[3D Studio]how to model without using the mirror tool?

[Gjallarhorn]

All wc3 modding tutorials I read tell not to use the mirror tool, because it bugs in the game. But then, how do you guys do your models? E.g.: when you have to shape the left and right feet and legs, you just model them separately or you try to mirror them manually somehow, without using the tool?

 

[BlinkBoy]

you can use mirror on meshes, just collapse it after you use it, don't use it in bones, though.

 

[Gjallarhorn]

you can use mirror on meshes, just collapse it after you use it, don't use it in bones, though.

Oh that's good to know.... I don't know what you mean by collapse, though?

 

[Taylor Mouse]

Collapse is a feature in 3DS Max
When you select your mesh, then select the Modify tab, you have a "history" of what you did to that mesh
Right click on it and choose "Collapse All" or "Collapse to"
You can Attach the original and the copied/mirrored part together

T.