I have been an artist in the games industry for a long time but have worked with characters more specifically for the last eight years.

The reason I would like to visualize better is that what I am about to start working on is a Flight Sim that essentially substitutes all of the game design mechanics of say UE4 or Unity for 3ds Max, so 3DS Max is where I will have to bring in all of my assets and create an Airport from the ground up, whereas in something like UE4 I would do the same thing but much more easily because that itself is the game engine.Įssentially it would be more beneficial to be able to view the materials in Max exactly as they would be in the Flight Sim and I think I have to setup the DirectX Shader to do that.I’m Alfred Roettinger, currently working as Lead Character Artist at Starbreeze Studios in Stockholm. I have a couple of questions about this, if I want to be able to visualize my material in 3DSMax would I have to use the DirectX Shader? And if so how do I set that up correctly? Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.Ībove is a screenshot from Substance painter, so I was successful in getting my texture mapped to the plane in Max then in Substance, thanks!

CG Society - similar to polycount but for 3D in general.

polycount - a game asset community that has a lot of showcases, art creation tutorials etc.

Lynda - a subscription based learning platform with 3DS Max courses.

I am more then happy to help you out more with additional questions, additionally, here are some websites with a plethora or 3D pipeline knowledge that you can leverage as well. For an accurate representation of your materials, you will want to render the view (using the quicksilver hardware renderer), or take your asset right into the game engine of your choice. Make sure to have your material selected to toggle this on.Įven with this feature toggled on, most likely the preview wont be appearing at the highest resolution you expect, or at all if you don't have supporting graphics drivers.

Are a few different reasons why you may not be able to see your materials the way it appears in the other viewer (what is the other 3D viewer you are using? is it a game asset showcase tool like Marmoset toolbag?) first we can check to see if you have clicked the show material in view port in the upper left corner.

Import material into marmoset toolbag