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3 Dimensional Chat / Level Texturing in 3ds max

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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 20:58
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How should I go about this? Should I UVW unrawp every single wall? I'm pretty good with the whole geometry editing, but I'm baffled as to how I'm going to texture every face correctly. Does every object need to be unwrapped/ uvw mapped? This seems like it could be overwhelming...

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Anvirol
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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 21:12
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uvw map your walls and just apply textures. I wouldn't go unwrapping gamelevel, just 2 much unnecessary work. But of course if you have detailed objects then you better unwrap them but unwrapping some walls are not necessary =)

Of course you better make good use of multi/sub materials and material id:s


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Eternal Darkness
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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 23:10
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If u are trying to texture a level in 3d max 5 u probbly can make the level in 3d max.

so please could u explain this to me
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QuothTheRaven
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Posted: 25th Oct 2003 23:57
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It's not hard at all...but there's no way I can explain all the concepts. If you have AIM mine is DelvarWorld

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Eternal Darkness
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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 10:30
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i'm afraid i dont.

but i do have msn if thats any use.

mybe u could u just tell whats the best way to get started , i been through the tutorial that camewith it and that wasnt much use.
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Tangent
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This is how I do it, when I design in max, and not an editor.

Start with your larger sections of flat walls, subselect them, and planar map them, tile it until it looks like you want it to. Generally a good idea to make variances of the same texture so you can break up the repeat.
Complex objects you'll need to unwrap, if you don't want stretching.
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M00NSHiNE
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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 17:38
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is there a way of storing all the textures in a wad or pak type file?

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Tangent
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Not unless you're using an editor. If you're using max, just use a directory structure, put your textures in a directory, and keep em organized that way.
Naming convertions help too.
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Eternal Darkness
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Posted: 26th Oct 2003 18:35 Edited at: 26th Oct 2003 18:36
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Ok this would probbly work

but what if i wanted to make a city in 3d max , how would i go about doing this
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