Well, you've got a lot of stuff to read then. Don't let that demotivate you though. Here's a few links to get you started. There's a lot more that you'll have to learn though. http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2CharacterArtGuide.pdf…
i don't know if someone already said it but : did you know that we now got Modo Steam Edition for around 130$ ? :D see there : http://store.steampowered.com/app/244290/ enjoy !
thank you for the feedback, I will send you a PM with the files you mentioned. For texturing I've been using Tvidottos guide and the one provided by valve for the masks http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2ShaderMaskGuide.pdf
hi im a maya user , i would like to ask is there any guide on how to render out in maya to create a load screen like this ? :)http://cdn.dota2.com/apps/dota2/images/playtab/english/belle.jpg
Thanks a bunch for helping out, however even with your .qc setup I couldn't get it to work. In the end I stumbled over this nifty app that let's you change the texture name in .mdl files. That did the trick. It works now!
@VII You may find this useful http://www.dota2.com/workshop/requirements/npcs and this one for glowing items http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2ShaderMaskGuide.pdf .. Oh and this one for modeling http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=123397498&searchtext=pudge Have fun! @Jalcober,…
foxclover - I can't help with blender baking, but if you can't figure out the problem I'd recommend just using Xnormal for baking. It's free and pretty straight forward compared to baking in most 3d apps. Onilolz - The importer is working for me, but every time I try to preview in game i'm getting crashes :(
I just went 8.1, but I just upgraded my pc, so less wood. If it were not for that I would have stayed with 7. If 10 was out that would be a different story. But all my apps work, and everything is silky smooth, but again I upgraded my hardware, so it just made sense
http://media.steampowered.com/apps/dota2/workshop/Dota2ShaderMaskGuide.pdf is this new? pretty handy either way EDIT: finished my swordfish! whoah that was only three months ago. also i am getting some silly error about not finding corresponding bones. does anyone know what's up with that? i keep exporting the fbx but…