Build your gp4 car with ZModeler in a few time/ The best tutorial

Hello to every body. I'm working on a tutorial that explains how to
make a good gp4 car. In this tutorial I try to explain the esential steps to modify an original gp4 car.

I'm working on it, and this summer i'm going to improve it.

The contents of the tutorial are:

*ZModeler tutorial: an introduction to ZModeler and the most important tools.

*How to create a good mesh
What we need?
Objects in the car
The photos
Creating the 3D mesh
Some tips

*Adjust the normals
What is a normal?
A slightly bended surface
A very bended surface
The front wing of a GP4 car
The body of a GP4 car

*Map the car
How to map the car
Saving the car1 and car2 (lod_0)
The car_lod_4
The materials (textures) in a GP4 car

*Paint the car

*finaly, get the car and the textures in the game
the gp4 files, the lod_0, lod_1, lod_2, lod_3 and lod_4
The tex files
Make a wad file

*some adjustments with team editor

*Summary: the most important steps

*The most important links and tutorials


You can read the tutorial on:

[www4.uji.es]





I hope that you like it.

By the way on the gpxcarpainting forum I have some topics about the tutorial:

[racing-leagues.com]

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[racing-leagues.com]


Thanks to read my totorial.
Any sugestion is good to improve it.


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Vicente





Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/2005 09:19AM by Vicente.

woooo Nice :D

Really cool!
That will help a lot to get into it.

@Vicente: Will you translate it into spanish?
i ask you cause i think you're spanish too... gracias

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eighth ·· Juandi Sanchez

Yes, I'm from Spain and maybe I can translate the Tutorial to Spanish.
But first I want to improve the tutorial and translate it as the last
steep of my work.


Thanks for your reply, any comment is good to improve the tutorial.



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Vicente

Hello every body, I have made a pdf version (about 75 pages wit a lot of photos and explanations) of my tutorial, you can download it on

[www4.uji.es]


I hope that you like it.

Please report me sugestions to improve the turorial























I hope you like it.

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Vicente

[www4.uji.es]

Hello every body, I hope that you like my tutorial.
I'm working to improve it, so any comment is good.

Now you can find in [www4.uji.es]
a spanish version of the tutorial (not finished yet, but in a short time it
will be finished) and a PDF version.


Thanks to read my tutorial.









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Vicente

How can I add it to the download section.?

I have to sent it to somebody?

Please I need you help.

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Vicente

A new version of the tutorial is available on the web:

[www4.uji.es]


Moreover you can download the pdf version and the tutorial is now
available in Spanish (web and pdf version).

The change log is:

v1.0 (4/1/2005)
First release of the tutorial.
The origin of the tutorial was the result of some post on gpxcarpainting forum about mapping and adjust the normals.

v1.1 (30/3/2005)
Added a ZModeler quick guide that explains all that you should know about it to build a gp4 car.
Added a section that explains how to buid the mesh of the car.
Mapping and normals sections are improved.
Added some new sections: paint the car, get car in game, summary and the most useful links.

v1.2 (30/6/2005)
Added a tip that explains how to order objects by alphabetical order usen 3Deditor.
Improved paint the car section with an example of the movistar F1 car.
Improved get car in game section with explanations about how to use TexResizer, WadUpdater and TeamEditor.
Added more links.
Added Acknowledgment section

v1.3 (20/8/2005)
Finally the tutorial have been trasnlated to Spanish. Added an explanation about how to paint cockpit, helmets and pitcrews with some examples and lots of photos.
Some explanations about Texture shading, Car body lines and screws. And some examples with lots of photos.
Added an explanation about how to change the cars power with gp4 physics editor.
Added an explanation about how to get car in-out game with WadUpdater.
Improved the Mapping section: improve the explanations about my mapping method and added an explanation about how to map the car (an explanation for begginers). Added some mapping tips: mapping continous surfaces of the car, mapping carbone fibre surfaces (thanks to Bojan Tarticchio to tell this method to us) Added some tips about the car_lod_4: map this car to see the correct colors.
Corrected some grammar mistakes on the tutorial. And improved some explanations in all the tutorial.
Added a table of ZModeler hot-keys and an explanation about how set up hotkeys in the ZModeler section.



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Vicente

Hello every body, any comment about my tutorial, I have worl a lot
on it.

Tanks to read it.


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Vicente

Well, am downing it now, so you'll have to wait a sec for my opinion

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A very good tutorial, cause i learn it from your site.
For all others who wanna learn to work with Zmodeler, the best one.

Thanks to read my tutorial, and thanks to
tell:


A very good tutorial, cause i learn it from your site.
For all others who wanna learn to work with Zmodeler, the best one.




Remember that I'm working on it and any
suggestion and comment is good to
improve it.


Thanks a lot to all people that have read
mu tutorial.



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Vicente


[www4.uji.es]

Can you post the link to the tutorial again please?

Pinned to the GP4FAQ

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The link of this tutorial has changed to
Building a gp4 car by Vicente Martí, version: v1.3, date: 19-07-05

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