I know loads of people want to start making 3D models andI found a neat little bundle for 3D models which you can download for free! Its called Google SketchUp. http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsuwenthankyou.html

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I would suggest that you try Blender 3d instead, the modeling techniques you will learn will be more relevant to a future in 3d.

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SketchUp was used by the Fable II level designers to make rough designs of levels and dungeons.  I tried to use it to put buildings on Google Maps but wasn't allowed...

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Woody:

SketchUp was used by the Fable II level designers to make rough designs of levels and dungeons.  I tried to use it to put buildings on Google Maps but wasn't allowed...

lmfao! i thought you where a " member" 0_o that'd be halerious, turn a road into a culdesac[sp?] add in a house or two.

Woody:

SketchUp was used by the Fable II level designers to make rough designs of levels and dungeons.  I tried to use it to put buildings on Google Maps but wasn't allowed...

Really? That's interesting, I hear a lot of people also use NWN Aurora Toolset for level design, which is what I use myself. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Sketch Up is too great for creating things like character models. Well not in high res anyway.

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Robkinsons:

Woody:

SketchUp was used by the Fable II level designers to make rough designs of levels and dungeons.  I tried to use it to put buildings on Google Maps but wasn't allowed...

Really? That's interesting, I hear a lot of people also use NWN Aurora Toolset for level design, which is what I use myself. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Sketch Up is too great for creating things like character models. Well not in high res anyway.

It's mentioned in Episode 4 of the LH video diaries about World Design...

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Just downloaded it, the perspective seems kinda wierd, When the horizon is horizontal the ground plain seems skrewed ... It's also annoying trying to find a camera angle to build vertically :\

I also don't know how to make walls' opacities lower, if that's possible, it's annoying not being able to see the other side of something, I might try building some landscapes or something first, before a castle

Woody:

Robkinsons:

Woody:

SketchUp was used by the Fable II level designers to make rough designs of levels and dungeons.  I tried to use it to put buildings on Google Maps but wasn't allowed...

Really? That's interesting, I hear a lot of people also use NWN Aurora Toolset for level design, which is what I use myself. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Sketch Up is too great for creating things like character models. Well not in high res anyway.

It's mentioned in Episode 4 of the LH video diaries about World Design...

So it is... Pretty cool, though I haven't actually used it myself, seems like a pretty tool for level creation.

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Woody:

SketchUp was used by the Fable II level designers to make rough designs of levels and dungeons.  I tried to use it to put buildings on Google Maps but wasn't allowed...

So if I get alot better at SketchUp I could work for LionHead?

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Haaa Google Sketchup, I used this program before discovering blender, I made a mock up version of my house and every item in my house lol, I found it very user freindly but also very limited, although in retrospect I was only new to model making at that point so I probably didnt notice the advantages, I know it was alot more user freindly then blender (it took me about 2 months to learn the basics of that program lol).

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I prefer Blender

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For people looking for a 3d software here's a web page and every modeller on the page is free to use.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/

TrueSpace is free now!

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auto desks 3d tools are still the top
because they buy everything up that's better then them and costs money.

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Darkbelg:

auto desks 3d tools are still the top
because they buy everything up that's better then them and costs money.

I thought Maya was the top ranking tool in the industry.

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XALAN:

Darkbelg:

auto desks 3d tools are still the top
because they buy everything up that's better then them and costs money.

I thought Maya was the top ranking tool in the industry.

maya is from auto desk

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Darkbelg:

XALAN:

Darkbelg:

auto desks 3d tools are still the top
because they buy everything up that's better then them and costs money.

I thought Maya was the top ranking tool in the industry.

maya is from auto desk

Doh! You're right.

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