A most relieved update. But its still not going right!

     Ok so here's the score. I managed to get a friend on the course, namely Robin Silcock, to do the render views on her (working) version of maya. I managed to sort out my texture at the same time and eventually found a code that allowed me to do render views on my (broken) version of Maya. So I had working lights models and textures. The process distorted my door somehow along the way but i pinched an earlier copy so its all good.

     I kind of like it it took long enough.

The main issue now is that when I try to render my vid, it comes out particularly stuttery. I have attempted different cameras, angles, distances, frame rates, directions etc. with no real solution. Having looked it up on the internet and checked my file size, I think it may be that the file is excessively large, however I have no clue as to why this would be the case and how to solve it. So unless I am able to work something out I am simply picking the best version I can find. My project folder is also being submitted so it is thankfully possible to view the model outside of the video as well.

     I have found a solution to the stuttering via windows movie maker, however I am struggling to make my video do the full turntable, it is not playing the same amount that it does before I import it.
I have even imported a what should be a full 360 rotation, only to find it barely does a quarter turn. Im sure the problem is fairly basic, and I intend to find out where I was going wrong, but for now I have spent a lot of time trying to fix this and seem to be getting nowhere so I will just have to submit the video as it comes. Luckily I do have my project folders so my work can at least be viewed properly that way.
      With foresight I would have opened up the cave part of the door so there was more room for a camera in there, as you should technically not be able to see any of the outside part in this picture- within the game this would all be covered by rock structure.
     As I used previously created images or textures within my work I now need to reference these:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=wall+texture&view=detail&id=970ECB61F7218ED6D32620D18634F6C55930B0C7&first=61&FORM=IDFRIR

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/111/9/2/Red_Rock_Texture_by_Dachande99.jpg

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=metal+texture&view=detail&id=FE808351469D463E3BD5E61F1FEE02FA6DBC5B64&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=floor+grating+texture&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADFA_enGB471GB471&biw=1600&bih=812&tbm=isch&tbnid=y8favk03XsMDjM:&imgrefurl=http://www.answers.com/topic/procedural-textures&docid=YCAsrzMyuRnHpM&imgurl=http://wpcontent.answcdn.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Procedural_Texture.jpg/225px-Procedural_Texture.jpg&w=225&h=225&ei=upGtT5aoJ4bi8QOI-NTbCg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=663&vpy=284&dur=455&hovh=180&hovw=180&tx=101&ty=104&sig=112001685180684023694&page=2&tbnh=145&tbnw=142&start=30&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:30,i:176

http://fantasystock.deviantart.com/art/Concrete-Basement-Wall-Texture-28700488

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4ADFA_enGB471GB471&biw=1600&bih=812&tbm=isch&tbnid=eq3YEkTbD37oGM:&imgrefurl=http://www.interlopers.net/forum/viewtopic.php%3Ff%3D16%26t%3D15331%26start%3D840&docid=Dq75ij846FchSM&imgurl=http://i53.tinypic.com/vnh0nkB.png&w=1024&h=1024&ei=2_qvT4HBM4bN0QXRyO20CQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=340&vpy=450&dur=1700&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=182&ty=113&sig=112001685180684023694&page=1&tbnh=148&tbnw=148&start=0&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0,i:106

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Vault_101


Below are some additonal images I used to aid me with the creation of my door. They were of limited use.

      I am a little frustrated as the end of my project is coming together, I feel I spent quite an amount of time modelling only to let it down when it came to rendering, however at the same time I feel I've learnt a lot within this project and look forward to taking those skills further.