2014-06-01, 11:44 AM
@John Thats not my dragon :) I just wanted to post a good image of how the armatures are setup in the new Blender. I didnt post anything on how weight painting is handled though so You can click here to see how it was handled in 2.49
I'm looking forward to finishing my project so I can 'doss' and create some interesting high poly meshes in blender. Sculpting in Blender is amazing.
@s I never had a problem exporting the direct x animations from 2.49b I havent tried in 2.70. Welcome to the forum by the way 
@Lurietchi I was completely the same when I started with 3D, meta is great for beginners with its easy interface but also great for pros, if you dont mind not taking shortcuts to achieve great results. Meta is like an older traditional modeling program, it might be behind a little compared to maya, blender etc but a skilled modeler can use it.
I'm looking forward to finishing my project so I can 'doss' and create some interesting high poly meshes in blender. Sculpting in Blender is amazing.
@s I never had a problem exporting the direct x animations from 2.49b I havent tried in 2.70. Welcome to the forum by the way
@Lurietchi I was completely the same when I started with 3D, meta is great for beginners with its easy interface but also great for pros, if you dont mind not taking shortcuts to achieve great results. Meta is like an older traditional modeling program, it might be behind a little compared to maya, blender etc but a skilled modeler can use it.