3DS Max9?

[ubermensche]

From this thread I see that you necessarily need to have 3DSMax9 in order to mod for BF2/PR. I have the AutoCAD student license but the earliest version that they have is 3DS Max 2010. Can I go along with that or do I necessarily need the 9?

And if so, where can I get the 9?

[Ratface]

I would also personally like to know, because I am in the same boat modeling the flak in 2012/2013. From what I've heard things can transfer but it you may have to export things differently to max 9...mainly because the UV's and smoothing groups mess up for some reason.

[Adriaan]

The BF2 export tools only work with 3DS Max 9 (and some older versions). As Ratface said, when opening (importing) scenes from newer Max versions into Max 9, chances are you lose smoothing groups or even get errors like duplicate/hidden verts/faces. Not that hard to fix up, just tedious.

So if you're looking to model for BF2/PR, it's highly recommended to get Max 9 (if not you'll have to deal with the import errors).

[Rhino]

The simple fact of the matter is how ever easy it might be to back port a scene, at the end of the day, very, very, very few models modelled in a later version of 3DsMax9 ever make it ingame and the ones that do take a much longer time to get ingame.

TBH I can't even think of one vehicle made in anything beyond Max9 that has actually yet to make it 100% ingame. Can think of one that is close to making it ingame but still, needs a lot of work before its in which is mainly down to the back porting.

[wrecker]

And if so, where can I get the 9?

I didn't want to create a whole new thread for it and it seemed OP's last question was never answered so I was kinda wondering the same thing. Been thinking about creating some Korean War models, or a ship... can't decide. I have an autodesk account and 3ds max2014 but can't find 9 anywhere.

[Psyrus]

I didn't want to create a whole new thread for it and it seemed OP's last question was never answered so I was kinda wondering the same thing. Been thinking about creating some Korean War models, or a ship... can't decide. I have an autodesk account and 3ds max2014 but can't find 9 anywhere.

The only place I know of is channelbt these days