3DS Max Scale Issue

[CuddlyColin]

Hey everybody! I'm having a hard time getting something into the game, even as a test.

Here's my model, setup in 3d studio max with all the unit settings done as instructed:

As you can see, it's a pretty big building, and super rough...I'm just trying to get the export settings correct to make sure I'm building it to the right scale and all that. My home grid is set to 1.0 meters, so the first floor should be a little over 3 meters high...

WHAT IS THIS?! A BUILDING FOR ANTS?!

I tried scaling it up some in Max, 1 unit = 100 meters, same thing happens.
I've tried a few different bases, including things like the expo hall and stuff like that.
I tried a simple 16mx8m box, and that came in just as super duper tiny.

Any advice?

 

[Shroomblaze]

The Asset editor has been very touchy IMO, It seems to do what it wants at times. You can just enter a number though to scale it up in the asset editor.

 

[CuddlyColin]

That also does absolutely nothing I assumed it was either just visually scaling it in the selector or broken...but at this point, I'm assuming I am doing something horribly wrong

 

[Shroomblaze]

The Asset editor like I said is very very touchy, Try putting in a number then click back and then go forward again and the new scale properties could be applied then.

 

[CuddlyColin]

Yay! That actually worked...you're right it seems to be incredibly touchy...thanks for the suggestion!

 

[kpsia518]

Yay! That actually worked...you're right it seems to be incredibly touchy...thanks for the suggestion!

can we just download & plug in ?

http://archive3d.net/?a=download&id=9970f43a

 

[unmerged(279501)]

You have to build in metric system in Max and set the scale in the asset editor to 100 because unity imports at 0.1 scale.

 

[Aiphares]

can't you scale up in 3ds max and then freeze the scale so it stands at one again?

I'm working in maya and usually i have to scale things and then freeze it all so it imports properly.

Scaling things up in the asset editor sadly destroys the LoD Texture

 

[takokat]

Solution test it

Don't know if it helps but you could do two things to get your models imported 1:1 scale to Cities Skylines, i figured it out the other day based on a working model i have.

So basically you can use a custom unit like i'm using, or tweak the scale, because a 12x12 tiles is around 96x96 meters. but inside 3ds max you would have to make a cube measuring 9600m x 9600m.

So option one

Use the custom unit option and set it to 100 = Meters
(i call them SKm = Skyline meters hehe )

Option Two

In unit Setup> open System unit Setup and simply set 1unit = 0.01 meters

With that set up like that, your fbx will export to a 1 scale and use the real space.

hope it helps anyone

 

[CuddlyColin]

That helps a great deal takokat! Especially if the in game scale screws with the LOD. Thanks so much!

 

[takokat]

Your welcome Cuddly Colin glad it helped !

 

[CuddlyColin]

So, I finally got around to fiddling with it, and for me...I set the metric units to 0.01, but only had to set my custom unit to = 1 meter, not 100, and now it's working perfectly without having to scale anything in editor. Still, I would have been lost without your info, thanks again TK