[Wildlife]

That leto look great  

[aldo_14]

 

Originally posted by LtNarol:
aldo, you dont seriously mean that i cant make anything more interesting than a bunch of boxes and still have it work in fs2.  Please tell me you're just sh**ing me...

What I mean is that boolean-ing together 2 faces which don't overlay exactly can have some nasty consequences....  anymay, all of my models seem ok (to me), and I don't use any fancy booleans or stuff - just 1 cube extruded.

Just take your model, apply a quick UV map and a texture (appearance not important), quickly convert the model to pof & name it fighter01.pof (replacing the Ulysses).  Try this in FS2 and check for errors....

 

Originally posted by an0n:


I can't get the damn textures to stop looking blue and green.

Check the lighting settings in (what I assume is) 3d Exploration  

[LtNarol]

thanks aldo, as for the blue and green, that kinda looks cool, no big deal.

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[an0n]

 

Check the lighting settings in (what I assume is) 3d Exploration

All the lights are White. It's wierd.

[Zeronet]

I like this little change i,ve done  

 

[an0n]

Might I suggest making those wing-type things next-to the main body a different texture? (not the outermost ones)

[Zeronet]

Good idea  

[Zeronet]

Here's the intial work on the destroyer, just to see if you like it. Some large problems with the model, its unstable and i cant texture the engines.

 

[LtNarol]

the bomber is starting to look good, the engines need to show up more though, you know where the engines are right?

The destroyer dont texture for now, im working on some other problems with it.  I realize its unstable, and im trying to redo it so that it is stable, but its not going well.  Give me some more time with that, also, i need to add turrets, so just hold off on it for now.  See if you can get the Minotaur and the "raptor".

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[JC Denton]

Here's a thought.

I know the Ceres is a bomber and not a capship, but this texture set:
 

   

Is actually a pretty good one if you like this idea:

Recent experiments done with modern airplanes have shown that you don't even need cockpit viewports!  You could have a fighter or bomber completely rigged with an internal control nexus that is heavily armored (meaning the pilot is less likely to be injured if the ship gets slammed) and have an array of viewscreens for visual confirmation of the surrounding area.  The eyepoint could be in a forward point of the ship where a cockpit would normally be, but instead put a sensor package-looking texture there so we know where the eyepoint is.

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[This message has been edited by JC Denton (edited 02-11-2002).]

[an0n]

Like a Jem Hadar ship. Those eye-piece things are f**king excellent.

[LtNarol]

thanks for the idea, i like it.  Maybe mess with the texturing a bit more so that it looks more like a fighter, but otherwise, no cockpit.

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[an0n]

 

Ahem.

[LtNarol]

nice an0n, needs more pronounced missile bays, guns, and engines

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[LtNarol]

and i dont suppose any of you are texture artists? i really need some speciallised texture maps for these.  Making do with textures for other ships just doesnt make them look like fighters...

[LtNarol]

*bump*

[LAW ENFORCER]

do what I do...
Rip and Stick!
little bit o editing and there ye go!

(just look at my Quadrant and Aria fighters to SEE WHAT I MEAN!!! BEABY... YEAH! emm...)

[LtNarol]

hi everyone, and welcome to the new and improved HLP forum

[JC Denton]

Texture artists?  Maybe sometime in the far, far future, as I just got PSP today and am still learning how to use it.  Would be nice if I had some texture-creating tutorials to follow...

[LtNarol]

agreed, as i think capital ship textures can only take a fighter so far, to make the best of a fighter, you need a texture that actually was designed for it or atleast has the kind of detail you need.