Technical Talk

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
Kinda Urgent: Rendering Vertex Lighting in Maya 6 Is there any way this can be done, or failing that is there a feasible workaround?	5 Last	Mister Sentient Jan 2006
best way to render game models? im using maya 7.0, what render globals should i be using to render game models? what light setup? the models look good in the viewports, but when rendered they lose crispyness and brightness...	13 Last	Mister Sentient Jan 2006
pro booleans for max 8 subscription is out all you guys with subscription now have the awesome power of pro booleans in max. i beta tested the original power booleans from npower software and its very nice. not sure if any addtional functiona…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
Photoshop CS2 ---> Max 7 problem Hey all, if there's any place that could help me with this issue I'm positive it's here. I always work with Max 7 and CS2 open at the same time so I can update my textures on the fly. The process fo…	5 Last	arshlevon Jan 2006
SSS Shader Question Hi guys I just checked this post http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=15911 I plan to do something similar, but could someone attempt to explain how the red image works i…	1 Last	MoP Jan 2006
Rapid _SD awesome modeling plug for MAX This is really nice. you can edit the points on the surface of a subdivided mesh, and not just the cage, it boasts a gigantic speed increase over traditional turbosmooth or meshsmooth. and another co…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
oh no another max to maya thread!! okay, i am not going to complain like the usual max to maya thread. i have spent all day digging into the interface and i have found 3dbuzz.com to be an awesome resource so far for the absolute begin…	6 Last	thomasp Jan 2006
HELP**zbrush to maya problems Alright i just finished up a model in maya and i imported it into zbrush, to just test to see if i could use the normal mapping feature i upped the subD's and added some detail here and there and the…	0 Last	DarkSquirrel Jan 2006
Mechanical / inorganic modelling in ZBrush? Right then, here's something I was wondering about recently. It's not really an issue I need a desperate fix on, just something that'd be interesting to learn, and to see how other people go about it…	3 Last	Mongrelman Jan 2006
Exporting SWF files from Max Are there any plugins for Max that will export swf files? I know about swift 3d, but are there any others? I can take the long way of doing it, export mov file, import into aftereffects, then into …	7 Last	Soccerman18 Jan 2006
maya paint weights: color feedback not displaying? as it says in the title, I've got paint weights on, skinned mesh selected and everything is normal except I can't see the greyscale weight display. 'Color Feedback' is on, and the display sliders don…	3 Last	pyromania Jan 2006
high def console on your comp monitor? hey folks, i've been wondering... i'm getting rather sick of playing beautiful games like god of war and shaddow of the colosis on a low-def NTSC tv and having them look like crap. i know that the p…	8 Last	Toomas Jan 2006
softimage XSI to quake II? Hi! I'm trying to find a way for exporting my ANIMATED models from softimage XSI to the MD2 format! I tryed to export to dotXSI, then import into milkshape3D but milkshape3D doesn't import the anim…	1 Last	dur23 Jan 2006
copy and paste keys in maya 6.0 How does it work? I've been trying for ages to copy a bunch of keys from one file to another, which I know is possible, but I'm just getting a garbled mess the other end. It feels a lot like I'm miss…	0 Last	rooster Jan 2006
Sharpconstruct 0.11: first stable release News from everyones favorite free Z-Brush wannabe clone: [url="http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page"]http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page[/url] The f…	11 Last	Asthane Jan 2006
Shadows of Colossus Development Process Just got this forward to me. Well worth looking at even if you can't read japanese. Covers fur, animation setup, sky bloom effect, etc... [url="http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20051207/3d…	19 Last	Mister Sentient Jan 2006
Flipping triangle edges in Maya I'm making the transition from Max to Maya and there are still a few things I'm trying to figure out. One of the main things right now is how I go about flipping triangle edges. The problem I'm hav…	10 Last	Snowfly Jan 2006
Crytek polybump previewer? This Crytek polybump previewer file is a broken link on the crytek site. Does anyone have this? Can you give it to me? -R	2 Last	PaK Jan 2006
Easy UV mapping? I've recently been willfully forcing myself to finish everything that I have deemed worthy of completion. I've gotten up to the point of UV mapping everything, but after about 8 hours of that I got s…	20 Last	Xenobond Jan 2006
Building Polycounts Hey, sorry if this is a repeat thread, however I'm trying to figure out what sort of polycounts buildings in the source engine would have? Also, if anyone knows, building polycounts for next-gen gam…	2 Last	Tulkamir Jan 2006
What the heck is wrong with the curve editor! You know how there's four different ways to access the curve editor? Well only one of them makes the curve editor work properly. If I click on the curve editor button on the main toolbar, it bring…	1 Last	Biovore Jan 2006
zbrush mirror stroke problem? so I'm noodling away just making another test model to get used to zbrush, its going ok, although I really need to get some proper anatomy ref.. I check how the full model is looking by pulling back …	3 Last	rooster Jan 2006
wacom sensetivety my intuos 3 pen reads in large, rough incraments, very not smooth, especially when compared to the mouse. if i switch to Pen mapping mode, it's real nice and smooth.. ..but i want the Mouse mapping …	25 Last	hawken Jan 2006
The buttons on your wacom pen... Aren't they great? The problem is I only use the top with the function right click. The bottom one was used for double click but I never used it. Now I want to make use of it. I remembered a function…	11 Last	hawken Jan 2006
EA REVEAL06 anyone? Just out of curiousity, Anyone in here trying to get in this? [url="http://www.reveal.ea.com/"]http://www.reveal.ea.com/[/url] A 20K cash is kinda nice, but imo 4 minute of reel is kinda long	1 Last	malcolm Jan 2006
Maya - Error while parsing arguments Hey guys. I'm having trouble whenever I assign a certain shader to one of my objects, I get the error "Error while parsing arguments". It only happens when I assign this shader to this certain objec…	1 Last	malcolm Jan 2006
3DS MAX 8 service pack 1 Autodesk have released Service Pack 1 for 3ds max 8. It includes a number of fixes across several functional areas, including Biped, Batch Render, Hair, Material Editor, Maxscript, Script Controller,…	4 Last	ScoobyDoofus Jan 2006
mac: previewing .3ds format I'm working on skinning a character but I can't preview the model with skin. I have Maya PLE 7, but is it possible to open the .3ds file in there? I downloaded BonusTools but that's just for Maya 7 (…	3 Last	Lee3dee Jan 2006
max to maya? i have tried exporting to different file types with no luck. is there a way to import a model i created in max to maya? if anyone knows how, could you please point me in the right direction.	3 Last	dom Jan 2006
Power Booleans for Max [url="http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=3327"]http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=3327[/url] Has anyone ever used Power Booleans? I've always thought it looked really co…	3 Last	Mr GetDown Jan 2006
maya: animating constraint/parenting? heres an example of what I need to do- its not exactly what Im doing but its the same kind of thing- if a character needs to pass on a baton to another, how can you animate the constraint or parentin…	2 Last	rooster Jan 2006
Building models I was wondering if i could see some of the buidling models from the "professionals" aswell as there wireframe so i can get an idea of how people use the edges and such. (any kind of buildings) (any n…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
3DS Max 7 perspective viewport issues well I had to seperate models I merged into one scene a body and a head, go them merged everything is there scaled eveything to fit , and now when I go to free look in the perspective view it wont pa…	3 Last	FatAssasin Jan 2006
optimising baked anims, maya Changed my mind I do need help [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] whats the best way of shaving off keyframes? We have a character entrance sequence which needs to be mightily reduced, but our cu…	5 Last	Frankie Jan 2006
help exporting as md3 from gmax I downloaded Pop_n_plugs_b6 (the md3 exporter and importer), but can't figure out how to install it for gmax, please help and forgive me if this is a stupid question.	9 Last	kat Jan 2006
Cottages and Webspace Whats the story with the Polycount cottage webspace? Are they something that anyone can purchase? On a cursory look over the polycount main page and searching through the forums I haven't come across…	4 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
3dsmax - make a form, meld into main form I have no idea if I am even using the right terms. I have a base sculpture that I need to meld this new object onto it.. I know someone had posted a plugin to do this, ive searched a little bit, but …	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
3dsmax Face Rig Update Problems Hi! (i also posted this in cgtalk) - I got Jason Osipa's book, and wanted to do similar setup in max8 - I ran into problems - actually sort of update problems. 1. Parameter wire update in viewport.…	4 Last	S-S Jan 2006
HL2 and 3dsmax7 / 8 Compatibility? Hi, I'm posting to see if anyone's had any problems or issues with 3dsmax7 and HL2- pertaining to the animation system. Cheers	2 Last	cman2k Jan 2006
max8 rigging error For some strange reason, while I was rigging up this guy I decided not to add an extra helper bone at the joint between the arm and the shoulder/body, and I didn't realize my mistake until I was fini…	7 Last	Slipstream Jan 2006
Mirroring UV map and normal map creation question I know this must have been mentioned here before but I couldn't find it... I was wondering what I have to keep in mind when I want to mirror the mapping of a model that a normal map will be created …	4 Last	kat Jan 2006
painting etc on multiple layers simultaneously Increasingly I work with multiple texture layers in photoshop..layers for diffuse, specular, normals etc. I would love to be able to use some tools on multiple layers at the same time. The most com…	4 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
3DMAX & VRML Hi all, Im new to the forum and i chanced upon this when searching on 3D creation for games... I was just wondering if anyone here has had experience in exporting animated block meshes with multi s…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
Probs with .OBJ exsportation from Max7 Howdy all Im having an annoying prob with Max7,basically all im trying to do is export a model in .OBJ format for the mod im working on. But I tick the Texture Co-ordinates box in the export menu t…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2006
UT2004 mesh exporting? In the animations or meshes browsers there is no option to export, and the ucc batchexport command didn't work for me, does anyone have another method or know a place to get the models already export…	3 Last	AJRAD Jan 2006
Can anyone suggest a good free ftp program? I have used cute_ftp and ws_ftp and they are great, but now my evaluation is over and I'm not too interested in dropping 40 bucks when all I need is a connect to site button and upload files button.	7 Last	malcolm Jan 2006
Glitch in 3ds max 7 For some reason "Force two-sided" does not work at all. Is anyone else having this problem? I'm very new at max so there may be something I'm doing wrong.	7 Last	Biovore Dec 2005
Detailed Character Sprites and Their Colours Hey Guys, Do any of you have experience in creating prerendered sprites for 2d engines? I have experience creating them for mobile devices using VERY small palettes to swap colours and online games…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2005
I don't love you anymore ,3dsmax [url="http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/5898/screenshot30sz.jpg"]http://img416.imageshack.us/img416/5898/screenshot30sz.jpg[/url] On the top you will notice an attempt at making a normal map highpo…	5 Last	Rick Stirling Dec 2005
Texture sizes? This has really been bothering me when I look at other peoples work for demos, how big is too big with your texture sizes? I know for smaller objects a 256x256 would be a maximum resolution but say f…	15 Last	malcolm Dec 2005