i'm a noob at mapping and i want to lear

rccrazman · Post by **rccrazman** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:46 am

i am a noob at mapping. i know how to skin but the mapping thing is new to me. what programs do i need and how do i use them. a tut would be cool too. thanks in advance!

Sonictag · Post by **Sonictag** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:03 am

You need gmax from http://www4.discreet.com/gmax/ (you have to register aswell)

It is a good idea to have paintshop pro or photoshop, kirks tutorial uses paintshop pro. Fill http://www.jasc.com/en/products/paintsh ... ialreg.asp in for the trial version of Paint Shop Pro 9.

Then you need to follow Kirks tutorials which will give you all the information you need.

The tutorials can be found here

Try not to give up like the millions of people who have

. It can take some time to learn how to do it all.

St. Louis Rams Fan · Post by **St. Louis Rams Fan** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:04 am

You might even become a god to the Halo World!

cooldude5990 · Post by **cooldude5990** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:03 pm

first you have to learn to spell learn lol

rccrazman · Post by **rccrazman** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:55 pm

lol! i know. i noticed that once i posted it. i know how to spell pretty well besides that mistake though. thanks. i doubt i will become a god but i guess it is possible.

rccrazman · Post by **rccrazman** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:57 pm

sorry for 2 posts in a row. those tuts are awsome! thanks. what do all the programs do. i know what photoshop does but what about gmax? what does it do and how do i use it exactly. is that g-max that kirk is using?

rccrazman · Post by **rccrazman** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:50 pm

sorry for 3 posts. lol. anybody?

Sonictag · Post by **Sonictag** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:54 am

Kirk is using 3ds max, in his first tutorials which i have seen, he uses no tools which are not available in gmax, so you can follow those tutorials.

Im not sure about the more advanced tutorials by him, but there is always a way round it. The mosy likely tool he will have used that is not available in gmax is axis scaling (scaling only to the axis of your choice, gmax can only scale to scale X, Y and Z at the same time, basically changing the models scale ratio).

rccrazman · Post by **rccrazman** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 11:22 am

any other replys. i really want to LEARN (lol) how to do some mapping.