3dsmax Rendering Support Topic

benman08 · Post by **benman08** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:29 am

I agree, work on your mix maps. Try and have your detail maps blend in more with your alpha map.

[IRC] Matty · Post by **[IRC] Matty** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:17 pm

Testing my halo 2 meterial its a mix of many peoples and alot of stuff ive edited too:

Single Player:

Multi-Player:

UBER HUGE IMAGE of another SP render: Here - 2300x2300

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:25 pm

uhhh imo the armors way too bright :\.

Chief Cow · Post by **Chief Cow** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:03 pm

I think the armor looks good Matty.

Needs some opinions on my material, more shinyness? Maybe too dull?

V0Lt4Ge · Post by **V0Lt4Ge** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:06 pm

The visor needs to be a tad more orangish IMO.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:08 pm

darker too, Oh hey i recognize that Thats what im waiting for

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Many future thanks chief.

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 7:37 am

The blue and red aren't that brightly colored.

Dalek · Post by **Dalek** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:46 pm

started work on a hybrid grunt models going ok for now but im looking for a better rig for the grunt as some of the uvs are really screwed up....
anyone know where i can get a better rig?

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:31 pm

What is the hunter shield doing with a grunt?

darco9x2 · Post by **darco9x2** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:34 pm

Kirk wrote:What is the hunter shield doing with a grunt?

spartan-198 wrote:started work on a hybrid grunt models going ok

maybe rig it yourself?

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 6:33 pm

A grunt and a jackal, maybe. They're two weak characters. A grunt could not hold a hunter shield. That thing is one heavy ******.

Dalek · Post by **Dalek** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:13 pm

supergrunt?

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:10 am

It's really unsmooth. Also, it just looks stupid to have a grunt carry a Hunter shield that's heavier and larger than he is.

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 5:53 am

Well in treps great material tree...

http://trepdimeflou.gfxevolution.com/re ... altree.jpg

There are a few things I am a little iffy on. Does anyone happen to know what a few of the bitmaps are normally called within the Halo 2 map, or atleast how I would create my own?

These are what I am having trouble understanding what they are, am not entierly sure of, or just need some clarfication.
These are all under armour: armor
_diffuse
_multiply
_diffusemap
_alphamask
_alpha
_acbump
_addbump

I am also just going for the campaign look, that means I can basically skip half of the whole tree.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

-Doom

darco9x2 · Post by **darco9x2** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:21 am

_diffuse its a name for a shader, but the diffuse map is just a non colored version of the skin as well.
_multiply name for a shader.
_diffusemap name for a shader.
_alphamask its the alpha masked by itself, and the name of a shader.
_alpha the alpha channel from the skin maker he posted a long long time ago.
_acbump the normal map.
_addbump the displacement map. however i dunno how to get the displacement map.

if you look to the right of the shader names, such as _acbump it has (MC-Normals.jpg)
MC-Normals is the bitmap, the _acbump is the shaders name.

Chief Cow · Post by **Chief Cow** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:59 am

The only reason why the material tree is so big is because he has all the mc colors mixes he wants listed in a composite material.

trepdimeflou · Post by **trepdimeflou** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:05 am

Also keep in mind that that is a very old material; it will look decent, but not exactly ingame =p

Doom · Post by **Doom** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:46 am

trepdimeflou wrote:Also keep in mind that that is a very old material; it will look decent, but not exactly ingame =p

Yeah I saw that post on yayap, Have you updated it at all or released a newer set? I would like to get my chief ingame looking and this tree is the only thing that I have been told that gets it good ingame looking. If I even have to make the files myself to get the ingame chief I wont mind, I just need to know what they are =P.

Also when you say this darco

_multiply name for a shader.
_diffusemap name for a shader.

are you saying that it is only a name for orginization? Or is it a file, I am not sure what the files _multiply would represent.

Thanks for the help.

-Doom

trepdimeflou · Post by **trepdimeflou** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:55 am

Things with "_" before them are just the names. for instance, i named the diffuse map "_diffusemap" so I could see it as what it was in the material tree.

_multiply = a RGB Multiply map type.
_diffusemap = the RGB channel of masterchief.dds.
_diffuse = the starting map for the diffuse channel, a composite.
_alphamask = the alpha map masked by itself. mask map type.
_alpha = the alpha channel of masterchief.dds.
_acbump = active camo normal map.
_addbump = "additional bump" ; this is a displacement map.

darco9x2 · Post by **darco9x2** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:18 am

where does the displacement map come from? jean told me they are black and white images, so is that the non active camo bump map?