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I need help with 3dsmax. I am very new to it but trying to learn it. I have tried to open models that i have downloaded for celestia but i get an error. I have tried making primitive models to see if theyll work in celestia but i can only make "scene" files. What gives? Im using 3dsmax 5

You need to specify which models you're having problems with. The ones I create, for examle, usually are not readable by anything other than Celestia. That's because the field containing the name of the surface texture has been changed.

There are many 3DS tutorials available on the Web, in addition to courses you have to pay money to attend. I don't use it, though, so I can't provide any help. Sorry.

chrisr wrote:I need help with 3dsmax. I am very new to it but trying to learn it. I have tried to open models that i have downloaded for celestia but i get an error. I have tried making primitive models to see if theyll work in celestia but i can only make "scene" files. What gives? Im using 3dsmax 5

you can't just open .3ds models, you can only open .max models; you have to import .3ds (select Import under the File menu)

THANK you