Mr. Lolman
2003-07-10, 20:42:15
#3dsMAX EFnet IRC channel: dumb and dumber answers.
These are real Copy/Paste's of conversations happened in #3dsMAX Irc channel (EFNet).
Who are those dumb people ? Are they really, as they say, "too lazy to read the manual"?.
If you witness such funny conversation in #3dsmax, just copy the text and email it to me with subject "3dsmax".
The names on this pages are real names from channel. The text is actual, non-edited copy-paste.
Last updated Dec-98
Go back to Dostick's main page.
<crash8> any tutorials on texturing an object?
<trademark> hey, could someone help me really quick?
<trademark> i need to add frames to an animation in max...
<trademark> (the little slider at the bottom)
<SoftImage> I got two lines
<SoftImage> How do you merge two lines together to make them on line
<Casti3D> weld?
<SoftImage> Weld
<SoftImage> Never heard of it
<SoftImage> Is it a plugin?
<Casti3D> it's new technology
<SoftImage> Is it free?
<HoloPoint> what is primate for max ?
<DCutler> Holo: A monkey using MAX.
<Dostick> Holo: procedural monkey object
<Marckus> Excuse me, who can tell me how I can have no ambient light in a scene ?
<kkid_> marckus: create a light, then delete it..
<Scoop_> Can someone tell me how i can change the size of an object, without using the scale tool?
<Scoop_> i have made a cylinder, and want to make it shorter
<Scoop_> but i cant find out how
<HoloPoint> Scoop_, shrink your max
<LiNT`> Is there a way to have text in 3dsmax, and have the colors fade from a dark gray, to a white, and then back down to a dark gray?
<Dostick> Lint: wear shades
<Dostick> then wear off
<LiNT`> thanks!
<LiNT`> brb
<LiNT`> where is shades?
<_3ds> hey you all!. can someone tell me how you can use more than 6 textures in one "world" ..
<_3ds> like .. I can only use 6 diffrent textures to a 3dsmax pic .. using the material editor ... and that sux..!
<Migger> What effects can I add to a logo to make it look really cool? :)
<kerhcoof> Does anyone know how to put map materials on an object?
<kerhcoof> I mean multiple materials
<threedays> you have to detach the faces that you want do have a different material
<kerhcoof> So how to you put it back-just by grouping? Union would revert to object A, right?
<threedays> dont boolean the shit.
<kerhcoof> ok
<Algeroth_> I have a question
<Algeroth_> will the Max2.0 be as Max1.2
<Algeroth_> so if u can max1.2
<Algeroth_> u can max2.0 ?
<_DESIGN_> no it will look like photoshop
<ZeroHeat> I need some help with 3d s max can someone help me?
<ZeroHeat> I want to create kick ass images
<ZeroHeat> And have no idea how to start
<Andrey> heh.. use 'Make Art' button
<ZeroHeat> i've looked at alot of turtorils but dont understand them
<ZeroHeat> where is that button located?
<Zebby> i have built a sphere and have it blowing up with the combust filter..but when i save it it doesnt save the whole animation just 1 frame?
<Zebby> is it like any other object you just hit save and type a filename?
<VandalMan> how do i create shadows?
<SuTAKiS> how do you generate mapping coordinates on a boolean object after it has been created?
<Dostick> sutakis: use pencil
<Dostick> and draw UWV mapping on object
<SuTAKiS> use pencil?
<Dostick> yes
<SuTAKiS> i am unfamiliar with that tool..
<SuTAKiS> where is the pencil tool located?
<Dostick> Sutakis: in photoshop
<SuTAKiS> ahh...
<Test4> how do i make lines on the track view?
<tape> Does anyone know of nay good site where I can learn to use max over the internet ????
<TiZiT> i wan't to learn something, but i don't know what??
<Corgan> I need to render an avi in the 'animation' codec, but I haven't got the
choice... how do I obtain this codec??
<Corgan> or is that a quicktime-only thing ?
<dok-lk7> were is that create thing?
<Crizo> can anbody tell me how to use the animate texture's option?
<nox-d> do some one have a mesh of the TITENIK ? less than 1 GO
<hush> how do u make a mesh?
<hush> adobe photoshop?
<Colin> eh
<Colin> hush: u serious?
<hush> colin, im serious
<[ValoR]> hmm i wondered, how i can realize building up a real city like Washington in 3dsmax... anybody has some tips for me ??
<Seph|r0th> hey everyone : how do I Animate something when I am in the render thing ??
<DCutler> Seph: RTFM.
<Seph|r0th> sorry I am only a begginer and doest know where are those button
<rap> I'm trying to animate just a little box going from one place to
another.... So I'm at frame 0, then I hit the animate button, then I
move to frame 100, and then I move the box to another place then I
de-select the animate button. Good, the animation plays when I hit
play in the viewports. But if I hit the goto start button, the box
moves to the position it was in frame 100, when I'm at frame 0.
Plus, when I try to animate it again, I hit the animate butt
<SChewie> I have a plugin for 3d Studio Max. How do I get it to
work?
<JubJub> i'd like to know how to make a jpeg image from a max model
after i've tilted the camera to the necessary view...i looked in the manual
but couldn't find anything in there...can someone heklp me???
<DonMuerte> I'll do my best
<JubJub> any 2d image for that matter
<DonMuerte> change the perspective view and render...
<JubJub> render????
<DonMuerte> yeah...
<JubJub> ahh that could be my problem...i was doing snapshot
<Lotny> anyone can tell my WHY ther is no BOLEON in NURB in MAX
R2.5 and MAYA (both for thousends $$) ??
<Pyroman> is there a way to unanimate an object?
<Pyroman> like make 3dsmax forget the positions of the object for each frame
<kr4z> has anyone else had a problem of stuff not moving when you use the 'animate' button?
<Xform> max sometimes needs a hard smash with a ball peen hammer
[Dostick] kr4z: it's a bug in MAX 2.x.. animation dont work
<kr4z> Dos: when do they plan on fixing it?
[Dostick] kr4z: i dont know.. use max for stills
<DARYL> i have never experienced that tho
<kr4z> actually I'm mainly using it for modeling..
<Destructn> does 3dmax only do 3d rendering
<WrexsouL> Could someone help me with splines
<WrexsouL> im trying to make a vertex that has 3 connections
<MojoMagic> hmmm.... You know what's wrong with this channel?
<yumm> no
<yumm> what?
<BLURRED> its unmoderated??
<_BoNkErS_> where is that glow modifier?
<MikeF> one more question :) Sometimes, when I play an animation through
3dsmax, all the buttons will change colors, all my fonts become large fonts..and
my perspective view doesnt refresh any more..anyone had this problem?
<N-Force> does max 2.5 need a faster machine than max 2
[Dostick] yes, it need to be 2.5 times faster
<TheGimp> hey, what's the best way to create an environmental fog effect?
<_Stone> use environment
<TheGimp> is it 3d?
[Dostick] #3dsmax www page updated:
http://www.plig.net/~dostick/3dsmax.html
<[Yoda]> dostick: the page doesnt actually contain anything :)
;D;D;D;D
These are real Copy/Paste's of conversations happened in #3dsMAX Irc channel (EFNet).
Who are those dumb people ? Are they really, as they say, "too lazy to read the manual"?.
If you witness such funny conversation in #3dsmax, just copy the text and email it to me with subject "3dsmax".
The names on this pages are real names from channel. The text is actual, non-edited copy-paste.
Last updated Dec-98
Go back to Dostick's main page.
<crash8> any tutorials on texturing an object?
<trademark> hey, could someone help me really quick?
<trademark> i need to add frames to an animation in max...
<trademark> (the little slider at the bottom)
<SoftImage> I got two lines
<SoftImage> How do you merge two lines together to make them on line
<Casti3D> weld?
<SoftImage> Weld
<SoftImage> Never heard of it
<SoftImage> Is it a plugin?
<Casti3D> it's new technology
<SoftImage> Is it free?
<HoloPoint> what is primate for max ?
<DCutler> Holo: A monkey using MAX.
<Dostick> Holo: procedural monkey object
<Marckus> Excuse me, who can tell me how I can have no ambient light in a scene ?
<kkid_> marckus: create a light, then delete it..
<Scoop_> Can someone tell me how i can change the size of an object, without using the scale tool?
<Scoop_> i have made a cylinder, and want to make it shorter
<Scoop_> but i cant find out how
<HoloPoint> Scoop_, shrink your max
<LiNT`> Is there a way to have text in 3dsmax, and have the colors fade from a dark gray, to a white, and then back down to a dark gray?
<Dostick> Lint: wear shades
<Dostick> then wear off
<LiNT`> thanks!
<LiNT`> brb
<LiNT`> where is shades?
<_3ds> hey you all!. can someone tell me how you can use more than 6 textures in one "world" ..
<_3ds> like .. I can only use 6 diffrent textures to a 3dsmax pic .. using the material editor ... and that sux..!
<Migger> What effects can I add to a logo to make it look really cool? :)
<kerhcoof> Does anyone know how to put map materials on an object?
<kerhcoof> I mean multiple materials
<threedays> you have to detach the faces that you want do have a different material
<kerhcoof> So how to you put it back-just by grouping? Union would revert to object A, right?
<threedays> dont boolean the shit.
<kerhcoof> ok
<Algeroth_> I have a question
<Algeroth_> will the Max2.0 be as Max1.2
<Algeroth_> so if u can max1.2
<Algeroth_> u can max2.0 ?
<_DESIGN_> no it will look like photoshop
<ZeroHeat> I need some help with 3d s max can someone help me?
<ZeroHeat> I want to create kick ass images
<ZeroHeat> And have no idea how to start
<Andrey> heh.. use 'Make Art' button
<ZeroHeat> i've looked at alot of turtorils but dont understand them
<ZeroHeat> where is that button located?
<Zebby> i have built a sphere and have it blowing up with the combust filter..but when i save it it doesnt save the whole animation just 1 frame?
<Zebby> is it like any other object you just hit save and type a filename?
<VandalMan> how do i create shadows?
<SuTAKiS> how do you generate mapping coordinates on a boolean object after it has been created?
<Dostick> sutakis: use pencil
<Dostick> and draw UWV mapping on object
<SuTAKiS> use pencil?
<Dostick> yes
<SuTAKiS> i am unfamiliar with that tool..
<SuTAKiS> where is the pencil tool located?
<Dostick> Sutakis: in photoshop
<SuTAKiS> ahh...
<Test4> how do i make lines on the track view?
<tape> Does anyone know of nay good site where I can learn to use max over the internet ????
<TiZiT> i wan't to learn something, but i don't know what??
<Corgan> I need to render an avi in the 'animation' codec, but I haven't got the
choice... how do I obtain this codec??
<Corgan> or is that a quicktime-only thing ?
<dok-lk7> were is that create thing?
<Crizo> can anbody tell me how to use the animate texture's option?
<nox-d> do some one have a mesh of the TITENIK ? less than 1 GO
<hush> how do u make a mesh?
<hush> adobe photoshop?
<Colin> eh
<Colin> hush: u serious?
<hush> colin, im serious
<[ValoR]> hmm i wondered, how i can realize building up a real city like Washington in 3dsmax... anybody has some tips for me ??
<Seph|r0th> hey everyone : how do I Animate something when I am in the render thing ??
<DCutler> Seph: RTFM.
<Seph|r0th> sorry I am only a begginer and doest know where are those button
<rap> I'm trying to animate just a little box going from one place to
another.... So I'm at frame 0, then I hit the animate button, then I
move to frame 100, and then I move the box to another place then I
de-select the animate button. Good, the animation plays when I hit
play in the viewports. But if I hit the goto start button, the box
moves to the position it was in frame 100, when I'm at frame 0.
Plus, when I try to animate it again, I hit the animate butt
<SChewie> I have a plugin for 3d Studio Max. How do I get it to
work?
<JubJub> i'd like to know how to make a jpeg image from a max model
after i've tilted the camera to the necessary view...i looked in the manual
but couldn't find anything in there...can someone heklp me???
<DonMuerte> I'll do my best
<JubJub> any 2d image for that matter
<DonMuerte> change the perspective view and render...
<JubJub> render????
<DonMuerte> yeah...
<JubJub> ahh that could be my problem...i was doing snapshot
<Lotny> anyone can tell my WHY ther is no BOLEON in NURB in MAX
R2.5 and MAYA (both for thousends $$) ??
<Pyroman> is there a way to unanimate an object?
<Pyroman> like make 3dsmax forget the positions of the object for each frame
<kr4z> has anyone else had a problem of stuff not moving when you use the 'animate' button?
<Xform> max sometimes needs a hard smash with a ball peen hammer
[Dostick] kr4z: it's a bug in MAX 2.x.. animation dont work
<kr4z> Dos: when do they plan on fixing it?
[Dostick] kr4z: i dont know.. use max for stills
<DARYL> i have never experienced that tho
<kr4z> actually I'm mainly using it for modeling..
<Destructn> does 3dmax only do 3d rendering
<WrexsouL> Could someone help me with splines
<WrexsouL> im trying to make a vertex that has 3 connections
<MojoMagic> hmmm.... You know what's wrong with this channel?
<yumm> no
<yumm> what?
<BLURRED> its unmoderated??
<_BoNkErS_> where is that glow modifier?
<MikeF> one more question :) Sometimes, when I play an animation through
3dsmax, all the buttons will change colors, all my fonts become large fonts..and
my perspective view doesnt refresh any more..anyone had this problem?
<N-Force> does max 2.5 need a faster machine than max 2
[Dostick] yes, it need to be 2.5 times faster
<TheGimp> hey, what's the best way to create an environmental fog effect?
<_Stone> use environment
<TheGimp> is it 3d?
[Dostick] #3dsmax www page updated:
http://www.plig.net/~dostick/3dsmax.html
<[Yoda]> dostick: the page doesnt actually contain anything :)
;D;D;D;D