Meshing

TheUdderOneTheUdderOne Join Date: 2004-05-04 Member: 28471Members
in NS Customization
<div class="IPBDescription">ok, i get skinning, WTH is up with this</div> How the hell do u guys get the mesh, I've got lithunwrap, but that just crashes everytime i try to import the models, or there are huge parts missing for some reason <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Anyone got ne decent links for how to make meshes, i've tried all the ones in the tutorial bit, but either the plugin they use isn't supported in max 6 or its just plain rubbish.
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  • xKORExslimxKORExslim Join Date: 2003-01-11 Member: 12182Members
    Well, I use maya, it's all atomatic, although it isn't very good. I'd end up with crazy meshes.
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  • MintmanMintman Join Date: 2003-05-30 Member: 16866Members
    Start off with really easy objects like boxes and barrels to get a feel for how it works. Make a couple yourself to start off with, if you can't be bothered, e-mail/pm me and I'll send some barrel model's your way as they take like 10 minutes to knock together. You can then apply the principles you have learnt from these simple objects to subsections of much more complicated models. Then you can gradually build yourself up until you can skin and entire rifle model or such like.
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  • CoolCookieCooksCoolCookieCooks Pretty Girl Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16446Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation
    i always find those chamfered grips the hardest parts...
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  • TheUdderOneTheUdderOne Join Date: 2004-05-04 Member: 28471Members
    Ok, its that i can't get the model into the mesh in the first place.

    I can do modelling (i suppose) its getting the mesh from the model that is difficult for me.
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CoolCookieCooks+May 23 2004, 05:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CoolCookieCooks @ May 23 2004, 05:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i always find those chamfered grips the hardest parts... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    but they are soooo easy to make <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • TheUdderOneTheUdderOne Join Date: 2004-05-04 Member: 28471Members
    Another gripe...why can't i find UVW Mapping in my max modifiers list?

    It dissappears.
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  • MintmanMintman Join Date: 2003-05-30 Member: 16866Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CoolCookieCooks+May 23 2004, 10:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CoolCookieCooks @ May 23 2004, 10:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i always find those chamfered grips the hardest parts... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If you view said chamfered grip from the side, try selecting the outmost vertices where the chamfering is most great (assuming we are working in lithunwrap) and scale them up slightly, you may know this but little things like this can prove most helpful to beginners. This should reduce some of the stretching you are bound to get from chamfered edges.

    I also recommend that you learn to complete at least the whole model making process yourself. This will help you to aid the people who participate in the other parts of the process to complete their task easier.

    For example, from my limited experience of skin meshing I have learnt to create more groups as a modeller as it makes the meshing process a lot easier.

    The extra groups also, do not hurt the animation process as you just have to assign more groups to the same bone, giving the same overall effect during animation as if you had put 3-4 seperate groups within the same group.
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    udder the modifier i think is uvw unwrap
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  • TheUdderOneTheUdderOne Join Date: 2004-05-04 Member: 28471Members
    Yeah i know, but it isnt there. Don't know why it isnt there nemore, its ok when i first start out making the model, its there, but then it goes.
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    Bah just use milkshape for skinmeshing <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Tutorial by black panther in the fourm <b>where this thread should be</b>
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  • TheUdderOneTheUdderOne Join Date: 2004-05-04 Member: 28471Members
    Yeah Dr, shud b, but no budy eva seems to answer stuff in there. plus all the best people sit around here. I got loads of quality responses from my skinning thread.

    It just seems to work better, sorry if it annoys u dude.
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    ah i just hate these threads cause they always turn into spam and offtopic.
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