The end of ww1.
(they deserve an official topic).

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1trlr_1916_creation

RIP.

the first episode (french langage):
http://www.viddler.com/explore/WorldWar2/videos/1/

Pour tous ceux qui captent France 2 les 6 épisode de

"Apocalypse : la Deuxième Guerre mondiale" à 20:35
de Costelle seront diffusés
Ils promettent des extraits de films inédits

Même si cela reste de la vulgarisation, cela pourrait être intéressant.

Hi all !

This topic is not really tutorial but rather a list of the best tutorial you can find over the net.
It should help you to get a clear view (and good basis) about how to create a handweapons but won't make you a uber modeler, you wil need to learn that by yourself.


It won't be perfect at the first attempt but with the time, it should be.


First, remember that Bf2Editor is still your best resource.

(archived version below, one above is a broken link)
https://web.archive.org/web/20141006173310/http://www.bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?

And don't forget Fenring website !
http://forgottenhope.warumdarum.de/tutorials/


Ok let's begin


1st Step: Searching pictures

It is important when you want to create a weapons to know exactly how it's built.
Consequently you need to search all the picture of the gun from every angle, the different parts the gun is composed etc ...
It will be later very useful to get the correct dimension of your weapons in 3dmax (for example but you can also use gmax etc ...).

You must also try to find profile of the gun like this one (Beretta 9000):


Why? Because you will base your modeling on it. You will put the picture in the background of your modeling tools and then you only have to place the vertex at the right place. Like this:








2nd Step: 3d Model



Beretta 9000 Modeling Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL691824C5890E9B19

Good websites with plenty of tutorials:
http://cgi.tutsplus.com/categories/3d-studio-max
http://www.free3dtutorials.com/
http://www.3dtotal.com

Bf2 polygone count

I didn't learn with this tutorial, i've just discovered it later but imo it is a good tutorial to learn handweapons technics (afair).
It requires to know a little bit 3dmax software but the rest is really simple.
Of course with experience, you will learn to optimized your weapons to get the lowest polygone count with the best render.







3rd Step: UVW or unwrap

Tutorial:
An In-Depth Look at UVW Mapping an Object in 3DS Max

When you create a 3d model, you need to apply texture to it.
But how ?
basically, there are tools which will help you to say "this polygon should look like that in a texture file blablabla ..."
You will recreate a unwrap which will be needed to skin you weapons with photoshop(or gimp etc ...).
It will be exported thx plug-in like(Texporter)








4th Step:  Skinning

Tutorials:
The top ten tips of texturing
- Enin tutorials : it regroups a good number of tutorials.
- Jodonnel - Skinning the Daimler Dingo : a nice example of organization.
creating a weapons for source : good tutorial, focusing on the workflows of modeling, uv'ing, and texturing!

This part is one of the most difficult because it requires artistic senses + a good organization. You will have to learn by yourself and try to find more tutorials to answer your question.
A good advice:
put everythings on layers but never modify directly a textures. Same for the details, a little details must be on a separate layers.









5th Step:  Normal Mapping
Tutorials:
The right way/the wrong way
- Create a normalmap from a High poly model
- from your texture:
souceblog.net seems to be dead so i post the tuto directly but i will have to check the authorization so perhaps this pictures will be removed later.

2 technics to create NormalMapping:
- via high poly model you project on your low poly model
- via your texture.











6th Step:  Coding
Tutorials:

Exporting a weapons
Different style of hierarchies

Coding a weapons is a little bit complex. You need to create a hierarchy which will be used by bf2.
quick:
geom0 is the 1st person models
geom1 is the 3rd person models
"Lod" is "level of details" which will be used to show a low pol poly model depending from the view distances.













7th Step:  Animations
Tutorials:
Editing Existing 1p Animations, in contrary to creating new ones

Animators are rare so are the tutorials. Witth time i hope we will be able to add more tutorials but the best remains to learn first how to animate in 3dsmax.
About coding your weapons, you can still use the animations of an other weapons until you are able to create new one




OK !
It was a short tutorial on how to create handweapons for bf2 (or for other video games).
I hope it has helped you to get a better idea of the job !
Continue to check bf2editor and find new tutorials because i really doubt all the informations are in this topic (especially about bf2 coding).



PS: Do not ask question about these tutorials here. Post only things that can improve this topic !

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