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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: skygunner58203 on August 27, 2009, 11:49:46 am

Title: Well, here i go again...
Post by: skygunner58203 on August 27, 2009, 11:49:46 am
well, after months of crap and issues I have finally fixed my computer.  And made an arwing to boot!  I'm uploading it in cob, dxf, and gmax formats with a bmp texture map.  Unfortunately i still can't get the map to load.  If anyone wants to give it a shot, here are the files.  I must now submit myself to the slavedrivers known as "college professors". *shudders*  i hate calculus.....

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Title: Re: Well, here i go again...
Post by: skygunner58203 on August 27, 2009, 06:05:40 pm
Well i now have an intelligent question....maybe...   Are there any programs that allow you to paint a model directly?
Title: Re: Well, here i go again...
Post by: Akalabeth Angel on August 27, 2009, 06:07:28 pm
hmmmn . . maybe Zbrush?
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Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 27, 2009, 06:24:24 pm
No images?
Title: Re: Well, here i go again...
Post by: skygunner58203 on August 27, 2009, 07:23:09 pm
sorry bout that.  here's a pic for you.  its in gmax.

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Title: Re: Well, here i go again...
Post by: Water on August 27, 2009, 09:15:18 pm
Quote from: skygunner58203 on August 27, 2009, 06:05:40 pm
Well i now have an intelligent question....maybe...   Are there any programs that allow you to paint a model directly?
Blender
Title: Re: Well, here i go again...
Post by: Scooby_Doo on August 27, 2009, 11:01:49 pm
There used to be another program that let you, but never found the results very good.  In the end you will need some form of uvmap.
Title: Re: Well, here i go again...
Post by: skygunner58203 on August 27, 2009, 11:07:16 pm
unfortunately i've neverbeen able to figure the mapping texturing part out.  heck, i think getter robo has helped me out a lot more than i remember.  i'll give blender another shot but i honestly dont know if i'll get it to work.
Title: Re: Well, here i go again...
Post by: Water on August 28, 2009, 12:58:31 am
Possibly your best bet is to use projection painting. In this example they used a Firefly from Serenity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkzLzRIv3XE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkzLzRIv3XE)    But if you can't get your head about unwrapping then it may be of limited use.

The direct paint tools would work best with a tablet, and because it's not organic you will end up using it as base to texture over in photoshop.