Modeling Tutorials

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Modeling Tutorials:
http://www.poopinmymouth.com/tutorial/tutorial.htm - Extensive tutorial collect, some with video
http://chumbalum.swissquake.ch/ms3d/tutorials.html - Milkshape3D Official Tutorials
http://www.3dtotal.com/ - Tutorials for various modeling programs
http://www.moddb.com/tutorials/milkshap ... ndamentals - ModDB Milkshape3D Fundamentals

Specific Task Tutorials:
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/vbart ... ticleid=38 - Unwrapping in 3dsMax ver 6+
http://www.monkeydid.co.uk/RigCode/Page01.html - Advanced Rigging in 3dsMax
http://www.monkeydid.co.uk/AOtut/BakingAO.html - High to Low Ambient Occulusion in 3dsMax 6+
http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20061 ... a_01.shtml - Seamless textures in 3dsMax
http://solentgamers.com/files/setting_u ... er_136.jpg - Finding proper poly counts in 3dsMax
http://www.hl-improvement.com/forums/in ... pic=9069.0 - Rigging with Milkshape3D

Photoshop Tutorials: (skinning)
http://www.pslover.com/

Useful Tools:
Jed's HLMV (model viewer)
GUI StudioMDL (Win32 Gui wrapper for the Half-Life model compiler)
Latest StudioMDL (good for large models)

Base Modeling Porgrams:
3ds Max Trial Download (Latest)
3ds Max Trial Download (Version 7)
Milkshape3D & SDK Trial Download
Maya Personal Learning Edition

If someone has other useful links they would suggest, please post them here, and I'll add them to the top post. I don't do modeling, so I'm not a good source for this stuff.
 

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Now I have to ditch milkshape and get max... >.<.
 

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It does, you just need to read the instructions ;)

Its been in max since version2
 

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Ok, looks like they took it out of max 9, and changed it...

"7"

you can also right clcik the viewport name, go into preferences, statistics and set the parameters you would like to view. I have experienced viewport slowdowns with the statistics on, so make sure you toggle it off if you experience the same slowdown.

So I guess you have to press 7 ;) I need to get max 9 now I guess
 

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Gaz said:
"7"

you can also right clcik the viewport name, go into preferences, statistics and set the parameters you would like to view. I have experienced viewport slowdowns with the statistics on, so make sure you toggle it off if you experience the same slowdown.

thats been in since max6, they just updated it in 9 with more info.
 

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Yeah, no where near as good as ole polycounter
 

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Gaz said:
Ok, looks like they took it out of max 9, and changed it...

"7"

you can also right clcik the viewport name, go into preferences, statistics and set the parameters you would like to view. I have experienced viewport slowdowns with the statistics on, so make sure you toggle it off if you experience the same slowdown.

So I guess you have to press 7 ;) I need to get max 9 now I guess

Ja, thats what I've been using. But zomg Gaz was wrong about something :oldshock:
 

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[FSM]The Owneded said:
Gaz said:
Ok, looks like they took it out of max 9, and changed it...

"7"

you can also right clcik the viewport name, go into preferences, statistics and set the parameters you would like to view. I have experienced viewport slowdowns with the statistics on, so make sure you toggle it off if you experience the same slowdown.

So I guess you have to press 7 ;) I need to get max 9 now I guess

Ja, thats what I've been using. But zomg Gaz was wrong about something :oldshock:

I wasnt wrong :p Just different in max 9, and Ive yet to use that version.
 

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No, I was right, just not for you, who was using max9 :p So Yes I was wrong, but 100% right as well :p
 

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Hello everyone, I've decided to actually try and learn to model now, but I can't find any tutorials on how to start. I'm planning to use 3DSMAX Version 9 for modeling so if you having any experience and can help me, please help.
 
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