UVW Unwrap and Other Questions

[Herio-san]

I've recently started modeling and I needed some help on a few things:
How do you set up a UVW unwrap on a model? (I use gmax, but Im still kinda new to it)
How do you export from gmax? (I've downloaded the script but when I copy to a text file and change the extention it doesnt work)

 

[HappyTauren]

forget gmax, get milkshape. Beleve me, it is 1000% better, has better and handier scripts, has easy UV-mapping window and everything. YOU CAN LEARN TO USE IT IN 2 DAYS!
i started off with gmax too, but i cant turn back from ms3d now

 

[Mechanical Man]

You tried that tutorial on world-editor.thehelper.net?

 

[Herio-san]

Yes Mechanical, I did look at Mago's modeling tutorial. Its also very difficult to UVW wrap on Gmax because you use .bmp files to wrap the image. Then you have to re-texture it in something else. Either way, its just a headache.

Thanks HT, I'll look into milkshape. I believe I had it at one time.

Edit: Hey HT, do you need an exporter script for Milkshape?

Also, do I need to purchase a lisence for milkshape? It says it has a 30 day trial.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Is good to use planar maps, if gmax have it, it project the model's edges of the chosen axis into uwv map.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Milkshape costs $/€25.

This is an awesome price for what you get.

WC3Campaigns.net is currently down, but housed in a sticky in the MDL editing section is Guesst's exporter -- which does flawless animation, geometry, etc export. There will always, at least for fully animated models, be the slight need for twiddling in programs such as Magos' Model Editor.

 

[Herio-san]

Well I dont have $25 right now... I should in a few weeks though. Is the trial version limited in any way? (besides the 30 days)