complete maps made in 3DSMAX?

seantree · 9th Dec 1999, 01:26 AM

i had read somehwre that the unreal crew used max, or lightwave to build some of the maps, or sections of them. i have also found a tutorial on this but seem to have lost the url. could anyone help me out? any insight would be great, links etc...
thank you,
tree

seantree · 9th Dec 1999, 02:56 AM

thanks!

Wanderer · 9th Dec 1999, 07:44 AM

Here it is in a nutshell.

Lots of the outdoor maps with mountains were done with Lightwave. They'ld export them to either .dxf or .asc. They'ld then import them into UnrealEd as a brush, not a level.

Don't exceed 500 polys though when importing models. It may screw things up on the transfer.

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9th Dec 1999, 01:26 AM	#1
seantree Registered User Join Date: Dec. 8th, 1999 Posts: 2	i had read somehwre that the unreal crew used max, or lightwave to build some of the maps, or sections of them. i have also found a tutorial on this but seem to have lost the url. could anyone help me out? any insight would be great, links etc... thank you, tree

9th Dec 1999, 02:56 AM	#2
seantree Registered User Join Date: Dec. 8th, 1999 Posts: 2	thanks!

9th Dec 1999, 07:44 AM	#3
Wanderer Registered User Join Date: Jul. 7th, 2000 Posts: 1,334	Here it is in a nutshell. Lots of the outdoor maps with mountains were done with Lightwave. They'ld export them to either .dxf or .asc. They'ld then import them into UnrealEd as a brush, not a level. Don't exceed 500 polys though when importing models. It may screw things up on the transfer.