3D modelling software

[Revoluzer]

Hi,
I want to start some modelling for games as I have a little experience from my job as design engineer.
I already have a program to create 3D modells, but it is made for the industry and not for designing gaming props.
Can you give me some advices which software would suit best for this?

 

[General Naga]

Welcome to the community Revoluzer.

I'm going to take a guess and say you use AutoCAD or another Autodesk product at work? Most people I know in the construction/civil engineering seem to these days regardless of which country their in.

For gaming the predominant piece of software is 3DS Max but that carries a price tag of around 3,000 GBP so you might like to take a look at XSI Mod Tools (also made by Autodesk).

A quick search came up with this introduction into exporting from XSI to CryEngine3 (see part 3).

 

[Revoluzer]

A software for free and legal -> thats great, tanks. I will try that program and if I get the trick and enough time I want to create some assets for this mod as a kind of contributor.

 

[General Naga]

Glad to help

Please feel free to post up your work in the Community Creations forum if you want to get feedback from the team's artists.

 

[Revoluzer]

Now I am looking for an easy object I can create

 

[hannibaldinski]

Now I am looking for an easy object I can create

What about furniture?

 

[General Naga]

A crate or ammo box is traditional - I must admit I broke the trend and modelled an oil refinery for my first model... but that's a story for another time

 

[Sir Apple]

Yeah my first real model was an industrial crane system

 

[Edad Tace]

my first model was some random gun I more or less just threw together - i was proud of it xD

 

[Sir Apple]

Also remember your first model isn't about accuracy, its about getting the fundamentals right and learning the software and how to physically make a model for a video game - getting your object to look perfect and look like the reference is something to work on gradually as you start other projects

 

[Fuchs]

Yeah my first real model was an industrial crane system

For Stalingrad! I still remember you showed me that and asked for feedback.

 

[WinDwarf]

What about metaseq ? It's a shareware and I think it's good but then i don't know if it's enough..

 

[General Naga]

What about metaseq ? It's a shareware and I think it's good but then i don't know if it's enough..

I must say that's the first I've heard of MetaSeq. I suspect Blender + CryBlend is a much more powerful (and still free) option.