Hey guys, I'm learning HLSL using Ben's DVD series (great stuff!) and I am using a shader I wrote for normal maps, diffuse, and specular and brought it into Max. It would great but I would love to use this for terrain so it needs to tile. Is there a MAX function that I can just type into my shader to allow for that? Or…
I'm working on an industrial rendering. These are metal parts in a box with white foam spacers. I'm using 3ds Max and just starting to figure out Mental Ray. I have 4 Kicker spots focused on the box as well as a Key spot with a shadow map. The Key spot excludes the environment because it is too harsh and white out my…
Hi guys. I have a question regarding the use of texture sets, usually for production how many texture set for a model ? is there a default number or it depends of the importance of the object and how it will appear in the seance ( is there any rule/ rules to help determinant the number ) ? and a more personal question, i'm…
I know this is probably a super basic issue, but I cannot find a solution for it. I'm exporting out an animation into an fbx which will then be put into Unity, but the animation breaks when exported. The mesh and skeleton don't move, but the controllers all move according to the animation; this happens both IK and FK…
First, i didn't know whether to post this here or technical talk so sorry if this would be the wrong spot. But i'm looking for more online courses that i could take to teach me more on 3D modeling or drawing and what not for a game art. So far all i really know about is Digitaltutors Gnomon (Though it's only for California…
Hey all I've just finished writing a new article / tutorial for my website, and I wanted to share it with you. Its mainly aimed at students and developers who might have lost some of their desire to improve, but hopefully everyone can find some inspiration from it. Anyway you can either view it on my website or view it…
Hey everyone! I recently had to take down my website because i'm having some financial issues and couldn't afford to keep paying the monthly payments (as low as they were) So my question to all of you is, does anyone have any suggestions on reasonable free sites that I could use that won't instantly turn people away when…
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I am Looking for an Somewhat Cheap and Easy to use 3d modeling Program for personal and perhaps commercial use. Like the Title Says... I am an Student attending College right now and I have limited funds. I cannot afford Maya or 3ds Max. But as of current I am trying to Develop my own Universe in 3D. Here are just some…
My girlfriend recently revealed that she had been cheating on me for two months. I've been relitively mellow about it but as can be expected I'm really hurt by this turn of events. Worse yet is, she cheated on me and we're raising a child. Now she's inferring that because of the way I haven't quite forgiven her yet (in…