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Re: Information About Polycount & New Member Introductions
Hey guys, I am new to 3d modelling but I do know the basics (or maybe a little bit more) of 3ds MAX and I am actually learning it at school. I find a bit stupid that I can't post a new thread and my inbox can only hold 5 messages (what the heck) I have a couple of questions I would like to ask, but I can't even make a… -
Maya to Source engine , an odyssey in impatience
Well, ive been trying to compile and import a model from maya so as to send to valve. I have encountered a few problems with the initial step of trying to convert to an SMD. I set up the SMD exporter found in the source sdk exactly as it said to. here is what is happening. Ok heres my model imported into Maya as an OBJ… -
Re: You have to go outside sometimes
Guys I just moved to Virginia after almost a decade in alaska. I was really looking forward to a winter with sun and temperature above zero. Today I am flying back to Alaska to work outdoors all winter. Unless you at one of the poles I got no sympathies! :) Seriously though, I remember a winter vacation we took to… -
Re: Xbox One
cackling at how quickly microsoft escalated from twitter satire LARP to the onion meets the orwell dramedy irl. two friends good, no friends better smh (and forget about having large families watching your TV too, unless you're licensed for that) remember those days when people cussed Jobs for sealing mp3 files with DRM to… -
(XNORMAL) which maps to use??
Maps I need but can't find to bake: (Diffuse map, specular map (grayscale), alpha map (1-bit) – each 1024 x 1024) Maps you can actually create in Xnormal: Normal, height, bake base texture, Ambient occlusion, bent normal map, PRTpn, convexity, thickness, proximity, cavity, wireframe and ray fails, direction map, Radiosity… -
TF2 Modeling Trouble
I'm having a bit of trouble with a model I made and having it set up in Hammer, and viewable in the Model Viewer. My model looks like this, and looks like the following after compiled: http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8007/finishedcoatrack.png http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9671/strange.png *I should note that even… -
Re: teaching painting online?
get a community college painting 101 course where they will ((hopefully)) teach you how to draw objects in the right perspective and apply paint in accordance to light and shadow theory once you get through your first super-sucky and cringeworthy attempts and take time to think what exactly you're doing wrong, things will… -
Importing the Dota 2 models to Maya
Good day Everyone, My apologies for bringing to life the many times discussed issue. For a few days trying to figure out how to get Dota 2 to Maya 2015, including animations. Found a few sources, but they seem to be quite outdated and it is hard to distinguish which way still works. As per Wyk's blog, I followed roadmap:… -
Material Layering - Can't add Model Normal?
Hey guys, experimenting with the material layering system in 4.19. Materials are all blending together nicely but just having one problem; I can't seam to add the base normal map of my model. When I use 'Blendanglecorrectednormals' The stats come up with this error: [SM5] /Engine/Generated/Material.ush(1901,2-39): warning… -
today is the worst day of my life..again.
right, so i started my day by waking up again, aching all over, its raining, and cold. i'm modding mount and blade just for the hell of it, and created a few costumes. but all of a sudden, the SMD exporter doesn't work anymore. i had installed my old version of max 7, just to make it work, and it did.... for a while. but…
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