Warcraft III Art Tools Now Available!

Why do these things always turn into warez discussions?

Remember, talking about that is a bannable offense, so I would quiet down if I were you. I hope I am not offending anyone by saying this, but if you are trying to get 3dsmax just to use these art tools and you do not have any previous modeling experience, don't waste your time. These applications have very steep learning curves, and it usually takes even longer to produce something useful.

If all they did was release what they used, why did it take so long? I'd probably pay 10-15 bucks for a gmax plugin.

I have plenty of damn modeling experience, but I've never been willing to fork over so much cash for 3dsmax. That's why gmax was such a great thing.

Maybe to write up the documentation/tutorial? I checked it out and it is quite extensive..

I bought it..wo now asked it...anyway..does this one work one 3dmax 5???

yes it works with 4 and 5. anyone tried it yet?

ah, it feels good to be a student and get such discounts on great software :D and it defenetly pays when this stuff happens :ggani:

well im off to sleep now, when i wake im gonna check these tools out, and expect lots of models from me now

Thanks for mirror :D

This is awesome!!!!!!!!!!1:D
Almost 1 year I have been waiting for this.

This will half the expected release date lengths on mosty projects I think, and it'll also result in a lot more totally new models, cos why the hell not!

Now people have to start getting good at max tho

Im so glad i got 3d max. :P
and i didnt even pay for it, i got into some youngster 3dmax modeling group wich wantet to make games, the one who startet it (exidently send 2 to me) got me a copy

EDIT: i just discovered i got release 3, can i use atleast some of the art downloads?!

Well for Mac people there is always a texture conversion program.

http://www.macstorm.org

Download section.

It was obvious since there is no 3DSMax on Mac that the art tools would not work =p Most of the game industry uses 3DSMax, while the movie industry uses Maya. Oh well. It's great for the community, I'm not bitter or anything, since I can't make 3D for the life of me =p

Now go and make kick *** models =0

Yay! I can't use this, as I have a hard enough time getting enough money to buy myself a computer game lol... but I'm sure a bunch of other people can!
To the person who said 3DMax is so expensive... Lightwave & Miya are used in movies like Lord of the Rings, and by Pixar Animation Studios (Monsters Inc and Finding Nemo and stuff), and those are more around $6,000 to $12,000 :p
And is it just me, or did it seem as if Piata was spamming? 2 big posts right in a row... andother 3 short ones in a row...

Ah that sucks, when i heard about the tools i thought they would have thier own program that just an add on to some exspensive program ...

Yea, thats what i think. If you can produce something useful in 3ds max i bet you can get a nice job in game industry etc. And then this 3000$ program wont be a problem at all. But I just can't understand, since most of our mapmaking lovers contribute and share for free, how can Blizzard released these aim-to-adv-mapmakers tools that will only work on a professional/commercial program??