Hey guys, I was just wondering if we could get a thread featuring all those cool max scripts and plug-ins we lost from the old poly count. The ones I can think of off the top of my head:

Chuggnutt's uv tools
texporter
Juan martinez's polycounter and u.v. mirroring script
u.v. help (works like relax in deep u.v.)
That one tool that spits out a .psd from your u.v editor

If you guys know the links to these great tools Please post them!!! and If you know of any others please share!

Chuggnut's UV Tools:
http://www.chuggnut.com/scripts/unwr...nwraptools.htm

Texporter:
http://www.cuneytozdas.com/software/3dsmax/

Martinez's Maxscripts:
http://www.juantwo.com/scripts.htm

UVHelp script (a must-have, imho!)
http://www.microcan.nl/uvHelp/uvHelpVS.htm

UVW Map exporter as PSD vector paths:
http://www.rpmanager.com/freeTools.htm

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MoP

you rock man. that really helps.

I forgot about that PSD path exporter, I love that thing.

Orionflame is pretty cool.
http://www.flamefx.com/

Stuck to the top, since this is pretty damn handy.

Two of the best free plugins, Color Correct and Textporter, can be downloaded here:
3ds max Plugins

many (if not all [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] )plugins can be found here:
http://www.maxplugins.de

and a giant script library is here
http://www.scriptspot.com

Don't forget that great UV relax script.

UV Help

Greeble

For those that don't know what it is, it's usually used to add a lot of extra detail to things like spaceships and death stars. Here's some examples of how someone has used it:
Greeble Stuff

And here's a tutorial on how to use it to create a city:
Greeble City

Just sucks there's so few plugins for GMax, if any... :/

Phatassasin, dude that greeble tut is dope! Ive always wanted to make a huge gta type city! and now I can, and now, I can.

Don't forget about the free cloth simulator, SimCloth.

SimCloth

Use this link for Max 6 and 7 version

Sweet, this is a long shot but anyone know if there are any fur/hair max plugins out there by any chance ? I'd love to experiment a bit in that area.

I'm assuming we're sticking with free plugins here, so you can try Ornatrix. I've seen good results, but it was a bit buggy the last time I tried. Give it a shot though, and let us know how it works.

Ornatrix Hair Plugin

This is great! Fatass, you gots the hookups! church!

cool guys...=)

Some semi-obscure plugins/scripts I really like...

Skin Or Die
http://www.scriptspot.com/andrehotz/
Tons of tools for working with Skin weights. Free.

CompositeMode
http://www.morphographic.com/Diversi...positeMode.htm
A mix map that duplicates many of the Photoshop layers blending modes. Free.

Texture Layers 2
http://www.mankua.com/
The cream of the UVW tools. Not free, but worth every penny.

UVPaint
http://w3.enternet.hu/godzola/ScriptSide/
Funky workflow but super-useful for UV-ing architectural models. Free.

thought it was worth mentioning,
all max 6 plug ins are said to work in max 7.

Simbiont - Free Darktree procedural texture plugin. New procedurals can be downloaded too. Great for doing not particularly detailed high poly stuff (Not characters for example), quickly. Does nice cars if you play with it a bit.

http://www.darksim.com/html/download_simbiont2.html

Seamless wokshop filter (part of the Redfield 9 Plugins set)

http://www.redfieldplugins.com/filte...ssWorkshop.htm

It's a Photoshop plugin so it should work with other paint programs that allow .8BF plugins as well. Basiclly it tiles textures that dont tile. It doesnt come with much documentation - here's a tutorial I made that uses it:

http://www.thickshake.com/chrome_foa..._Textures.html

Wow, definitely the coolest auto-tiler freebie I've ever seen. Not a max plugin though... this should really be its own thread.

It's helpful that they included tooltips for everything. Quite intuitive.

Thanks a lot for sharing this.

Hey Eric - do you know if there is a max6/7 version of that UVpaint script anywhere? I can only find the .5x version, and it seems a bit screwy in max6

Try contacting the author, see if he/she wants to upgrade it.

But it's a bit fiddly anyhow. I asked Zola about it, and it turns out the pointing algorithm that's being used requires a Perspective viewport.

You also have to use a viewing angle that keeps the top of the grid behind the surface you're painting. If you look upwards at the surface, or nearly parallel with the horizon, then it won't work, there's no available projection point. The viewport has to be looking downwards.

Another tip. Since the script requires all the UV vertices to be "broken," you'll want to re-weld them when you're done. When I use UVPaint, I add a UVW Unwrap, select all the UVs, Break them, collapse to Editable Mesh, use the tool, add a UVW Unwrap, re-weld the UVs, then collapse back to Editable Poly.

It's worth the extra effort, saves me a ton of time, at least with mechanical/architectural models. I found it's much faster than using planars and Stitch. But YMMV...

Martinez Script doesnt work with Max 7, wich has doubled the amount of work I have to do today. O_o