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3 Dimensional Chat / Texturing with Rhinoceros 3D v3.0

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Posted: 6th Dec 2003 19:42
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ok i'm more specificly asking this question to those who have used Rhinoceros, i've figured out how to texture the models but i havn't figured out how to scale and map the textures correctly, i've combed the helpfile and havn't found anything. For those who use it, how do you texture the levels? do you use rhino or some other program? any help would be appreciated.


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Posted: 8th Dec 2003 10:30
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Put simply, you can't texture with Rhino. You should use a third party UV mapper like LithUnWrap which still has a free version floating about. I suggest making your model in Rhino, then saving as a .3DS file and loading that into Lithunwrap and texture map it, remembering to allocate the texture map before saving the .3DS (is easier just to set the texture in Rhino and UV map in Lith).


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where can i get a free version of lith unwrap, also, what 3rd party program would you use if you wanted to animate models?

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Firstly, here's that link.
http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=198

Secondly, I recommend CharacterFX, it's fairly cheap (about £30), and is really easy to learn. You'd make your model in Rhino, then texture it in Lith, then load the .3DS model into character FX. You then have to lay out the characters bones, assign the joints to verts, and animate - from there you can export straight to .X for loading into DBPro. It's quite a neat way to work considering the usual runaround most people have when making models for DB.


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Posted: 14th Dec 2003 22:07
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Ok i've downloaded lith, i've played around with it somewhat, but how would i actualy make an entire "level" in rhino and then export and texture it? lith is not quite powerful enough to do that. Thanks for your help sofar Van B.

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I suggest making sorta brushes in Rhino first. Like make a box with good UV mapping on it, make things like pre-mapped cylinders too. Then you make your level in sections. You could have sections of wall and crates etc all as furniture that you import as .3DS.

At the end of the day, Rhino is not ideal for level editing, very few modelling packages are. It is nurbs and being able to subtract geometry is great for level editing, but UV mapping afterwards is a nightmare for large levels - so if you must use rhino, work in in sections and keep track of them and their textures.


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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 21:27
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ok, i'll try to do that, thanks Van B.

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