Modding Program Sugestions

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I am looking for a program to creat ships for Sins. I have never attempted this before and could use some sugestions, because I am new I'm looking for something somewhat easy to use.

 Thanks for any help. 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Well there is Autodesk but it will set you back several hunderd to a thousand dollar, but if you are going the cheapest, study the mesh files and get out your notepad and start playing around with the numbers and the code

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Softimage's XSI mod tool is a free version of XSI that you can use for 3d modeling. There are plenty of video tutorials on the site, and a Sins-specific tutorial on how to convert XSI models to game meshes in the forge tools documentation.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Photoshop CS4 is also very helpful. Or GIMP with the DDS plugin.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Alright I will give these a look thanks.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

another free one is GMax, though there will need to be a maxscript for mesh import/export created (i've tried once, it's not that easy). GMax is essentially a free, dumbed-down version of 3DS Max 4 or 5. Another one you might look at is Wings3D, which I hear is very well liked by its users. another one for skinning- Blacksmith3D, which allows you to paint your materials directly onto the model surface. Note that I haven't used Wings or Blacksmith, but from what I hear it's a very reputable and well liked program.