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Posted by GrandMasterLee on Fri Nov 19th at 11:29pm 2004

I read somewhere that a limited edition of softimage was going to be included in the SDK for HL2 stuff specifically. Does anyone know about this or can confirm if this is the case? I just can't remember and don't wanna get my hopes up too high.

--The GrandMaster




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Posted by Quaver on Fri Nov 19th at 11:47pm 2004

Theres a link to the softimage site in the source sdk in steam, can download it there.

EDIT: Marked this as a correct answer - ReNo
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Posted by fishy on Fri Nov 19th at 11:58pm 2004

It was released ages ago, but IMO, isn't very friendly.

Like spending hours on the tut that shows you how to set up custom toolbars to clone objects. Nothing simple like ctrl+d to duplicate your selection and dragging it to somewhere else. Not for XSI, oh no, you need to make tools like this yourself from various menus. I followed it carefully, taking my time to soak in as much as I could, only to find out at the end of it, the free version doesn't let you save anything. No setting, workspace layout, custom anythings,........

That pissed me off enough not to have opened it since.

http://collective.valve-erc.com/index.php?area=browse&look_in_items=articles%20and%20news&game=SOFTIMAGE|XSI%20EXP

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Posted by Forceflow on Sat Nov 20th at 2:18am 2004

And this thing only works well on resolutions higher than 1024*


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Posted by fishy on Sat Nov 20th at 3:18am 2004

i'd also recommend a duel screen setup, so that you can use xsi one and have the tuts on the other. trying to have them both on the same screen would be a nightmare. [addsig]



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Posted by Agent Smith on Sat Nov 20th at 3:26am 2004

I can't run the damned thing in anything less than the highest resolution available on my PC, which is 1280x1024. The labels are so tiny I can't read them!

Bring back milkshape3D I say.





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Posted by GrandMasterLee on Sat Nov 20th at 3:27am 2004

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i'd also recommend a duel screen setup, so that you can use xsi one and have the tuts on the other. trying to have them both on the same screen would be a nightmare.


So, what about 3dsmax for free? or *really really* cheap? I've done a lot in that.

--The GrandMaster




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Posted by Nanodeath on Sat Nov 20th at 4:14am 2004

Well, there's gmax...bound to be someone making an exporty script for that thing, right? Or at least after the full SDK comes out.




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