Procedural rock modeling and texturing in 3ds max 9

This tutorial was inspired by Sascha Henrichs from his blog. Click here. In this videotutor, we're going to create a rock in procedural way. We will take advantage of displace modifier to shape our model. And Darktree shader will be our rock texture solution.

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• 3dsmax
• rock
• videotutorial
• procedural

[gravijax]

Hey man, very nice tutorial. I learned a lot about modeling techniques through this!

[BlueGooGames]

Thank you! This tutorial really helped me understand using displacement in 3dsmax. I have 2011, but it works the same. Awesome, keep up the tutorials:)

[bgrayvy]

This was a great tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!

[RemovdSande11]

hey man,

I have my high poly textured + UV's but I am confused on how to make the prop game ready. How do I get a nice reduced poly rock + AO/spec maps etc ? would really appreciate some help!

[sullythesuper]

thank you very much!

[Dante84tube]

@samueltrotman increase the size at the cell characteristics under the map of the "cellular" (after you've pulled it into a map u can edit it)

[daggergblue]

@samueltrotman sounds to me like the parameters on the maps might be too big. But I'd have to actually SEE the file to be sure.

[Kiyowara]

@samueltrotman

hav u tried -values?

[samueltrotman]

for some reason it will not displace when i select the modifier and increase the strength, the sphere just gets bigger...can anyone suggest why this may be happening...new to max...thanks...

[mpickton37]

interesting technique, thanks for sharing

[G3n3ralLo]

love the accent, and the vid, thanks mate ^^