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February 17, 2017, 03:55:14 PM

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Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
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Does anyone know of a tutorial for making models and textures for Empire at War? I would really like to learn how to do so.

February 20, 2017, 09:21:20 PMReply #1

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Re: Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2017, 09:21:20 PM »
First thing would be making sure you can get a copy of 3DS MAx 6,7,8 or 9. They've stopped selling the program, and it's the only thing that can rig for EaW.
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February 21, 2017, 05:45:31 AMReply #2

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Wait, I can't use blender?

February 21, 2017, 10:01:32 AMReply #3

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Re: Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2017, 10:01:32 AM »
You can model in Blender but to get that finished model into EAW it needs to be rigged in 3DS Max and then exported using a special converter for the games' proprietary model format.
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February 21, 2017, 12:09:55 PMReply #4

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Re: Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2017, 12:09:55 PM »
out of curiosity, where would one find a copy of 3ds max

February 21, 2017, 05:43:50 PMReply #5

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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2017, 05:43:50 PM »
so how do you actually nake the models. I want to learn but have no experience

February 22, 2017, 02:15:17 AMReply #6

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Re: Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2017, 02:15:17 AM »
Do you know which program you intend to use? New versions of Maya and Max (which can't rig for EaW, but the process is similar) are available for anyone with a student email on the Autodesk website, and there's also things like Wings 3D and Blender which are a lot more basic freeware. Wings is probably the simplest, but Maya/Max are industry standard and offer more tools once you know how to take advantage of them.
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February 22, 2017, 04:14:38 PMReply #7

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« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2017, 04:14:38 PM »
3ds max if I can find it.
otherwise blender

February 22, 2017, 05:29:47 PMReply #8

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Re: Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2017, 05:29:47 PM »
Do you have any sort of student email?
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February 22, 2017, 07:27:27 PMReply #9

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i am a high school student

February 23, 2017, 02:40:58 AMReply #10

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Re: Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2017, 02:40:58 AM »
In that case, Blender is probably a good option for now. There's some similarity to 3DS Max/Maya there, and a ton of tutorials: https://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/

The biggest thing I'd say is start small. Pick something pretty simple, give yourself a limit on the number of polygons to use (say, 1500) and try to make a fighter.
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February 23, 2017, 03:14:07 PMReply #11

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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2017, 03:14:07 PM »
Thanks!
If I make anything good, I might put it here

February 23, 2017, 05:27:06 PMReply #12

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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2017, 05:27:06 PM »
I just realized that my brother has a college email, and he is willing to let me use it to sign up for 3ds max. Where could I find tutorials for that?

February 23, 2017, 05:54:41 PMReply #13

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Re: Modeling and Texturing - looking for tutorial
« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2017, 05:54:41 PM »
This is a good place to start even though it's not necessarily program specific, as far as topology goes:

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/how-create-low-poly-3d-models-121310159

The 3DS Max userguide has some decent tutorials, too.

http://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-C99064E7-7E14-4F98-9A41-796BFC5613EF
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February 28, 2017, 04:11:38 PMReply #14

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« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2017, 04:11:38 PM »
Which would you recommend as a starting point, Blender or 3Ds max?

March 01, 2017, 03:54:22 AMReply #15

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« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2017, 03:54:22 AM »
If you're able to, it's better to start with 3DS Max
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