Call of Duty 4: Maya - Revision history

CoDEmanX at 23:55, 11 April 2009

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CoDEmanX at 14:14, 28 March 2009

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	Example paths are		Example paths are
	'MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH = C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare/bin/maya'		MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH = C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare/bin/maya

	&		&

	'MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH = C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare/bin/maya'.		MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH = C:/Program Files/Activision/Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare/bin/maya
	These will tell Maya to look here for our plugins and scripts.		These will tell Maya to look here for our plugins and scripts.

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	<pre>		<pre>
	*IW Dev generally make 4 levels of detail for each character, at 8,000, 4,000, 1,000 and 300 triangles.		IW Dev generally make 4 levels of detail for each character, at 8,000, 4,000, 1,000 and 300 triangles.

	*IW Dev name the parts for each LoD, _8k, _4k, _1k and _300.		IW Dev name the parts for each LoD, _8k, _4k, _1k and _300.

	*In all the Maya scenes, Z is up.</pre>		In all the Maya scenes, Z is up.</pre>

	== Rigging ==		== Rigging ==

Zeroy at 13:14, 5 November 2008

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	[[Category:Radiant]]		[[Category:Radiant]]
	[[Category:Advanced Editing]]		[[Category:Advanced Editing]]
	[[Category:~~Models~~]]		[[Category:Modelling]]
	[[Category:Maya]]		[[Category:Maya]]
	[[Image:Design.png]]<br>		[[Image:Design.png]]<br>

Zeroy at 20:38, 17 October 2008

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	[[Category:Call of Duty 4]]		[[Category:Call of Duty 4]]
			[[Category:Modtools]]
			[[Category:Radiant]]
			[[Category:Advanced Editing]]
	[[Category:Models]]		[[Category:Models]]
	[[Category:Maya]]		[[Category:Maya]]

Zeroy at 16:27, 16 October 2008

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			[[Category:Call of Duty 4]]
			[[Category:Models]]
			[[Category:Maya]]
	[[Image:Design.png]]<br>		[[Image:Design.png]]<br>

Zeroy at 10:46, 16 October 2008

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	~~== Materials ==~~

	== Creating a Rig ==		== Creating a Rig ==
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	*If your animation uses a note track, you’ll need to tell the exporter. Click on the ‘notetrack’ button in the animation exporter window, and a dialog will pop up asking you which notetrack the animation uses.		*If your animation uses a note track, you’ll need to tell the exporter. Click on the ‘notetrack’ button in the animation exporter window, and a dialog will pop up asking you which notetrack the animation uses.




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	== Materials ==		== Materials ==
			*By default, the game engine uses the material name you use in Maya. It does not use the actual image file you use in Maya, just the name of the material. Give your material a good name - we use the prefix ‘mtl_’, followed by the model name for almost all materials on our models, which makes our lives much easier. Once you’ve exported your model, you’ll need to create a material with that name in Asset Manager (covered later).


	*Click on “material” and click on the “New Entry” button and specify a unique name for your model that is less than 40 characters. You can see they are all the materials associated with the models in the GDT. The main ones to edit here are first the materialType and surfaceType, where you set these to the corresponding types. The other ones to be concerned with is the Color Map, Normal		*Click on “material” and click on the “New Entry” button and specify a unique name for your model that is less than 40 characters. You can see they are all the materials associated with the models in the GDT. The main ones to edit here are first the materialType and surfaceType, where you set these to the corresponding types. The other ones to be concerned with is the Color Map, Normal

Zeroy: /* Materials */

2008-10-16T10:45:57Z

Materials

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	== Materials ==		== Materials ==

	*By default, the game engine uses the material name you use in Maya. It does not use the actual image file you use in Maya, just the name of the material. Give your material a good name - we use the prefix ‘mtl_’, followed by the model name for almost all materials on our models, which makes our lives much easier. Once you’ve exported your model, you’ll need to create a material with that name in Asset Manager (covered later).






	== Creating a Rig ==		== Creating a Rig ==

Zeroy: /* Models and Animations in the CoD4 Engine */

2008-10-16T10:43:46Z

Models and Animations in the CoD4 Engine

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	~~==Models and Animations in the CoD4 Engine==~~		[[Image:Design.png]]<br>

	[[Image:warning.png]] The documentation below originate from Call of Duty 2 and as such all might not be relevant to Call of Duty 4.		[[Image:warning.png]] The documentation below originate from Call of Duty 2 and as such all might not be relevant to Call of Duty 4.


	==Maya 8 plugin setup==		==Maya 8 plugin setup==

Zeroy: /* IW Dev conventions */

2008-10-16T10:41:35Z

IW Dev conventions

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			<pre>
			*IW Dev generally make 4 levels of detail for each character, at 8,000, 4,000, 1,000 and 300 triangles.

	*IW Dev ~~generally make 4 levels of detail~~ for each ~~character~~, ~~at 8~~,~~000~~, ~~4,000, 1,000~~ and ~~300 triangles~~.		*IW Dev name the parts for each LoD, _8k, _4k, _1k and _300.

	*IW Dev name the parts for each LoD, _8k, _4k, _1k and _300.		*In all the Maya scenes, Z is up.</pre>

	*In all the Maya scenes, Z is up.

	== Rigging ==		== Rigging ==

Zeroy: /* IW Dev conventions */

2008-10-16T10:41:20Z

IW Dev conventions

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	*IW Dev generally make 4 levels of detail for each character, at 8,000, 4,000, 1,000 and 300 triangles.		*IW Dev generally make 4 levels of detail for each character, at 8,000, 4,000, 1,000 and 300 triangles.

	*IW Dev name the parts for each LoD, _8k, _4k, _1k and _300.		*IW Dev name the parts for each LoD, _8k, _4k, _1k and _300.

	*In all the Maya scenes, Z is up.		*In all the Maya scenes, Z is up.

	== Rigging ==		== Rigging ==