Author Topic: Milkshape 3D - Coloring an object, how? (Read 5055 times)

ScratchTehEPICSpaceDude · February 25, 2012, 08:11:21 PM

Hi guys. I'm making a weapon and i don't know how to color it using Milkshape. Help!

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Extrude · February 25, 2012, 08:25:39 PM

Make a material, select a group, double-click the material, ??? assigned.

Aware · February 25, 2012, 09:37:06 PM

You need to create a texture, I suggest using GIMP, make it 16x16 pixels(You can use whatever size, but it will take longer to load and make the file larger). Save it as a PNG.

Go into Milkshape, use the Materials tab, Press "new".

Select the material, press the button that says "None" and import the texture.

Go to the Groups tab and select the group you want to color, go back to the Materials tab and press "Assign".

Quote from: Extrude on February 25, 2012, 08:25:39 PM

Make a material, select a group, double-click the material, ??? assigned.

You sir are a lazy helper.

Extrude · February 25, 2012, 10:01:24 PM

That's also a really hard way of doing it. Just change the diffuse color & then name it after your png.

Aware · February 25, 2012, 10:42:50 PM

Quote from: Extrude on February 25, 2012, 10:01:24 PM

That's also a really hard way of doing it. Just change the diffuse color & then name it after your png.

That will leave the colors messed up on the model.

I am showing him how to do it the correct way.

Extrude · February 26, 2012, 01:24:46 AM

I always do it this way and it works perfectly.

Treynolds416 · February 27, 2012, 05:40:25 PM

Use aware's way

Aware · February 27, 2012, 06:53:17 PM

Quote from: Extrude on February 26, 2012, 01:24:46 AM

I always do it this way and it works perfectly.

And thats why you have textures in your add-ons?

Stop screwing with the new add-on developers.

ScratchTehEPICSpaceDude · February 27, 2012, 07:21:36 PM

Quote from: Aware on February 27, 2012, 06:53:17 PM

And thats why you have textures in your add-ons?

Stop screwing with the new add-on developers.

Thank you.

The Corporation · February 27, 2012, 08:46:24 PM

extrude should learn how to use blender.
That's how it pretty much works with blender users-
make texture in blender
export
make png, color, name, end.

Extrude · February 27, 2012, 11:28:41 PM

It's also how it works in Milkshape & SketchUp.

But for some reason people still use the bad flatshading method, and the hard texturing method.

Aware · February 27, 2012, 11:35:07 PM

It's how you are supposed to texture. Easy isn't always better.

SWAT One · February 28, 2012, 09:25:49 AM

Guys, what's the transparent color's name for vehicles that says it is affected by the spawn brick?

Demian · February 28, 2012, 10:06:14 AM

"Blank".

Uxie · February 28, 2012, 10:30:33 AM

Quote from: Demian on February 28, 2012, 10:06:14 AM

"Blank".

That's for colorABLE things.