----------------------------------- Tony Fri Sep 19, 2003 7:09 pm 3D Studio Max 6 ----------------------------------- http://www.discreet.com/images/products/3dsmax6/header_graphic.jpg new features of 3dsmax 6 are: Schematic View Particle Flow Vertex Paint mental ray® 3.2 reactor® 2 stuntman/vehicle dynamics Dynamic Shader UI Network Render to Texture Network Region Render Spline/Patch Modeling Relax UV's Mirror Skin Weights Edit Vertex Normals Shell Modifier Consolidated Rendering Workflow Save Rendering Settings Autodesk® VIZ® Render Support Layer Manager Command Line Rendering HDRI Support "Blobmesh" metaballs I'm personally looking foward to getting to know shell modifier - Apparently this allows to build a shell around parts of object based on vertex normals. Shells would allow to easily create Mech (or other tech) look. [url=http://www.discreet.com/products/3dsmax6/index.html]More info on 3DSMAX 6 30-day trial will be available for download some time in October. I'll write up a review of it when I can get my hands on a copy 8) ----------------------------------- Mazer Fri Sep 19, 2003 7:35 pm Re: 3D Studio Max 6 ----------------------------------- and here i was thinking you were going to show us your work. "Blobmesh" metaballs bah! blender has had those for at least 5 years now. ah well, maybe i should get around to learning 3ds max as well. can you animate models in max and export them for games like quake models (i'm not talking about gmax)? ----------------------------------- Tony Fri Sep 19, 2003 7:42 pm ----------------------------------- I'm not sure about game spesific exports, but I'm sure you can find converters from .3ds to just about anything. Its ASCII exports are really easy to read too - Catalyst was using those for his models in Turing programs :wink: ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Sat Sep 20, 2003 1:05 am ----------------------------------- 6 now? wow I missed 5 all together lol ... I haven't been into max since 4 hehe ----------------------------------- krishon Mon Sep 22, 2003 7:44 am ----------------------------------- lol...i think our skool has 5....looks like i gotta check out 6...yo inventor 7 is out too....looks soo good... ----------------------------------- BryX Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:42 pm ----------------------------------- trial eh? eheheheh 8) *looks around with shifty eyes, logs onto irc, kazaa, direct connect and bareshare* 3ds max 6 is going to pwn!!!! :D cheak out this stuff i made with 5... http://www.boomspeed.com/bryx2002/neobryx.html aka me http://www.boomspeed.com/bryx2002/sepheroth.html http://www.boomspeed.com/bryx2002/cloud_skinned.html http://www.boomspeed.com/bryx2002/chocobo.html ----------------------------------- JSBN Mon Sep 22, 2003 7:10 pm ----------------------------------- Gets on his nees and starts moving his arms up and down "I'm not worthy!" "I'm not worthy!" "I'm not worthy!" ----------------------------------- Artimes Sat Nov 08, 2003 11:46 am ----------------------------------- :D I'de give you some bits... But the MODS should.