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Using Blender 3D to create static meshes and how to get them, correctly textured, into the gameTutorials written by Andrew 'dONKEY' Dunn. Mirrored here for archival purposes.Tutorial 1Using Blender 3D to create static meshes and how to get them, correctly textured, into the game( Caveat: Although this article is aimed at beginner designers in the sense of limited exposure to Unreal 3 technology, it assumes a certain degree of familiarity with many aspects of level design in general. Areas that a sound level of expertise are expected in particular are Blender 3D and a 2D art application.)So let's begin....The first step is to make your mesh in Blender. I should just take a moment to explain why I use Blender. It is a powerful and free 3D application. I do not have several thousand pounds to splash out on Max or Maya, and I don't believe in using illegal software. By supporting a community project like Blender I hope in some small way to prolong its development and longevity. Exactly how to make a mesh in Blender is outside the scope of this article. Many good tutorial exist cover that topic. A good place to start for the complete beginner is Kat's bits.I come from a long history with idtech, and was pretty used to working in a particular way. Right from the out set, let me stress, the hoops we need to jump through to getting working models into Unreal 3 are far far less tiresome that for Quake 3, DooM 3, Quake 4 or Quake World.The above image shows my test level inside Blender. Note that the mesh faces have not been triangulated. Unreal 3 does not require the designer to triangulate the mesh before export. Each of the separate colours represents a Blender material. This is important. The area many people go wrong when attempting to export models into unreal is just this. Textures are not exported with the mesh. Textures (or more correctly game materials) are applied to the mesh inside the editor. For the game to know what image to map where on the model

Model created and textured in Blender 3DHow Did kat1024 Come About?The project linked to above (kat1024) started out with the intention of it being a Doom 3 multi player map. As a map for Doom 3 it needed a new rock texture so that was done; the texture itself was build as a high resolution model in Blender3D and then bump mapped (renderbumpflat’d) with the various necessary layers added to that (diffuse, specular and height).Whilst looking at the new artwork it was realised a rock texture set for Quake 3 hadn’t been released for a while so the various ‘Doom 3’ layers were used to essentially create a ‘Quake 3’ version, one of which this map uses.Rather than struggle with the layout and brushwork building in D3Edit I thought it’d quicker and simpler to block out a map in GtkRadiant which is faster to use in many respects. As per usual in doing this, mud fell from the proverbial eyes and a Quake 3 map was realised.How does that relate to building a map in a 3D application? Read on…Exporting & Using A Brush TemplateDepending on what game the map is for you need to find a way to export a ‘template’ of the map layout into a 3D app irrespective as to whether this is a box or a complex multi room map doesn’t matter at this point and for Doom 3 this is relatively easy with Doom3Edit, just select the brushwork you need and use the selection > export to OBJ option in the main menu. This will export everything selected to and OBJ mesh that can be imported into just about any modelling app.For Quake 3 there’s an extra step or two involved. You’ll need to use Q3map2 to convert a compiled BSP of the layout into an ASE model. From there you can either import that into another 3D app or if not a format converter will need to be found to get the ASE into a format your particular 3D app understands and can import. If you can’t find anything try using LEET by Bert

The End..!How Did kat1024 Come About?Exporting & Using A Brush TemplateWaste Not, Want Not, Old Models With A New PurposeAdding Features To The Modelled MeshArranging The Models UVW MapsExporting The Models To ASEAlphaMOD Texture Blending & ASE ModelsBlending 3 Textures Using AlphaMODBot OptimisationsAlthough the following tutorial discusses making a Quake 3 level using Blender 3D, kat1024 in this instance, the techniques involved can be used where modelling rather than ‘building’ a level is required. The process is ostensibly applicable to game engines and game design with BSP style geometrical requirements, i.e., idTech, UDK etc.Download: Katsbits – Kat1024 Source File (c. 6 MB | *.map, *.ase, *.tga).The tutorial is meant to serve as a general guide rather than a step by step ‘how to’, and in doing so will cover the general principles level designers using Blender particularly, need to keep in mind when modelling a *.map in a 3D application rather than building it using brush based volumes typical or a dedicated BSP level editor such as GtkRadiant and its variants. Also discussed briefly is AlphaMod blending as applicable to *.ASE models.The information below is relative to Blender 3D but the general principles apply to all 3D modelling applications. Further Reading: for more detailed explanation on making maps or levels using Blender or other 3D Application read "Making a Simple Level". Note also that the below discusses modelling the level, i.e. exporting a series of ASE (or other format) static meshes, rather than constructing the map from mesh primitives (see aforementioned link).The End..!A good place to start. The image below shows a screen shot from a current sample map, kat1024 – ‘little rock’, that uses the principles discussed in this walk through. It’s an example of the kind of thing that can be done with a little bit of thought and is something that works particularly well with ‘organic’ shapes and themes; rocks, terrain’s etc. although the actual method of using models to create maps is applicable to just about any type of subject matter or theme you can think of.The overall structure shown in the shot above is a