What do you use to make buildings/infantry SHP's

Yotta · Medic **Joined**: 08 Jan 2004

I have a program called 3d max (4.2) can that be used to make buildings/infantry and are there any tutorials on it and how would you convert the *.max 3d files into *.shp files.

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Fremen5 · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 7:17 pm Post subject:

this forum isn't for asking questions for SHPs, it's for posting finnished ones...

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Kravvitz · Commander **Joined**: 25 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

fremen5 is correct.
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Try looking in the tutorials sections for RA2 amd TS.

I think you render out hundreds of frames using 3Ds Max in PCX or some format that you can convert to PCX without losing quality and then use XCC Mixer or a BS SHP utility to convert them to SHP.

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Blade · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 23 Dec 2003

Personally I render to .png for the superior compression. You need to set up the animation sequences and set up camera orbit to render the various fasings (just link the lights to the camera and it will look like the lighting is consistently from one direction). Use FlyBy's max script to set the perspective correctly.

Medalmonkey · Jumpjet Infantry **Joined**: 26 Nov 2003

paint, animation shop, psp 7, and 8, and xcc mixer

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meselfs · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 3:11 am Post subject:

SHPs are 2d, you can't 'convert' 3ds into shp.

You render all your frames with AA off at 3 or 5 times normal size, then use BS SHP to make a SHP out of them, then use the Mixer to resize to your desired size.

You must use this resize method cotrary to full AA to avoid undesireable colors on the edges of the business part of your image.

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Sk8erkid · INSANE **Joined**: 16 Aug 2002

i seem to have a prblem with getting shadows to work in my renders ? ive seen other shots where the shadow is rendered at teh correct angle. is there another script out htere that does this or am i missing somehtin gon flybys script?

meselfs · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 6:53 pm Post subject:

Don't use a script.

Instead, copy your scene as a different file, then edit it like this:

Enable hard shadow casting.
I assume AA was already disables on your original scene, RIGHT?
Set ALL materials except floor to a full 0,0,255 luminescense.
Disable all material parameters for floor, except color, and set a brightness modifier to something like 100000%

Render. These are your shadow frames.

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