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Best 4 Minutes tutorial
GKABS posted a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Best 4 Minutes tutorial creating and texturing curved roads (Or Runway) in 3ds max -
Got some free 3ds .max files...
Viper63a posted a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - General Discussion
Hey, I read somewhere we can turn 3ds max files into something usable in SF2...I got some freeware downloads of some interesting crafts...so now what do/can I do with these? =V= -
Mesh Planes and Constant Texture "Brightness"
swambast posted a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Hi guys, question primarily intended for 3ds max users/modelers but feel free to contribute if you have an idea! Assume we have an x-plane with a texture applied (two simple intersecting planes). The game by default does not render shadowing nor catch shadowing using the plane primitives. Also, depending on the lighting angle - one side of the plane’s texture may be “bright” while the other plane’s texture is dark. Is there some way to apply a texture to the planes so that the texture “brightness” remains constant regardless of lighting? -
So yeah, on the A-37B dragonfly there is a large "whip" type antenna that is straight when the plane is stationary but is bent backwards as the speed increases, I guess I could animate this with vertex animations and assign it to some kind of function (automatic highlift device or?). Any idea on how to set it up? Ideally I want the antenna to animate smoothly from 0 to maximum speed but it would be okay if the antenna bends backwards at some preset speed like 50kts. Thanks! -
Ship Building Help!
Steve T posted a topic in Thirdwire: Strike Fighters 2 Series - Mods & Skinning Discussion
Can anyone please tell me how to get the Naval object I've built to sit "in" the water rather than on top of it in game? I've tried moving the pivot point in Max and various ini edits but nothing seems to work. Probably something pretty simple I'm mising... Thanks. PS It's a stationary bouy-type thing, so not sure if not having engine and movement stuff in the data.ini makes any differrence? -
All, since I got tired of waiting/begging for 3d modeling help and decided to pick up some basic modeling skills myself, I ran into one strange problem that caused me to go bonkers for a while. PROBLEM I couldn't get a certain part of my mesh model to cast a shadow, while the other parts did. SOLUTION Long-story short, I ended up solving the problem by making sure in 3DS Max under the "Shader Basic Parameters" roll-out the "2-sided" checkbox option was NOT checked. (And yes I already know 2-sided parameters in general are not recommended, but in some cases they are needed/practical). Just thought I'd pass this along in case it could help anyone else out in the future.
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Soo... I am working on the TMF Mirage F.1 and for some reason max would not open the texture files / show them in the original files so I had to make a blank scene and import the model by the merge function and redo the materials. Now, for some reason, the material glitches occasionally very badly, like so: This mostly occurs when there are effects present like flak bursts or afterburner. Is there some problem with my 3ds max materials?
