TheDarkerSideofYourShadow
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Has a decent enough EULA/ToS?
Robin Walker on the New Payload HUD, Ambidextrous Weapons, and the New Tree Models
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JoshuaC
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I downloaded blender but took one look at the UI and went to go cry in a corner. Maybe I'll give it another shot.
BrokenTripod
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I keep forgetting about Blender.
It's GUI is amazing, since you can set up the screens however you like. I never did get into the habit of modeling anything that looked realistic, but maybe I could try making some models for TF2 =O!
Also, this is the first tutorial I used: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
That one helps you learn the GUI while making simple objects (I skipped straight to meshes in Unit 2, but it's probably helpful to read the last bolded section in Unit 1)
Texturing in Blender is more of a problem, as you've got to figure out your normals and make sure they're pointed the right way. Can't remember where I learned how to do this, though...It's possible it's part of the wikibook, though.
ALSO FYI: The Wikibook is probably not complete. I just kept working until they ran out of instructions on 5 consecutive pages.
EDIT: There's a smilie in the URL and it still works perfectly. Hehehe.
It's GUI is amazing, since you can set up the screens however you like. I never did get into the habit of modeling anything that looked realistic, but maybe I could try making some models for TF2 =O!
Also, this is the first tutorial I used: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
That one helps you learn the GUI while making simple objects (I skipped straight to meshes in Unit 2, but it's probably helpful to read the last bolded section in Unit 1)
Texturing in Blender is more of a problem, as you've got to figure out your normals and make sure they're pointed the right way. Can't remember where I learned how to do this, though...It's possible it's part of the wikibook, though.
ALSO FYI: The Wikibook is probably not complete. I just kept working until they ran out of instructions on 5 consecutive pages.
EDIT: There's a smilie in the URL and it still works perfectly. Hehehe.
I havn't seen this new version then. I probably didn't even see the original model.
/goes to check out the door.
Brandished
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Well IANAL, but to be fair, my guess is it was that the Mod Tool (or a cracked version of the full XSI) was used to create the model that was the problem, not Softimage/XSI itself. Valve used Softimage/XSI themselves to create several models for Half-Life 2. While the Mod Tool is fine for non-commercial use, an author would need a commercially licensed copy of the program (~$3000 for Softimage/XSI) to sell content created with it. This applies to most non-commercial grade product variants, eg: MS Visual Studio Xpress Edition, Google SketchUp, even the Source SDK. There are exceptions when you do business with the product developers themselves, though.
Unless you used a 5 or 10 year old copy of Blender the last time, I doubt it would be worth giving Blender another shot if you really couldn't stand the UI. The Blender UI hasn't changed too much in the past few years. I'd suggest waiting until the upcoming version 2.5 is released if that was the case.
I personally do not recommend the Noob2Pro wikibook as a primary learning source. It is a collection of mostly incomplete, unrelated tutorials and I do not see that changing anytime soon. The contributors seem more intent on adding new material then on finishing up what is already there. It does have a few very nice tutorials, but you'll end up pulling your hair out if you use it extensively.
I'd recommend either of these two instead:
Blender Basics- 3rd Edition
Essential_Blender
Or, for those that like video tutorials:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/User:Brandished/Video