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Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stealth on June 04, 2003, 10:49:22 am

Anyone have any experience in making Techroom animations?  The best way i can think of is getting frame by frame from modelview to Flash, and then exporting as an AVI or something to use in-game...

however, that doens't allow for the little "flash" at the start.  how do you pros do it?  what programs and methods do you use?

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Hudzy on June 04, 2003, 10:57:34 am

Hmm. There's a guide somewhere around.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stunaep on June 04, 2003, 11:23:46 am

3ds max. Simple as that. Make a wireframe, apply a slice modifier, add a textured version, also add slice to that, make a wireframe grid, animate.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: HotSnoJ on June 04, 2003, 01:00:30 pm

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Originally posted by Stunaep
3ds max. Simple as that. Make a wireframe, apply a slice modifier, add a textured version, also add slice to that, make a wireframe grid, animate.

Must...get...3D Max...*dies*

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: FreeTerran on June 04, 2003, 02:17:07 pm

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Originally posted by Stunaep
3ds max. Simple as that. Make a wireframe, apply a slice modifier, add a textured version, also add slice to that, make a wireframe grid, animate.

:nod: And why do you not answer my PM do it plz.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stunaep on June 04, 2003, 02:22:34 pm

*checks folder*

nope. Don't have any

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: FreeTerran on June 04, 2003, 02:33:58 pm

Sorry my mistake i have mean STEALH :p

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stealth on June 04, 2003, 03:45:33 pm

i'll talk to my friends this week

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: an0n on June 04, 2003, 03:49:03 pm

The medication finally kicked in.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stealth on June 04, 2003, 06:05:12 pm

huh?

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Thorn on June 04, 2003, 06:08:00 pm

Lightwave is just as easy to do it...
and you can render each frame as an individual image so anibuild can just convert it...
I think MAX can do the same, not sure how though...

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stealth on June 04, 2003, 06:15:54 pm

so i need:

anibuild(er?) (isn't that a DM Tool?)
Lightwave.

now is Lightwave freeware or do i have to buy it hehehehehe

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: elorran on June 04, 2003, 06:18:53 pm

Lightwave is a frickin expensive program that was used to do the CGI scenes for Babylon 5.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Thorn on June 04, 2003, 06:20:18 pm

Among other things, like Pearl Harbour, DS9..
its by far the cheapest of the "Big Name" programs..

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stealth on June 04, 2003, 06:21:03 pm

expensive, eh?  Like relative to what?  If it's more expensive to Photoshop, then screw it.  if it's less expensive than Photoshop, then screw it too.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: elorran on June 04, 2003, 06:21:10 pm

True.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Thorn on June 04, 2003, 06:22:31 pm

PS is 1000 canadian
LW is 2600

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: elorran on June 04, 2003, 06:33:31 pm

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Originally posted by Thorn
PS is 1000 canadian
LW is 2600

And of course, warez is only a tenner.  But we're all far to strong to fall for such temptations :D

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stealth on June 04, 2003, 06:33:56 pm

daaammmnnn

it must be an awesome program then!

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: karajorma on June 04, 2003, 06:59:35 pm

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Originally posted by Stealth
daaammmnnn

it must be an awesome program then!

Ever seen Babylon 5? They aren't joking when they say it was made on Lightwave (although all the models were made on the Amiga version which was better in those days)

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Stealth on June 04, 2003, 10:18:14 pm

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Originally posted by karajorma


Ever seen Babylon 5? They aren't joking when they say it was made on Lightwave (although all the models were made on the Amiga version which was better in those days)

OOOOOOOOOOOOOH BABYLON 5?  AWESOME!!!

I thought you meant the Babylon 5 FREESPACE MOD, which i haven't played.  yeah, babylon 5 is awesome!!!

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Xelion on June 06, 2003, 07:07:16 am

U peoples are missing out if u haven't seen B5: Legend of the Rangers:nod:

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Nico on June 06, 2003, 11:17:41 am

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Originally posted by Max
U peoples are missing out if u haven't seen B5: Legend of the Rangers:nod:

mmh? legend of the rangers was bad.
can't compare to "in the begining"

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: IceFire on June 06, 2003, 05:47:40 pm

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Originally posted by karajorma


Ever seen Babylon 5? They aren't joking when they say it was made on Lightwave (although all the models were made on the Amiga version which was better in those days)

They started on Toaster I think...and then went to Lightwave.  That was what I always thought.

B5 Season 1 is much more primitive compaired to what they were doing by Season 3, 4, and A Call to Arms was probably the best CGI they did.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: karajorma on June 06, 2003, 05:55:10 pm

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Originally posted by IceFire

They started on Toaster I think...and then went to Lightwave.  That was what I always thought.

B5 Season 1 is much more primitive compaired to what they were doing by Season 3, 4, and A Call to Arms was probably the best CGI they did.

The toaster is the Amiga hardware that Lightwave was bundled with.  Eventually it got unbundled and sold seperately from the toaster and then later got ported to the PC.

I agree that the CGI did improve in later episodes but I miss the way that capships slowly fell apart when destroyed in series 2.
 By series 3 they went for the more standard big explosion and debris route which wasn't as visually stunning.

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Xelion on June 08, 2003, 06:50:24 am

Haven't seen B5 series or any B5 movies on DVD...if thats what ur referring in terms of cg...but legend of the rangers has pretty good cg in it.:nod: (holographic displays, weapons fire, etc)

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: Nico on June 08, 2003, 06:53:36 am

o, no, I was just talking about the movie itself :) LotR ( no, not Lord of the Rings :p ) had good CGI indeed :).

Title: Techrom Animations
Post by: J.F.K. on June 08, 2003, 07:14:12 am

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Originally posted by karajorma
By series 3 they went for the more standard big explosion and debris route which wasn't as visually stunning.

Yeah; just like the Death Star. But they can do some damn impressive things these days... if you can imagine it, it can happen. That's amazing. :)