** CONVERSION Help / Requests **

I think it may only be in the selected view...I'd have to check to be sure though and I'm not at my 3D computer right now. If I get a sec later I'll see what I can discover.

 

I tried to assign the material with another viewport selected but nothing happened....

[image=http://www.tes.mi.it/~miroku_87/3dsmax.jpg]

PS: I saw the Star Wars Episode III making the videogame and it's really *_*
I confirmed I'd like to become a videogame creator!!!

 

Make sure your other views aren't set to wireframe display mode - that may be the problem.

 

small question:
I try to make a .bmp of a Jedi Starfighter which just landed on some grass. I got that to work, but now I want to add shadow because it doesn't look very realistic. I can't figure out how to do that, can anyone help?

Image I got so far:
http://www.freewebs.com/dvdlproductions/starfighteropgras.jpg

erm I don't know if the link works..

 

Sorry >_<
where are the wireframe settings?

.....

found it!
Which viewport set do you advice me?

Another thing:
watch at this image
[image=http://www.tes.mi.it/~miroku_87/3dsmax.jpg]

now, watching the Jean D'Arc complete body tutorial the leg has lines on (I don't know how to call them) but in my work there aren't those. How can I make appear those?

 

Dave, if you want to create a shadow without a visible surface, follow these simple steps:

- Create a plane where the ground is
- Goto the material editor and assign the "Matte/Shadow" material to the plane
- Make sure your scene's lights have shadows turned on
- Render away!

NOTE: If you are planning to composite this in a different program, make sure you do these two things before you render:

- Set your environment background to pure white
- Goto the "Render Elements" area of the render menu and add an Alpha element




Miroku - it depends on what mode you need to see things in. Really in the end it comes down to what you can work the best with and what you need to do. I would advise playing with the different settings until you find what works best for you.

EDIT: Not sure about the lines Miroku...could you link to the original tutorial?



Good luck guys!

 

body tutorial

the blue lines in the third image.

 

If you mean the ones in this image, you're not going to see those in Max. Those look like they were created in a photo editing program for the tutorial.

 

thanks for the help, I will try it when I get home

 

No, I mean the BLUE lines in
this image

 

I still think those are guidelines that were created for the tutorial. If not they might have done a wireframe render and layered it onto the image to show definition. Hope that helps!

 

I resolved!
It was the Edged Face box in the Viewport Configuration that wasn't marked up.

Thanx the same! ^^

 

I can't seem to find the Matte/Shadow button in the material editor

 

^ ^

It's not a button, you have to add it as a material. Just open the material editor and click on the "Standard" box that opens the window where you pick a material. (Should be a list bulleted with blue spheres.) Make sure "New" is selected (on the left) and then browse down until you see "Matte/Shadow" on the list. Then apply the material to your model and you're done! Hope that helps.


Miroku - ahhhh ok that makes sense now. Glad you got it working!

 

ow sorry thnx for the help! I'm going to try it right away.

Edit: It worked! DVeditor, you rule tha world

 

Glad I could help!

 

Watching the first written cell it tells I have to use the Weld Target

it tells it here

So, how I use that tool? I select the vertexes I need but when I click target nothing happen...

can you help me?

 

Sent you a PM. This thread needs to stay open for mostly conversion stuff. If you're having several issues with the application itself, make sure you post them here and then talk over PM. We need to make sure we're not filling up the stickies too much. (Hope this hasn't caused a problem so far Zoo.)

 

I'm currently converting 3ds files to maya (even .obj if ya want) I've just finnished the e-wing and could send them to anyone. Any way if there's any request for sme models here that are 3ds and screwed up on import to maya I'll be glad to fix them. I also have a request, can somebody convert the second e-wing model and Legacy ISD to obj/3ds/maya from max?

Note: Incase you're wondering, I'm on a mac so I can't use polytrans or any of that jazz.

 

hi,içhave a problem with that bttf delorean because it is for max 7 and i have max 6 .
si i was wondering if anybody knew a way to make it available for max 6 too, it would would be very nice .

link to the model:

http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/259460

thx!

 

I might be able to do that for you tomorrow man.

Its about time i stop the asking and do some answering around here anyways

 

hey all,

i was wondering if anyone has converted Emilio Lorenzo's Clone Trooper's *both ep2 and ep3 versions* or is able to covert them to Lightwave *lwo* format. was also wondering if anyone has converted Howard Day's Legacy ISD to Lightwave, i'd love to work with these models but i work in Lightwave and not 3DS Max ..anyone able to help?

 

i second the above post

 

Hi, i was wondering if someone could please convert the legacy isd (found in star wars > craft & vessels > republic) from MAX 6 to 3DS. I want to use a few in my latest project. Thanks,

Talonias

 

Hope I'm in the right place to ask this...


I'm just started using Wings 3D, and I got a model done, I just need someone to tell me how I can animate it.

thanx!