Updates on Marty the Marmot

Working through some options for this type of rig. It's an odd problem since a tongue is so organic and doesn't settle easily into normal...

Doing a walk cycle for a quadruped is certainly a challenge. I have much to learn. Let's keep the laughing and criticism to a minimum...

Visual Studio install configuration for UE5.3.

A quirk in naming conventions led me to this odd situation upon importing a Skeletal Mesh with animation from 3ds Max to Unreal Engine....

Started working with the Ornatrix plugin for Max a few weeks ago. It's quite robust and is (as far as I can find online) the only way to...

In 3ds max I was recently dealing with an imported FBX file that had originally been exported from Maya. I ran into some texture...

I recently purchased a new workstation and installed several versions of Unreal Engine along with the Epic Games Launcher of course. Upon...

A few years ago, as I was preparing my foliage libraries for sale on the Unreal Engine Marketplace, I had issues with Ray Tracing (a...

I've been running into this guy's YouTube videos a lot over the last year or two. I needed to make a shout out. He's got excellent...

A friend recently reminded me that Autodesk's regular subscription models are getting difficult to afford if you're a hobbyist or basic...

This may seem a bit off topic to many, but if you spend time in Microsoft Excel dealing with data (work at an engineering firm?) this is...

3ds Max Training Materials for Free Download

If you have multiple LOD groups prepared with Max’s Level of Detail utility, the best resource I've found for easy export is this...

One of those annoying things I always forget how to setup. If you've rendered out an animation to frames with an alpha channel, like old...

Before I retired in 2019 I had the privilege of being part of the visualization team at WSP creating interactive versions of the area...

I came across this wonderful place online where users looking for a way to solve a problem can share their solutions and blueprint code...

I mentioned in my previous post very briefly about overcoming the 16 Texture Samples limit in your typical UE Material. This is frankly...

I spent some significant time developing this Uber master material, primarily so I could use all the content I’ve downloaded over the...

I've been creating these as I needed for some projects. Thought about uploading them for sale on UE Marketplace but decided I'd make them...