I'm having a problem with Maya so i thought posting it here might help me out. I rigged a model to the UT2k3 skeleton and i exported it to a .PSK file.However,when i write the PSK file, i see the skeleton rotating.This is what it looks like when i exported it(a screenshot from Ms3d) How can i export it without have the…
I am using Maya 2011 and RoadKill was working just fine. Then all of the sudden when I opened a new file its has stopped. I still get the RoadKill pop up but when I hit Unwrap it wants to save my file and I get a "No iteams found to cleanup warning". I have reinstalled it and also re-downloaded the script and I still get…
Hello everyone, I have a bit of an annoyance when animating, I can't see what happens when I move the body of a character with IK arms/legs. Basically what happens is that my bone hierarchy is not updated properly in the viewport when connected to an IK handle. If I key it and scroll the time slider it works, but not when…
So I have been banging my head against this for a couple days now. I am trying to bake ambient occlusion into the vertex alpha channel in maya. Its very simple to bake ao into vertex colors (rgb, or rgba) using the batch bake option but I cant for the life of me to get it to bake into the alpha channel only. I have played…
Hi guys, I think this may be my first post to Polycount ever. I'm trying to bridge the gap between 2D concept art into 3D so I'm struggling with the learning curve as I graduate into texturing. I have learned tons about modeling hi detail in ZBrush. I learned how to retopologize in ZBrush into lo poly models but then…
Hey! I'm using particles to simulate spraypaint in maya. I'm rendering the particles as spheres and using a lambert shader with full ambient color to create flat shading, so it looks like a bunch of dots splattered on a wall. However, if I make it slightly transparent, the spheres no longer shades flatly, and it looks like…
I am wondering if 3D coat is worth learning for the retopology tools, I already know how to retoplogize a mesh in Maya. Any quick opinions on the matter?
Hi guys, Does anybody know if there is a way to show an object's name in maya viewport(selected\unselected), and specifically for locators only ? Thanks in advance for any tip ;)
Hello to all! Anybody knows decent tutorials of modeling furniture with Maya nCloth? Pillows on chairs, sofa, beds. Cloth is falling on the table that's not what I'm looking for.