ultra newb has problems

[FMPONE]

First question on what will be a long and torturous journey:

why the fuck are my refs being blurred/pixellated like this ? O_o

(I'm not actually trying to model the moon for the curious)

[Bl1tz]

First question on what will be a long and torturous journey:

why the fuck are my refs being blurred/pixellated like this ? O_o

(I'm not actually trying to model the moon for the curious)

Might just be the window settings. Try rendering it out and it should actually render at its correct original resolution. I haven't fiddled with Max's settings in a while but I'm sure there's probably an option for the window like "No Downsampling" or something

[Rick_D]

You have the texture resolution very low.

You need to go to.. *sigh* gotta load max I can't remember the exact commands off-hand.

Main Menu Bar (file, edit, etc) -

Customize -> Preferences

Viewports (tab)

Choose Driver. Make sure you have Direct X set as your default driver (choose 9.0 if your card isn't shitty).

--Direct3D Device: Hardware

--Direct 3D Use Flags: Release

You will most likely need to restart Max at this point, if it doesn't force you to, hit Ok and jump down to:

Configure Driver -

make it look like this:

Hit Ok and restart max. Your textures are now less pixelated but will still not be as sharp as a render or ingame. Hit F9 to do a quick render and get an idea of how your textures _really_ look.

You'll notice that the background is always black, damn that's annoying! Press 8 and change the background colour to a nice medium gray.

Enjoy!

[Rick_D]

and who said I was just a trolling 'tard

[Defrag]

Rick, you've changed!

[Sentura]

does one good post redeem all bad posts?

[Rick_D]

fuck you I help when I can.

[Zacker]

Hey Rick was actually helpful for once, that's new!

[twiz]

plz rick is very helpful, just not on the forums... join HI:PR and then you can bug the shit out of him for all the modeling tips your little heart desires

[MrBaracuda]

I concur and got a question regarding rick: anyone know if he's on the move now? he tried to reach me yesterday and hasn't been online since then. I'm worried my battery is dead right now otherwise I would probably call him. but I am too lazy to charge it now

[Rick_D]

<_

[MrBaracuda]

RISEN VROM ZEE UNDEAD