Quote from tikshow :

hm, i can do it, but ah, i have the latest version of vray(it's hard too find, and i can't post it where can you find it) and i have the latest 3d studio max(2008), and you can't open the .max files with the older versions

You can save 3dsmax files as previous versions, and I'm sure anyone who got his hands on one version of vray can pretty much find the latest one too.
P.S. You don't have the latest 3d studio max.. I do. It's the 2009 one.

I was wondering, what if we prepared a VRay ready to render kit with all the lfs models?
Just like the Brazil one.
Anyone willing to contribute ?

Quote from ChiKisT :

These are my renders-wallpapers:

http://img166.imageshack.us/my ... ge=lfsprostreet2bh7.jpg

http://img523.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lfswhiteupyj6.jpg


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Sorry for my Bad English.

Nice! I like the first one!

You are not serious are u..
LOL

Oh thank god..
I was in such a worry!

Since everyone's reposting old renders, what about mine?
:P

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Quote from Taavi(EST) :

XRR in pajamas.

Nice skin!

XA658 is me :P

Quote from XCNuse :

nothing in france is really stopping him though
thumbs down to the french once again i must say

damn shame you have no life phlos
i can't imagine any girls would be to impressed with you by hacking into a GAMING forum.. thats.. real cool.. wow

and would any girls be impressed by ur lifeless contribution to the LFSForum XCNuse?
oh, I dont think so...

Usually such problems occur when u have 2 surfaces interfencing (like 2 perfectly alligned ground planes) or when the normals arent right..

Quote from biggyb :

ok guys i noticed many people asking bout rendering and many more to come so to end all this can someone just post a step by step tut on how to do this and sticky it? i have 3dsmax and what now? ive never used it befour so can someone tell me exactly step by step what to do plz? how do i open it how do i put on a skin how do i render it? someone please! put an end to all the questions.

By your post i can understand you are not willing to learn the right way, you are just asking for the easiest way to render your skins. If you just want some skins rendered just post to the proper thread and i'm sure somebody will render them for you.
If indeed you find an easy way to do the renders yourself, im pretty sure you are gonna get bored after 4-5, and stop. So what's the point?
Are you willing to learn some new software that has TONS of uses, or are you just bored waiting in the Render-My-Skin thread's queue?
The only way to make your own renders is to have the geekiness and experiment with 3dsmax more and more till you get what you want.

Here's a good MR sky and Sun tutorial for those who dont want to use VRay.

http://evermotion.org/index.ph ... =141&unfold=exclusive

enjoy

XCNuse: the Honda scene uses no GI, just 3 VRayLights. Btw, he had the scene posted (without the car) in Evermotion, but i cant find it anymore.. damn

edit: Yep, he removed it from his site. Im sure if you send him an email you'll be able to get it from him.
http://www.evermotion.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=51709 <-- here's 2 more screenshots of the scene

Quote from Davo :

Could you attach those pics here, you have to be a member to see attachments there.

I cant, cause they are gonna ban me from the other forum..
If you're interested in 3D stuff, you can register there, there's a shitload of free stuff

You might wanna check out http://www.evermotion.org/vbul ... &highlight=honda+vray

Quote from XCNuse :

all you have to do is take pictures in a circle... its a giant panoramic (except it goes upward and lengthwise rather than just one of those ways)

unless.. you dont know how to do that?

I know how to make vertical or horizontal panoramics, i dont know how to make one that goes both ways though.. how do u stitch the photos together?

Nice one mate,
Can you give us more info on the HDRi HowTo ? (the whole process)

You can do it all in 3dsmax,
I'd recommend reading this tutorial: http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/3dsmax_ref_vol1.pdf
It would save us alot of time.. There's stuff we cant just explain in a forum post, you need screenshots and stuff in order to understand. If you complete these tutorials, im pretty sure you'll be able to do the stuff you want.
After all, if you dont learn 3dsmax's basics, then whats the point? You're gonna do 3-4 lfs renders and get bored.

Most of the people here use Autodesk 3D Studio Max + Brazil for the easy renders. If you still want to use 3dsmax and go more advanced, you'll be using 3dsmax + VRay. If you want a freeware 3d app, you'll be using Blender.

Quote from Ian.H :

Ewwwww! I think not

Brazil's horrible.. both vray and finalrender are much better



Regards,

Ian

Agreed..
There's a free version of VRay out with some limited features.
Check out these links:
VRay Rendering Basics: http://www.aversis.be/extra_tu ... basic_render_settings.htm
VRay Material Basics:
http://www.aversis.be/extra_tu ... _material_settings_01.htm

Quote from XCNuse :

actually... mental ray (free) is the best renderer out there, and is used by the profesionals, the others such as raytrace, vray, brazil, maxwell, renderman, and final render are actually just alternatives that.. although can create good images are nowhere near the original mental ray

its kinda like the old saying, you may read books, but i have more years under my belt; and mental ray... has been a wip render software for what i believe over a decade and a half, while these others are really only half a decade or less old

besides blender though, i've heard of milkshape.. er.. which nevermind is 25$ or 25 euro, there's something else though that is free but i can't recall what its called

ok, i finally found what i was looking for
i've come across this guy who has a website (www.colacola.se), who is extremely well known for his amazing renders and quality on his airplane models, and i was looking through a tutorial of his once, and said he was using this program wings3d, which is a free nurms modeler, i dont know of anyone that has ever tried (much less heard) of it, so i guess you could test it out and see how it works for you, otherwise the only best alternative i know of is blender which supports a TON of stuff for being free
http://www.wings3d.com/

Well.. i tried it for 15 mins. Its totally different than 3dsmax but its interface is very simple. Now, about modelling a car or something, i dont see any way how to. Any idea if there are any tutorials around?

Yep, what Jakg said is right.
Btw, if you didnt understand anything in blender, what makes you think you are gonna find 3dsmax easier?
For you, and everybody else who is planning to use 3dsmax for LFS renders i'd recommend reading Autodesk's tutorial: http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/3dsmax_ref_vol1.pdf
(or at least the first 2 chapters) in order to get a basic idea of the user interface.

Quote from Funnycat :

Windows are WAY too transparent, and the lights are too noisy imo. try to model them maybe? there was a tut on the net somewhere

The lights ARE modelled
I'm working on the materials now

Just an update to the XRR
I dont seem to be getting the lights as i want them to be.. hmm
Comments on the headlights please

Since im working on 3d stuff on daily basis (mostly architectural visualisations), i guess making my own thread is a good move.
Yes yes, i know about the glass, i was playing with the IOR setting and forgot it at 1.7