Using voxels for Second Life

[Andrew Shpagin]

3D-Coat offers possibility to use objects made in voxels for SL. There is pipeline:

1. Create object to be used in future as pattern:

http://screencast.com/t/sbiv9TiePvV

2. Use 3D-Coat voxel sculpting to create object, bake, export sculpt map:

http://screencast.com/t/yeEVrwlYN

In addition you can paint texture and export it from Textures->Export->Diffuse map

Textures will contain baked occlusion that is very convenient.

Very easy!

And there is result:

SL_Result.zip

[Steve C]

Thanks for showing this!

However I have a problem.

I cannot export to sculpt map from the paint which is the last step you show.

Please let me know what I am doing wrong.

Thanks.

I am using the 3d-Coat-V35-13A version.

[Steve Tilson]

Hi. The current version menus appear to be much different. And attempting to follow these tutorials does not result in the same results. For instance there is no mtl export format available anymore.

Can you explain the changes as they relate to the current version?

thx

edit: ah hah got the example to work at last.

[geo_n]

Anyone tried to do more complex object?

[Steve Tilson]

3D-Coat offers possibility to use objects made in voxels for SL. There is pipeline:

1. Create object to be used in future as pattern:

http://screencast.com/t/sbiv9TiePvV

2. Use 3D-Coat voxel sculpting to create object, bake, export sculpt map:

http://screencast.com/t/yeEVrwlYN

In addition you can paint texture and export it from Textures->Export->Diffuse map

Textures will contain baked occlusion that is very convenient.

Very easy!

And there is result:

SL_Result.zip

This suddenly no longer works. The version has not changed. Is this program really that unstable as to work one day and not the next?

Please post in text with pictures the step by step process using the current user interface to produce a sculpt map that does not have a 2 pixel high line of noise horizontally across the center.

Thanks.

[Javis]

I can confirm the above bug, happens in 3.5.17.

I ran through this process in a previous build (3.5.15E I believe), so somewhere between then and now has changed the way this works.

[Javis]

This suddenly no longer works. The version has not changed. Is this program really that unstable as to work one day and not the next?

Depends on which build you're using. If you're using anything that is marked BETA, then yes. If you're using 3.5 or earlier then it should work without flaw.

I know I say it a lot, but when using a BETA build it musn't be used for production work, nor expected to perform as a final stable build. I've had plenty of times where I've gone ahead and used one of the beta builds in production work because I needed one of the new features... And it bit me on the backside. Using BETA software for production = Bad idea.

This isn't targeted at you Steve, it's a gentle reminder for us all, even myself. Using BETA software for work is always a bad idea.

[Javis]

Well hot dang, I just caught that you were using 3.5.05a, I couldn't say what the issue is! I'll be sure to email this to Andrew directly.

[Andrew Shpagin]

I uploaded 3.5.17A, hope it is fixed there.