Question Regarding Viewport and Shader Rendering.

3D-j

I was wondering if any of you used any special techniques when viewing meshes in the the 3d view-port? Are there any special applications you would recommend to change those settings for a more accurate preview. Is the only answer shaders for a closer in game preview? Does anyone know of any shaders out there for newer engines such as Half-Life 2, Roboblitz, etc? My questions may seem very weird but please correct me if I am wrong. I know of standard shader use in Max and Maya but was wondering if there were any special techniques?

Eric Chadwick

http://www.lumonix.com/shaderfx.html
http://www.jistyles.com/main.php?id=doc&page=hlsl
http://www.bencloward.com/resources_shaders.shtml

Ryno

Activate DX display in the Material Editor in Max under DirectX Manager rollout. It'll let you preview diffuse, normal maps, specularity in real time.

3D-j

This stuff is very helpful, thanks. Do you guys have any info on these types of things for Maya? Its a pain for me right now to export my environments from Maya to Max. I use Maya to model and Max to render. I am just curious if there are any direct x9 settings I can import to Maya or change within Mayas Preferences?

CrazyButcher

there is some Cg plugin for Maya, which gives equivalent functionality.

http://www.highend3d.com/maya/downloads/shaders/3739.html
or author website:
http://www.asdn.net.cn/