new to polycount, TF2

superZ61

hi, I am new to this art gallery you call polycount, now, I need to find out if the source SDK is good for making weapons of TF2. The reason I want to know is, my friend and I are making different weapons to try to get to Valve to get into the store and we are stuck on what to use (preferably free:)) if you have any suggestions tell me, with a comment, or a message, or some other form of communication

add me on steam: daftpunk34 or superZ61

ZacD

Autodesk has free apps for students (maya, 3ds and xsi), blender is completely free.

Esprite

Source is the game engine that TF2 and a few other titles run on. It's not really an asset creation suite.

Most asset creation stuff happens through different applications like 3d Studio Max, Maya, Modo,SoftImage, or even Blender (free). You can get several of the other apps for free if you have an .edu email address from http://students.autodesk.com

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69164 I suggest reading through this massive thread as well. You can see how many Polycounters approached creating their items and feedback they received from the community. There is also a nice amount of technical stuff that's probably buried in there too.

http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4850&p=1 also a recent blog post by valve describes how you can get an item in game with their new item editor thingmajig

ZacD

You don't need a .edu email for autodesk, I'm not sure what their requirements are for student versions.

Esprite

Ah my bad, I forgot they changed that.

HAL

Your university/school etc has to be on their list though
http://students.autodesk.com/?nd=participating_schools