I need help with 3D Max studio 7

[Matteucci_Res]

Hello,i don't know how attach the plume to the helmet,the helmet is attacched to the bone "head",and if i attach the plume to the head they vanish when i see the unit in the game,i can't attach 2 objects at the same time in 1 bone....

[DisgruntledGoat]

Hello,i don't know how attach the plume to the helmet,the helmet is attacched to the bone "head",and if i attach the plume to the head they vanish when i see the unit in the game,i can't attach 2 objects at the same time in 1 bone....

I think you are doing this wrong. Using the attach button in the mesh editing options? That will mess things up good. What you need to do is once you merge your plume into the scene with your unit go to the pull down menu "GRAPH EDITORS" and select "new schematic." This will bring up a window that has the hierarchy of bones in green and the models in purple. Weapons and shields will be linked to the bones while the body mesh and the plume mesh should be off to the side. Simply grab the plume mesh and drag it by the head bone and it should create a link to that bone. You can close that window and export now.

[Matteucci_Res]

Thank you!,i will try.

[Roman_Man#3]

for M2TW or RTW?

[DisgruntledGoat]

for M2TW or RTW?

Good point, I just assumed that since it was 3dsmax it was RTW since there aren't that many people using 3dsmax with m2 modelling. If its M2 stuff its an entirely different ball game.

[Roman_Man#3]

Well I was more asking so I could find out which forum to move this thread to.

[Matteucci_Res]

I'v done it,but i think i'm doing it bad,after export the model i play with RTW,but i had a crash to desktop,when i load the model the program get an error " for i=1 to numverts do append vertAssign (ReadLong fp)"

what i fail?

[DisgruntledGoat]

I'm not very familiar with the errors from the script or how the script works. So I will give you a quick step by step (with images) on how to add the plume (or any object that does not require a skin modifier). And you can check your steps against mine.

1) Open 3ds max

2) run the cas importer script


3) Go to the utlities tab (the hammer on the far right) and then select the RTW import/export from the Utilities pull down. Select Import and import your model.


4) If you zoom in you should see something like this (obviously your model will be different)


5) Go to the FILE pull down menu and select MERGE


6) This will give you a window from the "scenes" folder where you should have saved your plume from another model. Select your plume model from the list. In this case since I have no plume available I am choosing "##quiver_belt"


7) Another window will pop up giving the name of the mesh file itself, select the name and press okay.


8) Another window will pop up, choose "Use scene material"


9) Your plume should merge with the current scene. Here you can see my quiver/belt combo has merge. You can now place it in the proper position if it isn't already there.


10) Go to the GRAPH EDITORS pull down menu and select NEW SCHEMATIC.


11) You should get a window that looks roughly like this


12) Select the move icon (circled in red) and grab your plume (in this case its called single feather) and move it under the head bone.


13) close this window and you can now export.

[Halie Satanus]

Maybe you could make a copy of the tutorial and add it to the tutorial forum, I think the only one covering this process is Hoggy's which isn't as comprehensive..

[Matteucci_Res]

Thank you very much DisgruntledGoat

[Matteucci_Res]

Hi to all,who could give me some tutorial for 3D max for create totally any helmet,armor becouse i don't know how do it

[Solo1906]

M_R,

Go check the tutorials on TWC WIKI. You might want to download the video tutorials by the professor. It will get you started on the right foot anyway. Theres a ton of other tutorials to be found there as well.