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How do I create 3D characters easy? #69587 04/04/06 02:36 04/04/06 02:36
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 A Adil OP Newbie
Adil OP Newbie A Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5	Hi I am a proffesional 2D game maker, and want to get into 3D gaming... but I just cannot find an easy fathomable way to design 3D characters, I would like to make a dream 3D fps game of mine with game studio... What is the best way to get started to make my own 3D characters, I don't want them to be graphically mesmerising, I just want to make easy 3D characters which I can manipulate around... I tried 3ds Max but it is to complex and proffesional, I want something simple such as scanning from photos perhaps... Playstation 1 3D graphics was blocky but that would be enough for me to get a result like that. What do yous recommend the steps I take to start myself of in creating 3D characters?

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: Adil] #69588 04/04/06 02:48 04/04/06 02:48
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,818 Minot, North Dakota, USA ulillillia Senior Expert
ulillillia Senior Expert Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,818 Minot, North Dakota, USA	What I generally do is plot points (vertices) on the three grids and move them around building faces as neccessary. This doesn't include doing calculations and measurements. If you don't want the calculations and measurements, just plotting points and getting the basic size (given your map scale) is all you need. Choose your map size wisely (16:1 (16 quants to 1 foot) is common for FPS games, I use 8:1 for my 3D game and a screwy scale (but for a reason) for my 2D game about 75% done. "You level up the fastest and easiest if you do things at your own level and no higher or lower" - useful tip My 2D game - release on Jun 13th; My tutorials

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: Adil] #69589 04/04/06 03:00 04/04/06 03:00
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6 L LiquidAsh Newbie
LiquidAsh Newbie L Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 6	Teddy/Chameleon are pretty easy to use, but usually result in a fairly distinct style that tends to resemble stuffed animals. I tend to work with Milkshape3D for simple 3D modeling, using what I think is called a block modeling approach (? - I'm more of a programmer than artist/modeler). Anyway, I throw down pretty crude boxes and other primatives, and then tweak/add verticies into shape. Probably not very feasible for sophisticated models, but it seems to work well with low-low poly stuff.

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: LiquidAsh] #69590 04/04/06 06:34 04/04/06 06:34
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 A Adil OP Newbie
Adil OP Newbie A Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5	Thats so cute lol!

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: Adil] #69591 04/04/06 06:47 04/04/06 06:47
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 A Adil OP Newbie
Adil OP Newbie A Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5	Ok we are in the 21st century right... what kind of an idiot makes a program in DOS...!>???? The program wont work on XP.. IDIOT ALERT!!!

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: Adil] #69592 04/04/06 07:11 04/04/06 07:11
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,490 O Orange Brat Senior Expert
Orange Brat Senior Expert O Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,490	The original program was created in the 20th Century, however: Quote: Teddy requires Java installed in your machine, and mainly designed for Windows. http://www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~takeo/java/smoothteddy/index.html My User Contributions master list - my initial post links are down but scroll down page to find list to active links

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: Orange Brat] #69593 04/04/06 09:07 04/04/06 09:07
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5 A Adil OP Newbie
Adil OP Newbie A Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 5	Doesnt work... it is a crappy program. Anyone else know any other easy 3d creators?

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: Adil] #69594 04/04/06 09:48 04/04/06 09:48
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,490 O Orange Brat Senior Expert
Orange Brat Senior Expert O Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,490	It works and it works well in XP. I'm playing with it right now. Make sure Java2 is on your system. My User Contributions master list - my initial post links are down but scroll down page to find list to active links

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: Orange Brat] #69595 04/04/06 11:27 04/04/06 11:27
Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,875 broozar Expert
broozar Expert Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 4,875	wow, the sqirrel animation programme is really cool... too bad it doesn´t have any exporter. is there any (affordable) programme that supports Spatial Keyframing like this tool? Last edited by DaBro0zar; 04/04/06 11:30. homepage \| shameless advertising \| Linux supporter

Re: How do I create 3D characters easy? [Re: broozar] #69596 04/04/06 14:24 04/04/06 14:24
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 42 Merries Newbie
Merries Newbie Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 42	Create your characters in something like Milkshape then animate them using a program such as Character Shop http://charactershop.thegamecreators.com/ or purchase pre-build packages from http://darkmatter.thegamecreators.com/ Game Studio Commercial Version 7.0

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