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Contents 1 Andy's Max and Cyan's Plugin Tutorials 1.1 Setting Up 1.2 Blender To Max 1.3 Your Age and Python 1.4 Materials and Texture Tutorials 1.5 Modeling Help 1.6 Animating Objects 1.7 Sprites and Billboards 1.8 Distributor Tool Function 1.9 Wind 1.10 Exclusion Regions 1.11 Fog Settings 1.12 Wavesets 1.13 Avatar Actions 1.14 Avatar Clothing 1.15 Game Logic 1.16 Special Python Files 1.17 Sounds 1.18 Lights 1.19 Soft Volumes: Vis Regions, Light Regions and Sound Regions 1.20 Particles 1.21 Animations Using Bone Systems 1.22 GUIs 1.23 Subworlds 1.24 Journals and Linking Books 1.25 Global Animations 1.26 Multiplayer Environment

Andy's Max and Cyan's Plugin Tutorials

Please Note: This area is under construction.

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Setting Up

• What You Will See In Max

• How To Use Max

• How To Start An Age

• After You Have Exported From Max

• Linking Rules

• Common Export Errors

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Blender To Max

• Importing Blender Objects To Max

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Your Age and Python

• Python Files And Your Age: Please Read!

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Materials and Texture Tutorials

• Materials and UV Editing in Max

• Using Multi / Sub Materials

• Making Stencils

• Basic Material Animation

• Using The Details Feature

• Vertex Painting

• Environmental Maps aka Reflections

• Light Maps in Max

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Modeling Help

• Plants

• Boolean Help

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Animating Objects

• Basic Object Animation

• Interrupting An Animation

• Animation Events

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Sprites and Billboards

• Sprites and Billboards in Max

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Distributor Tool Function

• Distributor Tool

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Wind

• Vertex / Pixel Shaders (aka Wavy Grass)

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Exclusion Regions

• What Exclusion Regions Are And What They Do

• How To Set Up And Use Exclusion Regions

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Fog Settings

• How To Set Fog In Your Age

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Wavesets

• Wavesets: Reflective, Ripply Water

• Wavesets: Tips and Help

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Avatar Actions

• Avatar Oneshot Animations

• Foot Prints and Ripples

• Avatar Sitting

• Avatar Swimming

• Ladders In Max

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Avatar Clothing

• Reward or Takeable Clothing

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Game Logic

• Using Sensor Regions

• Making Clickables

• Sensor Regions and Kickables

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Special Python Files

• Python and Responders: Please Read!

• xSimplePanel for Max

• xDynamicPanel for Max

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Sounds

• Avatar Footstep Sounds

• 3D Sounds

• Non-Spatial Sounds (Music, Ambient)

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Lights

• Basic Light and Avatar Shadows

• General Tips and Help

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Soft Volumes: Vis Regions, Light Regions and Sound Regions

• About Soft Volumes

• Vis Regions: Controlling When Something Is Rendered

• Light Regions: Controlling The Light On The Avatar

• Sound Regions: Controlling What The Player Hears

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Particles

• Snow Fall

• Rain Fall

• Steam and Smoke

• Particle Flocks (Eder Kemo Bugs)

• Particle Blockers: Keep It From Raining Inside

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Animations Using Bone Systems

• How To Use Wind and Cloth Reactors

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GUIs

• GUI Popups

• Multiple GUI Popups

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Subworlds

• Making Subworlds (Elevators and Rides)

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Journals and Linking Books

• Making Linking Books and Journals In Max

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Global Animations

• Global Animations: Day / Night Cycle

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Multiplayer Environment

• Multiplayer Tips and Considerations

• Toggling A State

• Example of State Setting and Responders (or, Hey Someone Linked In After I Pulled That Lever)

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