Skinning

Desciple · Post by **Desciple** » 2005-12-24 03:44

Hey guys, i just figured out why my BF2Editor wouldnt work

So i was just wondering if i could help skinning with you guys? Im pretty good with photoshop, but i might need to read a few tutorials about skinning

see ya, ill try to catch the head person of PRMM on MSN.

Desciple

Post by **Wolfmaster** » 2005-12-24 13:17

Hi Desciple, the person to contact here is [R-DEV]Js.Fortnight.A. You could send him a PM on these forums or if you want to use msn this is his adress: [email protected]

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-12-24 18:44

If your looking for a tutorial heres something to take a stab at.

http://st.burst.cc/

Desciple · Post by **Desciple** » 2005-12-24 18:59

Hey,
Thanks for the link bro, appreciate it

And i have [R-DEV]Js.Fortnight.A's msn, just need to catch him online

Thanks,
Desciple

Cardan · Post by **Cardan** » 2005-12-24 19:10

hey thanks for posting those tuts. ive always wanted to get into skinning and with those tuts i can learn and mabey help skin some stuff for you guys!

Post by **Hitperson** » 2005-12-24 19:36

What softwhare do i need to do skinning.

Cardan · Post by **Cardan** » 2005-12-24 19:38

photoshop

btw is there anywhere i can get some of the (dunno what theyre called) things that is kinda like the frame of the gun? like the wire mesh things to practice some skins on?

Post by **Rhino** » 2005-12-24 19:52

Cardan wrote:photoshop

btw is there anywhere i can get some of the (dunno what theyre called) things that is kinda like the frame of the gun? like the wire mesh things to practice some skins on?

modeling

dawdler · Post by **dawdler** » 2005-12-24 21:16

Cardan wrote:photoshop

btw is there anywhere i can get some of the (dunno what theyre called) things that is kinda like the frame of the gun? like the wire mesh things to practice some skins on?

Search on free 3D models and you're bound to find a couple of meshes to play with (for example http://www.3dcafe.com/ in the free stuff section). Most are pretty basic though.

But of course you need to unwrap them first (if you want to feel needed in the modding world, learn to unwrap!!!), which is the most bothersome part... Slapping on some paint is easy

Desciple · Post by **Desciple** » 2005-12-24 21:30

Ok so what are you suppose use to open the meshes with? im stupid i know

e.trent · Post by **e.trent** » 2005-12-24 21:46

Depends what type of mesh it is.

For example, with Maya it's .mb (Maya Binary) and with 3D Studio Max (And Gmax at times) it's .3ds

Hope this helps.

Desciple · Post by **Desciple** » 2005-12-24 23:04

Oh, the one i downloaded is a .PRJ file

dawdler · Post by **dawdler** » 2005-12-24 23:09

Import it into a 3D editor (like GMax which supports BF2 tools). Then you just need to unwrap it and texture it.

Desciple · Post by **Desciple** » 2005-12-25 00:04

Well i had gmax, but when i click on the exe... it says intalizing (spell check) and then it shuts down.

Beckwith · Post by **Beckwith** » 2005-12-25 02:58

I believe if your looking for a model to practice skinning on, Fort or one of the Devs have test models they had out to potential dev's im sure theyd be glad to let you take a shot at one of them.