[Jeff Vader]

HAY DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO I AM?

rainbowhole?

[Colonol Dekker]

Well this went "a little" off topic...

[Wobble73]

Do you think I'm stupid or something?

Now that you mentioned it, yes.

Most people do.

I wouldn't say you were stupid, just slow.......................................................





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NVRMND! 

[Titan]

Back on topic, is anyone going to do something about this?

[Snail]

Probably not, I would think. Requests like these rarely get done.

[Droid803]

*sigh*
it's a good ship.

[colecampbell666]

We are the Mobius. Your posts shall be assimilated and improved with lightblue color and italics. Resistance is futile.

Siggified.

[esarai]

Hey, whay file type is it? If I can convert it, I might take a shot at "reviving" it. Albeit looking low-poly, I think it's a pretty fearsome design.

[Hades]

It is in a .cob or a 3ds format.

[esarai]

I'm in. I can work with both those formats, but sometimes something goes terribly wrong in one, so please give me a link for bot and I'll get right on it.

[Hyper Ion]

I'm in. I can work with both those formats, but sometimes something goes terribly wrong in one, so please give me a link for both and I'll get right on it.

They're in the same archive linked in the first post of this thread.

[esarai]

Okay, I bet some of you are wondering why this is taking so long. The short answer is that the file format conversions are the definition of chaos. First, I tried the 3DS Max file, but I am in the dark about how to make a .pof out of a .3ds. I then tried importing it into the program I generally use for freespace modding--blender. Well, To say the least, everything got ****ed over big time... every texture was made into it's own object, and all the object centers were about 500-1000 units away from where they were supposed to be. I honestly don't want to deal with that mess, so I'm using the .cob for importing. The only thing that gets messed up there is all the subobjects are at the origin, not where they're supposed to be on the ship. If someone can give me pictures of the full tennyson from left, top, bottom, front and back, that would be great. I need those images to see where the subobjects are.

I did, however, manage to model new turrets for the Tennyson. Here's a link to the pictures so that you can give your input.
http://files.filefront.com/Tennyson+Guns+Remodelledjpg/;10047599;/fileinfo.html

[Droid803]

File front for IMAGES?
you could have just imageshacked...

but nice. they look more freespacey now.

[Water]

... every texture was made into it's own object, and all the object centers were about 500-1000 units away from where they were supposed to be.

Don't worry about all the textures getting their own sub-object. PCS2 will be able to put them all back into one object again. (Unfortunately with the help of Truespace at this stage)
See The Iceni file for how to do it. It has the Blend and Cob so you can compare.http://files.filefront.com/Iceni+blend+TSzip/;9993083;/fileinfo.html

And yeah -  Filefront is not a good choice for images

For Object centers - Turrets
In Object mode: Object > Transform > Center New

[esarai]

Again, sorry for this taking so long... It's just that time of year when your teachers try to suck out your soul with homework.

anyhow... I've encountered a slight snag... None of the turrets on the ship will work properly... their subobjects don't rotate as they're supposed to. This has happened with everything I've tried to make in the brief rest our teachers gave us. Any Ideas as to what's wrong? (Note, I use blender3d)

[Getter Robo G]

Nice guns! There's an elegance to simplicity.

(minor tangent)
Have you heard about the FS2 Turret Project (I tried to put together)? basically I take different barrels, bases and joints and allow you to make a Mr Potatohead type of turret assembly. We had several modelers donate to the cause already, but I am always looking to add more quality variety. Would you be willing to donate those turrets? i would include the original intact one, and separate barrel/base parts.

The whole point of the project is take base A and barrel B (with or without Joint c) and you get a whole new turret. This increases visual options exponentially (and makes models look way better than just FS2 type "Boxes of Doom"(TM).

[Or better yet actually join the project, my problem is I got a great deal of resources, but no skilled help/that has time] All authors are fully credited and parts kept in .cob format.
(screenshots in the project thread)

(tangent over)


As for turrets not moving I only know the basics via TS3.1.
karajorma's Turret tutorial (The only one I ever head about) covers single and multi-part turrets on this page:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/FAQ/shipmods.html

If you can do an equivalent procedure in blender (or other ap) you should be ok.

once a turret is set up right in the ap, after conversion you use model view to edit them as subobjects and add the 3 turret fields (I can remember off hand) and parent/arm objects referenced. after that choose a axis x,y or z for rotation (Usually bases are Z, depending on the model most of the time X works on occasion I had to use Y for proper rotation fo arms...)

Note I have very basic conversion skills so explanations of successful procedures I have used are limited to that. Someone like Water, VA or other real modelers can help you out more precisely.

 

[esarai]

Sure, I don't see why not. I've got a few other guns I'm working on, so I'll send those along when i get the chance.

[Getter Robo G]

Awesome, ty.

I label all parts with a 3 letter code so everything of yours will have -esa on them.
Codes and names are in the Project's Read Me.

[esarai]

Okay, one quick question.... How long is this ship supposed to be?

[Droid803]

From the renders, I'd say anywhere between 2 and 3 km.
Its a destroyer from the looks of it.