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4th Sep 2010, 07:53 AM

um, my rug is floating in midair... #1

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as the title says- this rug I made doesn't actually sit on the floor... it floats above the ground. I'm kind of new to this, this is my first time making an object- I've done recolouring for a while though.
I'm thinking it's the mesh?
it's found uder decorative-> rugs, for $250.

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Package file	Size	Type	Description
quiltrug.package	206,222	Mesh	Hearthstone Floor Quilt by Decat Brighten up any room with this modest yet beautiful offering from the Far East. Its intricate patterns will warm your mind as the soft material warms your feet.

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                206222    74818  36% 03-09-10 13:54  .....A.   50723F27 m3c 2.9
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4th Sep 2010, 04:09 PM	#2
JavierMC20 Lab Assistant Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 136 Thanks: 4326 in 19 Posts 13 Achievements View My Journal	I downloaded and looked at your mesh. The reason it is floating above the ground, is your mesh is not positioned right on the y-axis (y-axis for milkshape, z-axis for most other modeling programs). You need to move it along that axis until it is sitting on the floor plane (the bottom at 0.0 on the axis). Screenshots
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4th Sep 2010, 11:16 PM	#3
moune999 Field Researcher Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 225 Thanks: 18824 in 23 Posts 15 Achievements	One piece of good advice is to always extract the original mesh from your cloned package BEFORE you even start working on your own new one. That way you can use the original mesh as a reference to find out exactly how big your new mesh should be and where it should be placed on all three axis.
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5th Sep 2010, 10:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by moune999

One piece of good advice is to always extract the original mesh from your cloned package BEFORE you even start working on your own new one. That way you can use the original mesh as a reference to find out exactly how big your new mesh should be and where it should be placed on all three axis.

hey Moune, It was your great tuatorial I used! it was a very good tuatorial, the mistake is completly mine, so no problem with tuatorial.
thanks again, your tuatorial gave me a good insight to the object creation process

Decat

Edit: I fixed it- just moved it like you said. milkshape is scarry when you're new! now to fix the texture...

Last edited by decat : 5th Sep 2010 at 01:45 PM.

5th Sep 2010, 07:09 PM	#5
moune999 Field Researcher Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 225 Thanks: 18824 in 23 Posts 15 Achievements	Glad you got it worked out, and that the tutorial was useful. Good luck with the texture.
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5th Sep 2010, 07:42 PM	#6
JavierMC20 Lab Assistant Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 136 Thanks: 4326 in 19 Posts 13 Achievements View My Journal	LOL I must have written in invisible type or my name appears as moune999. Anyway, likewise, good luck with texture...that's if you see this.
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16th Sep 2010, 04:41 AM	#7
decat Original Poster Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 77 Thanks: 1287 in 6 Posts 8 Achievements	I got the texture working, though it looks really dark inside... but it works!!!! :D

16th Sep 2010, 08:03 AM	#8
moune999 Field Researcher Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 225 Thanks: 18824 in 23 Posts 15 Achievements	The darkness of your texture can be adjusted in the Material Definition file (TXMT). Look for stdMatLightingEnabled which should be set to 1. If the texture remains dark, make sure stdMatDiffCoef is set to 0.8,0.8,0.8. Then take a look at stdMatSpecCoef. The lower the numbers, the darker your texture will be. Lowest value is 0.0, highest is 1.0. Just in case you've never worked with the TXMT before, you choose the parameter you want to change by clicking on it in the list to the left. Then change the value in the dialog box to the right.
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