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Blender, by itself, does not support meshes in the BZW format. To get BZW compatibility, you must install the BZW Toolkit, provided by Teppic. The BZW Toolkit supports most BZW options, but sadly is not 100% complete when it comes to BZW map creation. | Blender, by itself, does not support meshes in the BZW format. To get BZW compatibility, you must install the BZW Toolkit, provided by Teppic. The BZW Toolkit supports most BZW options, but sadly is not 100% complete when it comes to BZW map creation. | ||
| − | + | [http://liquid.me.uk/bzwiki/index.php/Main_Page You can find the BZW Toolkit Here] | |
| − | + | You can also get BZW meshes by exporting a .obj mesh from blender, and [http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2698 Running it through modeltool.] | |
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[[Image:Openscreen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The default Blender Scene]] | [[Image:Openscreen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The default Blender Scene]] | ||
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Now, Blender's interface is quite a bit different from any other program that you may see. Most of the controls are located in the bottom portion of the screen, and some can also be activated by pressing and holding the spacebar for about 1 second. | Now, Blender's interface is quite a bit different from any other program that you may see. Most of the controls are located in the bottom portion of the screen, and some can also be activated by pressing and holding the spacebar for about 1 second. | ||
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<li>monkey. Yes, monkey. (Suzanne is her real name...)</li> | <li>monkey. Yes, monkey. (Suzanne is her real name...)</li> | ||
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| − | + | You can also make almost any object in blender, by modifying the default objects. Check out the subsurf, array, and displacement modifiers. | |
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| + | You need to be careful in blender, because you can start adding up verticies and faces (the basics of a mesh) VERY quickly if you use subsurf. Keep in mind that BZW maps get very large (file size) at about 20,000 verts. I recommend keeping most maps between 15,000 and 20,000 as a max, because of downloads times, overall map running speed, and of course practicality. There is no point in making very detailed objects, when this can usually be achieved with textures. | ||
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| + | '''Some Links:''' | ||
| − | + | [http://blender.org www.blender.org - Blender 3d home] | |
| − | + | [http://blenderartists.org/forum/ www.blenderartists.org/forum - Official Blender Forum] | |
| − | + | [http://www.blendernation.com/ www.blendernation.com - Blender news and other stuff] | |
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[[Category:Map Making]] | [[Category:Map Making]] | ||
