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[marc15yo]

OK so i finally got 3dsmax. I want to render. i tried a little bit of rendering. but it looks to normal. the model is gray, the background is gray. nothing special. I want to have white floor under my model that shows shadow OR like mirrory reflecty effect. just like these

Edited by marc15yo, 03 February 2008 - 06:07.

[marc15yo]

OK never mind i did some more research. now i know how to get that nice shadow. but still if anyone could help me with the reflections that would be nice. ALSO can someone help me apply tga or skins files onto my 3d objects in 3dsmax. i look at the material editor and it's not the same as in gmax.

Edited by marc15yo, 03 February 2008 - 06:47.

[Warbz]

prob all done it photoshop

[Rich19]

 marc15yo, on 3 Feb 2008, 6:26, said:

OK never mind i did some more research. now i know how to get that nice shadow. but still if anyone could help me with the reflections that would be nice. ALSO can someone help me apply tga or skins files onto my 3d objects in 3dsmax. i look at the material editor and it's not the same as in gmax.

Mind sharing it? I'd rather like to know as well.

[Mr. Mylo]

with skylights and light tracers you get shadows
- you find the skylights in the "lights" menu on the top of the right bar
- you find light tracers when press F10 and click on "Advanced Lightning"

MYLO

Edited by MYLO, 03 February 2008 - 15:51.

[marc15yo]

 rich19, on 3 Feb 2008, 14:01, said:

 marc15yo, on 3 Feb 2008, 6:26, said:

OK never mind i did some more research. now i know how to get that nice shadow. but still if anyone could help me with the reflections that would be nice. ALSO can someone help me apply tga or skins files onto my 3d objects in 3dsmax. i look at the material editor and it's not the same as in gmax.

Mind sharing it? I'd rather like to know as well.

Don't forget. you also need a plane under your model. by going to create/ plane/ and change it's length and width to at least 10,000 so it's big. then give it a white diffuse texture in the material editor.

Now any one can Please tell me how to apply my textures. when i import a w3d object the model does not have a skin on it even when the skin file is in the same folder. and if i want to change the texture skin in the material editor i can't browse for the .tga files. Please help this is really important.

[Mr. Mylo]

kk
-press M
=>Standard
=> select "W3D" (you need the BFME 2 MOD SDK)
=>pass 1 in the material editor
=>click on the last menu of "pass1" the one in the right
=>select "show on model or somethin"
=>pull your skin on the model

MYLO

Edited by MYLO, 03 February 2008 - 17:46.

[Rich19]

 MYLO, on 3 Feb 2008, 17:46, said:

kk
-press M
=>Standard
=> select "W3D" (you need the BFME 2 MOD SDK)
=>pass 1 in the material editor
=>click on the last menu of "pass1" the one in the right
=>select "show on model or somethin"
=>pull your skin on the model

MYLO

Does the renderer work with shaders that most C&C3 units have?

[Mr. Mylo]

should work... I dont know... I never used CNC3 Models

[ccgx]

 rich19, on 3 Feb 2008, 20:20, said:

 MYLO, on 3 Feb 2008, 17:46, said:

kk
-press M
=>Standard
=> select "W3D" (you need the BFME 2 MOD SDK)
=>pass 1 in the material editor
=>click on the last menu of "pass1" the one in the right
=>select "show on model or somethin"
=>pull your skin on the model

MYLO

Does the renderer work with shaders that most C&C3 units have?

no, because they are hardware shaders and it's a software renderer.

[marc15yo]

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE THE W3D IMPORTER IN 3DSUDIOMAX 8 TO IMPORT THE SKINS AND THE W3D MODELS AT THE SAME TIME please. i really can't stand having to keep pasting the skins on everyone of my models when trying to render.

[marc15yo]

Anyone Please help me. the w3d importer does not import the skins for the models i import. It's making me furious. also the bfme sdk somethin does not work for 3dsmax 8 it's not compatible. = ( i'm only using 3dsmax for rendering.

[Sic]

I knew mirroring before but I don't know the procedure anymore, haven't used 3ds since like, August.

[Zeke]

 marc15yo, on 7 Feb 2008, 2:23, said:

Anyone Please help me. the w3d importer does not import the skins for the models i import. It's making me furious. also the bfme sdk somethin does not work for 3dsmax 8 it's not compatible. = ( i'm only using 3dsmax for rendering.

you just have to let 3ds know where the textures are Also you don't have to use the material editor everytime you want to add textures you can simply click directly on the texture file and drag it to the model it self As a bonus, that will tell 3ds max where you keep all your textures

[marc15yo]

Oh that will save me alot of time too thanks.