Hi! So i actually did a lot of modding back in GTA San andreas, however i was mostly working with 3ds max.

Now - Almost 7 years later, (or more) I'm thinking of starting to do some basic personal vehicles first.

 

However, since i never work a lot with zmodeler or (like now) completly new game to mod in i have a couple of questions if some one could answer.

 

* I know its possible to detach a section of a body chassie, but i can't really figure out how - Lets say some of the lightbar parts are attached to the main body - i want to remove those parts - how do i do it? (figure it out kinda, how do you guys do it? Fastest way?)

* Copy and paste? - Where's the button for that?

* Any other tips n tricks?

 

I've searched on google, and youtube however - those tutorial never go in depth, but they keep it very simple.

Edited January 14, 20215 yr by Boo

1. I like to go into polygon mode and either use select -> separated and try to select what you need (use crtl if there are layers of polys to wade through) or select -> by material and pick the material it uses (go into the material browser and check uncheck each one and in 3d view the polys it uses will appear and disappear)

 

2. Create -> copy, done at object level, if you want to just copy portions of a object do detach and polygon mode select what you want and tick the 'keep original' option

 

3. when detaching/copy bunch of things rename them so you don't have 7 of the same thing and confuse the crap out of yourself