How to skin a gun in MS3D using Texture Coordinator

[clyzm]

Alright, this tutorial explains how to skin a previously modelled weapon using the Texture Coordinator in MS3D. I am using MS3Dv 1.7.5 for this tut. For this tut I am going to use the Steyr Aug as previously mentioned in an earlier tut: How to model a gun in 3DS MAX + Milkshape 3d Here is the SKIN we are using: STEYR AUG.

1. Open up MS3D & the model file. Make sure you have 4 groups: the CLIP, the TRIGGER, the GUN PARTS, and the BOLT.



2. Make a new material in Material section. Open up the STEYR AUG you saved, and select all of the groups, then hit "Assign."



Also, right click on your bottom right view; check 'Textured' and uncheck 'Wireflame Overlay'.

3. Go to Windows > Texture Coordinator with your gun selected. In the field that says "1.0", make it "0.7" and hit SCALE. Then, in the field that says "Front", change it to "Left" and hit REMAP. If it's the wrong way, make it Right then hit REMAP, or whatever view you have that fits it. Also, make sure the group selected is GUN.



4. Select "Scale" and scale it down a bit until it fits the image.



5. Move around the scope (using select and MOVE) tool until it fits the image, do the same for the barrel.



By now, if you look at your bottom right textured area, you should have no white spots on your GUN group. If you do, move the vertices on TC window until you don't.

6. Do the same for the rest of the gun groups. Note: Every time you move onto a new group, you have to select all the vertices again.







7. Once you are done, if you notice any weird texture lines on your gun, move them around until they are correct.

Happy skinning!

[~Hit[CG]man~]

nice tutorial gonna try it later

[Allan]

Yah, it's definately a good walkthrough =)

One thing though, What part of the weapon picture do you reccomend using for the sides of the weapon that arent visible in the photos? Because I've made a few weapons with custom meshes, and 90% of them looked dodgey up the sides... I've included a picture of my 'Outlaw' mesh, so you can see what I mean.

[clyzm]

Yah, it's definately a good walkthrough =)

One thing though, What part of the weapon picture do you reccomend using for the sides of the weapon that arent visible in the photos? Because I've made a few weapons with custom meshes, and 90% of them looked dodgey up the sides... I've included a picture of my 'Outlaw' mesh, so you can see what I mean.

That's what happens when a mesh is flat topped & sided ... it's not your fault per se, but more of the texture's fault. As you can see, TC is a good method of texturing, but it isn't the best.

[ICE]

Thats nice 3 days I havent been on and your all readz got aload of new stuff . Oh y ea cata nice tuts.