3D Model Showroom

I’d say it is quite interesting so keep at it.

Hmm thanks for the response. Not sure how the BS will turn out in the end but it will be big.

Any idea how to make FL-ready models in Blender?

If you want to know about the modeling, texturing part of Blender, sorry I am a Cinema 4D user I am not familiar with the Blender UI (note to myself: I must learn Blender :-D).

There’s no trick for ‘fl-ready’ models. There are two exporters - the MS3D exporter, and the 3ds Max 2010/2011 Exporter. The Max Exporter supports smoothing groups, and DX9 vmesh data.

There are some general poly count limitations, but there are ways around it in both exporters, though 3ds is more flexible. I don’t remember the numbers off the top of my head.

Does the exporter support Max 2013 student edition?

It supports 2010/2011 all editions.

Dang it! I don’t want to pay $35 for Milkshape, and certainly not $5,000 for an earlier version of MAX. Any other options? Converters, free tools, open source SUR projects?

If you have access to the 2013 student edition, you have access to 2010/2011.

Upon loading the maxCMPExport2011_x64.dle . . .

The procedure entry point
?GetInterface@ClassDesc@@UEAAPEAVFPInterface@@PEAD@Z could not be located in the dynamic link library core.dll

Gave me an error code 127. Procedure not found.

BTW, How can I have access to it when I Installed Max 2013 from an Educational bundle?

A) We don’t condone piracy.

B) MS3D’s exporter is far inferior to 3ds. Just go grab Max 2011 from Autodesk’s student site? We’ve already told you the exporter won’t work with 2013 so I don’t see what the hell you expected when you put it in anyway.

Because I’ve already graduated from college, the .edu email used is expired. Therefore I cannot grab anymore student licenses. Why can’t you update the Max plugins? I strongly encourage you do this because I don’t have access to the student downloads anymore.

FACEPALM I thought my membership expired, I guess not. I’m downloading Max 2011 now. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Because ‘we’ are not a unified group, and it is not a developer tool, but a community tool compiled by a community member. ‘We’ do this in our free time, and ‘we’ decide what we publish for. I can tell you as a game designer myself, that MANY companies maintain legacy versions of suites because most places DON’T update plugins for every new version.

Sorry for offtop and calambour, but Kuze’s signature is pretty Well - Model showroom really!

GeoCalibur wrote:
Dang it! I don’t want to pay $35 for Milkshape, and certainly not $5,000 for an earlier version of MAX. Any other options? Converters, free tools, open source SUR projects?

Well, for sake it is KHeD - works well with Milkshape plugs - drop 'em into installed KHeD folder and work

Yes but the textures come out weird. Like it’s missing some features.

HeIIoween wrote:
Sorry for offtop and calambour, but Kuze’s signature is pretty Well - Model showroom really!

8-)

We are offtopic since post 903 btw :-).

Shouldn’t we move the tangent to another thread?

Nommie turrets at SolCommand’s model

My quick version of the Python Clipper from Elite. Not as impressive as Griff’s but not the worst also It is a WIP, not sure if I will have time to finish it.