JTF-2 Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 WOW! they all look really great Argyll (as usual) i think you need to add a "smooth" modifier to that .chr with the earpiece... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avey Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Yeah, you rock Argyll. I ain't saying your CAG mod was rubbish but you've definitely got better since then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 23, 2003 Author Share Posted July 23, 2003 (edited) Well the smooth modifier does nothing great on the cuba chrs,I've tried but they are just too square looking!! Ok forget that last I just tried it under smooth it went a bit distorted then I applied smooth again on the 1 button!! Edited July 23, 2003 by Argyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Commando Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Looks a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoT Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Ahhh Yeaaaaa!!! Home Sweet Home Baby! To make a long story short, I am now on a Mac... I switched over from PC, and the one and only thing I missed ever since was 3DS Max... I got a program called Virtual PC, and installed a copy of Windows XP on it and I just installed 3DS Max... my life is good again... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 (edited) Something is going very very wrong,all my chrs are crashing the game! sometimes the chr shows up in the window deformed,then I go back a step and ..........bang,been trying for 3 hrs now on the one chr,and I don't know if its my maxfiles,Ghost recon or what,or 3D Max itself.............agh!!!!!!! Textures are also all jumbled up!Not looking too good guys! Edited July 24, 2003 by Argyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Commando Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Well that's just disconcerting. No clue what it could be. Are the models you're using newly export or just reskinned old ones? Maybe you can have Chems try and export them for you and eliminate one of the possibilities. I hope you get it resolved soon, you really made a helluva lot of progress today and i'd hate to see it all for naught. I think this mod of yours is the one I'm most anticipating yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Well can somebody explain this ? His face and arms are transparent!! SC no disrespect to Chems here but I'd rather keep my maxfiles private for the time being!I do trust him honestly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasniper Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 can't help with whats gone wrong but it looks cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Commando Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 I have no clue, never seen that happen before. Maybe you've got something tagged wrong or different export settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Well SC I pulled the same guy,if you notice the guy is the old sweat from the SOF mod minus the baseball cap and reboned and skinned him again but it still appears translucent...............I need to go away and think about this,as I've come too far to say stuff it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 I've tried to export a previous chr,and its crashing,I think its a max problem,looks like I'm done modding for a while,I'll need to reinstall! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoT Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Well.... thats really messed up! All the models were looking great, and I doubt its a Max problem... try doing this CK, put the model there, but leave the texture out, so basically when you try to play with that character, the skin is going to be all white, then see if the arms and head is still translucent, if it's not, means it's a skin problem, not the models fault. After all this I have gone through, you cant let go now man! I am 3/4 done making the model for "Beryl", then comes texturing, so you CANNOT give up now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcinko Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Lemme take a look tomorrow? when i get my new pc i will be unstoppable!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Commando Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Hopefully the re-install'll fix it. I used to have to do the same to Win98 all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Ok heres the update guys It seems that the base max files that I used from the SOF mod were causing the crash,so I have had to start from scratch on the chr building again,however I have a stock maxfile for the GROM and it's just a case of adding all the boonies ,helmets etc,so far the 5 that I've redone are all fine! I'm not sure what the transparency thing was,I'm sure it was to do with the smooth option,however ,all is well again and back in business,my wife thinks I slept on the sofa last night...........shhhhh!Little does she know!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 I was gonna say, you sure you didnt accidently set the properties of the head to see through in max? Cause that would explain why onlt the head and bare arms had the problem. Or even did you accidently set an alpha channel up on the face texture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avey Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 ,my wife thinks I slept on the sofa last night...........shhhhh!Little does she know!! Way to go Argyll you little teenage punk staying up all hours :punk: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 (edited) Nah Chems as I used a case model from the SOF mod,and he came out fine! Weird as hell!! Besides that I don't know how to set transparencies!!!!!!! Avey.................I'm a 40 year old punk Edited July 24, 2003 by Argyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyll Posted July 24, 2003 Author Share Posted July 24, 2003 Ok I think I may have found the problem!! When I created the skins as a jpeg in Photoshop,when I went to save them as an .rsb extension,I had 3 different options of them!I think I saved them as an R8G8B8(which is 24 bit!!),and I think they have to be saved as R5G6B5(which is 8 bit)!!.........this is what happens when you become careless and tired!!...........so to all you modders out there,don't over do it................rest up from time to time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoT Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Sweet news to see that you're back in business bro, yeah, last night I was working on the Beryl, I went to sleep at 1, but I had such a damn urge not to go to sleep unti;;. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBlakeness (HotPants) Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 yeah mesh smoothing wouldnt cause a texture transparency. that is alpha related. a couple of suggestions...for starters I wouldnt save your textures as jpegs...that raises compression which sacrifices quality. For me I use psds so that I can access the layers easily and then save as a .rsb. I also just got deeppaint which I found requires .bmp files. I'll have to look into that. next...one of your models could use some mapping work around the collar and armpits...it was the model where you applied the smoothing to the arms. Last...im sure you know this but if your getting crashing in game you can check the ike file to see whats causing it. Im available on msn if you ever want to chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Commando Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Figures it was something small that got overlooked. Super glad things are back on track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoT Posted July 24, 2003 Share Posted July 24, 2003 Figures it was something small that got overlooked... Yeah... small things like that are really annoying, you never rememmber them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoT Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 Yo CK, Im done with the Beryl model, I shall now proceed wirh texturing... well not now, now Im going to finish cigarette and go to sleep, but tomorrow when I get a chance Ill finish it and export it into GR. Then it's al yours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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