Beginner modder has 3ds Max question

[mcole254]

Mine is 2011 x64, if I remember correctly I got the .ini file from the x32 version.

 

edit: I'm not sure if .3ds file will transfer weighting and animations.

Edited December 29, 2010 by mcole254

[erc1971]

So I get the newest and shiniest toy and it won't work? :confused: Well, off to hunt down 2009 then give it a try.

 

Thanks for all the assistance so far everyone. I will let you know how 2009 works.

 

Eric

[rgx02]

Sorry, it wasnt nif plugin that supports 2011, its this one:

MaxTools for 2011 x64

http://niftools.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2687

[erc1971]

Yay - I got it to work.

 

I installed the Niftools plugin, then grabbed the .ini from an older version. I OPENED the femalelowerbody skeleton, then IMPORTED the femaleupperbody skeleton (then hands, feet etc), then I could IMPORT my animation.

 

Unfortunately 3ds Max is quite the complicated program. So I don't sit here on the forum and ask a million unneccessary questions - can someone point me in the direction of a good tutorial or article on using 3ds max for animations?

 

My only desire is animation, that is it. I am going to start off modding a few animations so they fit the DMRA models, then perhaps graduate to making a couple of my own. I do not wish to do anything else.

 

Thanks,

Eric

[rgx02]

Yay - I got it to work.

 

I installed the Niftools plugin, then grabbed the .ini from an older version. I OPENED the femalelowerbody skeleton, then IMPORTED the femaleupperbody skeleton (then hands, feet etc), then I could IMPORT my animation.

 

Unfortunately 3ds Max is quite the complicated program. So I don't sit here on the forum and ask a million unneccessary questions - can someone point me in the direction of a good tutorial or article on using 3ds max for animations?

 

My only desire is animation, that is it. I am going to start off modding a few animations so they fit the DMRA models, then perhaps graduate to making a couple of my own. I do not wish to do anything else.

 

Thanks,

Eric

 

http://www.3dtotal.com/ (serach for 'Intro to Rigging')

 

http://www.moddb.com/games/contagion/tutorials/contagion-mossberg-590-rigging-tutorial

 

and this one that kind of gets tutorials from all over.

http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/3DS-MAX/Animation/1

[erc1971]

iqnore Edited December 29, 2010 by erc1971

[KingBart]

Sorry, it wasnt nif plugin that supports 2011, its this one:

MaxTools for 2011 x64

http://niftools.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2687

Thanks for the clarification, but the download link does not work. Oh Well.

[rgx02]

Sorry, it wasnt nif plugin that supports 2011, its this one:

MaxTools for 2011 x64

http://niftools.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2687

Thanks for the clarification, but the download link does not work. Oh Well.

 

Not that first link, they provided another one further down the topic.

https://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149157&id=288301

 

Should´ve made that clear, sorry, i forgot hotfile expired.

Edited December 30, 2010 by rgx02

[KingBart]

Sorry, it wasnt nif plugin that supports 2011, its this one:

MaxTools for 2011 x64

http://niftools.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2687

Thanks for the clarification, but the download link does not work. Oh Well.

 

Not that first link, they provided another one further down the topic.

https://sourceforge.net/news/?group_id=149157&id=288301

 

Should´ve made that clear, sorry, i forgot hotfile expired.

 

Thanks. I feel kind of stupid because I have been on that download page so many times. The download link itself was cut off so I couldn't see the part that said max_2011_x64.

 

I installed it and it works fine. For anyone else looking for the exact link here it is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/niftools/files/max_plugins/3.4/niftools-max-plugins-3.4.2.4632-max_2011_x64.7z/download