Milkshape or Blender Thread

hi, im Sam and im wonder if it would be better to pay the 20 bucks for milkshape. It seems like an extremely easy program to use. And would i be able to use milkshape with HL2. (for modeliling and stuff.)

maybe u could use the free gmax

naaa, that was a bit confusing to use...

omg no, do the tutorial and u know eneug to begin
www.discreet.com/products/gmax

i got gmax a week ago i went to the site for a reg code and it still hasn't come.

NO CODES

- Edited By CheapAlert On Fri 7th, Nov 2003 @ 3:37:12pm

too late i already bought a copy of milkshape.

well it still didn't work. i've got gmax 1.2

Samelot, Milkshape is a low poly modeler, and my guess is it wouldn't be able to handel the high poly models that Half Life 2 uses. Unless, that by that time Milkshape has grown further and will be able to support larger poly counts. G-Max is a cut down version of 3D Studio Max, and has more bells and whistles than Milkshape.

Whaddayamean? Milkshape can handle up to a polycount of 32767 triangles, anything more than that = crash. I experimented that meself.

GMax has an EXTREMELY steep learning curve and support for games isn't very good like it promised, start with MS3d instead.

- Edited By CheapAlert On Fri 7th, Nov 2003 @ 6:29:26pm

well i think it would be best for me to start of with ms3d. and im not ready for GMAX, or blender. ms3d looks good. it can support a good amount of games, and ive expierienced in the tutorial its very easy texturing tools. in blender it was impossible to textue, and im sure it is hard in Gmax too. maybe someday ill be ready for those big boy programs...

T-RonX wrote: NO CODES

- Edited By CheapAlert On Fri 7th, Nov 2003 @ 3:37:12pm

Its' free so...

I dont care, let him get his own code.

uhh, how many triangles are in a polygon

A triangle is a polygon, and a quad is a polygon also. But since all games and video cards only supports triangles, you'll be working with tri's. They will be your polygons.

thx

i don't think blender support the format HALF-life 2 is planning to use.
maybe someone could write an exporter for it...

Samelot wrote: well i think it would be best for me to start of with ms3d. and im not ready for GMAX, or blender. ms3d looks good. it can support a good amount of games, and ive expierienced in the tutorial its very easy texturing tools. in blender it was impossible to textue, and im sure it is hard in Gmax too. maybe someday ill be ready for those big boy programs...

Blender isn't hard to texture in. You just have to read a tutorial or two, and your good to go. I don't do to much texturing just because I totaly suck at it. No it is quite easy in blender as I just said a second ago. If you feel like going ahead and getting blender, feel free to pm me or email, I'll be glad to help you out.

er, you coulda got the 30 day trial of milkshape, then decide to buy it after that

alright I have GMAX and I can't get the included tutorials to work, and I can't find a site with online tutorials on it. Can anyone help? I used milkshape until the trial ran up, but I'm ready for something with higher poly counts so I want to learn Gmax, but I really need some tutorials. if anyone can help it'd be GREATLY appreciated

doesn't hl2 come with a version of something.

im thinking litewave, but i know its not that.

Softimage XXSL

something like that.

is there any tutorials for ms3d for texturing and maknig good bows.. i mean i can texture and make good swords and bows but neways i wanan learn howto make better?

we should take a survay for the best modding tools this comes up too much.

Well, since he already bought MS3D, the point is moot, but I'll post anyway for those who have problems with the gmax code.

I grabbed a copy the other day. And I like it. Perhaps me and blender (and Milkshape) got off on the wrong foot, but I'll remedy that. gmax registration codes are fickle things. You see, discreet would be happy to give you one, but Hotmail is a wee bit anal at times. It's spam filter sucks. I would know as I have to email my Gov't teacher via my Yahoo! account for essay topics. The hotmail won't take it (His AOL account). Granted, there is a filter for that, but I'm too lazy. Long story short, use a Yahoo! address when requesting a registration code.

Oh, and grab a copy of tempest and and 3d exploration if you want to do some raytracing indirectly via gmax. That's just for those good little boys and girls who like the gmax interface (which takes a long d__n time to get used to) and are too cheep to buy MS3D (which already includes a very nice conversion suite). Or 3D Studio Max for that matter.

HL2SDK comes with Softimage XSI. That's an animator used for facial linking to get unblemished speech and appropriate expression. Not too useful for modelling.

Just nab GMax if you wanna work on the cheap