Right on I gave the .cgfx and .fx another spin last night and noticed a few things. Seems like 3DSMax does not like UV seams very much as seen on the shoulder area ; also for some reson there is an artifact appearing where the knee bends backwards in space. Note that the Uvs are continuous on that area of the model.…
I like to use the Advanced Painter script for 3dsmax, it's toothpaste and spaghetti mode allow you to make wires really quickly because you to paint your wires where you like on any given piece of geometry. They are kind of poly intensive but can be optimized fairly quickly because it uses splines. I normally bake them…
could it be, that cycles and blender viewport do not use the same tangentspace? would be odd, but to be fair 3dsmax for the longest time had a mismatch between its baker and its viewport...
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The main idea of solution is to create second UV set where UV islands' borders are the hard edges of the mesh (via Unfold). Then we export the mesh to two OBJs with different UV sets. In max - first we process the mesh with unfolded UVs - via TexTools' "Smoothing Groups from UV" algorithm (i've ripped a part of it into…
I finally have to skin some character for a Doujin team -_-... They want to work with Maya... Then I developed my skin tools on Maya!... Basically for a low poly model I don't need the paint tool... I lost my time and I already know each weight value for each vertex. Then it's more quick for me to do that manually!…
That sounds like a pretty good plan. The structure has a lot of unique qualities to it but I think you've found the right mix of techniques to use. There are probably 2-3 other ways to tackle it as well so I don't think there is one right answer. Besides most of those other ways include factors outside of this singular…
Lets go over some simple ways to get your feet wet with MAXScript. Even if you have never touched code before, there are some simple ways you can start using maxscript that will help you automate tasks and remove some of the time wasting steps you have to take time and time again. MAXScript what does it do? To answer that…
This is part 2 of our series on MaxScript. I'll cover some simple ways you can start to use maxscript in your every day workflow. Even if you have never touched code before, there are some simple ways you can start using maxscript that will help you automate tasks and remove some of the time wasting steps you have to take…