Author Topic: gmax  (Read 3038 times)

Offline Duo

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 80
gmax
« on: February 20, 2004, 12:46:01 PM »
Can any one teach me how to use gmax?

Offline plymoth45

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1062
gmax
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2004, 10:16:12 PM »
wht is gmax?

Offline Duo

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 80
gmax
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2004, 10:30:03 PM »
Its like 3dsmax but free

www.discreet.com/products/gmax/

Offline plymoth45

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1062
gmax
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2004, 01:40:49 AM »
oh, that would explain it, and i habe no clue how to use it

Offline Zircon

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 585
gmax
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2004, 07:34:12 AM »
Im pretty well versed in 3dsmax but dont have any knowlege about gmax...

Im guessing they're pretty different as gmax is primarily a level/character creation tool for games...
« Last Edit: February 21, 2004, 07:34:46 AM by Zircon »

Offline BlackBox

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3093
gmax
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2004, 05:15:55 PM »
nope, they're almost the same thing... You can create animation in Gmax. (it's like a scaled down 3dsmax, they even look similar)

Zircon can teach you better than I could.

Offline Zircon

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 585
gmax
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2004, 05:24:38 AM »
gmax® is Discreet's free game development level editor based on the world's best selling 3D animation platform, 3ds max™. Game companies can extend the life of a game by creating and distributing gmax "game packs", which allow game players to create, customize, and trade game content online. It has a subset of features from 3ds max 4, including Polygon & Patch Modeling, as well as texturing and character building tools. You cannot render with, or write plug-ins for the free version of gmax.

-------------------------------------

It seems you cannot render with the free version...

Also by animations they could mean character movement etc etc, not actual movie sequences... For use in games...

But as said i dont know much about it...

As for teaching someone how to model... It's mostly try and learn and then try again to get better results... That's atleast how i do it...

Remember that old conestoga model, it2000 said it looked like a messed up screw  :heh:

I'll go look for it....

Edit: I found it  :P Really deep in the library, As can be seen it isn't pretty...
But things have progressed, dont you think...

http://www.bonetweb.com/Zircon/ancient/conestoga3a.jpg

hehe, to think i thought someone would like to steal that thing  :heh: *sob*

The moral of the story: Things look like crap when you start out but can end up good with a few years of practice...
« Last Edit: February 23, 2004, 05:59:14 AM by Zircon »

Offline Duo

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 80
gmax
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2004, 12:45:33 PM »
Does any one know where I can get 3dsmax 4 or 5 trial version  

Offline plymoth45

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1062
gmax
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2004, 12:46:04 PM »
nope, i don't, sry