3D Modeling Programs

[J.D.*]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a good free modeling program other than Blender?

 

[YoYoBatty]

Milkshape 3D
3DS Max

 

[J.D.*]

Nice, thx for that, theres alot of dl's avail with milkshape, will give it a go.

 

[YoYoBatty]

3DS Max is the best, has tons of tutorial for animations, modelling, applying textures, exporting, import,ect...

 

[No Glory]

3DS Max is the best, has tons of tutorial for animations, modelling, applying textures, exporting, import,ect...

Max ain't free where I come from....

 

[YoYoBatty]

Thats y u crack it, like I once did, but I had 2 format my harddrive and I lost 3DS Max

 

[J.D.*]

Anyone have any other suggestions? Is blender the only free open source 3d modeler out there? Max, maya, milkshape all have the 30 trial and honestly thats getting tiresome. I certainly dont have what is it like 3000 or 4000 dollars layin around atm to spend on a program and Blender confuses the hell out of me.

 

[dogbadger]

get yourself the free version of xsi (now autodesk) softimage and you're set.

 

[The_Sorrow]

Get Maya it's better than Max except Max is better for modeling

 

[J.D.*]

get yourself the free version of xsi (now autodesk) softimage and you're set.

Great thats sort of what I was looking for. Its free and pretty straight forward from fist impressions, havent read up on the licensing yet though but will soon. Thx. Also if anyones interested, here is a link below to the dl. I would suggest moddb as a foreign site had this with users complaining of spyware.


http://www.moddb.com/downloads/autodesk-softimage-mod-tool-75

 

[dogbadger]

Great thats sort of what I was looking for. Its free and pretty straight forward from fist impressions, havent read up on the licensing yet though but will soon. Thx. Also if anyones interested, here is a link below to the dl. I would suggest moddb as a foreign site had this with users complaining of spyware.


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yeah honestly by all accounts it's perfect for introducing stuff to unreal or source, and i think it supports crytek now ( for what it's worth...).
I've fiddled around with it and found I got decent results quite quickly and easily.
A lot of vehicles that have appeared in an RO mod were modelled and rigged with this prog, albeit one of the retail versions.

 

[Jack-Carver]

Actually me and Ivan make all Unreal Weapons and stuff with Maya, as Maya is the program the devs use too. And actuall you can make nice stuff with it.
BTW there's a PLE (Personal Learing Adition) for free but it's a bit older, but for a beginner it's really enough. You won't really notice the difference.

 

[J.D.*]

ver Actually me and Ivan make all Unreal Weapons and stuff with Maya, as Maya is the program the devs use too. And actuall you can make nice stuff with it.
BTW there's a PLE (Personal Learing Adition) for free but it's a bit older, but for a beginner it's really enough. You won't really notice the difference.

This is no longer available. Also, xsi softimage has a watermark and there are no tutorials for the newer version... Little tired of the work around so after all this Im sticking with Blender. Its a no bs program thats free to use.

 

[No Glory]

This is no longer available. Also, xsi softimage has a watermark and there are no tutorials for the newer version... Little tired of the work around so after all this Im sticking with Blender. Its a no bs program thats free to use.

Blender FTW!

 

[[DGA]Serious_Arschbacke]

well im prefering Maya, I guess its really depending on what youre doing and who you are so its hard to tell

 

[J.D.*]

Gmax

You sir are a Beast, thanks for the heads up I really like this program. Cant believe I didnt run into this program sooner.