Open Source Realtime Strategy Game Engine
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All feature-heavy 3d modelling programs are agonizing to work with. Max is par for the course - but it traditionally has had the best scripting support of the major retail ones, so it's the most popular for gaming. There is better and worse - for example SoftImage is infamously apalling compared to the Max.Caydr wrote:3d studio max is the worst modeling program I've ever used. I can't believe this program can be sold.
What's wrong with 3dsm? A little more explanation here, instead of your usual "I hate it, but I'm not saying why, becouse that doesn't sounds cool" sort of thing.Caydr wrote:3d studio max is the worst modeling program I've ever used. I can't believe this program can be sold.
Caydr wrote:Would've had another WIP shot for you just now, with all the UV mapping work complete, but MAX had a brain-fart and forgot all my UV mappings. 8 hours of work.
I learned later that in the version I have, they've implemented a button to disable Max's convenient "forget uv mappings if you edit the model" feature. I wish there was a button labelled "disable all the OTHER stupid shit this program does" too. Max is such a pathetic program. A free app like Wings or Blender completely outdoes it in every meaningful way, yet it costs three thousand dollars.
Furthermore, *EVERY* program in existence which has any undo option at all, outside of freaking NOTEPAD, has an undo memory of more than 12 or so steps. And yet max, designed for something which REQUIRES massive, radical experimentation, has no more than a dozen or so. And it doesn't autosave backups, which even WORD does.Caydr wrote:I *do* use wings. I use it for everything. And I've never had any problems, it works perfectly. But wings currently has only very minimal support for UV mapping, which is clearly necessary in models with the detail level I'm working with. So I use MAX. And after 8 hours, whoopsie, there goes all my work because I clicked on something, and without warning nor option it reset all my UV mapping coordinates. So piss on it. I hate this program.
Ah yes, your PC has a "format harddisc" function as well. every program has an exit without save option as well. Be grateful that It's there, or else you need to reset everything manually (if you need to reset it).Caydr wrote:Here's why:
Caydr wrote:Would've had another WIP shot for you just now, with all the UV mapping work complete, but MAX had a brain-fart and forgot all my UV mappings. 8 hours of work.
I learned later that in the version I have, they've implemented a button to disable Max's convenient "forget uv mappings if you edit the model" feature. I wish there was a button labelled "disable all the OTHER stupid shit this program does" too. Max is such a pathetic program. A free app like Wings or Blender completely outdoes it in every meaningful way, yet it costs three thousand dollars.
Well, It doesn't autosave (logical reason to, but somethimes it is annoying). It does always leave a rescue version of your model behind. (actually the same as an autosave).Caydr wrote:Here's why:Furthermore, *EVERY* program in existence which has any undo option at all, outside of freaking NOTEPAD, has an undo memory of more than 12 or so steps. And yet max, designed for something which REQUIRES massive, radical experimentation, has no more than a dozen or so. And it doesn't autosave backups, which even WORD does.Caydr wrote:I *do* use wings. I use it for everything. And I've never had any problems, it works perfectly. But wings currently has only very minimal support for UV mapping, which is clearly necessary in models with the detail level I'm working with. So I use MAX. And after 8 hours, whoopsie, there goes all my work because I clicked on something, and without warning nor option it reset all my UV mapping coordinates. So piss on it. I hate this program.
