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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: I hate UV mapping. I really hate it. Top tips?
Found this little Gem.

http://www.pullin-shapes.co.uk/page8.htm

Roadkill.

and best od all.

ITS FREE!
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
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Offline Water

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Re: I hate UV mapping. I really hate it. Top tips?
Good to see finally moving to a better unwrapper (Blender source)

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: I hate UV mapping. I really hate it. Top tips?
Small steps.
Small steps. :)
 
 
Current waiting to try the demo of Unfold3d magic pixie version or something.
 
Roadkill is a gem so far. . . . Joo must all try it.
 
What happened to that free app topic that used to be here?
 
I'd stick it in there if I could.
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President of the Scooby Doo Model Appreciation Society
The only good Zod is a dead Zod
NEWGROUNDS COMEDY GOLD, UPDATED DAILY
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Offline Raven2001

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Re: I hate UV mapping. I really hate it. Top tips?
Dekker, you use 3dsMax correct? Why don't you use its Unwrap UVW tool? It does everything that Roadkill app does, and more. :)

Yeah, I know you were waiting for a very nice sig, in which I was quoting some very famous scientist or philosopher... guess what?!? I wont indulge you...

Why, you ask? What, do I look like a Shivan to you?!?


Raven is a god.

 

Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: I hate UV mapping. I really hate it. Top tips?
Truth be told mate, it's just breaking the habit and getting round to using max solely. At the moment I just use it for mirroring occasionally and baking lightmaps.
 
I've been on lithunwrap for nearly a decade and I still find it useful for importing .cobs and exporting .objs.
 
 
Also it can import .pofs ;7
Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

Your friendly Orestes tactical controller.

Secret bomb God.
That one time I got permabanned and got to read who was being bitxhy about me :p....
GO GO DEKKER RANGERSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
President of the Scooby Doo Model Appreciation Society
The only good Zod is a dead Zod
NEWGROUNDS COMEDY GOLD, UPDATED DAILY
http://badges.steamprofile.com/profile/default/steam/76561198011784807.png

  

Offline Raven2001

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Re: I hate UV mapping. I really hate it. Top tips?
Fair enough :)

But I'd strongly recommend you made the effort to start using Max for everything, since you have it. Its a stupidly powerful software, and you have solid tutorials for pretty much everything online. You can also acquire some good plugins as well (polyboost ftw!).

I used lithunwrap and blender when I started modelling. They just don't compare (except the price of course). Its like comparing a porsche with a fiat :P
Yeah, I know you were waiting for a very nice sig, in which I was quoting some very famous scientist or philosopher... guess what?!? I wont indulge you...

Why, you ask? What, do I look like a Shivan to you?!?


Raven is a god.