Hello
Today I will be walking you through the wonderful world of modelling and compiling for half life 2.
This tutorial is targeted at 3dsmax users and half life 2 owners. however any basic game can benefit from these tutorials
I will walk you through basic modelling and uving
then making a low poly weapon model and a getting it skinned compiled and ingame.
In these tuts I will only ever cover 3DSMax because that's all I know.
So please DO NOT ask me about any other 3D applications.
Tools
3DSMax
Autodesk.com
Source SDK (Steam -> Tools -> Source SDK)
(Need To have Purchased HL2)
Other Tools
The valve wiki
Developer.valvesoftware.com
Cannonfodders Tools
Chaosincarnate.net
Compilers
smdcompiler
This ships with the sdk if you cant find it with my explanation below
- right click .qc (open with -> studiomdl ( in your source sdk folder))
Note:
Read up about it here.
Developer.valvesoftware.com
Decompiler
Note:
Please don't decompile others work and claim it as your own
modelling takes time and skill and doing that is just poor!
Cannon Fodders mdl Decompiler ( decompiles hl2 mdl files into smd format)
Chaosincarnate.net
Importers and Exporters
Note:
These don't work on max 8 or 9 :(
MAX 6/7 SMD Importer (Imports smd format to 3dsmax)
Version 0.1.3
Chaosincarnate.net
MAX 6/7 SMD Exporter (Exports meshes as smd format)
Version 2.03
Chaosincarnate.net
Okay lets learn the basics.
In this tutorial i will cover making a set of draws from a simple box using poly and extrusion moddeling.
This tequnique is very easy and is the base to modeling.
Make a set of low poly draws.
Members.iinet.net.au
~26Mb
NOTE: more mirrors will appear soon.
This video covers every step of getting a source model in game.
Source Files
Members.iinet.net.au
The Tut
Members.iinet.net.au @ 104mb
Sorry about the noise my PC is very loud.
Nice tutorials!
As for the codecs - the TSCC (TechSmith Capture Codec) codec is required for the video. Here is download link:
Techsmith.com
Regards. :)
Hey man any predicitions when the final parts are going to be done?
Great tutorials Aza!XD
Thanks mmate just waiting on INtense! to up-load them to moddb's servers.
Wicked thanks alot really helped, lol made a gun but i gotta try getting it to work now
These are great. Keep it up!
None of your tutorials have video for me... Is it not supposed to?
Are there codecs im missing? or is it just audio, all i have is sound Any Ideas?
thanks mirrored
ill be doing my best to encode them in divx infuture
Great tutorials! Keep working on them, they are very helpful!
Where am i supposed to click to make the box, all i do is hold left mouse and move it but the box dissapears when i let go
ok i know how now but how do you do more than one edge face?
Nice TKAzA! The first time I tried dl them I got very bad dl speeds, so I dropped the issue. Now I've been watching you making drawers and its fun. An edge is an edge, right?!
Good stuff, I should have found them a long time before, though.
hey TKAzA i did your skin_uv_export tutorial 3 times excactly as you do it and ever time i get a error loading model in HLMV and in hammer its invisible? any idea what goes wrong??
Crap the videos are down, ill fix asap
You say how about three draws, then they appear - it isn't explained how you make these three draws. This tutorial is meant to be the basics and you do things that the viewer can't see and thus mirror. I'm just starting out and I found it a bit brisk and quick for the absolute learner.
Are you NZ or Aus?
Good effort but confusing for me.
I run through the modeling off them try watching the video again :)
hallo droogklooteeee
Do you know of any tools that do work for 3ds max 9?
this must be in half-life 2 tuturiols if it is half-life 2 modelling.
Posted in the wrong section -_-
How do you make the cracks in the drawers? :(
just what i was looking for, this looks to cover compiling too...
so you can only use mdl format?
Hey im giving away ideas if anyone doesnt have one for a mod message me
this section is for HALF LIFE 1, not half life 2