LithUnwrap -UV Mapping Tool

[Moderator]

22:14, 12th Aug 2008
Hakeem: Very good tool for just about anything UV mapping related.

 

[varsaigen]

this looks cool. At least you gave credit! Unlike what Sansui says. >.>

 

[Kwaliti]

I use this, it's a pro tool.

 

[varsaigen]

Cool. I didn't catch what else it does. is it JUST a modeling tool? or can it do animations and skeletons too?

 

[Kwaliti]

This is NOT a modeling tool, this is an unwrapping tool.

 

[varsaigen]

oh. I see that ow. >.> The pic kinda gives the impression that it is a modeling tool. Thanks for telling me though. The vertex modifier doesn't seem to like me much. Hopefully this will help.

 

[Ezikielth]

oh. I see that ow. >.> The pic kinda gives the impression that it is a modeling tool. Thanks for telling me though. The vertex modifier doesn't seem to like me much. Hopefully this will help.

I suggest you read my tutorial for it, thats the only application I use it for, but its also useful for mapping models, but I dont think you are a modeling guy :/.

 

[pkw]

very nice tool when u noe how to use.

 

[varsaigen]

Ezikielth, I am making a furbolg Necromancer. I think that counts as modeling. lol

 

[Deolrin]

And im making an Furbolg Frost mage and be using this lil tool!

 

[Vercas]

Nice tool, 5/5!

 

[Elven Spellmake]

This may be a silly question. But why can't you just extract the blp files needed to be changed and change them? Does this program show what you are editing then? Or am I missing something.

 

[Kwaliti]

This is a model unwrapping program, not a texture editor. It unwraps the model mesh as a 2D shape, which later can be textured.

 

[Elven Spellmake]

This is a model unwrapping program, not a texture editor. It unwraps the model mesh as a 2D shape, which later can be textured.

Thanks for the reply, I realise this isn't an editor, but why would you need to unwrap it as a mesh? Can't textures just be edited anyway without the need of the 2-D mesh?
What is actually special about this program considering models already have 2-D textures which are easily extractable and editable?

Many Thanks,

Elven Spellmaker

 

[Kwaliti]

When you create a model from scratch, it has no unwrap map. That's where this tool comes in handy to unwrap the mesh and to save the map as a texture so it can be later attached to the model itself.

To put it simple, this program creates a 2D map of all vertices/faces on a 2D texture which can be modified by a user's wish, but first and foremost, it adds a unwrap map to the model itself. After that, the modified model is saved in its original format, and an unwrap map is exported as a 2D texture, so the user can later on add a texture to the model.

This is the wrap of the model above. The user can now texture the map by his likings.

Image Source: PeerlessProductions.com

 

[Elven Spellmake]

When you create a model from scratch, it has no unwrap map. That's where this tool comes in handy to unwrap the mesh and to save the map as a texture so it can be later attached to the model itself.

To put it simple, this program creates a 2D map of all vertices/faces on a 2D texture which can be modified by a user's wish, but first and foremost, it adds a unwrap map to the model itself. After that, the modified model is saved in its original format, and an unwrap map is exported as a 2D texture, so the user can later on add a texture to the model.

This is the wrap of the model above. The user can now texture the map by his likings.

Image Source: PeerlessProductions.com

Thanks for explaining this to me politely (+rep), as I was quite confuzzled. This makes a lot more sense now, but one more thing. I have heard people say "You need to fix the wrap here" does that mean that people havn't been using a program like this?

Thanks,

Elven Spellmaker

 

[Kwaliti]

When they say "You need to fix your wrap here and there" on textures, they mean to move a specific part of a texture on another place close to the original one, thus fitting the wrap, however, if they say that for a model, they want to say that the wrap on the model is horrid and that the creator won't be able to create a high quality texture. Bad unwraps (model wise) can result in texture stretching, upside-down textures, etc.

 

[Archangel_Tidusx]

Cool. I didn't catch what else it does. is it JUST a modeling tool? or can it do animations and skeletons too?

The tool basically applies a skin to a model. Nothing more.

And no .mdx? =[

 

[XzobieX]

Seems Cool But If You Do Not Tell Me How It Works I Will Destroy It Because I Am Not Good Enough At These Works.



Thanks Anyway Friend That Program Working.

 

[Reaper2008]

The tool is great. THX!

 

[The Final Sin]

Nice, Almost Beats Disturbed, not quite.

 

[~Void~]

Noob question: UV mapping is for skinning the model, right?

 

[Vercas]

I founda convertor from .obj to .mdx, AWESOME, now i can make some models

It opens WoW models

 

[Adiktuz]

Can anyone tell me how to add texture to models in 3ds max 9?

 

[Vercas]

Ask that in the tools section not here!

 

[Edo]

imba tool

 

[Vercas]

imba...

 

[Slashbang]

Ohhh i see im gunna need this, lol when i learn how to texture......

 

[reza sword2]

Looks funky. Might as well download.

 

[iPeez]

So if I open a wc3 model in this program I can then get a blank "Skin"? Then I can edit the skin and... put.. it back? (<--- how I do that?)7

-iPeez

 

[saphiree]

Looks to advanced for me.... but it looks rly nice tho.

 

[Darkgamma]

Help me! Can't load the model of my choice in either .mdl, .mdx. What to do?

 

[Kwaliti]

*sigh*

Filetypes supported- .lum .obj .3ds .asc .Iwo .x .dof .ms3d .cob .nod .mdl .md2 .md3 .prm .smf .pof .oof .peo .geo .sod .l3d .3do .act .bdy .skn .bmf .mdc .mdo

Read the description more carefully next time.

Oh, and the .mdl you see is actually Half Life 1 .mdl file.

 

[Jin14Jin]

LoL ,
good tool ..
but i guess the website where you dL this tool is really a crap x,x
tried bunch of usernames and it gives me an error "username already taken :-("

 

[gorillabull]

excellent for original textures