well folks were here to see which is better 3ds max or Gmax(Boo!) its your vote..just vote for either one

it all depends on who raises the most money......



JK i vote for 3ds man

do you realise that this always leads to a stupid fight between noobs and experts right?
if you dont have money get gmax. its very good for what it is
if your a student (me) or your just rich then get 3ds max becuase its naturally much better than gmax.

eya this is a stupid topic, its quite easy to see which is best gmax = free 3ds max = $3,499 now why would they make you pay that much more for somethign that nearly does the same

why paying for somthing that you never may be good at?Why buying it when you will stop use it.When you have gotten 3ds max you will just spam and ask about tutorials when they are laying there on halomaps and the ghosts Site.

It depends on which you consider better.

Cause it's free does that make it better?

cause it's expensive does that make it better?

it depends on what you view to be better. it's a subjective question.

yes it is. it really depends who you are. if you have no expirience, you should get gmax to learn. 3ds will be that much eisier if you get it.

personally i view gmax as better cause it's a free program and most can't get 3ds max..legally. Some will argue for 3ds max cause it's supported and more stable, and also some will say cause it's newer it's better. But you run into problems with that argument because you can't just judge something better cause it's more new. So to me gmax is better.

I basically say 3ds max does not exist. Why, because i won't ever be able to afford it so i don't even consider it an existing option for maping.

u cant even make wheels for ground vehicles in gmax.......it just sucks...

lol there is away to find out if your good at 3ds max before you pay for it, there called 30 day free trials but deffinantly get gmax first then when youre past maps and scenery then its time for weapons vehicles bipeds and devices

halo 1 was made using 3ds max 5.1 i believe, but of course halo was developed quite awhile back.



Well duh everyone knows that. But you don't need to be able to make vehicles to be a good maper and modeler. There are many other things you can get good at in gmax. But if you can't afford 3ds max or are not going to be a total piece of trash and get a non-legal version then all you got is gmax.

it don't matter that you cant make vehicles, not everyone even wants to.

you can't say something sucks just based on lack of one feature, it's not everything.
Edited by Rm860 on Jun 3, 2007 at 05:18 PM

yeah im with tarzan, cuz why would lucas arts use Gmax (that would be very funny) and yeah they are using max 9, what did they use for halo2 max7?????

Nick the thread cant be deleted.But locked.(well dennis can delete it only.)

If you ask me it would defenatly be BLENDER FOUNDATION!!!! Just read all of my forums topics, at least about every 10 of them I ask something about Blender. It is free, but you have to export it alot into Gmax and stuff.

Yea, Gmax is the best free program because its supported more than Blender. I know of only one other person who used Blender for a map and stuff, SE Spider, and I dont think it was ever released. Also he made a sentinel from the ghosts of onyx, and a brute spike grenade (months ago, I think around the time the beta was first announced. I dont see much of a difference between the actual one and his.)

PS: 3ds rules, but only through experience can one know.
Edited by Caboose117 on Jun 4, 2007 at 10:05 PM

wow im surprised that this isn't locked yet........

oh hey yeah i got my cousin the collecters editon of halo 2 (they ripped me off and didnt give me a silver case BOO) and it comes with a making of the game disk. haha this is kinda funny. it went from arguing over what modeling program is best to making of halo 2.

Go Blender!!! Yay!!!

i dont like maya although it is still autodesk i find it confuzing. it is, however, VERY good for modeling bipeds. as mirroring is simple and it has that function to lay out the body parts in 2d. that way you can save the picture, open in photoshop, draw texures, import it back into maya, and it will uvwmapp it right onto the biped. i have worked with maya but i dont recommend it unless you have decent expirience with 3d software. not to mention, its 5000 bucks (at least form what i heard)

Lets put it this way, you have a million dollars, which product is better.... gmax or 3ds Max?

Yes it is.

you dont even need logic if you have that much money lol, the expensive thing is always beter. especialy if they where produced by the same company and family line.

If you have a million dollars, buy everyone you can and see which is better lol, you'll still have about $950,000 left!!

Where might one go to get 3DS Max 8? You can't buy it from Autodesk anymore...

I should have kept the link but there was a place on the set that sold Max 8 for just $169.95 or close to that. All i know is that it was cheep and full version but it was direct download i believe. You might be able to find it.

All I need is the 30 day trial, I have the CD key from my mom's house, but I lost my disc...

sure ya did, i am sure you had the disk *caugh*