Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
Hay peeps I was wandering if any of you know of a good bone prog. I've been doing models and skinning them but I need to take the next step. I've been useing TrueSpace and its bone systom really lacks. I can cunstruct a good skelliten but I need a better minipulation abilty then what TS provieds. Any suggestions/webpages to check out? ~Angel~ |
Mack Administrator Posts: 2779 From: Registered: 01-20-2001 |
For my modeling needs I use Hash (Animation: Master) which I've just started to learn properly how to use (I never had the time before, now I'm using a version from 1999, heh  ). It supports quiet a bit of stuff, it's inexpensive (compaired to alot of other modeling packages), although it's not pacifically built to create models for games (something I've been working around) it's nice to check out. I thought they had a demo somewhere, but I think I'm wrong. |
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Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
No they dont seem to have a demo  Pitty, that would really help their sales. Thanks for the link Mack |
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nfektious Member Posts: 408 From: Registered: 10-25-2002 |
Hey Angel - have you given this a try? |
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Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
its going to take some time to download that but I will try it out. I will let you know if it was what I was after. Thanks for the link. ~Angel~ |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
I like Gmax, just gotta learn how to fully use it. ------------------ |
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Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
Actuly I just found some new stuff for TS. So I may not need a single thing. I just have to work out some bugs. Im hoping it all pulls together. Though all this info may be good for others too. |
SLAM Member Posts: 36 From: Miami, FL Registered: 12-29-2002 |
GMax is nice, but sadly, you can't export the stuff you make and us it. It's pretty much worthless. ------------------ What part of that do some people not understand? He who dies with the most frags wins, |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
you can?!? NOOOOOOOooooooo......... hmm, there must be away. bunch of games were made with it. Or did they pay for some special thing, or did they use 3ds Max. hmmmm... ------------------ |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
oops, I mean "can't" in "You can?!?" in the above message. My bad ------------------ |
InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
why not just edit it, archangel ------------------ |
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Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
Well I found a way to run everything in TS. So no probs anymore. You have to do something that isnt even mentouned in their flippen manual. Still my hats off to TS for their easy to use sys. 3DMax is a headake and thats the nice way of putting it. ~Angel~ |
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nfektious Member Posts: 408 From: Registered: 10-25-2002 |
Gmax is primarily a tool for games that were developed with 3DS models. It really is more of a mod tool than an independent model utility. From what I understand you can export the models out of gmax, but you are limited to the model formats of the game you are modeling for. I'm not certain about all of this as I don't use it. I just know it is a somewhat popular application for learning the essentials on character design. My hat's off to you Angel for getting TS to work for you. Congratulations! I found TS to be less-than-expected for my tastes - but that is an opinion God bless, |
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SLAM Member Posts: 36 From: Miami, FL Registered: 12-29-2002 |
Now, that's not true. Maybe there'sa retail version of GMax that does that, but the free download of GMax does not allow you to export files in any way, shape or form, and it DOES NOT allow you to import your projects into 3DSMAX. It is only a marketing tool, to get people to learn how 3dsmax works. You migt be able to buy a version that lets you export for specific games, I don't remember the details on that though. ------------------ What part of that do some people not understand? He who dies with the most frags wins, |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
Darn. Well, I got a friend of has 3dsmax, and he and I are going to do some modeling, moding and stuff. ------------------ |
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nfektious Member Posts: 408 From: Registered: 10-25-2002 |
FYI http://www.tdp.nu/forums/maxscript/posts/38.html Matthew Teboe |
I agree that 3DS is rather complicated in its interface, but once you can conquer that it really is a nice package. I prefer the simpler interface of Lightwave myself.