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Modding and game content creation => Mods => Topic started by: jjejj87 on 6 August 2004, 14:59:11

Title: Can somebody tell me...
Post by: jjejj87 on 6 August 2004, 14:59:11

Hi guyz...I'm trying to start 3d modeling for Glest (For My Game...)
and 3ds max or CAD seems a bit hard for me...
so I was wondering if anyone can suggest an easy modeler that is okay for glest AND is free...(3ds Max is so expensive!)
Thanx...

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 6 August 2004, 20:33:12

whoever said you had to "pay" for 3DS Max? I doubt that half of the Max users actually bought max for such a high price. I can garauntee you could find it at a computer pawn shop for a fraction of the price. Also, 3ds Max isnt too hard once you get accustomed to where all the features are located.

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Post by: tucho on 8 August 2004, 19:10:17

The export plugin of Glest is only for 3ds max. If you want make your models in another software,  make sure you can export your models to 3ds max so that you can use the Glest export plugin.

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Post by: jjejj87 on 9 August 2004, 10:41:32

Can somebody tell me where I can get a descent modelling tutorials?

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Post by: Mandrill on 9 August 2004, 11:48:14

For 3D modelling basics:

http://www.3dbuzz.com/ (http://www.3dbuzz.com/)

These guys have some of the best tutorials and they're free. They are handed out on a points basis earned by getting involved in the community, but thats a small price to pay IMO :)

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Post by: tucho on 9 August 2004, 15:14:36

In this tutorial: http://www.3dkingdom.org/modules.php?op ... =0&thold=0 (http://www.3dkingdom.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=341&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0)  
you learn how to model, texture and animate a low poly character. This tutorial was very useful for me when I began to make the Glest characters

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 9 August 2004, 20:37:36

Are you saying that you were a beginner when you first joined Glest? I would have thought you had previous experience.

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Post by: jjejj87 on 10 August 2004, 05:43:39

Thanks guys...it helped me a lot!
(i mean it.) by the way, does anybody know an engine called
xion?

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Post by: tucho on 10 August 2004, 21:16:58

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Are you saying that you were a beginner when you first joined Glest? I would have thought you had previous experience.

When I joined the Glest team, I was going to make the concept art, I had a few knowledge of 3D but my first occupation were the drawings; for this reason when I began to make the models for the game I had to search for some information about the modelling, texturing and animation techniques.

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 10 August 2004, 21:17:52

who was the 3D artist before you?

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Post by: tucho on 10 August 2004, 22:28:46

Marcos Caruncho, he is the author of the models of buildings that are in the game at the moment, you can see him in the credits page. In the first versions the unit models were made by Martin-o.

(http://http://club.telepolis.com/two/13.jpeg)

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 11 August 2004, 01:06:08

what about the newer castle model?

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Post by: enveloop on 11 August 2004, 01:18:20

That one was made by Tucho, based on the one which Marcos made; Tucho will make a new one for v1.0.

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 11 August 2004, 01:40:39

what is the expected release for 1.0? Just give me a wild guess.

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Post by: enveloop on 11 August 2004, 14:44:11

It must be finished by the first week of september.

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 11 August 2004, 23:20:51

Have you thought about adding a video feature to show in between missions (like a victory movie) that is of course if it will have missions

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Post by: enveloop on 12 August 2004, 01:00:42

mmm... good idea, but for now we don´t have missions and tucho is working overnight to finish the buildings... he´s working on some renders for the still screens when loading the game and after playing, but more than that... anyway, nice suggestion :)

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 12 August 2004, 01:30:50

Because you say it's a good idea, does that mean it will be put at the top of the wishlist? I think adding a short video in between each mission would be awesome (perhaps showing a a dragon fly over the castle after beating the dragon mission) If I could be sure it was going to be implemented I would start rendering some animations right now for my game. One question, what texture color will show up transparent in Glest? Black doesn't turn transparent.

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Post by: tucho on 13 August 2004, 02:57:27

in order to include the team color in your models you must save the texture in tga format; this format can save the transparency of the image; the transparent areas of the image have the team color while in game; you must also write CustomTexture=True in the user properties of 3ds max (click left button with your model selected, properties---> user properties).

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 13 August 2004, 03:14:10

when you say "transparent areas of the image" what color do you mean by "transparent"

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Post by: StrikerShot21 on 13 August 2004, 04:34:51

that is a very good example. It looks like I am going to have to reinstall photoshop.