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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Riven on November 12, 2002, 10:42:58 am

Title: n00b's Guide to Max 5?
Post by: Riven on November 12, 2002, 10:42:58 am

Anyone know where i can find a very easy guide for the absolute basics for 3ds Max 5. Things like what all the buttons do etc...

I would like a guide that is recommended by someone so that i know it is easy to follow rather than searching in google and spending ages trying one because it's incomprehensive.

Title: Re: n00b's Guide to Max 5?
Post by: mikhael on November 12, 2002, 11:11:37 am

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Originally posted by Riven
Anyone know where i can find a very easy guide for the absolute basics for 3ds Max 5. Things like what all the buttons do etc...

I would like a guide that is recommended by someone so that i know it is easy to follow rather than searching in google and spending ages trying one because it's incomprehensive.

If its anything like Lightwave, the manual that came in the box is damned handy. :D

Title: n00b's Guide to Max 5?
Post by: Riven on November 12, 2002, 12:07:32 pm

before you go accusing me of warez, it is a demo version so :ha:

Title: n00b's Guide to Max 5?
Post by: mikhael on November 12, 2002, 12:19:36 pm

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Originally posted by Riven
before you go accusing me of warez, it is a demo version so :ha:

No one is flinging accusations. Just pointing that the manual often has exactly what you're after.

Did you try 3dcafe or Flay.com?

Title: n00b's Guide to Max 5?
Post by: Ryx on November 12, 2002, 12:39:18 pm

Well, the differences between The MAX4 and 5 seem cosmetic at most to me. I find that I can do a tut for MAX 4 with no problem.

The tutorials that came with MAX and the User reference (that's the help file. You know, press F1) should get you started easily enough.
If not...
@polycount (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~polycount/ubb/Forum8/HTML/000644.html?00040).

@cgtalk (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=21263)

Title: n00b's Guide to Max 5?
Post by: Galemp on November 12, 2002, 02:44:32 pm

I have the same problem... it's the school's version of Max so I get a nag screen every time I load it up telling me it's not for commercial use :mad: and we don't get a manual.

Title: n00b's Guide to Max 5?
Post by: Ryx on November 12, 2002, 03:06:58 pm

How about this (http://www.planetquake.com/q3empire/data/tutorials/modeling/basic_box/basic_box.htm). It's for MAX 3.1, but should be an ok walkthorugh.

I'll see if I can something better.

Edit:
Here's another one (http://12.39.150.71/tutorials.asp?id=54&mode=Display&name=Max%2BBasics&ct=Miscellaneous&author=Andy&email=aznandy%40excite%2Ecom&url=hala%2Epyar%2Ecom). It's for MAX 2.5.

Again things are slightly (sometimes more so) different in newer versions, but generally...