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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: HotSnoJ on September 28, 2003, 05:24:02 pm
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(http://www.soundimagewillmar.com/b-project/renders/apollo_launch-0001.png)
Plan:- Engine Glows!
- Bump maps!
- spec/shinny maps
- Something I can't think of!
And all if this is for the up coming Blender Project site!
[EDIT]Anyone know were I can find bump maps for the Orion? I'll make my own if I must.
[Note to self]Use less motion blur nest time. :\
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Less motion blur, but that's my preference...
But the idea is cool. Like my crimion launch...
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Well the idea is really cool, but I would suggest a few things.
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- Reduce the motion blur, or reverse it so that you are focused on the fighters. They are your subject, so they should be somewhat sharper, if not crisp.
- Change the angle. You're looking right in to the fighterbay on that Orion, a feature that was never modeled out to be as good as it could have been. As a render, you should change the angle of the shot to hide that feature, change the texture back there to something that looks like it could launch fighters, or model out a basic flight deck, similar to what you saw in the Bastion main hall in FS1.
- Your Orion is backwards. Mirror it along its center line (or just horozontally flip the image when you are done). Common conversion error, though I couldn't begin to tell you what causes it.
And you may try a less cartoony starfield, where the stars are within a few pixels. That may look ok on a 640x480, but you blow that pic up and you've got major issues with the stars.
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StratComm you just gave me some uber cool ideas! ;7
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/me remembers his _really_ old render...
Shows what good bump mapping, surface properties, and lighting can do :) I had forgotten to flip the orion around though.
http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/~freespace/art/big/gallery12/takeoff.jpg
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Minor update
(http://www.soundimagewillmar.com/b-project/renders/apollo_launch-0003.png)
Need:
Shivan or vasudan fighers.
Bump and spec maps.
Fixed:
Orion, it's now the right way.
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What's the orange thingies?
Oh, and personalize the ship. Make a nameplate. :)
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They are fires from laser shots. :nod:
And you will know what the ship is once I finish this WIP. :drevil:
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Wouldn't happen to say Galatea, would it?
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Wouldn't happen to say Galatea, would it?
:nervous: uhhhhh, maybe :nervous:
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change the angle of the apollos a bit, this way it looks like there bumping into the deck. also, i remember the fighters being bigger, or the bay being smaller.
and i liked it better angeld at the bay and without the laser thingys, if at all possible, make a real fighterbay.
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I know it's a technical limitation with the game itself, but the Orion can only launch 2 fighters at a go.
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Aw, I thought this was an Apollo-13 style launch picture :\
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Originally posted by Liberator
I know it's a technical limitation with the game itself, but the Orion can only launch 2 fighters at a go.
It can launch 4 at a time, but only in rows of 2, not 4 wide... So two rows of 2 fighters come out in a square...
:yes:
I'd really like to see a modeled fighterbay... That would look incredible...
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too simple :p
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She looks nice. :) Just a note, those laser shots seem awfully regular. You may want to randomise them a little. :yes:
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Well I sorta gave up on this for now. :\ So flame me for my short attention span. :p
Plus I'm busy with TBP, researching into Blender features that I can exploit for FS modding. :drevil:
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nice