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Asteric
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2009 22:44
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Hey, i had an idea of making a large guide to 3ds max, covering the basics, and popular tools, modelling techniques, and rendering tips, and compiling them into a document, but before i started, i just wanted to know your views on this, if its a good idea, or if its a complete waste of time, thanks.

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Game maker wannabe
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2009 23:08
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Ye I think it is a good idea.

Maybe a quick summary on what to avoid, while working in 3Ds Max, when making game assets (Mesh smooth?).

Technical terms?

Include the ambient occlusion tutorial by you and Sid from the thread.

Oh, and how to create a biped skeleton from Bones.

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lazerus
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2009 23:18
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make a contents page, it'll help you focus on certain topics,
and an bonus is that way all of us can contribute to the content. Sort of like a tutorial request list.

Really good idea, Ive been hounding around tutorials trying to think a way to en-corporate them together, you beat me to it, eh lazyness gets me know where

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Asteric
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2009 23:26
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Ok, some great ideas there, will get right on it, thanks for the feedback

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Posted: 24th Apr 2009 15:02
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that would be great, even though i use Gmax, but it is pretty similliar! i would love it


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Asteric
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Posted: 24th Apr 2009 18:14
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Yeah, i will put in a gmax section too, just covering the different layout

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Asteric
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Posted: 24th Apr 2009 19:34
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Ok, sorry for double post, but i just got 1 more question before i start, what format would work best for you? Text, pdf?

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Demon Air 3D
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Posted: 24th Apr 2009 23:39
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Pdf.
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Little Bill
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Posted: 25th Apr 2009 00:35
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Me and some guys are currently discussing setting up a game dev wiki. You could always help with the 3DS Max section of the wiki if you like. It would be a lot easier for people to find the info they're after.

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Sid Sinister
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Asteric, I could submit plenty of things I've learned over the last 30 weeks of animation school. I like Little Bills idea of a wiki though.

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Little Bill
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Posted: 25th Apr 2009 13:53
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It's now here: http://mantis3d.com/wiki/

I'm still learning the ins and outs of the wiki as I've never tried to set one up before, so if anyone has any knowledge of mediawiki, then please help.

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Asteric
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Posted: 25th Apr 2009 22:40
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Sid, that would be great if you could, very much appreciated, thanks

And by the looks of it, people favour the wiki idea, so ill opt for that, thanks!

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lucifer 1101
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Posted: 26th Apr 2009 03:25
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if you want i already have media wiki setup for this and have added a little to it already..

if you would like to collaborate on this effort to pull in a whole heap of gaming resources im more than willing to help

and i did also plan to put in pages on different tools used in making games....
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