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Posted by SuperCobra on Fri Jan 28th at 5:21am 2005

Anyone of u know of one that is good and has lots of tutoirals. NOT XSI.
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Posted by SnarkSephiroth on Fri Jan 28th at 5:30am 2005

MilkShape 3D. Heres a link.

http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ms3d/download.html

Its the top download. Enjoy.

PS. XSI isn't that bad once you get the hang of it.

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Posted by SuperCobra on Fri Jan 28th at 5:32am 2005

Will this work with um HL2?
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Posted by SnarkSephiroth on Fri Jan 28th at 5:34am 2005

Yep. I just don't know all the details. Reno is using it for some of his models.

http://www.snarkpit.com/forums.php?forum=4&topic=3792&6

Check it out.

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Posted by SuperCobra on Fri Jan 28th at 5:39am 2005

Where can I get some tutorials for this thing?
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Posted by SnarkSephiroth on Fri Jan 28th at 5:44am 2005

Go to google and look for some. I've got to go to bed so good luck with the hunting. [addsig]



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Posted by Spartan on Fri Jan 28th at 10:34am 2005

Blender 3D is a wonderful open source modeling program. Here's the link.

http://www.blender3d.com/

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Posted by Mephs on Fri Jan 28th at 10:59am 2005

Blender is great for blender based stuff, but you'd have great difficulty exporting to a format that would work for hl IMO. Still worth learning to use though [addsig]



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Posted by Forceflow on Fri Jan 28th at 3:49pm 2005

As far as I know:

- Gmax also is ?nd very user-friendly, I used to toy around with it, great tutorials too. Exporting to HL2-compatible models is no problemo.

- Blender is quality stuff, but hard to export to HL2.

- Milkshape 3D is kind of basic, I never really got into it.
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Posted by fishy on Fri Jan 28th at 4:33pm 2005

milkshape is only free for 30 days, then it loses its ability to save anything. and as with most modelling progs, it's gonna take you more than 30 days to learn to use it.

one of its best features is the range of model formats that it can import/export, making it ideal for converting models from one game to another. i think it even beats the big guns on that one.

and now that it supports valves vtf texture format, i dont have any reason to learn another editor.

not free, but at less than ?15, it's not far away from free.

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Posted by SaintGreg on Sat Jan 29th at 5:13am 2005

yeah g-max is good.

Maya PLE is decent as very few things are disabled so its really not crippleware. The only annoying things are that the perspective view when switched to shaded has an overlay saying MAYA PLe etc. Damn annoying, but otherwise its a great tool. I believe renders may be limited with the same overlay.

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Posted by SuperCobra on Sat Jan 29th at 6:48am 2005

I just payed 7000$ for Maya 6 Unlimited.
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Posted by Vash on Sat Jan 29th at 7:16am 2005

Cobra, let me say this calmly:

That was kind of f**king stupid.

/runs
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Posted by SuperCobra on Sat Jan 29th at 7:30am 2005

HOW? Vash ??
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Posted by fraggard on Sat Jan 29th at 8:19am 2005

I think he's wondering how intelligent an investment it is that you have just made.

Frankly, so am I.




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Posted by SuperCobra on Sat Jan 29th at 8:12pm 2005

ok well explain my "mistake" to me.
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Posted by ReNo on Sat Jan 29th at 8:17pm 2005

Well generally prices like that are paid by companies who are going to use the software to make a profit. People, most likely such as yourself, who are using the software for personal learning tend to just get pirated / trial versions. I doubt even the developers of said software expect to make many $7000 sales to individuals who aren't using the software as part of a business.

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Posted by Crono on Sat Jan 29th at 8:25pm 2005

Not Alias. Everyone you talk to whose actually bought that program will not help you if your copy is not purchased ... because they spent $7k and you didn't.

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Posted by pepper on Sat Jan 29th at 10:14pm 2005

Isnt it a bit overkill for modeling for Half-Life 2, i dont think you will use all the NURBS ore SPLINES.
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Posted by SaintGreg on Sun Jan 30th at 3:17am 2005

Yeah, either you are one rich dude or you better be using it for something beyond casual map modelling.

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