Importing WoW models into 3D Studio MAX with textures Part 1

[TheGogodiego]

hi, i got problems with textures, i have the texture files but, when i'm going to render. a message says :"Missing external files," but i have it in the same location with de model, what i can do? please help me =) (sorry for my english,i'm from other country)

[DoodleArmy2freak]

40.000th :))

[Kaquin0078]

if i have a robe.. do i have to attach it too? 3:52

[RRtoiPPiotRR]

wish i had 3ds max 09, the new UI is SO confusing for the materials

[WGMindless]

@RRtoiPPiotRR Same here...

[DraxKroener]

In your other video, you had textures for your shoulders, head items and body textures, with mine, there are only 2 textures, an eye glow texture and the body texture which alternates between the body, head or shoulder items, leaving the rest out. Any idea to why this happens?

[j0p0awesome]

Hey thanks a lot for this you really helped me start off on my world of warcraft custom dancing animations!!! I like your videos

[WezuArts]

How do i import the character into a background :P???

[Diago767]

hey dude, dunno if your still monitoring this, but i was wondering if you had a link to your tutorial on 3DsMax shortcuts, couldnt find it on your channel and im trying to self teach myself the progam so it would be really usefull :P

thanks in advance

[SkottyIX]

is there a way to import character models from wmv into 3d max without using milkshape??

[umar6419]

Hey LEE Is it Possible in anyway to get wow models skinned with bones. Just like Valve ..

[Myfeethurtz]

i need a full version milkshape to do that? that sucks :/

[Zei33]

Do you HAVE to import it to milkshape before rigging it in 3ds? I'd like to know as soon as possible thanks

[Blixxuss]

You mentioned in your video that you were gonna use your cloak for another cloth tutorial.... did you ever make it? You have the cloth one with the gnome but you made a spline and the cloaks from wow arnt splines so i dont know what to do, can anyone help plz?

[MemoOFFICIAL]

ANYONE THAT CAN MAKE CHARACTER FOR ME??

PM ME AND I WILL EXPLAIN MORE!!! PLEASE NEED HEL

[nataliwow1]

i can not click f3 and f4 on my laptop :(

[o0shadow0o5]

Hey, what file types can 3ds max open and edit?

What converters will i need?

[wyattsworld35]

Why is it that when i open a model in milkshape its all messed up, and has thousands of lines circling around it?

[Ryantwins1999]

where u get gnomemodel from

[ultraphoennix]

dude whats MDS file am trying to import a MDS file in 3ds max buts its not comeing plz help me?

[nataliwow1]

hä my gnome is than blue blue lines around him why?

[iwkya1]

@nataliwow1 ignore them, they are milkshape bones. just export it to 3ds from there.

[Orcband]

@nataliwow1 yea thanks i was wondering about the blue lines too but i just exported and ignored it

[consisues]

2:25 - 2:30 what do u do? :O

we just hear your keyboard but you dont tell us what you do to turn him solid...

[iwkya1]

@consisues i dont show these things becasue i have a simple tutorila on my channel shoiwing all shortcuts.. the keys you want is f3 and f4..

[consisues]

ffs how do i change my figure from just lines and shit into a real figure in 3DS max??? in perspective it's a real figure but in front, top and side view it's just red lines. >.<

[TriggerSpar]

@consisues use F3 and F4

[sanwyrth]

I want to import a model from wow model viewer to the Zbrush how can i do that?

what type of file must be for zbrush to recognize it?

if anyone knows plz tell me :).

[ModMeToday]

Look at me im trolling! O.o

Wow sucks.

[Bloited]

could u do this with moving characters from modelwiever?



[Vinnydes134]

Someone help me please. When I try to export the model into MilkShape the model just pops up as a big ball of blue scribbles

[lunthegun]

@Vinnydes134 mine does too. lower the joint size in milkshape.

[rzamjahn]

@lunthegun  how is that done?

[lunthegun]

@rzamjahn File>Preferences>Joint Size

[danubis077]

can you make these models move?

[DrFlanigan]

Ok i got it to open, but the model has a clusterfuck of blue wires covering it.

[DrFlanigan]

Everytime i get to the "import to milkshape" step, milkshape freezes.

Any idea what the problem is?

[Maskimus1]

just wondering the purpose of exporting it into milkshape 3d, when you could export it in 3ds max format from wow model viewer?

great tuts btw :)

[elric19765]

I am unable to open the file I export it keeps saying invalid milkshape file

[ChibiHoboProductions]

Super GNOME!

[Z4rifion]

um my Wow model viewer lags soooo bad.... and i never knew why it does now but never before. when I imported a gnome into milkshape, you can see the gnome in the middle but with a LARGE BLOB of just wireframs aiming all around it going crazy. Does anyone know why i have crazy wireframes like this that will most likely cause all my models lag?

[worldwar470]

nice butt why a freaking gnome!!!

[Thedrizzle404]

What are those menus you have open on the side? my version (2010) looks a lot different...

[Frasionmovies]

i lose the arrow's how can i get them back?

[pi4agata10]

where is Milkshape Website where I buy or enter code ?

[Z4rifion]

@pi4agata10

for educational purposes, you can torrent milkshape and have a free full verison but keep in mind that's illegal and unfair to the creators of the program.

[pi4agata10]

can maybe give free account ?

[iwkya1]

free account for what ?

[pi4agata10]

fre acount for milkhake or 3d ds

[iwkya1]

why would i give away a free account :( You have to buy it or use something else

[Remgorze]

+ those blue lines are messy

would aprreciate a response telling us how to fix this

[iwkya1]

what u need man ?

[Remgorze]

@iwkya1 When we open the models from Wow model viewer to Milkshake 3D, we got all these lines going all over the place + when we try to export a model using the 30-day trial, it doesn't let us

Any other ways of importing them into 3d Max or ?

[iwkya1]

ok dont worry about the lines, they are just milks way of interpreting the wow bones. I did buy ms as its v cheap, but i was sure the trial let u export too ?.. Otherwise, u can buy machinima studio for cheap, and some version of wmv export to 3ds now too.

[Remgorze]

@iwkya1 my wmv can export to 3ds, yeh, but when I import it, it says that its an improper format

[iwkya1]

Ah well, thats wmv for ya, nothing i can do im afraid, its wmv's export thats in error.

[Remgorze]

@iwkya1 thx for the info anyways

loving the fast responses btw :)

[iwkya1]

aye np :)

[Remgorze]

how are we suppose to export if the trial doesnt let us ?

[Tork64]

im used to maya, cant stand 3ds

[ashleybeshir]

can ı import a model from 3d max to unreal tournement or another engine

[piwoot]

mate, i have a problem when trying to export model from wow model viewer. when i try to open the exported file with milkshape, i cant find the file where i saved it :S and when i search on it manually and try to oen it, it says "This is not a valid MS3D file format!" please help me :S

[piwoot]

nvm i got the problem now :) u gotta save the model as a ms3d file :)

[abcdxyz123890]

can you import in Blender?

[horiahunter]

can i put it in gmod

[Kaelthallama]

how do you do that?

[Kaelthallama]

I is having a problem... Milkshape is telling me to buy a licence to use it to create models. Did you you buy it?

[iwkya1]

for the tutorials i used the 30 day trial, but i started to export straight from machinima studio so didnt need to use ms

[pakau]

can we do the same for Azeroth and kalindor ? because i can only use wow map viewer but i cant export it

[coockysnack12]

OMG this is SO hard O.O

[gNarKillportugalteam]

reply to my comment pls

[ArchideasX]

I'd like to know what you do from 2:24 to 2:35. All I can hear is button clicks but no explanation on what you press.

[MakeSur2Smile]

Ehm, Do you know how to color in the people with  2010?

[MakeSur2Smile]

Thx (:

<3

[FinalShotReviews]

Im trying to get back into my old hobby of animation.

I've been really urging to create my own series some how... I've tryed pivot, Flash. But nothing seems to work for me too well.. So i found this. I got 3DS... and Milkshape trial... (Im looking to create something along the lines of BLIND... the mach- is epic.) But when i save my character and import into Milkshape... I get a mess of blue lines.. Could you please help me ... thanks,.

[iwkya1]

hey, ignore the blue lines they are just ms3d dummies and bones, just goto export and exprt to 3ds

[FinalShotReviews]

Alright, thanks for the fast reply...

Understanding you probably have alot of things to do i won't kill you with questions.. I'll just find shit out i guess haha.

But i will ask one more.. When i export i clikc on Autodesk 3DS... and it tells me to do that i need the full version of Milkshape... But im sure i saw in your tut. that you had the trial version aswell... :|.

[iwkya1]

yer i do have the trail. Make sure its the 30 day free trial and not the cut trial edition. U can goto my website and get some help too man,. :)

[FinalShotReviews]

alright cool thanks again.

[salinda1]

i cant open teh export 3ds in 3d max 8

[90walosk]

Hey, i've downloaded MIldshape 3d but when im trying to Export i apperently cant do that  without registering a Copy and that costs. how'd u do? i saw that u had a Trial too.

[iwkya1]

wowmodelviewer(dot)org

Though the most currrent version is VERY buggy.

[WoWReynnelis]

How do you make your characters move and stuff?

[iwkya1]

Hi, Rig them with a bone structure ie biped, CAT or bones and then animate the bones.

[Loaerdon]

I got a question, im new in 3ds max so i tried to import a netherdragon from model viewer. it works but the problem is that dragon is actualy 9 elements, how i can merge them together ?

[Loaerdon]

Sorry, now i get it, but i have another problem, i exported a blood elf character into MilkShape and then into .3ds The problem is that there are like 3 or 4 png files with skin: eyes, hairs, skin and cloths, how should i pass bitmap to model if there are 4 images ?

[TheHairyGeek]

watch the video again, he tells you how to do so

[axel310]

Thanks to you i just made my first Arthas :D anyone know a way to make him fight or so? whould be awesom xD

[fierytwins]

look for his rigging video, shows how to make him animate, very good tutorial and very clear :), and yes i made my own arthas too lol

[Dc7423]

Hey great job on the tut. But I was wondering how this would be done with the WMO (scenery like Stormwind and such) If youd like to keep it your secret however I understand.

[iwkya1]

HmM, its not a secret that i use software that bring wmo's out of wow into max with full textures etc. Thing is, i cant give the software to anyone as the author asked me not to, and i cant give ppl the exported wmo's as they are still property of bliz's. :) sorry

[rosshildick]

hi - how come every time I save the model in wowmodel viewer and then "file > Open" it - all i get is a mess of blue lines?? :S

[iwkya1]

Really dont know, an issue with ur wmv perhaps

[fierytwins]

yes it sstill works tho, try it, happens to me also

[RenegadeArtsFilms]

can it be done using Maya as well or can it only be done using 3D max?

[iwkya1]

im sure maya can open obj files, if so then yea.

[blekmaster12]

well i go to file then press open then the character and then:

File open failed

i dont understand this?

[blekmaster12]

i mean it is somthing rong

maby you forgot to tell us somthing

becose i press export and then i'm trying to put it to 3DS but the program dont alow it

do you know what is the problem of that?

[iwkya1]

I didn't forget anything, i'd say based on pms, and comments the majority of the watchers did it with success. Maybe if you explained your problem with detail.

[blekmaster12]

well i can't open it!

i press open and i can't open the orc i create

make somthing better tutorial

[iwkya1]

theres nothing wrong with the tutrorial. Go find a better one then :P

[Suzuhira1987]

um... when exported for milkshape to 3d stuido, it didnt even me any tex files

[frozenhear7]

hi, my problem is that I can export from model viewer, do the whole thing, until I want to add textures. I use 3d studio max 2009, but when I try to open a .png texture file, I click on Open, but nothing happens :( do you have an idea why?

[frozenhear7]

found the solution with a .dds converter :)

[blazpecnik]

i save the wow model but i cat open it whit the milkshaper?

[vampiresins]

can you import other things besides wow characters eg war hammer online characters ??

[KayosUK]

Dude your tutorial is ace u go well into to detail on even the basics makes this video 100% easy to follow good job keep it up!

[Newgameartist]

I have a problem, if anyone can help me out. I'm try to export the model in WoWmodelviewer 0.6.0.3 (from file -> Export Model Snapshot/ Export Model Init-position) I save it as a Milkshape 3D file, but when I try to open the file with Milkshape it always freezes (ver 1.8.2.) Does anyone else have this problem? Thanks!

[darkzshadow]

what second program name?

[wowlaxis]

milkshape 3d

[DoctorOwl]

Hey I got a really bad problem, when I put the texture on the group it turns grey, normal... But when ich press the " Show Standard Map in Viewport" key , the model doesn't turn brown like in your movie, the hole group just disappears....?!

Does someone have the same problem it's really annoying.

[detunate]

Hey, found an alternative.

I was doing a character with full Merciless Gladiator's Leather, and had like 5 or 6 different tiles or skin pics, I matched them with the body part, i.e. the helm, shoulders, tabard, etc, and THEN attached them all. Will this glitch on me at all?

[iwkya1]

No it wont glitch, it doesnt matter when u attatch objects. I just tend to work with textures after everything else..

[Luckyindy]

My char isn't full white when imported

[detunate]

I'm using 6.0.3 as well

Importing my char into milkshape didn't quite work, I got a faint white outline of my guy,and round him, a blue blob of lines ._.

[detunate]

corrected my own problem :)

Doesn't matter what shows up in milkshape for any with my same problem. Just go through with the tutorial and export into 3ds max. It shows up fine there.

[RedEyeLobine]

I'm using ModelViewer 6.0.3 because its the only version compatible with the latest WoW but it bugs everytime i try to export a Milkshape File =/

[charginmahlob]

I cant get wowmdl viewer to work. bugs like hell in vista :(

[godblessers]

That's because it's VISTA lol.

[Switcher9999]

So true

[waazabie]

so not true....

it works on vista you just need to know how to do it...

it's a better system than XP just learn how to freaking use the system!

[Cheese4Everyone]

lol really its not

[waazabie]

i think it's a better system cuase it supports multi-threading and all kinds of goodies the only thing is it ain't much as customizable as XP. that's were people make the mistake they think they can do everything in vista what they did in xp but that doesn't work. it isn't a system for the common pc user but it's good if you know it works

[piroman665]

the only reason i install vista is to improve render time

[13Kegor37]

You apparently have no idea what you're talking about, Vista does NOT have a better system than XP - XP is a veteran and Vista is new and buggy.. to say it short.. XP is way more stable.. And how you make it work in Vista is probably just running it as Administrator. Right click and select it.

[waazabie]

well you just need to use it for a while to figure it out. you gotta adapt to the new system and it won't bug you as much as you were new into the system

i got no problems at all with Vista and if i go to my mom i'm yelling at the pc cuase of XP.. i now like Vista more then XP you can't change my mind but if it's all that buggy go back to XP cuase i am fine here with Vista :)

[iwkya1]

now now guys, arguing about xp & vista is silly. But to name a few facts, vista does use more memory for silly things, has more silly background functions running etc - ergo it does run apps a lot slower than xp. But if you like it then it doesnt matter. Personaly, i think vista is good for nabs like my mum but sux for anything else.

[waazabie]

well it does use more memory for some silly things but if you got a 4g rig it doesn't really matter ;)

and you won't notice either if you have a quad-core installed. and by apps you mean games? well that's just becuase drivers aren't really updated to the maximum as they do with XP versions.

but it's just which system you prefer.

[iwkya1]

No i didnt mean games are they are not apps. Applications, ie 3d max, photoshop etc. The difference in those are totally visible between max in vista and max in xp. The vista driver excuse is what it is, an excuse. Win xp 64 is un-supported by MS now hence no updated drivers, yet runs max and other apps much better than vista. The proof is there just go look up some benchmarks. My system is much better than a stock quad with 4 g ram and i see the difference.

[waazabie]

you are probably right but i don't care if xp runs faster i am used to Vista now and i said that vista failed to but then i got used to.. but ye microsoft fails overal i still think Mac really has the best things but i don't use it but it's very powerful..

anyway i just wait for the new windows to come up if they don't screw it ;)

anyway i close this discussion.

XP might be better but i just prefer Vista;)

[iwkya1]

Aye like i said, its each to his own despite what is better or worse. I like Ubuntu linux with beryl.. AWSOME>>

[13Kegor37]

Doesn't matter if you get used to Vista, if the system itself is bugged up.. For example.. You need 2gb extra ram for a game just because you need to run those 3d icons in the background at the same time, so basically you need a computer 2 times as good to run vista.

If you'd take the same computer, but replacing the system with XP, your computer would be way better - So in the end.. XP is better and it doesn't matter what you're used to or not. The End.

[iwkya1]

Well said, although i dont like to taunt vista n00bs into an argument by saying it sux - but yes it does lol..

[Renikor]

First!!! nice tutorial