Link the main weapon's bone to the hand bone. You can use the align tool and the spheres to help position the weapon.


Another noob question. How can I make it so the Assault Rifle's ammo count changes from 00 to 32 in 3DS Max. Does it have to do with keying textures if that's even possible?
Edited by DarkestSeptagon on Mar 15, 2013 at 09:57 AM

Yes, you can keyframe textures.

By link, you mean attach, or skin the weapon to the hand bone?

Thanks.

Use the link tool. Click on the weapon bone then drag your cursor to the hand bone. BTW it's at the top left of the screen.

Edited by DarkestSeptagon on Mar 15, 2013 at 11:25 AM

Sure feels like it, doesn't it?

I'm a big fan of the work done here, there are some really awesome weapon concepts and such listed on this thread.

But, considering I'm a terrible modeler, I wanted to leave this here and see who'd like to take a shot at creating these bad boys.

-EDIT:
I'll downsize the image so as to not take up so much space on the forums.



First up in blue is the Plasma Shotgun, and in Purple is the Heavy Needler Launcher.
Always wanted to see the latter realized, and as for the Plasma Shotgun, well, it came out on a whim.

You might also notice some other doodles and notes. Yes, I have an idea for Brute weaponry, mostly a harpoon-launching sniper rifle and an extremely close-quarters sawed-of shotgun.
-END EDIT

Go nuts, guys!
Edited by OashKoash on Mar 15, 2013 at 06:01 PM

looks awesome, I might model the second gun

These are amazing. Very unique, and they make sense. I'd very much like to see them in-game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRM8IXMrxjE&feature=youtu.be

My current progress on the needler.

I'll release it with a couple of variants for all of you guys to use for whatever once I'm satisfied with it, and get the okay from master noob since he helped with the reflection map.

you should slide the specular texture into the specular color slot to dampen the environment map instead of using the percentage.

Even though I have the hex pattern masked with the specular map? Should I plug the masked maps into the spec color, or just the spec map?

EDIT: Both don't make a visible difference, assuming I understood you right.
Edited by jabberwockxeno on Mar 16, 2013 at 11:02 AM

the specular texture; there should be a noticeable difference.

Woah, clearly I'm misunderstanding you.

Do you mean the reflection map to the specular color?

Also, how did you get the needles like that? I can't get them close to how they look in game.

EDIT: Huh, that doesn't achieve that effect either.

Are you using mental ray?
Edited by jabberwockxeno on Mar 16, 2013 at 11:37 AM

Not sure if anyone is interested in recreating any of these or simply using them for inspiration. I am no weapon modeler, so I guess I'll just leave this guy's profile from DA here. Check out his stuff it is absolutely SICK!!!

http://peterku.deviantart.com/
Edited by eliteslasher on Mar 31, 2013 at 11:23 AM

Thanks for the link ES, those are fantastic :)

uh, yeah, this picture is auto tuned...

elaborate.

so i decided to work on the halo 4 BR for practice on animations and shaders and i cam up with this:




the only issue i have encountered is setting up the ammo counter bitmaps, how do i compile the multiple bitmaps into 1 single image with perms like below

Edited by killzone64 on Apr 2, 2013 at 06:04 PM

make them like you would make sprites, put them all consecutively in one tiff image separated by a 1x1 pure blue (0,0,255) pixel border

Ok now tool says "### ERROR can't extract sprites without a valid plate" how would I fix that?

You didn't make blue lines correctly.

ok so it created the pages, but now i need to make them cycle, i know its a function but does anyone have an example of how to set it up?
Edited by killzone64 on Apr 3, 2013 at 12:13 PM

I think you can basically just copy the Assault Rifle numbers shader tag.

One day you'll speak about something you actually know... but not today.

Put 1 in shader permutation in the shader references of the GBXmodel.
Oh why do I help for that

Great Shaders, looks very nice!

thanks, they still need work though as they're still missing some detail maps and detail bumps.

the BR is almost completed but i have one issue, whenever i start firing the gun my sounds that i made cut out if they haven't finished playing, how would i make them overlap if i press the trigger again before the sound has finished playing...

looks like it haves bad smoothing groups on the top...

yes, there are a couple bad smoothing groups in different places on the gun, but you may be seeing the bump map if your looking at the same place i am

on the other hand heres a video of the BR, and a better example of my sound issue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJWwkjsYeDE
Edited by killzone64 on Apr 3, 2013 at 02:48 PM

how did you get the ammo counter to work. i have been trying to do that with one of my models but it never wants to work.

it was explained a few posts up the list, place all the bitmaps in one image using photoshop and make sure each counter bitmap is seperated by a 1 pixel wide true blue (0.0.255) border

then in the gbx model put a 1 in the permutation box of the tens shader.

1: take firing sound file
2: increase mids so the gun doesn't sound semi silenced and has some weight to the sound
3: PROFIT!!! :D

Actually, it doesn't have to be a 1 pixel border. Slap your counter elements into a pure blue background image, aligning them vertically. As long as the actual images (the black and white elements) are a power of two, then you can get sprite pages as 2d compressed bitmaps.

Just make sure that the elements you put in the image aren't touching, so that tool can perceive each image as a power of 2.

This occasionally won't work if you don't use layers for the elements in photoshop. Just make sure the bottom layer is pure blue.

ok thanks waffles that's good to know since i'm working on a reach HUD as a side project. any way to fix the sounds so that it doesn't cut off when firing rapidly

Because Altheros was such a brilliant mapper.

Srsly, Killzone, the bloom is just beautiful, makes it look totally amazing. I wish I knew the syntax for such great bloom.

And "slapped normals"? Yeah right. How about the Normals slap Altheros? I'd PAY to see that.

MlgPro, tell Altheros to go to hell for me.
Edited by clonecam117 on Apr 3, 2013 at 07:14 PM

we can never escape him can we...

@ altheros (i know your watching) know that your stuff is lightyears behind anything anyone is doing here, and you wont even admit it.

and i can make collisions, everything is collideable and working fine. he has just been away for a while and i must admit i like it that way...
and my bitmaps have alphas as well your JUST LOOKING AT UNFINISHED STUFF AS THE FOCUS OF THE VIDEO WAS MAINLY ON THE BATTLERIFLES
Edited by killzone64 on Apr 3, 2013 at 07:27 PM

all in all that's real rich coming from you altheros
Edited by killzone64 on Apr 3, 2013 at 11:32 PM

I'm sorry, what?


On topic: anyone fixed the needle rifle animations yet?