Andy's Max Tutorials

Andy's Max and Cyan's Plugin Tutorials

Please Note: This area is under construction.

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Setting Up

• What You Will See In Max

• How To Use Max

• How To Start An Age

• After You Have Exported From Max

• Linking Rules

• Common Export Errors

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Blender To Max

• Importing Blender Objects To Max

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Materials and Texture Tutorials

• Materials and UV Editing in Max

• Using Multi / Sub Materials

• Making Stencils

• Basic Material Animation

• Using The Details Feature

• Vertex Painting

• Environmental Maps aka Reflections

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Avatar Actions

• Avatar Oneshot Animations

• Foot Prints and Ripples

• Avatar Sitting

• Avatar Swimming

• Ladders In Max

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Game Logic

• Using Sensor Regions

• Making Clickables

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Special Python Files

• xSimplePanel for Max

• xDynamicPanel for Max

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Sounds

• Avatar Footstep Sounds

• 3D Sounds

• Non-Spatial Sounds (Music, Ambient)

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Soft Volumes: Vis Regions, Light Regions and Sound Regions

• About Soft Volumes

• Vis Regions: Controlling When Something Is Rendered

• Light Regions: Controlling The Light On The Avatar

• Sound Regions: Controlling What The Player Hears

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Particles

• Snow Fall

• Rain Fall

• Steam and Smoke

• Particle Flocks (Eder Kemo Bugs)

• Particle Blockers: Keep It From Raining Inside

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GUIs

• GUI Popups

• Multiple GUI Popups

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Subworlds

• Making Subworlds (Elevators and Rides)

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Journals and Linking Books

• Making Linking Books and Journals In Max

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