So how do you scale it if not in Obj mode, or whatever. I'm looking for more of an, "Scale: 1,1,1" or a "Scale: 100%" kind of way. Is there one of these in Blender?
I never said you can't/shouldn't scale in object mode. Only if you do you gotta do the cube fix for the model before exporting. No big deal.
New Protip added.
- To scale your mesh/parts of your mesh simply select it, press S on your keyboard and move your mouse. Alternatively you can type in numbers if you want more precise scaling. The scaling percentage can be seen in the bottom left of the 3D view.
How do I create and assign materials in Blender 2.54?
I switch back to 2.49 every time I want to add some color to my weapon
New Q&A.
Q: How do I add materials (color) to my mesh?
A: First things first. The only thing that matters is the material name. It doesn't matter what color it is, what sort of specularity it has or anything else. None of those will get exported, only the material name. So any color you add to your model in Blender is purely for Blender. I helps you with modeling, but that's all.
To add a new
material to your mesh/part of your mesh select it, go to the
Material tab in the toolbar on the right and click
New. By default, it is named Material. Change it to your liking and your good to go for exporting.
If you want to have the color in Blender, then simply change the
Diffuse color. If you do not understand RGB/HEX color system work, please Google it because that is something everyone using a computer should know. It's computer 101.
How do I get a hitting weapon working with a custom hitting in first-person?
New Q&A.
Q: My model isn't moving in first person in Blockland. Like swinging the sword. What to do? (Parenting meshes)
A: You need to have two
empties in your model called
Shape and
Detail32. To add an
empty press
Shift + A on your keyboard and select
empty. For some reason I have been unable to find the
empty mesh from the
Space menu. Do not move the empties, let them be in the center on the scene on top of each other. Once you have two
empties, name one of them
Shape by going to the toolbar on the right and clicking the
Object tab. The name is in the topmost text box right of the orange cube icon. Now name the other one
Detail32.
Now select all of your mesh, including
armatures (I'll get to those later.), and parent them to
Detail32. To
parent one mesh to another, first you need to select the
child mesh which in this case is your whole mesh. Then go to
Object tab in the master toolbar and in the Relations tab there is a text box titled
Parent. In this box type
Detail32. Now your mesh (The
child mesh) is parented to
Detail32 (The
parent mesh).
Once all of your mesh is parented to
Detail32, select the
Detail32 empty mesh and parent it to the
Shape empty.
How to set a background image in blender 2.55 beta?
Q: How do I set a background image?
A: I like step by step guides.
- In 3D view, press N on your keyboard.
- Check Background Images and open the menu.
- Click Add Image and open the menu by clicking the little arrow left of "Not Set".
- Click Open and find your image.
- Now you can adjust the image size, transparency and on what axes/views it will be displayed.
