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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Krackers87 on October 08, 2003, 10:50:42 pm

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Krackers87 on October 08, 2003, 10:50:42 pm

so how bout it?

Or someone refer me to a good rendering prog that can import textured .cobs

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Bobboau on October 08, 2003, 11:20:01 pm

aurora has acurate spec and glow mapping

Title: Re: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: WMCoolmon on October 09, 2003, 05:38:38 pm

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Originally posted by Krackers87
Or someone refer me to a good rendering prog that can import textured .cobs

POFCS (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,14325.0.html) is the best converting prog.

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Taristin on October 09, 2003, 07:01:03 pm

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Originally posted by Bobboau
aurora has acurate spec and glow mapping

But it doesn't display 90% of the textures on my PC, and it always crashes when I exit...

Where am I supposed to have the EXE, BTW?

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Bobboau on October 09, 2003, 07:42:39 pm

well, in a folder with the other files that are in the zip,

and it looks for textures to be in the same place as the model, just like modelview does (though I lack VP suport)

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Krackers87 on October 09, 2003, 09:44:41 pm

i meant rendering like bryce rendering (which wont import textured cobs) or whatever setekh uses.

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Setekh on October 10, 2003, 04:50:04 am

*sigh*

You don't need tools like that. Start with Aurora, it's a lot better than I started with - and a good 2D program, like PhotoImpact (get the demo from www.ulead.com).

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Taristin on October 10, 2003, 06:55:35 am

Need? No... But I want tools like that. ;7

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Setekh on October 10, 2003, 07:20:25 am

While I knew you're partly joking, I honestly believe that your great desire is often mistaken for great necessity. Forgive me for being so serious all of a sudden, but with the sheer number of times I have had people asking me for SPIRE, I feel I must correct this. Start on simple programs and move up - that is how you develop your style.

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: karajorma on October 10, 2003, 10:33:13 am

What's wrong with Truespace Krackers? I know some people don't like it but it will do what you want.

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Taristin on October 10, 2003, 04:36:34 pm

Steak:  Heh, I have 3dMax 5, and TS. Also Blender. I know only how to use TS, so even if I did, by some odd calamity of the cosmos, get ahold of SPIRE, I'd do one of two things with it; I'd try it for a few hours and get discouraged, then go back to truespace. Or I'd Not try it at all and just brag about having it, like I do with 3dMAX5

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Krackers87 on October 12, 2003, 01:37:02 am

ummm i need to do scene rendering and i do know how to use bryce i just want to make renders of FS ships which cant be done cause bryce wont import them textured.

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Bobboau on October 12, 2003, 02:17:46 am

render the ships in TS, past them into whatever brice sceen you want

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Krackers87 on October 12, 2003, 02:32:18 am

TS is **** for rendering.

i need a stand-alone tool. So i can make an entire sceen with 1 proggy.

Also what is the limit on polys for ships that aurora can render?

Title: Specular Rendering Modelview
Post by: Krackers87 on October 12, 2003, 10:41:41 am

well maybe truespace isnt THAT bad for rendering but id like to still have a sceen renderer like bryce