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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Taristin on August 03, 2003, 09:23:43 pm

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Taristin on August 03, 2003, 09:23:43 pm

Do I model a sphere around the ship, and call it "shield"?

What do I have to do?

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: HotSnoJ on August 03, 2003, 10:21:29 pm

I'd use blender for that because of it's much better verticle editing-mode-thing :nervous:

Anyway. Just out line the ship from the top, side, and front and just edit a new mesh from there. This way may be more work but you get a much better looking shield mesh. :nod:

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: KARMA on August 04, 2003, 03:46:26 am

make whatever shape you want, triangulate, call it shield
don't apply textures/uvmaps

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Black Wolf on August 04, 2003, 05:01:21 am

If you're felling Adventurous, copy your model, use segeltuch to autogenerate some shields, then import that shield data from the copy into the original Via Modelview. Cut that felon TS out of the loop entirely.

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: karajorma on August 04, 2003, 06:04:21 am

Quote

Originally posted by Black Wolf
If you're felling Adventurous, copy your model, use segeltuch to autogenerate some shields, then import that shield data from the copy into the original Via Modelview. Cut that felon TS out of the loop entirely.

Cut the Felon out and replace it with a mad axe murdering psychopath. :D Sugeltuch is far worse than TS.

Title: For quick and dirty...
Post by: Star Dragon on August 04, 2003, 07:09:00 am

Open your model that needs a shield. Edit pof button, shields, import shield data. open model that has shield shape you want to use. Edit size of shields till ship is encapsulated to desired effect. Save pof. Ship is now protected... Enjoy!

   (Sorry guys couldn't resist posting the low tech (non-skill) version. It's the only way I can do it :p ) L8tr!

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: KARMA on August 04, 2003, 07:20:00 am

Since you guys have to open truespace anyway to do hierchy, I really can't see why you are looking for the more complicated ways
just add a primitive, scale and triangulate it, what's the prob?:confused:

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Taristin on August 04, 2003, 08:12:28 am

Thanks guys, I'll see if any of these work for my Crimion. :nod:

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Rampage on August 06, 2003, 08:44:26 pm

All you have to do is to make a sphere primitive, move some vertices and/or edges to shape the sphere into the shield mesh you want, and you'll be set.

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Taristin on August 06, 2003, 08:56:21 pm

Yeah, I did it and it works. Thanks for help all. Now I have to figure out what happened to the thruster plumes that I used to have in game that suddenly dissapeared...

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Krackers87 on August 08, 2003, 09:50:56 pm

when i make curvy shields to make it sort of "encapsulated to desired effect" it becomes perfectly round again when i import it into POFCS

I make them by creating a sphere in TS and deforming it

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Taristin on August 08, 2003, 10:00:10 pm

Thats because of how TS saves deformities.. You have to then delete the deformity by clicking one of the other buttons, but I'm not sure which one it is...

That should save the shape, but delete the stupid part that makes it round again

Title: How do you make shields in TrueSpace?
Post by: Krackers87 on August 14, 2003, 09:11:11 pm

i cant find this button you talk of.