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mikhael · **Reply #140 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:19:57 pm

Wow. I hate to say it... I really do hate to say it. But its not going to be much longer before FS/SCP is going to look better than IWar2.

Shame about the crappy FS2 physics model though.

Fineus · **Reply #141 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:40:02 pm

Yeah, if we up the poly count on the ships

Kakis · **Reply #142 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:48:59 pm

Nice Hecate!

Even though I particilary like Lightspeeds Mar, I also feel the shivan fighters to be dark like in a FS1 way as some other people said. But perhaps you need to redo the fighters model or skin all together to achive that. I don't know, I just don't have clue when it comes to graphics. But I do agree with some previous commenters that it would feel more shivan with less "terran plating style", even though I think they look great as they are.

Fineus · **Reply #143 on:** November 05, 2003, 03:52:12 pm

I imagine that simply selecting the none-red sections of the fighter and tweaking them to appear all together darker (and also less shiny) would achieve the right effect.

Lightspeed · **Reply #144 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:18:52 pm

oh my god, all threads glued together! O.o

Now who will take the time to search through them all to find the different ships & textures... oh well

Let's enlarge this thread even more:

Hatshepsut Shinemaps!

Download Hatshepsut shinemaps

Comments are, as always welcome.

I wonder if it was a good idea to glue all those threads together

Fineus · **Reply #145 on:** November 05, 2003, 04:21:13 pm

The "neck" seems a tinsy bit bright, other than that it's spot on!

mikhael · **Reply #146 on:** November 05, 2003, 05:53:09 pm

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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Yeah, if we up the poly count on the ships

True, but who is going to do higher poly versions of existing meshes AND texture them, etc.

With newer modes though, we've got some potential. If only they would fix the physics engine...

ChronoReverse · **Reply #147 on:** November 05, 2003, 06:47:12 pm

Somehow, the Hatshepsut looks even more like a vacuum cleaner now

It's beautiful though.

And those ingame shots of the Hecate :jawdrops:

Lightspeed · **Reply #148 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:07:01 pm

lol just realized about 50% of the replies got lost when this thing was glued together, and the rest is all cluttered together in no obvious order.

Taristin · **Reply #149 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:15:51 pm

Am I the only one who deosn't like the cell-shaded look on the Hecate? It's expertly done, but it looks too carttony for me. :|

mikhael · **Reply #150 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:20:54 pm

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Originally posted by Sandwich

I know I'm insane, what's your point?

Seriously, though, it's not that bad. All you have to do is render a single "wing" at 90 degrees to get a base texture for the wings, a single side of the main part to get a texture for that, etc. Each time you turn off from rendering the parts that you're not interested in.

Feel free to break this out into another thread.

I've redone the outer grinder. Its gone from 15K polys to 2100 polys. If I see those kind of savings across the board, we're looking at a total poly weight of around 4500 polys for the entire model.

In reality a percentage saving model isn't really accurate. I think it'll come out closer to around 6000 polys. We'll see.

Can the SCP handle that reasonably well?

Taristin · **Reply #151 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:35:48 pm

Yes, 4k polies is nothing for it.

mikhael · **Reply #152 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:41:41 pm

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Eeeexcellent....
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Ace · **Reply #153 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:45:20 pm

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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Am I the only one who deosn't like the cell-shaded look on the Hecate? It's expertly done, but it looks too carttony for me. :|

Yeah, that was my complaint too

Setekh · **Reply #154 on:** November 05, 2003, 07:46:05 pm

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Originally posted by Kalfireth
To late. I hope you guys have broadband

Yaaaah! *starts howling in pain* My modem, my modem!

Nice one, man... those are beautiful shots.

mikhael · **Reply #155 on:** November 05, 2003, 08:49:10 pm

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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Yes, 4k polies is nothing for it.

Very good. It came out to 3566 polys. There's not as much detail naturally, but its done.

I remodelled it entirely from scratch. Not bad for 3hrs worth of work.

mikhael · **Reply #156 on:** November 05, 2003, 08:58:22 pm

There you go. A 3623 poly Mjolnir Mk2. I rather thing the inner grinder design and the two missile banks came out better in this version.

Now, Lightspeed. What are the chances of getting you to shine map this lovely little beast?

Lightspeed · **Reply #157 on:** November 05, 2003, 09:04:33 pm

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Originally posted by mikhael
There you go. A 3623 poly Mjolnir Mk2. I rather thing the inner grinder design and the two missile banks came out better in this version.

Now, Lightspeed. What are the chances of getting you to shine map this lovely little beast?

chances are 100%. Just give me the model, some textures (i guess you have some for it) and i'll do them.

mikhael · **Reply #158 on:** November 05, 2003, 09:05:16 pm

Um. No. Its never been textured actually. I just model.

Lightspeed · **Reply #159 on:** November 05, 2003, 09:07:42 pm

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Originally posted by mikhael
Um. No. Its never been textured actually. I just model.

uhm, i could try texturing it too

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