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Posted by ReNo on Wed Jul 7th at 3:40pm 2004

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There was some talk a while back about Valve trying to get a deal where there'd be a sort of "Educational Edition" of XSI(SoftImage) packaged with HL2. There's no learning edition of the software as far as I can tell. I believe anything that can export to an .ase file should work for modeling tools. And if your software doesn't directly port and there's no plugins to do so, there's always Milkshape3D to use as a go-between.


There is a free version of XSi specifically for HL2 already out mate, I downloaded it quite some time ago but never got around to using it. I'm sure you can probably download it from fileplant or some other such file host. It appears to come with loads of tutorials and things to help newbies learn to model for HL2.
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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Wed Jul 7th at 3:43pm 2004

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There is a free version of XSi specifically for HL2 already out mate, Idownloaded it quite some time ago but never got around to using it. I'm sure you can probably download it from fileplant or some other such file host. It appears to come with loads of tutorials and things to help newbies learn to model for HL2.




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Posted by ReNo on Wed Jul 7th at 3:45pm 2004

LOL, oops
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Posted by $loth on Wed Jul 7th at 3:48pm 2004

thanks KP, i guess ill just have to convert all my jpgs into tga's [addsig]



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Posted by gimpinthesink on Wed Jul 7th at 5:56pm 2004

There is a free version of XSI out already it was on last months edition of PCFormat fso it should be somewhere on there site cos they usually put them on there after they've put them on there disks.
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Posted by ReNo on Wed Jul 7th at 5:57pm 2004

Lol gimp, I just said that, and not only that, but this is an ancient topic and I'm sure everyone knows by now
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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Wed Jul 7th at 7:48pm 2004

This is why we don't revive ancient topics $loth. [addsig]



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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jul 7th at 7:50pm 2004

I heard there is a free version of XS....*thwacks ensue*

/runs

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Posted by Forceflow on Wed Jul 7th at 8:48pm 2004

How many webspace do we get for the Snarkpit, Lep ? ... maybe we could host XSI Imagesoft for downloading ... along with the new Hammer & SDK coming out soon (well, that's what we all hope ;-) )

Nobody likes waiting 3 hours in line at fileplanet ... and it would be good for the site traffic/community too ...

Just an idea.
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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jul 7th at 9:02pm 2004

? posted by Forceflow
How many webspace do we get for the Snarkpit, Lep ? ... maybe we could host XSI Imagesoft for downloading ... along with the new Hammer & SDK coming out soon (well, that's what we all hope ;-) )

Nobody likes waiting 3 hours in line at fileplanet ... and it would be good for the site traffic/community too ...

Just an idea.

the *taboo* version of hammer is in excess of 300 megs.. it cannot be separated from the game without seriously degrading it..

i took the 1.4 gig file and with the bare minimum (textures and models) it was still more than 300.. that was with only 4 or 5 textures only..

i doubt lep will host it even when its permitted, unless the real editor seriously revamps the file method.

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Posted by Forceflow on Wed Jul 7th at 9:09pm 2004

Well, we could still host the SDK and XSI Imagesoft, no ?
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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Jul 7th at 9:50pm 2004

I never said anything about it erasing maps, where'd you get that crazy idea?

As for VHE for HL2 it doesn't have light previews, that was what they wanted but never got working, some guy from Bloodlines told me.

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Posted by Leperous on Wed Jul 7th at 11:22pm 2004

Well, XSI is only 168mb or so, so when I'm back at uni in October I can upload it, but until then don't think my 56k modem will agree with you We'll see if people use it too, I tried but I can't tell if I'm dense or if it's a really really annoying program to use.





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Posted by Forceflow on Thu Jul 8th at 8:25am 2004

I could upload it to the pit for ya, if you want. I'm on cable, and my Upload limit is capped at 5 gb/month ... so it's no big deal.

I tried XSI myself, but I prefer Gmax, although the presets for models in XSI come in handy. (select type of skin, select height, select hair, select that and that ... whii, I made a fully skinned model )
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Posted by $loth on Thu Jul 8th at 9:06am 2004

? posted by Forceflow
I tried XSI myself, but I prefer Gmax, although the presets for models in XSI come in handy. (select type of skin, select height, select hair, select that and that ... whii, I made a fully skinned model )

There is an art forums you know why not post it there?

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