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Offline Turambar

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little things bugging me
what are the names of the textures used for the Ulysses and Arcadia glowpoints? I want to get them and change them to color-modified versions of Bobbau's little glowpoints, (and i know the two wingtip ones are engine glows)

little things give this whole business a sense of quality and attention to detail etc etc
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Offline Trivial Psychic

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Just open the models up in PCS and take a look at what is in the GLOW section.
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i think bob just used weapon glows for those. just make your own, weapon glows are like the easyest thing to do. i have made litterally hundreds of them the best of which will be used in nukemod.
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The ones on the arcadia are indeed weapon glows.  But I'll make you a deal; get me glowpoints in the style of those on Bob's Herc but in all colors (and any appropriate half-tones, like teal) and I'll update the models with them.  It'd be easier to use new glows than to modify the weapon glows that they are currently using.  I used the red and blue glows from Bob's Herc and a RGB to RBG converted version for Nico's Ezechiel, if you want to see what I had in mind.
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:ick: I hate the glow points. They look so... tacky.  (IMO)
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maybey you can get lighty to do a batch of them. i intend to use glowpoints on everything i make as soon as pcs gets upgraded.
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@Raa: if glows are done correctly, they can really enhance a model.  You're not going to tell me that these look tacky, now are you?

Credit of course to Nico for the Ezechiel model.

Trouble is they aren't always done correctly; I've always viewed the Ulysses model as a tech demo more than an actual implimentation of glowpoints, so I expect it to be a little above and beyond acceptable, quite frankly.
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Offline Taristin

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Ehh, I really don't like them. Sorry.
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Aye they dont look right, like they're sitting off the model or something.

 

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That's a fault of the textures.  They actually all are centered on part of the geometry.  The ezechiel has tips on those wings that come up under the glowpoints, the contrast just isn't that high so they are hard to see.  The rest of them are quite plainly sitting on the model.
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Offline Taristin

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Ehh. I still dislike them. I think that conventional glowmaps and the HDR/Bloom effect is the way to go.
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I think they look kinda funny when overdone (uly seems that way IMO...), but they look awesome on things like runway lights, or on installations, or on the flashing lights on the ends of antennae.

I don't quite know what it is, but the glows on that 'zech just look a bit...off
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If any one of you could elaborate on what you mean by "off", I'd love to enhance the model any way I can while I await a shield icon.  I personally see absolutely nothing wrong with those lights, unless you think they are too big.  Also, take a look at the model in game; pictures seldom do glowpoints justice.
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I hate them on the Uly, I hate them on the Herc, and I hate them on the Ezech.  The glows are teh lame. Sorry. My opinion stands. And I have seen them in game.
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Raa, I know your opinion, damnit :)

I'm asking for why people see them as "off," not why you don't like them.
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Well, you said 'both of you' and it seemed only me and Anaz were complaining. :p

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I have a few theories atm:

It might just be the purple glows. I don't know why, but they seem out of place.

It might also be the number of glows. All the other glowy ships have either been "right" or "overdone". This one might be underdone. I thought the herc looked pretty good.

It might also be that they look like they're floating. Would probably be a non-issue if I was looking at it in the tech room.
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Ok, that makes sense.  The purple were actually pulled off the Herc and were supposed to be blue, I'll try a better blue and maybe a cyan and see how those look.  As for being over/underdone, the Herc actually only has three glows, but they are really large.  I was going for a more running-lights look (which made the most sense with where Nico suggested I place them, thus the red and green blinkers on the wingtips) and I tried to keep it subtile; maybe therein lies your dislike of them.

Also, I just looked again at the position.  I may be able to pull the glows in a little tighter in places, so I'll give that a try.
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Offline Turambar

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OK ive made the all colors versions of the glowpoints, where should i send them
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