[Scooby_Doo]

Does anyone know how, if possible in Max to "sketch" details (possibly using an image)  such as cutting polygons to fit the detail,  instead of having to apply the texture, cut the polys, rejoin unnecessary vertices, then extrude?  Not sure if that made any sense.  Something like Displace function but actually works well.

[Col. Fishguts]

If I had the Webspace, I'd host them myself to be honest, but Pipex' main weakness is the lousy 50Meg I got given

No more excuses.

[Flipside]

That's handy 'arry, thanks

[DaBrain]

Does anyone know how, if possible in Max to "sketch" details (possibly using an image)  such as cutting polygons to fit the detail,  instead of having to apply the texture, cut the polys, rejoin unnecessary vertices, then extrude?  Not sure if that made any sense.  Something like Displace function but actually works well.

I think there are some plugins for this, but I doubt they'll be useful.

I know a 'draw vegetation' pluging for lightwave. Impressive, but somewhat unuseable for tech stuff... It's not very precise.

If I had the Webspace, I'd host them myself to be honest, but Pipex' main weakness is the lousy 50Meg I got given

No more excuses.

Finally! ... Now I can open my own community!

DaBrain-Warden-Productions-Sector-Watch !

[Flipside]

Hmmm... I registered but never recieved an Email, and since I don't have a spam folder, it's not there...

Wierd.

[Scooby_Doo]

How bad is Z-buffer problems occurring with this? I'm detailing the hell out of my waterloo and have created tons of panels.  Will zbuffering be a problem.   I kinda doubt it, since it usually occurs at a good distance and not close up.

[DaBrain]

Depends on the height of your panels. So far I didn't have z-buffer problems, but really flat stuff could cause problems. Plus that's no use anyway, cause you won't be able to see it.

[Scooby_Doo]

One more question, this ones more aimed at the coders, how is the detail boxes mesh's textures relate to the main hull? Are they treated like subsystems (aka turrets) or are they batched with the main hull?

[Flipside]

Yup, as far as I'm aware you define each detail 'group' as a subsystem, say XDetail01, XDetail02.... and the in the Subsystem properties in PCS, add the detail box info

[Scooby_Doo]

Good then I can use a seperate texture map for them (especially reuseable details)