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Here's a download link for anyone that wants to give a go at modeling for GRAW. You could use your favorite (freeware) 3D package to model your stuff, export your model into a Max readable format and then install this trial to export it to GRAW's format. 3D Studio Max 7 Trial (30 days)

Thanks! I'll check that out although I wonder if it's worth all the hasttle. I bought my system in the US through Newegg and sending it back and forth might actually be more expensive than just buying a new one...Seagate this time. Never had a problem with Seagate before. It's true about the quality of harddisks these days though. Seems like the race for bigger volumes is at the expense of reliability. It's my own fault though....I always seem to postpone on making backups....till it's too late...

Happy Birthday 2nd Ranger. Have a good one.

Project cancelled due to harddisk crash. Thanks Maxtor!

I used GetDataBack (NTFS) from Runtime Software. I'm trying to format the old disk now but it's crashing my system everytime during formatting. So I guess this harddisk is ready for the bin. Second time in two years that I've bought a Maxtor harddisk and crashes on me. I'm really ###### off now, that I've not just lost my GRAW project but also a complete harddrive, only several months old. No more Maxtor's for me.

Thanks for the help guys. I was able to recover all the files I needed. There were some files that got lost in the process but those were not of any importance to me. I can breathe again EDIT: Damn!...I did lose some stuff I was hoping to recover: my GRAW project, Tank Revisited seems to be in shambles I was looking forward to picking this project up again next week since I'm still off work, but I think it has been lost forever now

Yeah, lighting seems to be off. Looking at the top render (front of the car) the light seems to come from the left, while on the car it's slightly coming from the front-right. Same on the bottom render. Light coming from behind the car (dawn-glow clearly visible), but on the car itself it's coming from the front. After putting the source on the right spot it'll look genuine. Did you use a HDRI on your skylight in these renders? Doesn't seem to be right now. Makes a huge difference

Dito!

That's because everyone's using the bits that came with the game-editor, rather then creating their own content, which makes every map look the same.

Yes. It's a fixed disk with 2 partitions. A primary DOS partition (C:) and an extended DOS partition being logical (D:) No other partitions besides those two on the physical disk. C: is working fine (at least as far as I can tell as it's properly botting). D: isn't reckognized as being formatted, so my assumption is, is that it's a boot-sector thingy. I'm not really keen on using the chkdsk-feature. I think it might be a bit too aggresive to my likings and I really don't want to make a mistake I'll later regret.

RIP...Funky man he was

Not sure why they tell you to set it to 1. when the refraction is set to 1, light passing through the glass pane will move in a straight line, rendering it as if it isn't there, I think. I usually use a setting of 1.33 for regular glass to get a neat distortion effect, without really distorting too much. All depending on what type of glass you want to use ofcourse. They've got some nice tables with indexes on the net, or even in the Max helpfile I believe. Good luck with your project

Glad I could do something back for a change

Glass uses refraction aswell mate. Maybe you forgot to render out that element? BTW: Did you check out Combustion? It's awesome with compositing. Never really tried it before untill I had this Max9 training, just a few days ago. Still need to download the trial, but I'm sure I'm gonna try to get the company I work for, to buy it.

Ahhh! Well that actually makes sense why the headlights aren't showing up: Did you by any chance use that environment map within your environmental reflecting material for your car? If yes, did you by any chance use a "scene reflective material"for your headlights? If thát's the case, than it rather simple...when compositing, the reflection on the body of the car are taken from a seperate file (being the environment HDRI). The headlights however are rendered using the reflecting properties of the entire scene. When you're compostiting, the rest isn't rendered, leaving your (reflecting

Looking at the headlights: What kind of material is it? translucent glass? Is there a texture on it? Seems like it's reflecting in the crease underneath the lights although the lights itself don't show it.

Here ya go: http://www.hdrimaps.com/downloads.html http://www.aversis.be/extra_hdri/app_hallway.htmhttp://www.digitalin.fr/index.php?page=goodies http://hdri.3dweave.com/library/ http://www.evermotion.org...e=84&unfold=exclusive http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac...ch/graphics/PICS/envmaps/ http://www.clarac.net/nataz/hdr.html http://www.3dvalley.com/textures.shtml http://www.lightworks-use...ollection/realtexture.htm http://www.hello-napalm.com/hdri.html Would that be enough? BTW: did you try rendering your car with a HDRI inside your skylight as lightdistributor? With radiosity

I've heard some good stuff about Winternals aswell. I haven't checked their prices though. Will take that one into conscideration aswell. Thanks!

Thanks guys. I'll check out all of them links. I haven't saved anything on the partition after the crash...simply couldn't if I wanted to. My system now tells me that that partition isn't formated, so it's probably the bootsector that's wiped out, rather then the entire disk. Fingers crossed.

If freeware does the job then that's ok. But if retail is better, I'll get it.

One partition of my hardrive crashed and has become unreadable. Does anyone know reliable software to get most of my data off the drive. Most of my 3D work and mod-stuff is on it and it would be a shame to lose it. Thanks in advance.

Nice job guys. WSV looks great in a white costume

Merry X-mas! (ah...the 3 year old link still works!)

I love your dedication Rave. You're gettting stuck pretty much every day, unleashing your frustration and turning your back on modding, only to find you back a day later with a new project Keep it up dude, you'll get there....

I believe Bo got fed up with some people here (and on other sites) and their remarks. He came back once but I doubt he'll be back again. Shame really.