3dsmax Rendering Support Topic

OozyGorilla · Post by **OozyGorilla** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 6:58 am

Trulife8342 wrote:Nope I do not see any cubemaps.

I thought that was what the Reflect/Refract was.

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:39 am

Are you using the correct specular map?

tsgfilmwerks · Post by **tsgfilmwerks** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:53 pm

I'm on mine as well, using entity under parallels, which you can probably get in the same fashion as all of these halo 3 multiplayer beta models: magic.

Besides which, all the RGB values I've seen give shades of blue & purple. The latter makes sense on the banshee, but I should also have found a dark magenta RGB values for the banshee's cab.

Jordan wrote:You're looking for the color change values for a banshee? I'm on my Mac so I can't help you but my guess is that the info is probably in the shad tag.

OozyGorilla · Post by **OozyGorilla** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 11:08 pm

Well, I redid the entire carrier and got something "slightly"better.

The problem is, now it seems too strong.

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:02 am

I made a render a while back of the covi cap. Messed up when I made the scratches to great. Dont make the same mistake.
http://deelekgolo.deviantart.com/art/Co ... p-78881817
Also the renders will look better using 2 point lighting.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:01 am

Imperfections are not prevalent in Covenant cadres.

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:58 am

Its almost like its ingame. Any fixes needed?

OozyGorilla · Post by **OozyGorilla** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:49 pm

Whether or not it is correct, I really like it.

I do have a question. I'm trying to get the dots to glow blue but I can only get the squares to turn blue. What would I have to edit to change it? What I have right now, it looks right in the viewport (though it may be that it's dark and just appears right)

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:57 pm

There should be an opacity map you can use.

OozyGorilla · Post by **OozyGorilla** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:02 pm

DEEhunter wrote:There should be an opacity map you can use.

For the lights? Is it from the map file?

I made a custom alpha and used it. Turned out pretty well.

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:27 pm

There ya go!

OozyGorilla · Post by **OozyGorilla** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:33 pm

DEEhunter wrote:There ya go!

What about the rest? Good?

tsgfilmwerks · Post by **tsgfilmwerks** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:52 pm

I think that Halo uses additive materials for those lights. Also, an "I don't know" would be more helpful than any of the one replies that I've gotten about the banshee color change rgb values. I mean, has no one actually encountered this issue? Has no one noticed this about the Banshee?

OozyGorilla wrote:
DEEhunter wrote:There should be an opacity map you can use.
For the lights? Is it from the map file?

I made a custom alpha and used it. Turned out pretty well.

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:20 pm

OozyGorilla wrote:
DEEhunter wrote:There ya go!
What about the rest? Good?

Reflections can use some work.

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:25 pm

tsgfilmwerks wrote:I think that Halo uses additive materials for those lights. Also, an "I don't know" would be more helpful than any of the one replies that I've gotten about the banshee color change rgb values. I mean, has no one actually encountered this issue? Has no one noticed this about the Banshee?

Are you talking about the H2 Heretic banshee?

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:24 pm

Big thanks to Tural and Trulife for everything. <3.

I am not pleased with the visor. Any tips?

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:33 pm

Use a spec map on the visor.

CDK908 · Post by **CDK908** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:27 am

tsgfilmwerks wrote:I think that Halo uses additive materials for those lights. Also, an "I don't know" would be more helpful than any of the one replies that I've gotten about the banshee color change rgb values. I mean, has no one actually encountered this issue? Has no one noticed this about the Banshee?

OozyGorilla wrote:
DEEhunter wrote:There should be an opacity map you can use.
For the lights? Is it from the map file?

I made a custom alpha and used it. Turned out pretty well.

opacity for that, just drag your current diffuse into the opacity spot under maps. it should make the black invisible and only the lights show up.

trepdimeflou · Post by **trepdimeflou** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:10 am

DEEhunter wrote:
Its almost like its ingame. Any fixes needed?

looks decent, but you are tiling the detail map way too much.

specular map is incorrect; try a different approach.

you can use some of my renders for reference. these were made in 3dsmax9:

Use a high ambient light level to make the renders look like ingame, and be sure to create your specular and reflection channels correctly. simplicity brings the best results.

look into guerrilla for h1 for an understanding of how basic halo shaders work, and expand upon that learning to work on halo 2 shaders. once you understand those, research halo 3 beta shaders, apply this knowledge to retail, etc etc.

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:34 am

When I try to use other bitmaps as the spec map then it comes out WAY to glossy.