I've signed on to help with modelling and animating for the HexenTC using the DOOM3 engine. I'm doing some of the beasts they'll be needing. I use 3d MAX 4.2, which I know is older, but I can't afford $3000 to buy it again. I always animated with MAX's character studio plug ins, BIPED and PHYSIQUE. But I'm told that Doom3…
There is no "Select" section in my version of SKIN. (Bear in mind, this is Max 4.2 - not 5, 6 or 7) If you mean the SUB OBJECT flyout in the modifier tab, then all it has is ENVELOPES. Nothing else. The only place where you can put a check next to the word "vertices" is in the FILTERS section of the tab, a box next to…
Hmm, I don't know what to say. I have Max versions 5, 6, and 7 installed, but haven't used version 4 in a while. I can't really remember what features it did or didn't have back then. I guess maybe there's a reason that Physique was more widely used at one time. It sounds like the Skin modifier wasn't as fully developed as…