The games industry should do it like the MPAA, define fines for retailers ignoring the ratings and require payment if you want to keep your reseller contract.
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i loved it. was fuckin long too, every ounce of it was awesome have a new found appreciation for kiwis :P Definately the "feel good movie" of the year.
that seems to be playing on the music channels all the time, i actually watched the whole thing. pretty neat. and yeah, definately looks like a flash cartoon.
Short of if is Groups define materials on sets of faces. Materials are pretty simple, old fashioned diffuse/spec. Smoothing is hard edges. Normals is custom vertex normals.
Looks like a really comprehensive tutorial on max script. definately worth a look for anyone who wants to learn max script. http://vimeo.com/album/1514565/page:1