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3DS Max - multiple objects into 1 UVmap

Stefano_1990

Stefano_1990

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Hi everybody

I'm sorry i tried to use the search but the keywords "uv map", uv map, "UV" all didnt work simply because the search deletes the UV away because it says its to short :(

So sorry to bother you with a question which might have been asked 1000 times before. I am trying to build a manchester terminal building. This is my absolute first try in modeling for the flightsim.

Here a slideshow of the renders i made quickly:
http://img182.imageshack.us/slideshow/player.php?id=img182/8269/1198504034six.smil
(ignore the ground texture, that was just for the modelling)

You see those green cubes, I want to texture those. But to save polys i created them as seperate objects. Now how can i get these gates on the same UV texture like the main building?

Another question i had was if the thing will affect the performance. The buidling has about 400 polys and the texture file is 512x512 pixels, and has about 250kb (can i get that any smaller?)


Thank you for your help and merry christmas to everybody,
Stefano
 
Hi,

I am not sure if I understand your question. Do you have trouble in making the texture or is the problem in mapping it?

It should not be so difficult to add another piece of texture if you still have some space on your texture sheet. And after that the mapping should not be different from the mapping of the rest of your terminal.

About the texture size, using only one 512x512 texture for this building seems quite optimal to me as already. For use in FS you might want to compress it by making a DDS version.
 
Ok i got everything working now, and i have everything textured.

I was also able to put it into the flightsim, but there the whole thing was just green. I guess the texture doesnt get mapped onto the model.

Where is the error? BGL file, .x file, texture(BMP or DDS?) or the MDL file?

Thanks for your help,
Stefano
 
If there is no texture appearing on the model, make sure the converted texture .bmp is located in the texture folder of your scenery. 3DSmax does not export the texture with the model. You must manually place it there. If the building shows up white after that; make sure that the texture is in the right format.

Hope this helps,

John
 
I think the problem is the path exported within the MDL file out of Max. I tried to change the name, put it as DDS instead of BMP, placed BMPs in every possible folder i could think of. But it just appears white or green depending on what color i set the diffuse color.


Please help me.. ;)

Thanks,
Stefano

PS: If it helps i can upload the max file here...
 
Hi Stefano,

There are no paths stored in the MDL file, only the texture name. By default FS looks for the texture in the texture folder that belongs to the scenery folder where you BGL is placed. If it is not found there it will look in the main texture folder as well. But for custom textures it is always advised to put them in the local texture folder of your project.
 
Ok thanks. I'll mess around with the texture more later. Now i have to texture the second terminal. here a little render in case you are interessted:

beta1kc9.jpg


Regards,
Stefano
 
I tried everything... i am seriously getting frustrated here seems like i am some kind of an idiot... :/

image.php

Thats how it looks when i export it and look at it in flightsim.

And these are pretty much all the settings i have set in my 3ds max:
image.php


Please guys help me, its really frustrating :(

Thank you,
Stefano
 
Hi,

Maybe a stupid question, but are you using a FSX Material on your object instead of a standard material?
 
The problem whit 3ds you probably have is the FSX Material, open the Material editor than look at the point where you select FSX Material it may be set to Bitmap, the only thing you need to do is hit the arrow saying ( Go to parent ) that will set it back to FSX Material.

save the bmp as DDS in fsx

Hoop this will help
 
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