Character Design & Integration with Half-Life2 and Maya
Part of the Noesis Interactive, Mod Your World
training series, shows how you can "Share Your Character" by focusing
on creating and implementing your own characters within Half-Life2 Deathmatch.
After extracting existing Half-Life2
models for reference, you'll begin by using custom templates to quickly
transform ordinary facial photos to Deathmatch adversaries in no time.
Then, learn the award winning Autodesk
MAYA character toolset (including version 8). Focus on rigging,
weighting, UV mapping and preparing your models to be exported to
various game engines. Next test, perfect, and export your 3D characters from MAYA into Half-Life2 Deathmatch. Includes both English and Spanish versions.
DVD Contents Outline
1) HL2 MOD Workflow
Workflow Overview
Process in Detail
Polygon Limits
2) Importing Characters
Extracting Models
Extracting Materials
Decompiling
Complete Process
3) Facemap Textures
Textures Overview
Compiling Textures
Facemap Replacement Intro
Facemap Replacement
Icon Creation
Sharing Files
In Game Example
4) UV Mapping
UV Mapping Intro
Scene Setup
Creating Selections
5) Rigging
Joint Heirarchies
Simple Rig
Simple Animation
Skinning Intro
Character Skinning Part 1
Character Skinning Part 2
6) Exporting Characters
Opening the Scene in Maya 7
Exporting Characters
Level of Detail
In Game Example
Hitboxes
Media:
PC-DVD ROM
Software used:
Autodesk MAYA 7 or 8
Adobe Photoshop
Valve's Half-Life2 - Deathmatch
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