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Smoothing mountains in 3DSMAX5
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:51 pm
by SilverStone641
i built a map, rotated the mountain tops for cliffs, but they look waaaay to sharp for natural mountains. How do i smooth out the edges so the look natural
also, i want to make gently sloping hills on the floor of my map, how do i make the soft?
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:39 pm
by HMC Helljumper
well u could change ur map to an editable poly and then click on msmooth... and for the hillz just turn on softselectiona nd select a face or veritce
and change the vlues around like bubble to one and stuff
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:43 pm
by SilverStone641
i tried what you said but it still came out lumpy. Here's a pic:
Mind you, it's still in it's fetal stages. mucho work to be done.
thanks for the help again
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:59 pm
by baturkin17
smoothing groups.
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:34 am
by SilverStone641
hey man, i tried the smoothing groups. It worked perfectly. Thanks for the help!
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 10:38 am
by John Spartan
right click on ur level say convert to editble poly...then selct the mountains and click the box tjhat says smooth something and it should work...just look around for the smooth thing
Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 1:28 pm
by [cc]z@nd!
OR you could just tesselate it more in the first place!
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:08 am
by McFarlane
I happen to use ms smooth...
And look what I got with it,
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:49 am
by FReAK
wow. big diferencs.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:00 am
by McFarlane
Whats that big blue thing in the middle of the first pic?
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:03 am
by FReAK
a pond.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 11:30 am
by McFarlane
I don't call that a pond.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 2:28 pm
by FReAK
thats kinda what unskinned water made in paint ponds look like in a maps infant state. usually somthing like that when made in paint and no skin.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 2:48 pm
by gamble
mesh smooth pulls up your poly count quite a bit though..... still it beats smoothing groups, they don't do too much IMO
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 3:20 pm
by SilverStone641
it's my first attempt at using water in a map. I smoothed that banks out, but it still doesn't look right. Oh well, i'll play with it. And i didn't try to skin it or anything i don't know how to do that. All i did was take a plane, color it blue, and label it water! in the material editor. I dunno what else to do. So, i'll try it and see what happens.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:08 pm
by FReAK
not sure how exactly but u can apply waves to the water and it would look reaal cool.
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2004 4:41 pm
by McFarlane
Yes that thing really needs some waves.
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:45 pm
by SilverStone641
[XBOX]BigAFair wrote:Yes that thing really needs some waves.
no shit, i just don't know how to do water. If anyone could tell me, please do.