Any modeling tutorial?

Versus · Post by **Versus** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:22 pm

I'm thinking about making some models but I don't know how to convert and where to put, I already read some things on the wiki but I don't know how to get the .mod file, can anyone help me?

When I put my bike model(.ase) on the right place, it shows up a strage message when I try to run the game.

Versus · Post by **Versus** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:38 pm

Ok, now I've found the right pleace(the moviepack folder), but my model doesn't shows up how it should:

Se? there are some black points and some parts of the model are invisible, what can I do to fix it?

Lackadaisical · Post by **Lackadaisical** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 6:03 pm

Did you make sure all the normals are pointed outwards? I'm pretty much a modelling noob myself, but changing the normals (ctrl+n in blender) fixed it for the model I was working on.

Versus · Post by **Versus** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:32 pm

Damn, I use 3ds max, do you know how can I do it with 3ds max?

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:00 am

In the moviepack type cycle (no rotating wheels), you can directy use 3dsmax's .ase export models.

Lackadaisical · Post by **Lackadaisical** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:16 am

Erm.. sorry, no, blender is the only 3d program I've used.. maybe google can help you further?

Versus · Post by **Versus** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:54 pm

Z-Man wrote:In the moviepack type cycle (no rotating wheels), you can directy use 3dsmax's .ase export models.

Yeah, I did it, but I still have this problem.
Now I kinda "grouped" the model using boolean and the black points are gone, but some parts of it are invisible, take a look:

You can see that some of the invisible parts are like the wheel parts.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:02 pm

Post your model here, perhaps? Apart from the hint about normals, I wouldn't know anything else without seeing the model itself.

Versus · Post by **Versus** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:40 pm

Here:

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:55 pm

I think he meant the files that you give to Arma, not a screenshot of a wireframe rendering. That wireframe doesn't give much information.

Wait, what does lighting do? Arma sets rather strong (clipping) diffuse and specular components that can't reach the bottom part of a model, but what about ambient? That's black by default. It's not too apparent with the default low-poly model with per-vertex lighting, but with high-poly models a distinctly black area could show up like here.