Technical Talk

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Hi.... Im quite new to this modeling thing, but i swore to myself id learn everything about computers there is so this is next... i downloaded some of poop's tutorial videos and downloaded blender and wing…	5 Last	avalean Nov 2004
Latest version of Blender is out (2.35) Lots of great additions. This puppy is sneaking up fast on the commercial apps. [url="http://www.blender.org/"]http://www.blender.org/[/url]	4 Last	JKMakowka Nov 2004
Sending Mod assets for job listing I don't have a portfolio. I have found a job listing that is looking for someone with skills that fit what I do to a 'T'. They are asking for skills with an engine that I mod for. Would it be appropr…	2 Last	FatAssasin Nov 2004
Low Poly Hair tutorial You asked for it, you got it. Low poly Hair tutorial Brushes, psds, AND MORE!! [url="http://www.poopinmymouth.com/process/hair_tutorial/hair_01.htm"][img]http://www.poopinmymouth.com/process/hair_…	6 Last	CCPhil Nov 2004
convert to editable poly I hate to convert to editable poly every time I create an object. Is there a way to create editable polys upon object creation? (Just like you can disable backface cull upon object creation)? and…	3 Last	KDR_11k Nov 2004
UV mapping question. Hello everyone, I have a question about UV maps. I'm working with multiple lods. I was wondering if there is a tool to simply clone the UV mapping from one model to the next. I mean something that …	6 Last	sonofangron Nov 2004
how to animate a vibration in 3dsmax6 Hi, does anyone know how to animate a vibration without having to key in every single movement? Specifically, how to make the forearms of a biped vibrate -like he was firing a machinegun. much tha…	8 Last	sonofangron Nov 2004
U.V. Align In max 6? I cant find chuggnut uv tools for max 6. all I really used though was the uv align tools. Does anyone know if they are built into max somwhere?	7 Last	MoP Nov 2004
problem viewing q2 skins ingame hi, im trying to make some q2 skins but after i attach them to the model it doesnt show up in the game, all i get is red and black, i read the faq and did what it said to do but i still get red and b…	4 Last	CheapAlert Nov 2004
Photoshop Multiply is all stripy. I seem to have run into some sort of bizarre photoshop bug where if I use the multiply layer filter (and only multiply. It doesn't happen with any of the others), the layer goes into vertical stripes…	4 Last	Steve Schulze Nov 2004
3dsmax5.1RTT W/windows SP2 Well I did the dirty deed I installed SP2. Now of course Render to texture doesn't work. I've been all over the discreet forums looking fo a fix, and found nothing. Has anyone heard of one yet?	0 Last	TechSmith Nov 2004
Your favorite coordsystem Just as working with exporters and the fact that apps and engines have different axis conventions I wonder what people here feel "natural" comfy with.	5 Last	Snowfly Nov 2004
I'm in an art rut - what's your drive to create? Hiya, this is my first post on the new polycount boards. It's actually quite some time ago I posted anything here. If I remember correctly my last post at the old boards was in the 256 or head divisi…	13 Last	sniper 1 Nov 2004
Demo reel,how do I make one of these then? Afternoon Guys Having done some job hunting ive decided to try my hand at making a demo reel after noting companies like to see one either up front or at the interview so i feel i should be prepare…	8 Last	Rick Stirling Nov 2004
let's talk about sextures... i mean textures =) hello guys, i have a quastion: when you are makeing textures or going to make one... are you immediatly working in the final size of the texture or do you make for example a 1024x1024 texture that w…	12 Last	jehuty Nov 2004
Softimage How many of you use Softimage (particularly XSI) regularly? What has your experience been with it? Thanks for your responses!	12 Last	FAT_CAP Nov 2004
JJToolsV7 For 3DS Max 7 Montreal, QC, Canada November 8, 2004 -- Jim Jagger has released a new version of his popular tools for Discreet's latest release of 3D Studio Max 7. JJTools are free tools for artists using 3D Stud…	1 Last	FatAssasin Nov 2004
skinning in xsi I have followed some of the tuts on ed harris and on xsi.com but on each tutorial i have followed they all start out with the texture maps already created. Im not really used to working like this and…	5 Last	JED Nov 2004
Max Script Challenge One of my co-workers asked me if there was a "free transform" tool in max. Like a way to move, rotate, and scale an object all by selecting on different parts of a gizmo rather than selecting the mov…	7 Last	Illusions Nov 2004
Highpoly workflow in Maya? I am a Max user, but only by accident (was the first 3D App I learned), for my next project I will use Maya 5 for a short animated movie. Now I ask myself what is the best and efficient way to work w…	6 Last	Jeff Parrott Nov 2004
Is the extra effort really noticed I was wondering just how much the general gaming public notice in game art, by general, i mean the people who have NO idea what goes into making a game, but jsut see it as soemthing that they play f…	28 Last	Chunkey Nov 2004
3d max 6 bug/problem? Hiya I am using 3d max 6 and working with biped, this issue has happened a couple of times and I have no clue how to solve it... bascially the vertexs are not showing in the phsique modifer,, so a…	7 Last	FatAssasin Nov 2004
(UT2k4) Char Problem: Model IMPLODES? help! hey guys. got a problem with my character. i build him in maya 5 rigged him using the standart HumanMaleA skeleton. after importing the model to ued some vertices break apart. strangely its not the…	7 Last	Jeff Parrott Nov 2004
Customisations to maya...what do you use? Ok I'm getting into the swing of Maya now, but am still somewhat overwhelmed by the number of possibilities at my disposal. Seeing a lot of you have been using it for a while, I'm wondering what your…	16 Last	Illusions Nov 2004
SDK I'm very, very new to modeling so bear with me... Although I'm pretty sure I know it's purpose, what does SDK stand for and how do you create one?	7 Last	iansnyder Nov 2004
engine for outdoor environments I've got a little game design in mind, and was wondering which engine you guys would recommend, taking my criteria into account. 1. Must easily handle different player classes, where classes have sp…	18 Last	Ryno Nov 2004
What does the future hold for Animators? Hi everyone, I'm a computer animation student focusing on animation and scheduled to graduate on Nov. 23rd of this month. I was recently reading the Warhamer 40,000 interview on the intro cinematic…	10 Last	Downsizer Nov 2004
Looking for a render tool for 3DS Hello, I am searching for a cheap or freeware render tool for 3DS models. We are using Amapi 7 to create models, but you cannot render with it. So I am looking for a tool I can import a 3DS object…	3 Last	Downsizer Nov 2004
Rendering isometric tiles with 3ds max The tiles for the game have to be 48 px wide and 24 px high. How do I set up the camera so I render out the tiles at the exact dimensions needed? I'm using an orthographic camera, but I can't figure…	8 Last	Snowfly Nov 2004
How do I snap UV shells in Maya? ...without the entire shell collapsing into one UV point?	5 Last	Snowfly Nov 2004
Help: Q3 player model does not display correct Hello, Thanks for the GREAT tutorials!!!! I used the tutorials here to create a player model for Q3. It worked fine as a player model or a bot. I can load him multiple times and spectate to see sev…	5 Last	Trops Nov 2004
new to nurbs. nurbs to solid object? I have these glasses traced with nurbs curves, and was wondering if there was any way of making it solid. I think i know a way which involves just using the curves as guides, but is there an easier …	6 Last	Snowfly Nov 2004
New animation for Quake II (MD2) model Hello, I have an existing MD2 model. The problem is it seems this models cannot run and shoot at the same time, right? So I downloaded Milkshape 3D and now I want to do the following: Take the leg…	4 Last	firlefanz Nov 2004
HELP: Q3 player model does not display correctly Hello, Thanks for the GREAT tutorials!!!! I used the tutorials here to create a player model for Q3. It worked fine as a player model or a bot. I can load him multiple times and spectate to see sev…	0 Last	Trops Nov 2004
Gmax -> UT2003/4 Anyone one if it's possible, and how, to get a model from Gmax to Ut2k3/4?	12 Last	Soccerman18 Nov 2004
Maya 6.0 PSD Path Exporter Script [url="http://www.jeffparrott.com/transfer/PsdPathExporterWin.mel"]http://www.jeffparrott.com/transfer/PsdPathExporterWin.mel[/url] First off I did not write this. A friend of mine, Zach Burns did. H…	3 Last	Faucet Nov 2004
3dsmax 7 Normal Mapping Mini-tutorial! I did a quick tutorial to show off the speed and efficiency of 3dsmax 7's Render to Texture features and the DirectX viewport shaders. Take a look at it over on CGChat (I'm currently lacking webspac…	21 Last	Kevin Johnstone Nov 2004
3dsmax online workshops/training? Just curious if there is a 3dsmax equivilent to [url="http://www.gnomononline.com/"]http://www.gnomononline.com/[/url] maya workshops and training DVD's etc.	2 Last	Downsizer Nov 2004
Indoor lightning illumination question hey there guys. i'm having a brutal time trying to get the effect that i want, and im wondering if anyone has any suggestions and/or reference. i have a long, spooky hallway that my camera is pann…	5 Last	John Warner Nov 2004
Texturing Intersecting Planes Just wondering if there are any tutorials, or any tricks to texturing intersecting planes that will have alpha mapping like in my Smoke Elemental's base.	2 Last	adam Nov 2004
What's the Difference Between Normal & Bump Mapp'n Well, it seems to me Normal and Bump mapping are both based on the same principle...to add perceived geometric structure that really isn't there. Why use one over the other?	7 Last	adam Nov 2004
any way to render normal maps in Maya 6.0? Does anyone know if there is an easy way or any way to render out a normal map in the maya software renderer or mental ray renderer?	6 Last	ndcv Nov 2004
who made this cool texture? hallo, can somebody tell me the website of the man who made this cool face texture? [img]http://m35514h.port5.com/face.jpg[/img] just wanted to look at the other work, i liked alot the resident ev…	16 Last	Neo_God Nov 2004
Painting obsidian I've been assigned the lovely task of making all the rocks for our game. Currently I need to make a crystaline rock formation, specifically obsidian, and its really doing my head in. It seems like so…	5 Last	Illusions Oct 2004
Closed The Reference Thread	0 Last	eepberries Oct 2004
3ds smothing groups / Maya smoothing heydiho, i want to port a model from max to maya. i found a good 3ds importer for maya but 3ds fucks up all the smoothin groups. Is this a problem from the file type itself or is the 3dsmax exporte…	23 Last	Daz Oct 2004
y are the thigh bone positions changing from max? I riged my ut03 model in max5 to the standard mercmaleB_rig skeleton provided by epic. and I got it moving great in Max. After I apply the mesh properties from the standard HumanMale to my model in u…	5 Last	Kent Oct 2004
Normal Mapped Radial Anisotropy I think I've got it to work...but does anyone know where I can temporarily host a .avi or a .mov for downloading so I can get some feedback or input on it? Still images just don't quite capture it..…	2 Last	Illusions Oct 2004
Unreal Animation Hi guys just looking for a quick bit of advice, I am just switching from q3 mods to unreal 2004 a bit dated I know but anyway,,, I am basically looking on the standard animation listing i.e. quake 3 …	3 Last	FatAssasin Oct 2004
From 3D App A to 3D App B... EX: Max to XSI Hi. The focus of this thread is to help artist out there, like me, go from one 3D App to another by discussing the methods on how to do tasks like modeling, texturing, and animating. I would like Ma…	1 Last	MoP Oct 2004