Brass & flash + hand placements

[dave-s]

Im having problems with the brass, flash & hand placements for GR weapons, Im using Max 3.x and think Im following the tutorial on piggysons website, but nothing seems to be working.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

[WardenMac]

what problems are you having, are you saying the character is not responding at all to the points? I havent seen the tutorial but Im sure it lists the points correctly, for example, ^RightHandPoint
 

Ill send ya a ss of my last model

[dave-s]

Its the hand placements, Ive sorted the flash & presumbly the casing ejection.

WM: did you send any file to me recently?
I may have icked up a sodding virus that Norton Antivirus didnt scan on the way in, so like a prick I opened it

[WardenMac]

I sent ya a ss of 3d max illustrating the hand placements

[dave-s]

WM: actually meant through personal email.
I actually contracted a virus which runs the W32mgm.exe which my Norton antivirus software didnt detect, the file I opened had a PIF extension which I got mixed up with a different picture format  
Any how my firewall managed to stop the virus replicating itself, I hope, and I DLed a Symantec patch to remove the virus, hopeully Im clean.

Unclean, unclean runaway.

OK Ive saved the ss and Ill have aproper look.

Thanks

[WardenMac]

I have no idea what you just said, hope it helped  

[dave-s]

WM: what i actually meant was, I read your post, then checked my mail through outlook express. I recieved mail with the subject sample, and because I was expecting a ss from you and because my virus checker didnt detect it I opened it and was hit with a sodding virus
Wasnt till afterward when I realised youd posted the ss on this message board

The ss helped, I still need to change the positioning of my model to get it exact.
And the hand points dont seem to do much the brass & flash points work though, Il carry on playing with it mod should be ready by the time everyone stops playing GR and moves over to Raven Shield

Thanks

[WardenMac]

Hehe, I know how ya feel bro. Let me know if ya need more help. Maybe I can send a few mor viruses  

[dave-s]

If someone could send me a cold so I could have a day or two off work that would be great

[dave-s]

WM: So have you and/or Cobra worked out the hand placement? this is the only thing I cant get to work now (I presume the casing ejection point is OK). Ive followed different tutorials tried different utilities and nothing seems to work.
Think I need help

[WardenMac]

Actually Ive never had a problem with the hand placements. I just dled the plugin and put it in max, its worked fine. With the placement of the wep in max before export, in the ss I sent you, the weapon is placed correctly in the right hand each time. Ive never really noticed the ^RightHandPoint doing much of anything anyway, but I do carefully place it. I do however notice a great change each time I move the ^LeftHandPoint around. The muzzle flash point always seems to work fine as well.
To tell ya the truth, Ive never watched to see if the brass ejection point works correctly, I do place it in the models though. Send me a ss of a max file showing the points, maybe I will notice something.
No virsus please...

[dave-s]

Its the left hand, right hand is fine.
Ill get a ss and post it minus virus (I am clean by the way )

[dave-s]

Got it sorted, thanks for your help

[WardenMac]

Just curious dave, why wasnt it working?

[dave-s]

The hand placements worked in game, they dont seem to matter on the weapon selection screens? Having problems now with the holster point, IM using the wrong scale for weapons I think and have to rescale the holster point (from something I downloaded) by 25000 times. It works but the holstered rifle goes everywhere but the place I wanted, Also strugglinh with the kit icons, I willhave get it figured though!!!!!!

[WardenMac]

Your absolutely correct dave, you wont see any change in the selection screen, you have to go into the mission, firefight, etc. I never thought to tell ya that, I did that as well when I first began using them. One thing is for sure when modeling, it is usually the smallest of things that give you trouble, hehe. I havent used the holster point, I will read up on it and see if I can help. Coco did them in IDF.

[dave-s]

WM: Thanks, If I work it out Ill post something.