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Reply #280 on: March 05, 2005, 07:14:20 pm
Where can i find an upgrade?
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Reply #281 on: March 06, 2005, 03:25:18 am
Google is your friend.
So is search...which is A1-Super in HLP-BB.
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Reply #282 on: March 06, 2005, 05:07:37 am
look for 3dsmax_51_Update
 

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Reply #283 on: March 08, 2005, 02:13:35 am
Random pseudo-bug: dockpoint normals (and indeed any normals based off of paths) should be calculated to the last point in the path, not the first.  Not terrible by any means, but if there's ever a revision this should be fixed.
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Reply #284 on: March 08, 2005, 02:38:34 am
YOU ALSO NEED A 2ND DOCKING POINT!!!! Determines heading.
 

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Reply #285 on: March 08, 2005, 02:47:04 am
Bah, it converts fine with two dockpoints associated with a single path.   :p  It does make the normals point the wrong way though if the path is at all curved.
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Reply #286 on: March 08, 2005, 03:34:22 am
Can't believe this has been here for so long and I never saw it! =O

Will test it out with Max5.1 -Btw the link for the 5.1 version is dead. :p

Thanks man!
 

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Reply #287 on: March 08, 2005, 09:52:20 am
Get it from the first page, that's a much more up-to-date version than anything else in the thread.  The same zip has all three versions (Max 4, 5, 6).
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Reply #288 on: March 08, 2005, 08:32:19 pm
Yah realized that after I opened it. :p

Am working on a ship now. Been a long time since I've done this, but damn is it easier with this. Saves redoing all the pof data after making slight updates etc.

I'm presuming since its in the export menu it works too. :)
 

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Reply #289 on: March 08, 2005, 09:34:34 pm
I cannot find the gmax upgrade :(
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Reply #290 on: March 15, 2005, 07:33:02 am
Question: Does the shield mesh have to be orientated a certain way to work properly?

I think that my shields may be inside out... :ick:
 

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Reply #291 on: March 15, 2005, 10:49:53 am
The faces should point out, but orientation shouldn't matter.  Take the sheild mesh, select all of its faces, and find the 'flip' button to reverse the normals.
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Reply #292 on: March 15, 2005, 11:05:42 am
I never figgered out how to make shields.
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Reply #293 on: March 15, 2005, 11:47:50 am
I know how to flip normals etc yeah, but was just wondering if the spehere has to be pointed a certain direction?

I actually, just took a copy of the shield included, and modifed it.

I just did a test with all the fighters lined up in a row, with shields, like a firing range.
I found that none have proper working shields.
I can shoot right through where the shield mesh of a ship will be and nothing will happen.
More disturbing is that the shield only works in some places of the ship. And in other it shots fired will go straight through and hit the hull.
Sometimes, a shot fired at the front of the ship will make the shield hit effect at the back of the ship, or on the other side.

Something very strange is going on. I basically extraced the shield mesh to a pof, and then imported it to another poth via modview.

I have no idea what the flag "smart shields" does, but it seems to have no effect on or off.

Also, sometimes a shot that hits the shield will cause the game to crash.

Anyone got any idea?

btw @ Cobra:
Just take a look at the sample file, it has everything you need to know in that demo max file. :)
Except the stuff that's buggering me up... :doubt:
 

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Reply #294 on: March 15, 2005, 12:04:22 pm
maybe you have your lasers set at the right frequency. :D did you check the tbl file?
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Reply #295 on: March 15, 2005, 12:08:25 pm
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If you can't get max working, then you could just import the shield mesh from another fighter of similar shape into your current pof using Modview.

I hope its not a 'I give up' nevermind. We need more mods! :)
 

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Reply #296 on: March 15, 2005, 08:24:11 pm
There's a slim chance that orientation may make a difference with the Max plugin; reset X-form on the shield mesh and see if that makes the problem any better.
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Reply #297 on: March 16, 2005, 12:13:17 am
I did reset the mesh and no difference was made.
I've a sneaking suspicion that its the order of the faces or something?

Has anyone else had this problem?

I was exporting the pof, and then importing the shield mesh to another  model via modview. Maybe its modview that's breaking stuff?
 

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Reply #298 on: March 16, 2005, 01:43:50 am
That's a possibility.  Try it through PCS maybe.  Though if it's still a problem, I'd export the shield from Max to TS, and import it that way (even if you have to give it a dummy ship) if the mesh itself is still acting up.
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Reply #299 on: March 16, 2005, 02:31:36 am
Actually, I've got a hunch.
If you compare the shield mesh in the demo file, with the original shield meshes there is a large difference.
Being the number of poly's.

I will try reducing the amount of poly's to be the same as the original fighter shields, or near to. (It would be difficult afterall to count them all.)
Which actually brings up another query. Is it possible to get a .pof importer ?
This would be quite handy in updating old ships, and debuging new ones.

Update:
Tried out the ships with the same number of poly's as the originals (Just reduce the segments of the isoca sphere to 2). Same problem.
It might of actually made things worse, because its very rare that the ship's shields will light up.
POF Constructor suite does the same thing.
I even tried using one of the original fighter shields mesh. Some of it was working ok, but the rest was the same deal.
I'm starting to think it might be the pof exporter that's broken.

I'm running out of ideas... Can anyone help?
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