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3 Dimensional Chat / Looking for a little advice

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GoPostal
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I am just starting to look at 3D games, and I need some advice. I want to do the following:
Make a model
Skin it (is that unwrapping it?)
Export it in a format useable for DBP

How can I do this (with what programs) for the smallest outlay of money possible? I am NOT looking to do very high-end modelling.
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IanG
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Posted: 20th Feb 2005 19:33
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milkshape is worth a look for the modelling and exporting, and lithunwrap for the uv wrapping (skining)

there is always blender - which is free, but you might not like the interface - it's a tad cluttered imo

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Do you do the unwrapping (I assume that is setting how an image file wraps around the model) in lithunwrap?

Is it possible to use gmax instead of milkshape?
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yep skinning is in lithunwrap, what it does is lay the model out in 2d so that you can put an image on it

don't use gmax - if you read the eula it says that you can't sell anything you make, which is a pain, and the fact that it is difficult to export to the .x format or .3ds format, as gmax is made to modify games not make them

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Well, I'm not worried about selling stuff, I don't believe in it. Thanks for the help.
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Ian - how about if you build the basic shapes in gmax then tweak in Milkshape?
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i'd say start a grid of 6x6 and then shaping it to the way you want it to look then extrude outwards to make it 3d (blender does this very easily).


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