I'm a n00b - get me outa here

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #1

i consider myself a good mapper but i wana start moddling, all the tutotials tellling me how to do stuff is good but id like tips from people who can actually moddle like, what program should i use etc…

hense the title

(No1_sonuk) #2

Milkshape has a 30-day trial, then costs something like 20 Dollars to register. It’s capable of importing and exporting a lot of game model formats. It WON’T do MDS, MDM, or MDX (The RtCW and ET player model formats), but it will happily do MD3.
http://www.milkshape.co.uk
There’s a good starter tutorial at http://www.paposo.com

The other option (and, IIRC, free) is GMax with the MD3 plugins. I don’t know if GMax can be used for player modelling.

3DS Max is too expensive to get legally.

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #3

what programs can i get that are free?

(No1_sonuk) #4

GMax

(chavo_one) #5

The nice think about GMax, is that if you ever do get 3dsMax, your time learning GMax will not be wasted because the two are very similar when it comes to modeling for games. When I was just getting into modeling I made the choice of milkshape over GMax. I learned how to make some decent models with milkshape, and it is a great program. But when I got a chance to use 3dsMax, I was back to step 1.

BTW, the skelout plugin used for making player models doesn’t work with GMax or versions of 3dsMax newer than 4.

(No1_sonuk) #6

D’OH!!!

(Fusen) #7

every piece of software can be “made free” ;X

(Ragnar_40k) #8

You can get your free CD-keys here: BSA. Just e-mail them with your wishes.

Oops, I forgot to set the <irony>-tags.

(=DaRk=CrAzY-NuTTeR) #9

ok, ill have a look, thanks for the tips there all appriciated but im yet to figure what ragnar_40k means?