Hi Greg, I want to say that there is not THE way to write code. Following is only how I'd write it to be safe. There are a bunch rules to keep in mind and a lot of case testing. For instance: never use the direct $ to retrieve a selection. That's so generic it can lead to many errors. Same goes for "Selection" collection.…
To get the material maxscript working you can record the actions with the max script listener (lower right corner, right click the pink box and choose open listener), under macro recorder, enable everything. Then preform your actions and see what kind of code it spits out. for me when I assign a material to slot 1 in the…
Update: Figured I may as well have a polycount thread as well for my ArtWar submission. https://forums.cubebrush.co/t/art-war-3d-the-saws-mrhobo/1940 So I figured I would constrain myself by being over ambitious for the competition, instead of one character Im doing a team competing in a futuristic mech based combat sport.…
Hello Guys I just finalized the build of PC that I need for work. Main use (In order of use) - ZBRush (Sculpting highly detailed human characters and creatures) - Max, Maya, XSI - Vray or Mental Ray - Key Shot - Marmoset tool bag ** I mainly work in games and occasional 3d Illustrations. Here are the main components Parts…
Damn you and your interesting problems! I need to sleep some time! :P I'm on to something Very early test to see if my thoughts held any water. They DO and I'll see if I can make this work later on. The short of it is this: Transform the object's normals into Light space(in this example they're in view space since that's a…
let me finish the basics of the tool first and get it out *g* the core itself is already some sort of sdk. but they is no wrapper around it. that are plans for the future edge padding = margin = padding = nudge or whatever other names they are out there. already taken into account ^^ there is also a border margin for the…
You can't mirror the tiles outside of the 0-1 space (live area) they will always be tiles with the same orientation of the original. Like this: What you can do is stack the piece you want to mirror. If you want the seam to be flawless you can mirror the piece (flip it inside out) and even stitch the edges together to…