Modeling Discussion Thread - Back to the Future: Hill Valley mod for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Hey, i love this mod and was wondering if you guys needed any help on modeling things like weapons and other misc things. I'm ok with 3ds max im not gunna sit here and gloat and say im the great because im not but what i do im sure could help you guys speed up new features for upcoming updates. im almost done with a model of marty's guitar he plays during the enchantment under the sea dance

the Gibson 1963 ES-345TD

By the way i have the current model in game but once im fully done i will post pics of it in game (Replaces Bat)... It looks good in game so far but i want to finish off the rest of the details.

oooooooo, that looks really really nice.

sorry i forgot, if i could help/join the team please feel free to email me at kinglog123@gmail.com

klinglog what program are you using to make that

are you willing to model more, like other weapons/instruments/objects/etc?

yeah, thats why i ask if you guys need my help. im willing to model objects and instruments and weapons if needed

and im using a combination of 3ds max and zmodler

Here are some in game screenshots of my finished gibson guitar

running with my guitar

guitar shop seller

Wow... Rock 'n' roll.

Wonder if my local tools store is selling guitars too.

Ok, you're in

A good addition to the "family"!

Thanks for the good comments

Thanks for the good performance

Its finally done after a very long wait I'm sure you guys will enjoy this sight as you drive the Delorean around remotely now!

3ds max model finally finished

an in game look

The one and only problem i have with this model is that it sticks through tommy's hands when standing/running because its replacing a very small remote that he use to hold. but if i move it or make it any bigger as to move to make it not look like a hand is going right through it then it would penetrate his body instead.

looks good. nice work

don't worry, we'll change animations. Somehow.

should probably change that weapon icon

And don't forget, player model will be changed too, right?

yeah but that wont change how he holds it

yeah i will change the weapon icons later

I'm working on the player model, had to start again, now it's better.. Kinglog those models are great, I think the gibsons strings should be darker, and the mics and screws (volume and such) should have that gray or metal texture in the middle and a line around the thing under the mics and strings, forgot it's name.. And the middle come up a little so it's a bit like round, really cool though. I love the radio controller, I will marry it when it gets released. Can't you change the animations easily, with 3ds max? I've tried it and it's really easy, but I just didn't know how to save them.. I think you can even do it with gmax, with kams script, I remember doing it

first off, i would add more details to the frets and strings and such but truthfully it wouldn't make much of a difference because they are so small in game you can barely notice them and the antialiasing in game makes it harder for you to see the finer details because the weapons are small. so it would be a waist of an hour or 2 making up textures and mapping them and doing the other detailed work when no one can really notice to much of a difference anyway

Secondly, if i knew how to animate in 3ds max and put it in game i would be glad to do that but i just know how to model, i don't even know where to begin to animate in 3ds max or how to even take the animation and then finally put it in game... ill let someone else from the mod handle it if they want to but i cant nor know how to do it.

I didn't mean you about the animation, I ment anyone that was talking about it. I just tried exporting animation with gmax, I did what the exporter told to but I just got something wrong, complains about format

well, if you figure out how, tell us. We never mucked around with animations yet.