"3d Trial Mods"

The image below is Mr.X's Railstation Nördlingen. This is exactly the model I am duplicating in his tutorial, but without being able to use the shader tools, I don't think this is possible. This is very frustrating for someone like me. Example, when I fallow a tutorial, such as roof shingles, I will count the number of shingle from the bottom to the top to determine if I am laying out the mesh properly. I have even caught myself using real world measurements simply to inset glass in a window frame. By the way, is 1.905cm for a 6 over 6 window. LOL


Maybe I should try and understand that this is just a game, and not something I am doing for a client.

 

As I mentioned before, I have all every version of CXL 2011,12,platinum, and XXL. But I think my main problem is the lack of 3ds Max 2012. So as I mentioned earlier, I have multiple operating systems, one with windows 7. I am going to try and find a copy of 3ds max 2012 and load it on that system. Once I have 2012, all my troubles will be over.

If not, your idea of having someone finish them for me would be great. I just don't like imposing too much, as I feel I already have.

Now I understand, I thought the furniture was created in the same scene, but I realize now, thank you, that everything is created separately, I am assuming like a plopable, with its own center origin, and as you just said, pieced together in the layout file. and then that scene would be saved and imported into CXL. Right?

Will check this out later today. Been up since yesterday, and it's 2:57 in the pm here now. Need a couple hours of LOL

Thank you all for your help.

Here are a couple pics of where I am. Been playing with the lights. I know it don't work in game, but makes for a little better rendered image. LOL

 

We would be very grateful to you for doing this. I know it is time consuming, and as I mentioned before, I hate to impose, but it seems to be your the brain guy when it comes to 3ds max. Oh, the joyful regrets of being the popular one! LOL

Thanks so much Altiris! I will be looking forward to it, and possibly working with you "all" on projects in the future.

 

exporting the model would just take a minute. creating a layout file max. 10minutes (usually). but the someone who does this for you would need your .max file.


jep, thats correct


nice work btw


Thanks,

As far as the .max files, I have no problem sending them to anyone who can help me with it, via email, drop box, or any other way.

But I guess now, would be time to inform you guys of my plans.

First off, I am retired, with nothing but time, and I spend 90% of it on the PC, Either for myself, or assisting people with websites, graphic images, and animations. So, all I have is time!


If all this works out!
My plan is to recreate a city, not by adding zoning and let the people move in, but actually recreate the city. The choice is either San Francisco, since I was born there, and the other would be Atlanta Georgia, where I reside now. Both have some very distinctive features, such as the Golden Gate Bridge, that I have walked across many times, and Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, where the airport stretches 3 miles E to W, and 2.6 miles N to S. The airport itself would take up most of a map. One nice thing about Atlanta is we have an intense freeway system with everything from spaghetti junction to sunken freeways. It would be a fun build though, and possibly even a nice group build.

The suburbs, would be XL generated buildings, but anything close to the main areas, like, downtown, or the airport, I would go on google earth, street level, and snip images of each building, and build them one at a time. Also images can be found all over the internet of just about any angle of almost any building in the world.

So, am I dreaming, or do you thinks it can be done?

 

Here are a few pics of what I want to build.

San Francisco:



As kids, we used to play on these glass elevators. It would be a nice building to model!

 

Here are the pics of Atlanta Georgia.

Below is Hartfield International Airport, Atlanta;


This one is Concourse "E" At Hartsfield, this would be another great build

 

The modeling in of these buildings don't take long, but it seems like an eternity when you are modeling, then reading tutorials, then finding things you need, then back to the model. lol

But you guys know, if you had all day to model, you can get 2 or 3 buildings done a day. You guys can probably move even faster than that.

I am not trying to build all this, I am just deciding between them. Hartsfield International would be one build in it's self, and probable take up an entire map.


Well, wasted enough time, back to the model.

 

GOOOD NEWS!!!!!!

I checked my other system and I have a copy of 3dx Max 2012 on there. And for an added bonus, it still has the old copy of the old Photoshop CS6 on it.

Now the big question, Would it be possible to copy the files from c\autodesk_3ds_max_2012_english_win_32-64 bit which is the setup files with the .exe files, along with the files at C\program files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2012 to a jump drive, and install them directly into my system here.

I could also try and do the same with Photoshop CS6 Extended.

Take a look at the images below. This is my PC room and what I am working with.

This is the system I use most of the time, since I have dual monitors hooked up to it. Makes it easy to view tutorial on one screen and work on the other.




This is what I mean when I said I have many systems. I have 3 more in my living room, 1 in my garage, and 2 laptops. They all run, But most are not hooked up:


Here is my 3ds Max 2012, on the wrong PC.


I reallocated the hard drive so I can run both windows 7 or windows 8 on it. This was when windows 8 first came out.



I would simply run it from there, but I don't want to have to set on the sleeper sofa (in Pic) to run it, that kills your back. It's more set up for my grand kids.



So maybe if this works, we're in business!!

 

@maddox haha nice setup - least you found a version of max2012. cool. can you network LAN your PC's? would make transferring files faster if needed.

LOL Thanks, I have a network running through my entire house, however, file transfer is not too safe when you running for printing and faxing Win 8.1 on one system, Win 7 on another, and vista on another. I use it solely for the printer and fax. If we need to transfer files safely, we use drop box.

Moving on, After all that work, the system won't work on my windows 8.1 . I got max 2012 to work, but the xl tools did not work properly. Every time I hit the Export To Viewer button, max would crash. I believe it is due to the max being a 32bit. I am not sure. I am going to try and reload it. Not sire why it isn't 64 bit.

Oh well

Ain't built the first one yet. But I'm still trying!!

 

Well nicko2u, I am finally giving up with trying to set this up on my Win 8.1 system, and as I said, I'm not going to ruin my back setting on a sofa, creating mods for a game. However, I never completely give up! Since I can't set on the sofa and use that system, I'll bring that system over here on a KVM switch.

A KVM switch will allow you to use One keyboard, One mouse, One or even Duel monitors on 2 PC at the same time.

And for those who don't know how they work, I posted a little description on how to hook them up. I posted it in the Modding Help Quarter, since most people that will be interested in this would be modders.
http://xlnation.city/threads/dual-monitor-dual-pc-set-up.3121/#post-21435