[Weapon] M49A1 surface trip flare [WIP]

[tupla_s]

My first model Downloaded 3dsmax yesterday and started modeling it today. Started it like 3 times since I got so frustrated for the first 2 times for not getting it right. After reading couple of tutorials from the autodesk's site i got the hang of it.




Still have to learn how to UV map it and do the textures.
Any good tutorials for UV mapping (/wrapping, what ever it is I'm trying to do)?

Probably a bit odd choice for a first model, but ...

[Chuc]

This will be a very interesting addition replacing the smoke grenade as the tripflare model. Try to make it 2 for 2, tupla

[=Romagnolo=]

very nice !

[tupla_s]

Chuc;791872']This will be a very interesting addition replacing the smoke grenade as the tripflare model. Try to make it 2 for 2, tupla

2 for 2 ?

You have any links to uv mapping? I can't find any and have no idea how to do it.

[Howitzer]

oh yeah , and a lot of country's uses it like canada an US.

[agentscar]

Nice so far!

[DeltaFart]

I see a good future for you, all we need is for you to learn animations and animate that puppy!

[Ironcomatose]

2 for 2 ?

Meaning you have done two things, one, the inside of the humvee, and the other would be this. The humvee is already in game(soon anyway) so if this gets in game you would be 2 for 2.

[ReadMenace]

It looks awesome!

-REad

[fuzzhead]

very nice!

[EOD_Security-2252]

Looks good, hope it all works out.

[tupla_s]

Is there something wrong with this hierarchy? When I hit export it doesn't make any files in the folder. Doesn't even give any messages.


I followed this tutorial, but there's no images so I don't know if I got it right
Gmax - Exporting a weapon [Very image heavy!] - Official BF Editor Forums

[e-Gor]

- Remove the lod1 dummy from the geom0.
- Rename the lod1 under geom1 to lod0.

[tupla_s]

- Remove the lod1 dummy from the geom0.
- Rename the lod1 under geom1 to lod0.

Thanks, got it exported Still have to fix that skin a bit.



Chuc you want to do the animation, or do I have to learn that too?

[Chuc]

lol I'd really appreciate it if you learned how to animate, but otherwise just send me the complete exported file and I'll take care of it. (after you finish the skin that is)

[EOD_Security-2252]

Wow, nice.

[DeltaFart]

just get a thinner wire on it, and get it on the right spot and Ill be very happy to marry you

[e-Gor]

You'll eventually need to make LODs for it (at least for 3p)

When you're completely done with the model and UVs, clone it a few times (make sure it's a copy, not instance), and start removing polys. The multires modifier is very good for reducing poly count in a sane way, although for the lower lods you may well want to edit them a bit afterwards. You should give it 2 or 3 LODs, with the last ideally somewhere around 10% of the original poly count.