german_man Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 How much does the program Maya cost & where can you get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohGr Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 it comes with UT2003, i got it, all you need to do is register (no credit card stuff just e-mail) and they'll give you a serial key, although, making models for such a game as UT2003 is insanely difficult, i made a moving box with triangle hands then i gave up, but you cant use it with morrowind. not the model, the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
german_man Posted December 25, 2003 Author Share Posted December 25, 2003 3 Questions a: what is UT2003? b: how is it in comparison to gmax? c: can a person with 3dsmax make conversions to NIF for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KublaKarma Posted December 25, 2003 Share Posted December 25, 2003 Maya given with UT2003 (Unreal Tournament 2003)? If you are speaking about Alias Wavefront Maya you are on the wrong way. Maya (at the present time it reached version 5.1) is an EXPENSIVE modeling/rendering software used by professionals in videogames/movies and so on. For example, it was used in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and I am sure You remember the special effects!! :) But I think it is unreachable for the most part of us, expecially for a hobby like modding. BUT you can grab a personal version (not the complete one) to the Alias website. It hasn't all the functionalities but it lets You to learn how to use it. You can register and have access to a lot of tutorials and so on for free. You can't use it for Morrowind though. But if you plan to acquire knowledge on modeling and 3d computer graphics it is one of the best ever! GMax is a valuable tool I used in modding for Dungeon Siege. It's a good product but I can't compare it with Maya. Anyway it has all the functionalitis needed to make good and detailed models. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
german_man Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 You answered my questions really good except for the 1. i meant like on gmax a person with 3dsmax can turn .gmax files into .nif is taht the same with maya? and one other thing.. HOLY **** its 103 megabytes to download!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KublaKarma Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I know the download is big... ;) As regards the .nif stuff, there's no way with Maya to work with them: i mean, no exporters, no importers, nada! Simply they doesn't exist! Perhaps some hacking on the file formats (in order to produce a Maya plugin) could improve this terrible situation, but I admit I am not able at that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohGr Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 yes, i did mean unreal tournament 2003, although, upon closer inspection, its a personal learning edition, which is probably why i couldnt load anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
german_man Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 o well i guess i will just keep working with gmax. :bye: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KublaKarma Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Me too! Anyway stay well with Gmax.. It's a powerful tool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akrid Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is plugins to export nifs with gmaxfor 3Dsmax go here just scroll down untill you see TES plugin and download it. As for Gmax I'll look around, I saw it somwhere, I'll post when I've found it.I just got 3dsmax 5.0 and am updating it. I would help but I'm too busy with project APEX right now. Pergrine said he would convert files to nif. Try him. *the site for 3dsmax above I posted also has a nif importer for 3dsmax! but it's under construction :( , very popular may need to pay to get in, maybe it will be released to us, this will allow us to modify morrowinds nifs instead of making them all from sratch! I know this is for real because Bethesda made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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