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 Sep 10 2004, 05:33 PM
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Member [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 10-September 04 Member No.: 451  |
Don't want to drop a cool grand on a modelling program just to do some hobbyist work? Try one of these:
http://www4.discreet.com/gmax/ Neutered version of 3DSMax http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ Milkshape |
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Sep 10 2004, 06:26 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 208 Joined: 6-September 04 From: England Member No.: 315 |
POV-RAY is a great one, many people use it now, it can create great graphics.
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Sep 15 2004, 01:48 AM
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Member [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 12-September 04 Member No.: 513 |
Nice, I use milkshape to make cs skins. Pretty cool.
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Oct 2 2004, 04:15 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 2-October 04 Member No.: 1,000 |
try to download from emule
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Dec 11 2004, 03:32 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 11-December 04 From: Colorado, USA Member No.: 1,700 |
There's one free 3D Program that I found called Anim8or. Even though it is still in beta, it is quite promising in feature and ease of use. It allows 3d modeling, but no rendering yet.
But if you want a cheaper 3d modeling software that has similar features as maya, and that's under $300.00 (or so I think), then there is one program called gameSPACE. |
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Dec 22 2004, 10:07 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 18-December 04 Member No.: 1,796 |
I use gmax for modelin units in a game. Its really good and easy to use. I tried that mil thing but it was hard.
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Dec 22 2004, 05:56 PM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 692 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 1,523 |
The program you guys are looking for, in terms of power and features and cost($0) is Blender3d. It has tons of tutorials and documentation, and it runs on every single OS that you are probably using, Linux, Windows, and Mac.
http://www.blender3d.com/ I intend to learn it myself sometime in the future. |
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Dec 24 2004, 01:01 AM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 20-November 04 Member No.: 1,441 |
Wow! I didn't think there would be any free 3d modelers! I'll check these out. Thanks a ton for the links.
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Dec 24 2004, 02:27 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 692 Joined: 25-November 04 Member No.: 1,523 |
No problem. Once you find a program you like, I suggest you get on IRC(a chat medium). There are lots of people and groups on IRC that are dedicated to these programs and have people that will help you out in trying to learn/perfect your skills using these programs.
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Jan 12 2005, 07:34 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 9-January 05 From: Kansas Member No.: 2,062 |
Blender is amazing, it's great and open source now. I remember when it was going open source and they needed donations. Some friends of mine and I were checking the site daily. Blender is extremely powerful for a free 3D modeler, and it doesn't have crippled or no rendering like gmax. The only difficult part about it is the interface, which once you get used to it, it seems a lot more efficient than some other programs. You just keep one hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse. I also enjoy using POVRAY, since I'm a programmer it's kind of neat to write a script to make the scene.
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