Video Tutorial Series

[pz3 331]

ADMIN UPDATE : THE VIDEOS REFERRED TO IN THIS POST HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM YOUTUBE, HOWEVER COPIES ARE AVAILABLE HERE (DOWNLOAD / VIEWING).

 

Starting modding  tutorials here soon. Let me know what you want to see first. 

 

Video Tutorials Announcement

Getting Started Modding GR

[pz3 331]

NEW UPLOADS

 

Setting up plugins

Weapon Modeling

Optimizing Model 

UV Mapping 01

 

Texturing will be the next tutorial. Followed up by transferring blender models to max 5. Then exporting to Game. 

Edited May 30, 2018 by pz3

[pz3 331]

Should I continue? Anyone?

Edited May 30, 2018 by pz3

[Jack Wachter 320]

Do it. Always up for new content. Modeling videos were nice to watch, but wow I didn't fully realize how much works goes into it. Would be interested in seeing what considerations are needed for character modeling, especially the texturing.

[ApexMods 883]

8 hours ago, pz3 said:

Should I continue? Anyone?

Yes, please. 🙂

[RussiaGhost 39]

Why you can not do everything at once in 5 max?
Blender does not know how to read rsb.
Many things in a blender are much more convenient than in 5 max.
Soon there will be a blender 2.8t many interesting things will be the same.

[RussiaGhost 39]

How do you export the smooth group?
The blender does not have such a function as such.

[pz3 331]

Blender does not use smooth groups at all. There is no work around for that I know of other then carefully modeling to avoid shading issues. Instead I'll be doing smooth groups in 3DSM5 which should only take a moment for this weapon.

 

I'll upload a few more videos here soon. I am finishing up with UV mapping2, texture 1, texture 2, texture 3, and baking. 

After that I'll start working on taking it from blender to 3dsm5, sizing, smoothing, rigging, exporting, scripting, sounds etc...

 

Then I'll be done with this section of the weapon modding for the most part unless I get request. I'll do some kit items later on, or stationary weapons if I can remember the rigging. 

 

Edited May 30, 2018 by pz3

[pz3 331]

RussiaGhost Thanks for pointing that out real quick though. I just realized that might be an issue with baking. I'll find a work around so the bakes come out cleaner.

For anyone wondering what the baking section will be about. It is simply adding Image based lighting to the texture. That way you get more believable coloring and shadows. 

 

 

Edited May 30, 2018 by pz3

[RussiaGhost 39]

what format will you transfer from the blender to 5 3d max?

5 3ds max no read fbx 7.1 as in blender.

fbx 6.1 no good read uv.

i use ounly obj or if i use fbx , i use fbx convertor.

[pz3 331]

I believe I use to use .obj but if not .3ds should work.  When I get to that point I'll test both and figure out which one to use in the tutorial. 

[pz3 331]

NEW UPLOADS

UV Mapping 2

Texturing 01

Texturing 02

Texturing 03

Light Baking (Image Based Lighting)

 

You should end up with results similar to this. Video descriptions have links to required files to follow along.

 

[RussiaGhost 39]

3ds no exported texture in blender.

[pz3 331]

Yes and my obj plugins are freezing in 3d studio max. Seams most are losing coordinates. I last attempted this in blender 2.78 and it worked fine.

 

I'll find a work around give me a couple days. 

Edited May 30, 2018 by pz3

[pz3 331]

NEW UPLOAD

Sending To Max and Scaling

 

*Note* I recorded the whole process, including setting up all mod files, but the recording didn't save past 8 minutes for some reason. Frustrating. I'll do it again in smaller steps in the next couple days. Hopefully there won't be any big issues with recording.

 

Edited June 8, 2018 by pz3

[RussiaGhost 39]

This my settings for export obj in blender.

3d max after closing happens to hang in the processes. I do not know why.

[pz3 331]

Check Keep vertex order. Should work. 

Edited June 8, 2018 by pz3

[RussiaGhost 39]

i all settings set in this file for obj, this job all time in export as default.

blender folder\2.79\scripts\addons\io_scene_obj you can add this file in this path for blender.

__init__.py

[Rocky 1,223]

Dunno how I missed this, really good work on those videos. I'm not a modder - but this is cool stuff.

[pz3 331]

NEW UPLOADS

 

Smoothing Groups

Export to GR

Setting Up Weapon Files

Creating Kit Icons

Creating Weapon Sounds

Setting Up Weapon Sounds

 

If all goes accordingly. You will have a new weapon created. The only remaining thing to do is setup weapon kit restrictions will be coming up in another tutorial as soon as I find some more time to do it.  End result will look similar to this. 

Remember you must adjust the position of the weapon and points to get good hand placement.  Simply move the model and points around as needed. If the model doesn't update export to desktop and replace the file using file explorer. 

*NOTE* Do not move right hand point.

 

Hope you guys enjoy these tutorials.

 

 

Edited June 8, 2018 by pz3

[Rocky 1,223]

This is amazing, I tweeted it out to the masses!

 

[pz3 331]

NEW UPLOADS

Kit Restriction Editing

Replacing Main Menu Backgrounds

 

That is awesome Rocky. Thanks for sharing it. I found a little time to make two more today. More in the future. 

 

 

Also I have quite a few Blender tutorials uploaded on a different you tube account. 

You can check them out here.

Edited June 8, 2018 by pz3

[Jeza 351]

1 hour ago, Rocky said:

This is amazing, I tweeted it out to the masses!

 

Funnily enough someone commented on one of my videos asking for tutorials for modding OGR, naturally I sent them here :)

[wombat50 534]

This is in addition to your Creating Weapon Sounds tutorial.

How to use a .gun file and a calculator to precisely get sustained fire, recoil and three shot audio files for the original Ghost Recon.
https://youtu.be/m2-KdZwvZKg

Edited June 10, 2018 by wombat50

[pz3 331]

Hey Wombat. Did you edit out your video? Im okay with others posting videos here too.