Gmax bible

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 31 Oct 2006, 18:02

I bought Gmax Bible off eBay for 50p. It didn't come with the CD (I knew that!).

Anyone got it - is the CD useful, or just filler?

If it's of use, then I reckon I better find a way of getting a copy.

Ian

Post by **Rick Piper** » 31 Oct 2006, 20:27

Hi Ian

Gmax is on disc 1 or 4 of FS9 ("extras" folder i think)

It's also on FSX deluxe disc 1.

Hope that helps.

Think it was also on FS2002 deluxe disc.
Regards
Rick

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 31 Oct 2006, 20:29

Rick,

I have gmax from several sources (including the reg crack). It was whether the example files on the CD with the book are worth having.

Ian

Post by **Rick Piper** » 31 Oct 2006, 20:32

Hi Ian

don't know, sorry missunderstood :redface:

Stupid idiot's guide to GMAX is good that i read from Simviation i think.
But i would rather use FSDS as i am not going back to the bottom rung of this ladder again

Regards
Rick

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 31 Oct 2006, 22:19

One day soon (when I retire or semi-retire) maybe I'll get busy with gmax. My wife has fairly recently completed an HNC in multimedia where 3d Max was a major part of the course - enough that it was worthwhile buying 3d max 7 for her to use. So perhaps using her considerable knowledge of max we can generate something worthwhile (she worked through the gmax P-38 example without difficulty - even got rotating props - grrr).

So FSDS would not be worth the investment in time for me.

Post by **DaveG** » 01 Nov 2006, 07:46

If you have access to Max 7, I'd use that in preference to Gmax.

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 01 Nov 2006, 10:16

Dave,

Yes fully paid/registered copy of Max 7 - upgraded from Max 4 while we still could. I will have to find out how to export for FS2004 though.

Ian

Post by **DaveG** » 01 Nov 2006, 12:54

You need the Pandasoft direct X exporter then load the resulting X file directly into makemdl.
One problem, the latest version of the exporter contains a bug (as far as FS is concerned) so you need an earlier version. Have a look here. There is a link about halfway down the page for the correct version (4.6.0.55)
If you then look here there is some info about how to set it up correctly. The version shown is for Max 8, but I think the vast majority of the settings are the same.

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 01 Nov 2006, 17:35

Dave,

Thanks for that - I'll be running out of excuses to have a play with Max. Except the lack of time.

Ian

FelixFFDS · Post by **FelixFFDS** » 07 Nov 2006, 02:29

IF you're modelling for FS9, then you'd need the Pandasoft exporter. If you're modelling for FS-X, then you already have the converters, etc. in the FS-X SDKs.