Gmax Modding

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:02 pm

GMax may be great for making new models, but making new models is complete and utterly useless in Halo PC when compared to other modeling programs that are in the same price range (free), and even making original models, theres still the problem of exporting them into a useable format, and even with all the tutorials, downloading all the right stuff, it still didn't work right, for me at least.

The way I saw was to use the OBJ exporter and then take the endless amount of numbers and letters and crap and

select all,
copy/paste into notepad,
make it an obj,

which didn't work because it didn't paste all of the data.

I'll take misfit anyday.

Patrickh · Post by **Patrickh** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:53 pm

it seems that it didn't work because you thought up the least competent way of going about it... and you can always make custom models in gmax, export as jms, compile with tool, tag in guerrilla, place in sapien, hex with hex editor, and pmi with HMT (and notepad). It's harder, but you have a from-scratch model and tagset

worth it mb?

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:07 pm

id choose 3ds max over anything lol...

anyways gmax < 3ds max...misfit model < gmax....wings 3d < misfit model.

shall i keep going?

Patrickh · Post by **Patrickh** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:20 pm

Andrew_b wrote:id choose 3ds max over anything lol...

anyways gmax < 3ds max...misfit model < gmax....wings 3d < misfit model.

shall i keep going?

i agree with you but most people don't have the money for 3ds max, and only TOTAL DOUCHEBAGS obtain it illegally.

Cryticfarm · Post by **Cryticfarm** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:08 pm

Ummm, you forgot milkshape.

DeadHamster · Post by **DeadHamster** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:00 pm

Patrickh wrote:and you can always make custom models in gmax, export as jms, compile with tool, tag in guerrilla, place in sapien, hex .....

I don't feel like taking the 4 hours or so it would take to download HEK, considering I can do the same thing in much less time using misfit and HMT. Why would I go through all of that trouble to get the same result. It's like having a car, and saying "I'm gonna walk to the bank today."

It's not worth it.

And can Gmax even export to .jms?

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:03 pm

hek takes 5 minutes to download (or for me it does).

and gmax can export JMS..

and you wont get the same result from modeling/remodeling. i mean with modeling you can literally delete stuff...and rebuild what you deleted....