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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: TrashMan on April 10, 2003, 10:01:16 am

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: TrashMan on April 10, 2003, 10:01:16 am

O.k. - listen up.
I made a carrier model in TS 5.1, converted it, edited it and put it in the game...
The problem is, the ship is TRANSPARENT from the outside!
I can see the inner side of the ship, which appears to be textured perfectly.
Now, I know this is a simple error, but I can't remember exactly what it is... Probably inverted the textures normals or something...
Help me out - I can't remember how to fix it...

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 10, 2003, 10:17:54 am

Hey, you there! Flip those faces! Right now!

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: TrashMan on April 10, 2003, 10:50:30 am

But of course....This is so embaressing.....
Remind me, where's the button for that?
*I was using 3D Max for a while, now I'm trying to recall Truespace*

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: StratComm on April 10, 2003, 11:00:18 am

Depends on your layout, it should look like a little plane with a curved arrow pointing from one side to the other.  Not too hard to find.  Look in the neighborhood of the mirror and smooth buttons.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: KARMA on April 10, 2003, 12:35:33 pm

point edit, a little menu will popup, search a little and you will find the icon
or open all the icons at once (it shouls be right click on trashbin, or an icon full of little cyan squares, it depends from the version) and search it

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: TrashMan on April 10, 2003, 06:11:07 pm

Fixed it...fixed it......THANKS!!!:D

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: StratComm on April 10, 2003, 07:10:48 pm

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Originally posted by KARMA
point edit, a little menu will popup, search a little and you will find the icon
or open all the icons at once (it shouls be right click on trashbin, or an icon full of little cyan squares, it depends from the version) and search it

That would be useful; whenever I think I've gotten truespace down, I find more that I should know about it.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: ZylonBane on April 11, 2003, 06:20:52 pm

Halfway through Trashman's first post, I was thinking, "Ah, flipped normals."

Only noteworthy because I've never touched a 3D modelling program in my life.

Conclusion: I've spent waayyyyy too much time reading the modelling threads here. :nervous:

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: Killfrenzy on April 11, 2003, 06:31:49 pm

Why don't you try modelling, Zylon?:D

What DO you do incidentally?:D

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: ZylonBane on April 11, 2003, 06:59:31 pm

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Originally posted by Killfrenzy
What DO you do incidentally?:D

Kibbitz.

And a FAQ or Flash piece once every three years or so.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 11, 2003, 08:09:47 pm

Do you know, Zylon used to be thought as the most capable FREDder of the VBB. People used to respect him for his knowledge of FS2, and put up with constant sarcasm because he was useful to have around. Now... he just sits there ripping in to newbies. Oh well.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: ZylonBane on April 11, 2003, 08:15:09 pm

Didn't know you still considered yourself a newbie, DG. :thepimp:

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 11, 2003, 08:51:58 pm

Oh I can't believe you lowered yourself to that. Your standards have slipped, you know that? Try and make a bit more effort, why not?

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: kode on April 12, 2003, 06:40:12 am

bah, I actually respect ZB more now, than I did back in the days...

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 12, 2003, 10:55:11 am

Yes, but... you told Sandwich you'd rather be tortured than killed... so you're mentally unbalanced :nod:

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: kode on April 13, 2003, 05:38:18 am

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Yes, but... you told Sandwich you'd rather be tortured than killed... so you're mentally unbalanced :nod:

if Sandwich's nickname is Mr Carrot, then yes.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 13, 2003, 09:31:59 am

Begging your pardon, but Sandwich's was the post I read which quoted you.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: kode on April 13, 2003, 11:35:36 am

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Begging your pardon, but Sandwich's was the post I read which quoted you.

so then you probably wouldn't hurt yourself if you shut up until you knew what you're talking about, would you?

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: beatspete on April 13, 2003, 11:41:06 am

Now now, kiddies.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 13, 2003, 12:34:32 pm

Right, who knows kode's address?

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: kode on April 13, 2003, 02:01:19 pm

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Right, who knows kode's address?

noone but me.

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: diamondgeezer on April 13, 2003, 02:10:23 pm

All that does is buy you more time

Title: Transparent ship
Post by: kode on April 13, 2003, 02:20:05 pm

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
All that does is buy you more time

and when/if you find it out, you are going to do exactly what?