JECAF9 Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Hi. I'm new to these forums but i've been playing BS for a while. I fancied having a go at a bit of modding. Aircraft skin improvements like for a C-17. I was wondering is Blender a good program as I don't want to spend money on a program. If Blender is no use could someone point me in the right direction for a better program. Any tips are welcome too.
Headspace Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 I use it for video editing but it's supposedly a decent 3d tool if you are really adept at learning the technical and non user-friendly aspects of it.
JECAF9 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Posted July 17, 2011 OK. Got blender and teaching myself the basics. I was playing around and was wondering. Can you open the current models of aircraft with blender using the import option. I was thinking of improving an aircraft skin or something like that when I get better.
Michelange Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Pink_Tigrou's models are all done in Blender. After he imported it in 3DSMax to make the animations. EVAC : French fighter school on LockOn: Flaming Cliffs Moding tutorials at C6
JECAF9 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Posted July 17, 2011 That was amazing. Your answer was within 30 seconds of my post. But it's clearly possible. Thanks
Agg Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 You cant import the models that are used in Flaming Cliffs or DCS, because they are .LOM and .EDM.
JECAF9 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Posted July 17, 2011 Shame. I'd have to start from scratch then? I won't bother doing new skins if I have to start from scratch. I'd do an all new aircraft. But I've got to learn how to use it well first. Thanks for the quick replies.
nemises Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 Blender is phenomenally good... We used to have to pay thousands of $$'s for a quality 3d editing / animating / rendering tool (Maya), now days Blender does it all (and including a compositing suite and realtime engine) for free. Free!! If you want to learn to use Blender , check out a huge bunch of free video tutorials for various things at http://www.blenderguru.com/ Don't even consider anything that costs money, Blender can do it just as well for what you want anyway..
nemises Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 (not sure if ED have blender export tools tho, so it might be necessary to use 3ds Max for the final steps?......is there still a free version of max?..used to be one called gmax)
JECAF9 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Posted July 17, 2011 I've been practising. So far I have a mug and a coke can. Both came from instructions on youtube but I'm doing OK. I might even make something of my own now.
Pyroflash Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 (edited) gmax stopped being supported by autodesk when they made the decision to release watermark free licensed versions of 3ds max and maya for students to use. Obviously this means you have to be enrolled in a participating school, but on the upside you no longer have to pay for any of it. There is no difference between the student editions and the paid editions other than they tell you you aren't supposed to use them for commercial purposes. Hardly matters in a modding context though, none of it is for profit anyways. Edited July 17, 2011 by Pyroflash If you aim for the sky, you will never hit the ground.
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