mapping

i just got 3ds max 8 and i wanted to know if anyone had pelt mapping tutorials for me becouse i cant get this new "unwrap uvw"thing

can anny one tell me where i can get uvw mapping tutorials or tell me how it works i use 3ds max 7

After readin the what got you into modelling thread, I thought it would be appropriate to create a simular thread for mapping. So what got you into mapping? For me. I wanted to join the team because at that time I really found the ESF maps cool. And boy, I did not expect it would be so...

umm i usd to make wikide maps at my old game and i was wondering if i could lern here im sereis i was a wikid mper :shocked:

Does the uvmapping program effect the skin on your model,for example if i use map magician(its free) located here http://www.royriggs.com/mapmagic.html would my skin come out with a lesser quality then say unwrap 3d could produce,or does it all depend on my skills and ability to uvmap and skin?

hey, i just started mapping and im currently just instaling the textures n ****, im following this tutorial http://www.esf-world.de/tutorials/install_hammer.html im stuck on image 2 and image 3, on image 2, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th + 5th options i cant seem to locate, or do i just type them in...

hi! What program are you using for mapping (Making maps) ? I'd like to start on it, but i dont know about its the right category im writing in, so i just write. Hope that u'll answer.

ok almost always i try to map something for esf it comes up with something like max_leaf_faces or out of world errors when complifying. what can i do to prevent these errors to occur. :(

http://www.fsalpha.com/cgi-bin/filecount/purefiletracker.cgi?http://www.fsalpha.com/tutorials/zip/+FSA_wing_mapping+zip

heey peeps, After some lessons from cold_steel i've started mappin' again. Let me know what you think of it. It doesn't have a theme or something like that, I just started and I ended up with this: clicky :)

something a little new about 20% done, still tons to add but its coming

Which programs are best 4 mapping and are made especially for mapping.. :notice:

Which programs are best 4 mapping and are made especially for mapping.. :notice:

I've recently just started back at half-life mapping after a 2/3 year break and I am full of some questions hopefully there not to irrotating, anyway here goes....... sorry DJ can never seem to catch you on aim atm! I am trying to create a palm tree using the func_illusionary method, at the...

i saw cold steels new_vegeta_map but i saw that he only did a ground and then that mountain nows my qs do u only have to make a map in "the sky blok" or do u first have to make big block and make it hollow and then make ure map and then a sky or can it only be a sky block if thats it i cn make...

I've had a lot of free time lately, spending some of it on sig making. I've also always had a lot of respect for mappers and modelers alike, so a question has developed from all this... Is it possible to make terrains/skins in photoshop and use them on maps?

I've had a lot of free time lately, spending some of it on sig making. I've also always had a lot of respect for mappers and modelers alike, so a question has developed from all this... Is it possible to make terrain/skins in photoshop and use them on maps/models?

hi every one i have bin working with 3dsmax 6 for some time now and i wanted to know dous anny one have a good tut for me ? i am looking for the one where every block ( quad face ) gets his own colour

yeah i need help. ok um im a noob at mapping of course. so dont laugh! ok. im also reading those mapping tutorials at esf-world.com but it doesnt explain to me where the brush tool is x.x i know i suck. but im looking and looking and i cant find this brush tool. because everytime i try to...

Sup everyone I absoulutly love this game and i think it is time to contribute to it so i am attepmting to make a map i ot the layout of the entire map now i need to put in my hills and DB/SB and I have a small problem when ever i want to check out how my map is doing on esf it doesn't show it on...