3DSMax help

i cant help (im crap at tutorials) but i know exactly how you feel. just starting max myself, and just staring at it my face goes blank. there arent enough useful tutorials out there, although there is an interesting abstract one by filth (filth.deviantart.com) i think...

... yeahz go to google.com and search for Anysort of 3ds tut. you might be looking for, there is a lot of good ones out there.even just playing around with the different options + tools in 3ds for about a period of 2 months can Give you a great understanding of how it works... or at least it did for me. but yeahzzzz Find some tutorials on google.com and youll be set i guess this is all i can do to help since im not to great of a 3ds ma guy myself

think outside of the box

Deviantart has some create tutorials in the Tutorials>3ds Max section. Some are really good and helped me a lot (e.g. the U-Loft and Lathering tutorials).

Well that's a lot more help than I expected. Thank you all.

^_^

think outside of the box

cant help, still in the process of learning my self. i know, u make a shape, then cube, then convert it to nurbs, then mess around with that i think :S

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hi, I apologise in advance for my very noob-ish question to all the advanced users, but after having worked on a project that didn't cause any problems before, 3Ds max freezes after accessing the material editor, it's obviously not related with the software, as it doesnt freeze with other scenes. Can someone tell me what the problem is caused by and how to resolve it ?

Thanks in advance

Fuzz9

I have no idea why you revived this thread instead of just googling it. I've only ever had a problem with 3DS crashing when I use raytraced materials. Other than that, I can't help you. Check google, or call Discreet and see what they say.

I browsed search engines already and I can't find the answer, is there any way to totally re-initialise the material editor ?

Reinitialize the material editor? I really don't know what you mean. You could try resetting MAX, but other than that I probably couldn't help you.

what I mean is, how do I remove all the textures I used from the material editor ? tell me anyway how I can re-initialise max

There is an option called "reset" under the File menu. That will get rid of your current model, so save first and then reset. If something else still fails after doing that, something could be corrupt. I would reinstall in that case. Probably your best option.

a cube is a standard primitive, just drag one out in a viewport and then modify it with whatever distortion you want. Please don't upload it here as a new wall though.

god damn these old ass posts coming up...I feel like a moron

I imagine it's because your hacked, cracked, smacked and otherwise jacked version of MAX is missing some imortant bits.

So max freezes when you bring the mat browser\editior up? Well, you can't reset to default mats if it's freezing. And this re-initialize business is fiction, as far as I know.

try this:

create a new scene, import the model into it, but not the mats.

should work. if not, go buy MAX.

Preferably using a student discount. MAX is insanely expensive.

or switch to a free app to learn the skills, then later pay the bills.

www.wings3d.com

I use that with MAX, and in some ways prefer modelling with it. Subdivisions modellers need only apply.