3ds Max Viewport

Urdwex

Hey guys,
I am just curious how you guys have your 3ds Max viewport setup when modeling or working. When I see game development diaries of studios I tend to think they have some magical3ds max viewport and materials, although I know that is probably not the case . But the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence .
I couldn't find anything here on the forum so I thought I could start a discussion and maybe we can share some viewport magic.

For example here is a screenshot of Paul Pepera's viewport, or another one from Star Citizen

poopipe

Lots of studios write viewport  shaders to match their engines - maya is more powerful in the regard as you can basically replace the renderer if you want to.

It's pretty straightforward to put a shader together for either though. 

That said...
You could probably achieve the results there by simply putting it in fancy mode with nitrous 

Urdwex

Thanks poopipe, I will give it a try.

Eric Chadwick

Take a look at Shader FX. I used that a ton when I was doing game work. Very customizable. 

This one is super simple.
http://ericchadwick.com/img/robot_rising.html#utility_shader