Hey, sorry I do not take on projects due to lack of time

I am not sure about your question, if this is still an issue could you please clarify

Yep. I can't tell you how though

DragonFF is what most Blender people use yep

I imagine it's just a bunch of this type of neon placed on the same axis and rotated ever so slightly, in a radial formation, like a cog wheel if viewed from the above. This could create an illusion of it being a volumetric lightsaber but would look a bit fake when viewed from the end of the lightsaber. You can join MTA discord for general modeling/modding questions and see if someone can walk you through creating this model if you want

ya I know which one you're referencing, it's pretty neat, and what's extra cool about it is it works just fine for exterior models because it's just a transparent mesh on top

It mostly depends on what you are wanting to learn and specialize in. Modeling for GTA isn't very different from modeling for any other game or industry, it's just topology rules and shading rules that you need to consider for GTA modeling. There are lots of resources online as well as a few on my channel for modeling. Currently I am teaching how to modify assets and not so much how to model from scratch, but that will change once I have covered most of the basics. MTA SA has a modeling channel where I and others are active in. Link in video description or search for MTA in discord server discovery

@@thorsmoddingcorner9464 Thanks for the quick reply! I'll dig through your channel later today to learn more and maybe join the mta server. Even though my final goal is to learn how to model assets from scratch (mostly skins of me and my friends lol), I'll probably stick to learning how to edit existing ones for now. Cheers!

Check the intro of this video for a fix kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXiwkpRtiZ1qg7c - without this fix you need to force close 3ds max with task manager If you're on 3ds Max 2025 or newer then the updated Kam's scripts by Goldfish has these script issues fixed

Hey, thanks for the words, and good luck with your mod. I don't usually collaborate and am a bit busy, unfortunately I won't be your guy for that task 😟

@@thorsmoddingcorner9464 I understand your point and respect it, thanks anyway

the fix is included in guide ID 15, and if you're importing binary IPL then remove this code from gtaMapIO_Fn ms: pbProgressRename "IMPORT MAP FROM BIN IPL..."

What errors are you getting and what app version?

As mentioned in the video, I recommend using the old Scanline renderer for its simplicity and speed, and Arnold for production if you are able to learn how to use it efficiently. Apart from Scanline I have used Mental Ray and Arnold across a few videos in this channel, for example Mental Ray for "MTA SA Custom Environment Rigs" and Arnold for "Mixamo to MTA" intro - but these can get complicated. I have guides coming for some of these render engines, not Mental Ray unfortunately as it no longer ships with Max.

@@thorsmoddingcorner9464 how ican move camera with wsda

@@3ssem-499 Press up-arrow key on your keyboard or manually enter Walkthrough mode in your bottom right of 3ds max. For any other questions I recommend asking in the MTA discord where I am more active than here on youtube

that may or may not be a guide I've been working on the last few weeks 🤫😜

Have you watched guide ID 95? In the beginning it shows how to prelight an interior. Guide ID 98 (the upcoming guide) might help as well. I have an interior prelight guide planned, and it should be out in the coming months.

@@thorsmoddingcorner9464 okay bro, thanks ❤️

This was planned for guide ID 80, but unfortunately after testing it I realised it's not possible to override certain elements in the game with basic shader code which was necessary for this. The guide is being postponed for another time

It's planned

won't be working on guides for a little while

It's only required for 3ds max 2021+

@@thorsmoddingcorner9464 got it, i watch the video without the sound so can heard what you say lol

A 3ds max developer told me that they had changed the color management in 2024+, so the old 8bit colors were replaced with full float precision. This is more of an industry standard these days. The only way we can use the "old" values is clicking the Scene mode in color picker. This works on a 0-100% scale. The old scale was 0-255. So if we were accustomed to using a value of 120 for daylight prelight, then 120 would convert to 47.06% so we would write 0,4706 in the scene value slot. The display value would not be 120 now but higher than that, but that's not a problem because it's the same result we'd get in 2023. Hope this makes sense