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**~ZOMG** · 9th April 2012

Looks nice but it seems the seats could be optimised.

**fewes** · 9th April 2012

MOD TOOL

Edited:

Did you unwrap that before putting it together?

EBITUSA16 · 9th April 2012

(Yes I am Mr. Brightside)

**BlueYoshi** · 9th April 2012

Anyone here care to help a sod trying to learn 3DS max and making models work with the Source engine? Team Fortress 2 is the game in question, I have almost everything worked out except some problems regarding texturing. If anyone has some free time and knows about the subject, shoot me a PM.

Trek · 10th April 2012

Just a quick question guys. I have Maya 2012 and I am trying to import the models from COD4 (rigged, in .ma format). When I'm exporting this to FBX (I want to open the model in 3ds max), everything is exporting, but mesh is converted and the rigging ("Skin" modifier) disappears. I checked everything, the boxes for bones and deformation exporting are marked.

What is the problem?

**bull04** · 10th April 2012

Trek posted:

Just a quick question guys. I have Maya 2012 and I am trying to import the models from COD4 (rigged, in .ma format). When I'm exporting this to FBX (I want to open the model in 3ds max), everything is exporting, but mesh is converted and the rigging ("Skin" modifier) disappears. I checked everything, the boxes for bones and deformation exporting are marked.

What is the problem?

I'm not sure if .fbx supports bones and rigs. I COULD be wrong (probably am), but you can try maybe a .smd exporter for Maya. Or another format you could find that supports bones and rigs.

Trek · 10th April 2012

SMD exporter is fucked up and doesn't work with Maya 2012. Trust me, I tried.

Is there any other format that supports bones?

**bull04** · 10th April 2012

Trek posted:

SMD exporter is fucked up and doesn't work with Maya 2012. Trust me, I tried.

Is there any other format that supports bones?

Maybe a .psk exporter? That's for UE models, but it may still work.

Trek · 10th April 2012

Everything is for Max 2011... And I have Maya 2012... God damn it.

Doesn't work... "Can't find the procedure ActorX".

PLing · 10th April 2012

My contract is ending, crappy portfolio, woooooork like no tomorrow!

gothiclampshade · 10th April 2012

PLing posted:

My contract is ending, crappy portfolio, woooooork like no tomorrow!

That model is sex. I'd love to see some bits and bobs lying on the deck and on the sides, and is there going to be a railing along the sides at the back there?

**Red Katana** · 10th April 2012

PLing posted:

My contract is ending, crappy portfolio, woooooork like no tomorrow!

What material is that? looks super sexy.

**Juniez** · 11th April 2012

PLing · 11th April 2012

gothiclampshade posted:

That model is sex. I'd love to see some bits and bobs lying on the deck and on the sides, and is there going to be a railing along the sides at the back there?

Yeah some random plates will be on the hull and maybe on the deck. But no railing there. :)

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Red Katana posted:

What material is that? looks super sexy.

http://wiki.polycount.com/Model%20Presentation

**fewes** · 11th April 2012

Picked this up again. Looking forward to texturing the low poly but christ high poly modeling is a chore sometimes.

**A big fat ass** · 11th April 2012

Are you going to test your texturing from that racer445 link, fewes?

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Juniez posted:

Where's the butter?

**- Livewire -** · 11th April 2012

Low poly progress, taking ages on this because I'm home from Uni and spending time with friends at the moment. I'm doing a pass to remove the control edges and other stuff at the moment, I'll do another to remove/give detail depending on how far it is from the player.

Oh, and float your rails kids, good way to save polys.

**fewes** · 11th April 2012

A big fat ass posted:

Are you going to test your texturing from that racer445 link, fewes?

Some, yeah. I'm mostly excited because I'll get to use my noise/dirt/scratch library I've been creating.

**Juniez** · 12th April 2012

A big fat ass posted:

Are you going to test your texturing from that racer445 link, fewes?

Edited:

Where's the butter?

maybe it's molded gray butter

EBITUSA16 · 12th April 2012

Think it's done now...

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Got the uv maps done and all Aos baked;

**fewes** · 12th April 2012

Freshly baked models are such a turn on.

PLing · 12th April 2012

Some progress but I sadly lack the time to do any more detailing. Does anyone have any tips on how I would go on with the baking? Explode the mesh to separate bits and make the lowpolies separately and then put it back together?

**one free man** · 12th April 2012

<Snip, don't mind me>

Mr. So and So · 13th April 2012

Working on a Hunter Chopper skin.

Based my idea off this. However, this guys model is waaaaay better imo.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iJZ4PIya9P...0-h/CH001b.jpg

azgag · 13th April 2012

Trek posted:

SMD exporter is fucked up and doesn't work with Maya 2012. Trust me, I tried.

It does work, not sure if you've seen this: http://www.northcapestudios.com/blog/?p=45

PLing posted:

Some progress but I sadly lack the time to do any more detailing. Does anyone have any tips on how I would go on with the baking? Explode the mesh to separate bits and make the lowpolies separately and then put it back together?

what I've done in the past is use the animation timebar so you can explode the meshes and put them back together quickly:

oh and here's something I'm working on atm. This is rendered in UDK (the bloom isn't intentional) but I also got them into Source.

**- Livewire -** · 13th April 2012

PLing posted:

Some progress but I sadly lack the time to do any more detailing. Does anyone have any tips on how I would go on with the baking? Explode the mesh to separate bits and make the lowpolies separately and then put it back together?

I like to make the lowpoly when it's together, then you can see which faces can be removed and stuff, as for baking it's best to seperate the model first because then you can clearly see each area.

Make a save when it's together and when it's seperated, then you can jump between the two states and save loads of time or go back easily and tweak the bake.

PLing · 13th April 2012

azgag posted:

what I've done in the past is use the animation timebar so you can explode the meshes and put them back together quickly

That's clever! Thanks!

**- Livewire -** · 13th April 2012

azgag posted:

what I've done in the past is use the animation timebar so you can explode the meshes and put them back together quickly

Never thought to do this before!

azgag · 13th April 2012

yeah it's pretty sweet, I've used that to change the transparency of a mesh's texture (like when I'm making a low poly on top of the high poly), works like maya's Xray vision but with controllable transparency.

**- Livewire -** · 13th April 2012

azgag posted:

yeah it's pretty sweet, I've used that to change the transparency of a mesh's texture (like when I'm making a low poly on top of the high poly), works like maya's Xray vision but with controllable transparency.

Yeah I do that, I also use it so I can clearly see the blueprint or ref picture behind it.

**Yffulf** · 13th April 2012

For a game someone suggested to make a toy mouse:

It didn't seem dead enough so I went another step forward:

I'm happy with them as my second and third completed model. I've just got to continue upping the detail I guess.

**~ZOMG** · 13th April 2012

The smoothing could use some work, but that looks great.

Yozoyo · 13th April 2012

**~ZOMG** · 14th April 2012

Get banned.

**Yffulf** · 14th April 2012

~ZOMG posted:

The smoothing could use some work, but that looks great.

Hah yeah. Another friend just pointed that out to me and I had no idea I could even do that. Now I can have far less vertices and it look smoother!

The sad thing is how much one push of a button can fix that and I missed it.

Also was able to add more detail. Give it an actual hole for the nose and make the spine more jagged.

Mr. So and So · 14th April 2012

Made futher progress with the Hunter Chopper today. Still got a lot of work to do, but I feel it is coming along nicely.

**~ZOMG** · 14th April 2012

Mr. So and So posted:

Made futher progress with the Hunter Chopper today. Still got a lot of work to do, but I feel it is coming along nicely.

Could you please post a comparison? I can't really remember what the original looks like.

Mr. So and So · 14th April 2012

~ZOMG posted:

Could you please post a comparison? I can't really remember what the original looks like.

**fewes** · 14th April 2012

You know, I never really thought about how fucking awesome the Combine helicopter design is before.
Skin looks good, although I really think you should redo the rotors as well.

Mr. So and So · 14th April 2012

fewes posted:

You know, I never really thought about how fucking awesome the Combine helicopter design is before.
Skin looks good, although I really think you should redo the rotors as well.

Can't do anything about the rotars. Sorry. :( The skin is designed to look like that on the rotars. However, I do have this model: http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=115210

The rotar blades on it are visable and not just blurred. I could reskin those rotar blades, and upload both the materails on the models. Credits would have to go to the person who made the model.