I know this tutorial is kind of old, but I'm having some problems with fiber in Lightwave 9.6. There's one particular model I'm using that generates fiber on all of its layers except for one, and that layer is the only one I actually need fibers on.
Whenever I try to give it hair, it asks me for a numeric value for the first parameter, rather than a percentage value . Even then nothing shows up. I was just wondering if you would know any possible reason for something like that happening.
everytime i try to render a frame just after activating fiber fx, it says it has crashed, and no matter what i do, it crashes, im using lightwave 9.5, is there a patch or something i could use to fix that?
@kovedg Well, the reasons for this are myriad. It's really impossible to say. For starters, I would say start by making sure all the normals of your model are pointing int the right direction. Make sure there are no "doubles" by removing any 2 point polys in the Statistics menu. Also, try the very lowest number of hairs that looks good.
You have lots of great tutorials, Im subscribing to you now. It is probabl a good idea for me to look more deeply at modeling and bone techniques in Lightwave first though
I got 6 months to publish comics of The Retaliators and Captain Superhero, else Ill have to file trademark extensions for both. Its a use it or lose it type deal. So, Im gonna go ahead and make solid object hair for the comics, and by the time Im doing animations, Ill hire a Lightwave artist to help me with the animation, and while hes on the clock, help straighten me out on hair.
Sorry for the insane-ness of my last comment. I was just frustrated from failed attempts. It's not my learning capacity that's wrong, it's Newtek's explaining that's wrong. It's all out of sequence, and the things you need to know are mixed up with things you don't need to know. It's like putting together a puzzle in a video game. I actually worked all day today on Fiber FX, doing the procedure step by step, and I finally got hair. But, it wasn't exactly what I need.
I feel your pain.Newtek just released a ton of excellent video tutorials that show how to use the hair plugin in a user friendly manner.Anything like hair, clothing, dynamics is inherently messy in 3D.You will not find any shortcuts to good work in those fields. Poser does good hair, but the animation tools are not up to the rest of the world.
There is a very good reason why the big 3D movies have 15 minutes worth of credits at the end of a movie.The tools are getting better, so keep the faith.
Thanks for understanding. Your tutorials are great, Im sure the answer is here in this video, somewhere. But, time is a factor, and I am starting out with comics first, and the solid object hair might be more toward the classic comics style, anyway. Im too noob, for this, at this point. I havent even read through all the manuals, yet. Ill come back to Fiber FX, later.
Well, I finally got to the Saslite section of the Layout manual. I almost had fur effects working, but couldnt do anything with long hair. Next, I read the Fiber FX manual, and managed to get guide hairs, but nothing else I tried after that worked. Im gonna go with solid object layer hair, for now. It works for the Japs! Gotta move on, I'll go back to Fiber FX, later. The manuals were made for people who took a course or had previous versions. Starting to regret getting this instead of Poser..
I haven't heard of any problems using certain video cards with Fiber FX. Try downloading new drivers for your video card. If it is still not working out then contact Newtek support.
plzz answer mee ..how u make more hair strands ???
58cedrick 2 months ago
I know this tutorial is kind of old, but I'm having some problems with fiber in Lightwave 9.6. There's one particular model I'm using that generates fiber on all of its layers except for one, and that layer is the only one I actually need fibers on.
Whenever I try to give it hair, it asks me for a numeric value for the first parameter, rather than a percentage value . Even then nothing shows up. I was just wondering if you would know any possible reason for something like that happening.
jackthebum13 3 months ago
everytime i try to render a frame just after activating fiber fx, it says it has crashed, and no matter what i do, it crashes, im using lightwave 9.5, is there a patch or something i could use to fix that?
kovedg 1 year ago
@kovedg Well, the reasons for this are myriad. It's really impossible to say. For starters, I would say start by making sure all the normals of your model are pointing int the right direction. Make sure there are no "doubles" by removing any 2 point polys in the Statistics menu. Also, try the very lowest number of hairs that looks good.
bugzilla2001 1 year ago
@bugzilla2001 thank you
kovedg 1 year ago
Thanks man!!!
Simpleandmean 2 years ago
oww! thanks man
Madmark2190 2 years ago
nice tutorial thx for it
cheers
Lukezjl 2 years ago
You have lots of great tutorials, Im subscribing to you now. It is probabl a good idea for me to look more deeply at modeling and bone techniques in Lightwave first though
SeriousIlya 3 years ago
I got 6 months to publish comics of The Retaliators and Captain Superhero, else Ill have to file trademark extensions for both. Its a use it or lose it type deal. So, Im gonna go ahead and make solid object hair for the comics, and by the time Im doing animations, Ill hire a Lightwave artist to help me with the animation, and while hes on the clock, help straighten me out on hair.
WanagiAkicita 3 years ago
Sorry for the insane-ness of my last comment. I was just frustrated from failed attempts. It's not my learning capacity that's wrong, it's Newtek's explaining that's wrong. It's all out of sequence, and the things you need to know are mixed up with things you don't need to know. It's like putting together a puzzle in a video game. I actually worked all day today on Fiber FX, doing the procedure step by step, and I finally got hair. But, it wasn't exactly what I need.
WanagiAkicita 3 years ago
I feel your pain.Newtek just released a ton of excellent video tutorials that show how to use the hair plugin in a user friendly manner.Anything like hair, clothing, dynamics is inherently messy in 3D.You will not find any shortcuts to good work in those fields. Poser does good hair, but the animation tools are not up to the rest of the world.
There is a very good reason why the big 3D movies have 15 minutes worth of credits at the end of a movie.The tools are getting better, so keep the faith.
bugzilla2001 3 years ago
Thanks for understanding. Your tutorials are great, Im sure the answer is here in this video, somewhere. But, time is a factor, and I am starting out with comics first, and the solid object hair might be more toward the classic comics style, anyway. Im too noob, for this, at this point. I havent even read through all the manuals, yet. Ill come back to Fiber FX, later.
WanagiAkicita 3 years ago
Well, I finally got to the Saslite section of the Layout manual. I almost had fur effects working, but couldnt do anything with long hair. Next, I read the Fiber FX manual, and managed to get guide hairs, but nothing else I tried after that worked. Im gonna go with solid object layer hair, for now. It works for the Japs! Gotta move on, I'll go back to Fiber FX, later. The manuals were made for people who took a course or had previous versions. Starting to regret getting this instead of Poser..
WanagiAkicita 3 years ago
It ain't the screen capture software crashing the styling guides, it's a bug, at the moment they are very unstable.
Doing test renders seems to make it even more unstable, so does loading in hair presets.
TheDeadlyAvenger 3 years ago
anybody know if the fiberfx need an specific graphic card to show properly on the opengl space? because when I check the draw buttom nothing happens
ary3d 3 years ago
I haven't heard of any problems using certain video cards with Fiber FX. Try downloading new drivers for your video card. If it is still not working out then contact Newtek support.
bugzilla2001 3 years ago
Hey! thanks for the reply, nice video tut, keep it coming.
greetings
ary3d 3 years ago
Lol... LightWave crashed that sucks. Very Good Tutes though, I'm a subscriber.
DJBFilmz 3 years ago
Thanks, Brian, you're better than the manuals. I favorited this, and I'll be refering to it often, till I get hair on my characters.
WanagiAkicita 3 years ago
Fantastic tutorial. Thanks for making these.
shabazzy 3 years ago
Thank you SOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!
YinCOH 3 years ago