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Making a Game Ready Building 3D Model in 3DSMAX 9

Posted by in Beginners, Modeling, Projects, Texturing | 13 comments

by Jahan Zaib

Hello ,

Today we are going to make a Game Ready Building 3D Model for Unreal Development Kit  in 3DSMAX 9.

In this tutorial you will learn how to  Model , Texture and apply Materials  to a Game Ready 3D Model.

Final Preview

Getting Started

In the starting You need to have 3dsmax 9 and some good reference images of building . You can find some good images of Buildings here   http://www.environment-textures.com/

So download some textures for your building… and then lets get started.

Modeling Part 01

For this tutorial i am going to use this texture:

OK So now Open 3dsmax . and Create A Plane:

In Length and Width  enter the Your Image Dimensions

Now Apply your Building textures on this plane:

Now when the textures is ready.. now lets Convert This Building to The Editable Poly . and Cut out the Building. Using Cut Tool.

Now Delete the useless polygons:

Lets Extrude it .

Now Select the Building Back Side Border and Click on Cap ..to Fill it with new Poly Gone.

Select the side polygons and apply the same Texture.. then Apply the  UVW Mapping on it

Now Use Rotate and Scale .. to Fit the Texture.. Like this.

Now do this same method to all other NonTexture sides… and Make it like this.

Now Lets Finish the Roof . Select the Roof face.. and Extrude it.. and Apply any matching color on it.

Now its ok for Low Poly Games… but if you want to add more details..  So lets use this Way.. to add more details in your Building.

This Method can be used for .. Doors , Windows and like Pillars.. its very easy method.. so lets do it ..

Get Started with Door.. make a cut around the Door:

Now lets Extrude some parts of this door.

So when you Done it.. Main Door and Side Windows:

Now Windows:

Now Other Building Parts.. Do the Same Method with Other Parts.. then you have Just Completed Game Ready Building 3D Model

Thank you for reading my tutorial.

13 comments

  1. AnswersBD / November 21, 2012

    nice tutorial…
    how can i manage for different face for different texture not like same design…. any easy way!!
    thanks

  2. kennedy / April 21, 2012

    wow

  3. mike / February 2, 2012

    WAIT! i thought ngons were a big no no when modeling for games???

  4. bitar / January 30, 2012

    Great tutorial. thank you.

  5. dele okeniyi / January 21, 2012

    Thanks, I like it simple, but sometimes the client might demand for unnecessary details that wont matter at the long run. Therefore I like simple.

  6. kong jun / December 30, 2011

    xD well. thank you for your sharing！

  7. 7alma / October 28, 2011

    good job body

  8. Victoria Toyin / July 25, 2011

    Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial. <>

  9. hamoudi / July 24, 2011

    good job body.

  10. M.K.B / June 10, 2011

    Qoute: Thank you for reading my tutorial

    No thank you man for this nice tutorial.

  11. Swamps / March 1, 2011

    Yes more “game ready tuts would be fantastic , maybe something along the lines of a swiveling gun turret ??

  12. Sergey / February 24, 2011

    What about game ready car in 3ds max? And, the most important, all modififers, UVW must be collapsed in the stack. So, is it necessary to attach the wheels to the body OR to leave them as separate objects?

  13. Arif / February 21, 2011

    lol,, just a week ago i did same trick for quick building, in autodesk Maya XD

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