Category:Blender Tutorials

From Rigs of Rods Wiki

• Tutorials in the wiki:
  • Blender Tutorial: Tutorial on how to use the plugins with some examples
  • Blender Tutorial 2: Tutorial on how to create a simple load within blender and export it using the plugins, with video :)
  • Blender Tutorial 3: Tutorial on how to load a Truck with the correct Image in oder to UV-Map it.

• Video Tutorials:
  • Small UV mapping tutorial 1: http://wiki.rigsofrods.com/tutorials/one/
  • Small modding tutorial 2: http://wiki.rigsofrods.com/tutorials/two/
  • Truck creation tutorial: http://wiki.rigsofrods.com/tutorials/three/
    • The finished .blend file can be found here: Tut3.zip

New Tutorials: (WIP)

1. Blender Setup (install Blender, all Ogre Tools and Truck Importer/Exporter as well as Python)
2. Blender Navigation (how to move the camera, split/join views, basic keys, etc)
3. Creating Things:
   • Static Meshes:
     1. Blender simple Mesh creation (how to create a basic house for blender to be put as object in a terrain)
     2. Blender Mesh Export into RoR (how to use the OGRE mesh exporter, how to setup OgreXMLConverter, managing the material, ...)
     3. Blender Mesh Import from RoR
   • Dynamic Beam Structures:
     1. Blender Truck Creation Warning What to do in Blender an what not
     2. Blender Tutorial: Tutorial on how to use the plugins with some examples
     3. Blender Tutorial 2: Tutorial on how to create a simple load within blender and export it using the plugins, with video :)
     4. Blender Tutorial 3: Tutorial on how to load a Truck with the correct Image in oder to UV-Map it.
     5. Blender Rendering Setup Tutorial How to setup a good looking environment to show the world on what you are working.

download this selection of articles as a PDF book