What can you do with 3Ds Max?

[mailbox]

What things can you do to Halo 2 with 3Ds Max? Is it possible to make new maps? what else can u do?

[Metal Millitia]

You can rip things out, put them in other games (lame), or just render them in 3ds max.
Cant make new maps.
Nothing else.

[mailbox]

How can you get halo 2 objects in 3Ds Max so that you can render them? Edited: Instead of 3Ds Max (to exspensive!), can you render the items from halo 2 with GMAX?

[donuthole1010]

yes

[mailbox]

ok, How? lol I really would like to know!

[donuthole1010]

well if you have adi2 then you have all you need except for the maps. in adi2 you can export the models in the [mode] tag. to do this you need to click the thing that appears at the bottom when you click on a model tag. if you dont see this icon, then do the following. go into your adi root directory. then go to the libraries folder. in that folder see if you have the file "modellib.dll". if you do, great. if not do the following. download this and put it in the libraries folder(unrar first). and now that you have the modellib.dll in the libraries folder open the list.ini in either notepad or wordpad. and add the line "modellib.dll" and then save and close. now open adi2 back up and open the map you want to export from. then click the model that you want to export. now click on the house icon that appears at the bottom right. and now check wavefront obj and click export. now you are done exporting the model! good for you, now settle down your still not done. go into your 3d modeling program and click file->import and then select wavefront obj as the filetype and then browse to the folder you saved your model(s) to. once you are in that folder import everything ending in ".5". this .5 at the end means that that model is the highest level of detail. once you have that done SAVE. then go back into adi and extract all of the bitmaps for the model you extracted and then apply them in your 3d program. (they should automatically fit onto it) then you are ready to go.

note:you may have to attach the models together for the bitmaps to work right.

if you have any questions or problems with anything please feel free to PM me or contact me on AIM. or just post, that will work too.

edit: thank you to narker for pointing out that gmax doesnt render and you need Yafray.

[Alexander]

...Gmax doesn't render, it needs Yafray, which you didn't mention. -_-

[donuthole1010]

sorry i have never used gmax before i just bought 3ds max 7 and i think its worth the money!!!

ill edit my post to incorperate your post.

[Alexander]

You didn't fucking buy it. Only people serious about it (as in professionally educated, Veegie, and the ones who format there hard drive and use someone else's internet to use the trial over and over again, ) would spend the money on it.

[donuthole1010]

yes i did buy it, what makes you think i didnt. im no liar, i just have lots-o-money. (not to sound like an a-hole)

[mailbox]

thanks for the reply, theres one problem, when i put the model file in the folder, and changed the list, when i open the program and open a vehicle tag, the house icon is like a ghost, and i cant select it.

[donuthole1010]

sorry i thought i cleared that up enough, you go into the model tag and select the model in there. not the vehicle tag or weapon tag.

[mailbox]

How do you use YaFray? I downloaded it, installed it, and now what?

[mailbox]

can any1 help me?