Technical Talk

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Bone Copying Max script This s a work in progress, and not fully working. Its for the animators to mirror face bones - key a left bone, mirror to the right. It assumes that all bones are prefixed by l, L, r or R If anyon…	3 Last	Ruz Jun 2005
Impossible? Hexagon/Honeycomb repeatable pattern In, I repeat, In 1X1 1X2 dimensions. Without distorting. I never made to geometry. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]	10 Last	CrazyButcher Jun 2005
Maya 5 PLE image plane crash? Zooming in or out in an ortho viewport with an image plane consistently crashes Maya 5 PLE. I've also had crashes with viewport pans using an image plane. Persp camra doesn't seem to be affected. Any…	6 Last	chip Jun 2005
Anti-Aliasing Question on Mental Ray Renderer Hello, I'm working on a model and have a question concerning the mental ray renderer. Please view the jagged lines near the arrow: [img]http://www.gamingvault.com/forum/render.jpg[/img] Is there…	3 Last	HonestWork Jun 2005
Blender: Radiosity baking helper script Since Blender's radiosity code is long overdue for a rewrite and still stuck in the NAN age, I've written a little script that makes it possible to bake radiosity to a texture. The problem was that …	1 Last	JKMakowka Jun 2005
3ds max as a level editor Does anyone use 3ds max for level editing at work? I'm talking about a pure 3ds max workflow, no exporting content to editors. Can anyone disclose how that would work?	15 Last	AstroZombie Jun 2005
Max7 Baking procedural bumps into a normals map? Maybe I'm missing something but does anyone know of a way to bake procedural bumps into a normals map using the projection technique? I thought it might be a nice way to add some additional flavor.	2 Last	sledgy Jun 2005
unwrapping tubes, cables, pipes etc. was wondering how some of you guys go about unwrapping objects like tubes, cables etc that are bent and/or crooked. Im currently unwrappin the nuke tractor i posted about in the wip thread [url="http…	9 Last	Delaney King Jun 2005
poly/mesh question. i've been looking for information on this but i can't seem to find any. my question is, what is the difference between a editable poly and an editable mesh in 3ds max? and what should i use the two f…	16 Last	Delaney King Jun 2005
Unwrapping - Maximizing Texture Area Ok, it's been a while since I've done any modeling and things have changed a bit since the 500-polygon limit days when I did anything serious, but back then it was critical to make use of as much te…	9 Last	MoP Jun 2005
alpha'd low poly fur can anyone give me some tips or possibly even a tut for short-ish hair/ fur? i wanna make something approximating this, without going nuts on the poly count: [img]http://www.shoarns.com/Lar%20Gibbo…	4 Last	Badge Jun 2005
Reduce Polygons 3DS or X model Hello, I need a tool to reduce polygons in my models, in format 3DS or X. It should be free if possible, I don't have 3DS Max. I already Googles and found Pixel3D, it seems to do the job but I cann…	2 Last	firlefanz Jun 2005
problem with unhiding ok I was working on my model when I selected the helmet. I clicked to select the whole element, then clicked hide selected. I went to edit the underpart of the eye where the helmet was in the way. …	2 Last	spider2cool Jun 2005
smooth w/o destroying edge sharpness What i [b]really[/b] want to do is figure out a way to: -despeckle -smooth out -retain edge info for an uprezed image such as this: [img]http://www.easel3d.net/forums/polycount/_H_example.jpg[/img…	8 Last	PaK Jun 2005
Photoshop Hotkeys Here's a great thing to print out and have hanging on the wall... [url="http://www.digitalretouch.org/download/hotkeys/Photoshop7HotKeys.pdf"]http://www.digitalretouch.org/download/hotkeys/Photoshop…	2 Last	Michael Knubben Jun 2005
question about optermising with alpha layers.... Howdy guys Ok so ive been working on my lightsabre for the challenge most of the afternoon,I got carried away (blah blah) turned it into some normal mapping practise..blah blah...and now ive got stu…	3 Last	Rick Stirling Jun 2005
Two-sided cloth menace Hi. I'm having a problem making cloth for a character, where both sides of the cloth must have it's own UVs. I also want to use alphatesting to make some tears at the edges of the cloth, so I can't…	4 Last	Assbeard Jun 2005
Max: Reflecting boned animation I need to reflect animation across the z axis. Basically I have 4 "legs". I want to reflect the position on rotation of the left side legs unto the right side. I first tried mirroring the leg with …	19 Last	oXYnary Jun 2005
Max-to-Maya migration tips? I could use a few tips in learning Maya. Mind you that I do most of my stuff on a Mac now for the most part (stuff like compiling textures for Unreal are still on Windows though) and I'm looking into…	32 Last	Tulkamir Jun 2005
Phtoshop CS2 question.. selecting all opaque . in ps7.. all ya had to do was Ctrl+click on a layer and it would select everything that was NOT transparent. In CS2.. That function is not longer the same buttons. Its for selecting multiple nonc…	2 Last	swampbug Jun 2005
Fully Interactive Surfaces [url="http://www.battleteam.net/tech/fis/"]http://www.battleteam.net/tech/fis/[/url] All I can say is WoW and why are most developers not doing this? Imagine playing a spy game where you actually …	2 Last	ElysiumGX Jun 2005
Max: 1:2 Textures and correcting UVW What is the solution to get max to correctly proportion uvws in edit uvws? It internally even if the texture is 1:2 with bitmap size set to reflect a rectangular area still places the planar maps as…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2005
Colored Maps in lightwave 3D 8.x Hey, just been wondering if there is a feature in Lightwave which lets me make colored UV maps (A la 3DS Max) or some sort of plugin which will let me export colored maps, it's really useful for peop…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2005
Maya 6 PLE problems I'm learning Maya and have started texturemapping. I notice that in the UV texture editor I can't right-click and select UVs. Anyone else have this problem with the PLE, and how do they work around…	4 Last	T_Reynolds Jun 2005
Mirroring Biped Editing I was wondering if there is a way to mirror a biped so if you edit the hand on one side it does the same to the other in figure mode. Whether it is a script or Max option I don't care [img]/images/gr…	1 Last	MoP Jun 2005
III_Demon's UT2k4 VTM cliff notes Back when ut2k4 first came out, III_Demon, whom some of you know from #model_design, decided to suffer through the bad jokes that plague the 3D Buzz vtm's; from that he wrote up these cliff notes for…	3 Last	flaagan Jun 2005
biped tricks and questions Hello all With Max's Bipeds, is there a way to copy TCP atributes from one keyframe to another, and from one object to another? [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/pior_ubb/tcb_copy.gif[/im…	6 Last	pior Jun 2005
Skin morph I grabbed a video of the Max 7 skinmorph modifier the other day. Out of the box it's of no use for in game stuff, but it could be grand for setting up morph targets for certain animations - like lift…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2005
Iphysique??? Hey, I keep trying to use Juan Martinez's Physiqe tool, but I get the error about vertex counts and stuff. I know I have to use Iphysique.gup with it, but I am lost as to where to place it. I am us…	4 Last	Detritus May 2005
fur in max.... hey guys. i am creating a high poly character. she has fur on some of her clothing parts. here's my question: does anyone know of a way to build fur in max? i could do it out of a crapload of al…	10 Last	keizza May 2005
Tactical Ops - Wanna make a new skin for a friend well i was looking for tutz since a time now but i couldn't a really good one... Do you know any? how is it possible to preview the skin on the model...? thx in advance	0 Last	jehuty May 2005
Additive transparency in Maya? Can anyone tell me how to set a material to additive transparency in Maya? I want to create a muzzle flash using a texture that has no alpha channel - just a white/yellow/red/black flame gradient. Th…	3 Last	Faucet May 2005
anyone know how to invert a normal map? hey guys. sory if this has been posted before but i couldn't find it. i made a normal map with Y down and i need it to be Y up (one or the other, anyway...) anyway, i spent a few hours painting out…	3 Last	CheapAlert May 2005
Cipher Engine I was browsing for game engines and came across this one.. [url="http://www.cipherengine.com"]www.cipherengine.com[/url] and was wondering if anyone here has had experience using it. it costs $100 a…	6 Last	Ruz May 2005
Connect tool from Max in Maya? Hey, I'm trying to teach myself Maya after using only Max. One of my favourite tools in Max was connect, so I was wondering if there is anything similar in Maya v6.5? While I suppose it's not needed…	20 Last	Tulkamir May 2005
Preferences for creating maps other than normal... Hi, Is there a consenus on how much of maps baked from high-res source should be direct from the render or done on the game model itself? I can see the advantages of creating most of it from the hi…	5 Last	Mojo2k May 2005
Flipping UVs in Max I have an Object with 6 material channels and I just need to flip the Uvs but I don't want to reset then all -UVW Mapping modifier does that. Any e-z fix?	2 Last	Sett May 2005
Constraints to edge in Maya? I did this in Max, but want to know how I can do this in Maya [img]http://designbywu.com/wip/c1.jpg[/img] Loop select the edges [img]http://designbywu.com/wip/c2.jpg[/img] Move the edges up with c…	2 Last	Mojo2k May 2005
Billboarding in Max Hey guys I am trying to add light rays from a street lamp in a little scene im working on...something like the glow effect in this scene,only difference being mine should exspand more as a cone sha…	5 Last	Bronco May 2005
Enviroment modeling and texturing questions Hello i just recently was assigned a police training hogans alley project which i am to do in 3d and i have techincal questions on problems which i frankly havent had to deal with. 1. the road,the …	7 Last	StrangeFate May 2005
Rigging I was messing around today in max 6 and built this ammo feed chute; anyone know how I can rig it? The tabs sticking out the ends are spring steel that flex and make the chute springy, the sections co…	25 Last	killingpeople May 2005
Looking for Maya tut on rigging vehicles for UT2k4 I have finsihed my vehicle model but i cant seem to get the wheels setup so the work ingame as wheels can someone please help me?? if anyone knows of a maya tut for setting this up or would be willin…	24 Last	barnEbiss May 2005
maya: wrapdeform to skin? i'm having lot's of fun here with 3ds max's neat ability to convert wrapdeforms into regular skin. now i'm working on this project that's mainly maya-based and want to know if there's a solution out …	6 Last	thomasp May 2005
Normal map problem - max 7 hi guys, i been tryin to figure out this whole normal mapping business today with little success... Im using Max 7's render to texture and my problem is the normalmap seems to be baked by the low po…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2005
MAX/Photoshop workflow evolving for the future The more I see of what's to come in the next gen consoles, I see a change in the way content is made. I see my traditional workflow of MAX/Photoshop needing an overhaul or supplement to adapt and kee…	12 Last	ironbearxl May 2005
Building with cross sections This is a wee discussion abotu a modelling method I've been playing with. We've all seen new modellers use the cylinder extrude method, where all the limbs of a charcter look like tubes, and the pol…	7 Last	rooster May 2005
3DS MAX Question Hey everyone, sorry for the dumb question, but Im very new to max and I have a problem.I was working on a model today when the move, scale, and rotation visuals vanished. Now I have to play with all …	4 Last	Steve Schulze May 2005
Game Industry or HollyWood ? It seems like more movie industries are opening up game development studios and with the game industry as a whole going into high poly movie like chars and scenery i'm not sure if anyone given the op…	2 Last	StrangeFate May 2005
Mesh Weighting in 3ds Max 7 Hi, i've been trying to figure it out for a while, I've read Spacemonkey's tutorial but it hasnt helped me much at all so I'm coming to you guys for help.	3 Last	ScreaminBubba May 2005
What's the best 3D Paint Program out there? hello, well the question is simple, i just want to know which 3D paint program is the best to use out there? i like to use it for clearing texture seems on the uv edges of my mapping and stuff like …	5 Last	jehuty May 2005