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What's the best Orion out there?

The classic Volition model.
6 (6.7%)
Bobboau's original remodeling.
5 (5.6%)
Galemp's bold remapping.
69 (76.7%)
I never liked the Orion anyway...
10 (11.1%)

Total Members Voted: 73

Voting closed: October 10, 2005, 03:49:19 am

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Offline StratComm

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It's not adding another texture, it's THAT texture.  It is just so wholly out of place on an Orion that every time I see it I just think "that doesn't belong on an Orion".  I've got an idea, let me toy with something for a few minutes...
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Offline BlackDove

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I think it rules.

Best one yet.

 

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someone put this in the SCP media VPs


Done. :)

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Offline Ghost

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Wow. Galemp, you are a god.
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Offline mikhael

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I hate the Orion.

That said, great work, man. Your texturing really brings out the underlying geometry, resulting in a vastly improved final product.

And the chance to see Trashman complain about someone else's high polycounts was just too classic. :D
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Offline Galemp

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If someone would like to make a replacement for the freighter tile, do so by all means... however, please keep the [X] support beams. They're lined up with the geometry in many places.

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"Rule of Four" ?


The Rule of Four is an old cartographic theory; namely, that any 2D map (as of countries) can be colored in with only four colors, with no two sectors of the same color touching. I tried to apply this to the Orion; since it is broken into chunks, I made sure no two touching chunks had the same texture.

One more thing. I have a UV map for the light blue tile. If anyone wants to try making a new full-body texture that fits the geometry I'll provide them with the map.
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Offline mikhael

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Well, its actually a topological generalization of a cartographic idea, Galemp, but why nitpick. ;)
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Offline Martinus

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[color=66ff00]This bloody rules! :yes:

Mighty work GE. :nod:
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Offline Mefustae

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Originally posted by Galemp
Poop Deck, Before and After. Note the new radar dishes, using fewer polies than Bobboau's.
Homer: "Uh, is the Poop deck really what I think it is...?"
Skipper: "Ha! Son, I like the cut of your Jib"
Homer: "What's a Jib?"
Skipper: "Ha! ...Promote that man"
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Offline Goober5000

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Originally posted by Mefustae
"Uh, is the Poop deck really what I think it is...?"
It's the stern, naturally.  If they threw it off the bow it would blow right back in their faces. :D

 
Wow. Now all we need is for the Bastion version to incorporate the same textures...

 

Offline Raptor

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You managed to improve Bob's Orion.  Nice work there GE!

Thing is, I don't particularly like Bob's orion mesh.  It's just too 'Busy' for me.  I kinda liked the orginal better in that regard.  It may have been a box, but it had 'something'...

...Hence why I started my own Orion model too:nervous:
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Offline karajorma

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Wow. Now all we need is for the Bastion version to incorporate the same textures...


Ah. But if we keep the bastion the way it is now it makes it bloody obvious why they're decommissioning it :D
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Offline Singh

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Hmmm....how about this one for the regular orions....


And Raptor's more basic one for the Bastion? :drevil:
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Ah. But if we keep the bastion the way it is now it makes it bloody obvious why they're decommissioning it :D


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Offline Flaser

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Originally posted by Goober5000
It's the stern, naturally.  If they threw it off the bow it would blow right back in their faces. :D


(Somewhat OFFTOPIC)

Actually the poop place used to be on the bow of sailing ships.
The reason was two fold:
- It was downwind
- The splash of the waves kept it cleen

BTW Wiki is fanstastic, for us (non-native speakers) and the navy/ship wise not so initiated I recommend the following page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship

On a space-going ship though that place seems logical.
BTW, the following page is good for taking general ship design principles:

http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html

It has a very good article on why spaceships would inherit some of the sea-traditions; as well as a detailed explanation of how the parts of a spaceship are named.
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Offline TrashMan

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Anyway, here's what I got so far:


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Offline Goober5000

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Originally posted by TrashMan
Anyway, here's what I got so far:
I like it.  Not as overdone as Bobboau's. :yes:

I always thought that simplicity was better in models, at least as far as the overall shape goes.  Hi-polying should be done via greebles and detailing, not adding new subobjects all over the place.  (This doesn't detract from the quality of Galemp's texturing, of course. ;))

 

Offline Roanoke

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Originally posted by Goober5000
I like it.  Not as overdone as Bobboau's. :yes:

I always thought that simplicity was better in models, at least as far as the overall shape goes.  Hi-polying should be done via greebles and detailing, not adding new subobjects all over the place.  (This doesn't detract from the quality of Galemp's texturing, of course. ;))


Agreed. Some of the mapping is slightly strecthed though. Better than overtiled though.

 

Offline Ace

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Trashman, if you fixed the stretching and made the comm array more like Bobboau's, it'd be perfect.
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