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Old 06-05-2008, 09:46 PM
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Really nice and informative tutorial Richardo... Was that the $3500.00 version of 3ds ? /phew
I didn't pay a dime for any of my software. Although my methods for obtaining this software aren't the most ethically correct.

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PS: your OZ 8.3 seems to run nice.. mine doesnt (older versions are better).. should i just redownload it or somethin? or is it my OS/machine?
I recently reinstalled. Currently I am running Windows XP 32-Bit. My hardware follows:

AMD Athlon X2 6000+ (Dual-Core 3ghz)
2GB Corsaire DDR2
500GB Sata HD
Geforce 8500 GT 512MB
Crappy ECS MotherBoard
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It might run bad if you haven't applied the dualcore hotfix for windows (if you have a dualcore.).
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Old 06-06-2008, 12:11 AM
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I did try 3Dstudio, even had an employee discount version, but hated it so much and never got very good at it.

Soo, eventually tried truespace 7, bought my copy and vray and it's been great since. Actually I am waiting for my 7.x version updgrade eagerly..

I do have tonnes of models made with it, but have'nt had the time to make more custom zones.

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Old 06-06-2008, 09:48 AM
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awesome tutorial I look forward to seeing how to add water and buildings in 3ds max... Ive just been using OpenZone to do all that and well its not that great...

Great work Richardo
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Old 06-06-2008, 04:44 PM
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yeah well, I made a tutorial how to export world of warcraft models.. map the textures and import these models into your zone. It's fun to do this considering we don't always have tons of time to create and map our own textures. (Usually I do, but sometimes I don't.) Ofcourse I don't encourage illegally distributing the files but to envoke creativity, I will show you how to do it.

(Edit: I won't be posting it so don't ask for it here.)

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Old 06-06-2008, 11:36 PM
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you may want to show that in another section of forums such as off topic as WCs dream of openzone is for people to use their own imagination and no legally owned property to make their zones.
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Old 06-06-2008, 11:48 PM
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and yet HE made it to import zones from another game (quake3) this is no different
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Old 06-07-2008, 12:48 AM
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Yeah well Quake 3 importer is actually for zones not endorsed by Quake 3. Don't start importing official Q3 Maps. I don't plan to post that tutorial actually Sak so don't worry. It's only for those who ask for it outside of eqemu. Last thing eqemu needs is to be in the firing range of Blizzard.

Honestly, the only reason I invite people to view wow models honestly is so they can use the ideas from Warcraft for their own. Export the model, take a look at it and use it as reference. Warcraft has top notch modelers and even better structured models. Low-Poly modeling isn't just about extruding, welding and using smooth groups. It's about precision and perfect optimization that you can use a large quantity of your models in one area and not lag the crap out of the clients. I highly suggest you look at the bare-bone of each model and see how it's made in order to make yourself a better modeler. I'm going to show them next how to make water/lava/ice in 3ds max in the terrain tutorial. Then after that, i'll show them how to mask .dds files to make tree models/trails on their terrain + add more texture detail on their terrain like the following picture below:


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