Gauges Question

[Cold As Ice10129]

When you make gauges, are the numbers and letters mapped? or do you actually make them? Becuase I want them to glow and everything, so does that work with mapping?

thanks!

[skb875]

Well, some people model them, but if it were me, I'd texture them on because it would save on render time. Depends on how detailed you wanna get.

[Nero]

well my type of making gauge.. draw with a splane... holes that are need to made.. im making with Power Boolean.... saves lots of poli.. and you can make them high poli... itll be same like turbo smoothed .. if you want. .add me to msn.. ill explain more..

[dmanero]

if you want the numbers to glow then I would suggest the following:

- create the dials in photoshop.
- then have to copies, one would be the original and the other would be the alpha.
- Then in 3d max create a raytrace plane and map the plane with the dials image giving the effect that the numbers are see through.
-finally create a a plane and give it the glow effect behind the dials.

Inthe ebnd you should get the affect your looking for to have the dials glow.

Hope you understand where I'm coming from.