os. Also tried searching the web abou…	8 Last	hawken Oct 2006
XSI texture pixel consistency Hi! I am modeling some environments in XSI and having problems with texture pixel consistency. By texture pixel consistency, I mean the size of texture pixels being equal on different poygons. What …	4 Last	EmAr Oct 2006
3D Studio Max 9.. [url="http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7658360"]http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7658360[/url] Seem's that 8 just got released. Anyone w…	14 Last	arshlevon Oct 2006
Foliage and face mapping? I am stumped... I am an amateur 3d game modeler who uses 3ds max 8, I have no serious training (I have taught myself mainly using stuff on the internet), And I have 2 simple questions 1. How would one go about mo…	7 Last	Jarrod1937 Oct 2006
Merging animations - 3dsmax So, earlier i decided to try and merge an animation i had made using max's biped. both bipeds from each scene were identical (in fact, i was merging to the referance scene). it says it merged fine,…	2 Last	aesir Oct 2006
Object color thingy, 3dsmax Hi all, Does someone know how I can set a default object color when making primitives like boxes, spheres etc so they always are in the same color when created. Thanks	3 Last	Turoid Oct 2006
Normal/Displacement Mapping Issues Im in dire need of some assistance here. Im currently going to school for game art and design, yet we have not learned how to apply normal or displacemnt maps to our character models and I need to le…	5 Last	AfterbanG Oct 2006
starting a new character model. I just joined the forums and am going to be starting my new character for illusion of destiny (my game in the making). i am hoping to get critiques and advice as i model and texture him. so far i am …	9 Last	Turoid Oct 2006
terrain model from a height/displace map hi, i like to know how you guys do terrain model from a height/displace map (not sure if its the correct term), like in milkshape there is a small tool called terrain generator that loads a height ma…	1 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2006
New user but sure old problems :-) .... need help! Hy all! I'm new, this is my little story: I was a videogame developer (some years ago, with italian static football management games) ... Now like "graphic artist" I'm working like freelance and usin…	6 Last	dedandy Oct 2006
Doom 3 center Seam Hey guys I have this model exported to doom 3, the probem is the seam across middle its looks bad, even more than the stock models. I have used renderbump to the make normal with enough edge padding…	5 Last	Tintin Oct 2006
Maya 8 texture problem I'm having this weird issue in Maya 8 when I apply a second color map. Its on the 0 min -1 max U space and 0 min 1 max V space in my UV texture editor. From the way I learned to do it in Maya 7, I wo…	4 Last	AfterbanG Oct 2006
maya6 preserve uvs when splitting polygons? in max if you cut a shape into a poly, the resulting shape is transferred to the uvs and you get no distortion. When I cut a shape into a textured polygon in maya (not just a single straight line) it…	10 Last	malcolm Oct 2006
NDS animation our next project might be a 3d NDS product (fingers crossed!) and I'm doing research at the mo into it. Can't find much on the art side of things though, specifically animation- if anyone knows I'd a…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2006
UV layout Issue Hi guys, Im new here and was wondering if someone could help me fix this UV layout problem on my characters head. I cylindrical mapped it and the only problem is the massive distortion on the head. S…	10 Last	malcolm Oct 2006
lip syncing software,any recommendations? Hi guys Im just wondering if anyone can recommend any lip syncing software youy have used in the past or heard good things about. We have to do a bunch of short clips of over serveral minutes of a…	3 Last	fogmann Oct 2006
Roads on large-scale terrain? I'm in the design doc stage of figuring out workflow. I'm trying to figure out how to create roads that follow large terrain meshes, levels nearly 100 km across. Roads should go up and down in eleva…	18 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2006
UVTools, looks nice for environment art. Saw this today. Checked its videos and it looks rather nice for environment art. [url="http://www.blackcarbon.net/uvtools/"]http://www.blackcarbon.net/uvtools/[/url] Is there a similiar tool that is…	3 Last	Pedro Amorim Oct 2006
Character Studio help needed Hello 'counters, I need some help animating with Character Studio. 1) I just recently found out that you CAN'T asign a controller to a biped object. I can get around this by adding a controller to Bi…	8 Last	oXYnary Oct 2006
free or cheap sculpting? hi does anyone know of a free or cheap program like zbrush thats gonna work with max 6? I want to try out this normal-map modeling lark, and will get silo2 when it's out, but want something free to…	12 Last	Mongrelman Oct 2006
Can't seem to get UVs to weld in Max 8 For some odd reason my UVs can't seem to target weld or weld selected UVs in the UV editor of Max 8 now. Anybody ever run into this or know a solution. I've set my weld threshhold high, made sure t…	5 Last	hyrumark Oct 2006
Generic Male Model I'd like the file for any old generic male model... Any filetype that's compatible with Wings 3d or Blender is fine for me.	2 Last	Mr. Moo Oct 2006
JS_Normalmapper for Mental Ray Im trying to render Normals in Maya, using the JS_normalmapper material, yet no normals will render when i use it! Im pretty sure i have it set up correctly but it just renders as if the normal map …	6 Last	noritsune Oct 2006
Normal map problem (SOLVED) I'm getting some pixelation/artifacts in my normal map and I don't know why... I'm using lightwave 8 normal map plugin to generate the map with world space. Are my UV's just stupid or does lightwave …	5 Last	etsuja Oct 2006
Obj scripts the programmer im working with needs to figure out how to read Obj (and i geus .mat)files for importing to our porco scene. any one got any export/import scripts for them. if not any ideas for othe…	3 Last	SHEPEIRO Oct 2006
New MaxScripts I've reorganized my site and uploaded a bunch of scripts I created at work. There's a little bit of everything in there, hopefully you'll find something that helps speed up your work in some way. I…	18 Last	FatAssasin Oct 2006
Zbrush Hair I've been trying to find a post by someone demonstrating how they make hair in zbrush. No luck though. Does anyone who that was or where that post is? Thanks	3 Last	SyaPed Oct 2006
Efficiency for super high poly normal mapping... So I was wondering, with many of you who do those extremely high detail ZBrush or Mudbox models, then use those for normal mapping, what practices do you use to make things quicker; -When you are sc…	3 Last	katzeimsack Oct 2006
Tga to PNbloodyG i need some pointers. firstly i need to convert a whole load of tgas to PNGs (100 +) secondly i need to convert tgas with alpha channels into PNGs with correct seethroughnesss buisness, its been dr…	23 Last	adam Oct 2006
Online draw chat=) I think i need to tell u all about that amazing piece=) My friends did that. That is beta still. ok here is client: [url="http://www.datgames.ru/dao_client.rar"]http://www.datgames.ru/dao_client.rar…	1 Last	retleks Oct 2006
texturing houses and buildings? hello everyone I've been thinking about environment art, not as many enthusiasts as in character art eh? anyway, I was thinking about the best approach in texturing a house or building. my question …	23 Last	adam Oct 2006
Zbrush Zmapper.. POS? Get Normals into Max? Unless Im totally mistaken having spent the last hour messing in zmapper (and looking briefly in the zbrush forums). A: You can't use your highest res as the projection. Which kinda defeats the po…	25 Last	FAT_CAP Sep 2006