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Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Fineus on November 04, 2003, 06:08:03 am: Hey, does anyone have the above? Textured FS2 models in LW format? My trail license on Deep Exploration has expired so I can't convert them myself... any help would be great.

Thanks!
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: DragonClaw on November 04, 2003, 06:20:53 am: Ashrak been p1mpin LW again?

Anyway, I do. But I'm sort of... uhh... possessive about my surface properties I set for the ships :cool:

Someone else will prolly send you them anyway, I won't have time to atm(classes in a few minutes)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: mikhael on November 04, 2003, 11:44:35 am: I haven't really ever been able to get the FS2 models into LW with the surfaces.

Thunder: ICQ or AIM me.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Ashrak on November 04, 2003, 11:54:24 am: i have em too......now can someone tell me how the hell do i rotate turrets easily?
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Odyssey on November 04, 2003, 12:05:32 pm: I've got a fair number of the FS2 models in Lightwave, but by no means all of them. I think I've got the Ares, Argo, Charybdis, Elysium, Hippocrates, Loki, Ma'at, Mentu, Orion, Ravana, Setekh, Typhon, and Ulysses. Others I could convert if necessary, normally I just do it when I want them.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: FreeTerran on November 04, 2003, 12:20:05 pm: cool odyssey could you upload them for us ? ;)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Odyssey on November 04, 2003, 12:24:42 pm: Meh... Not if my connection has anything to do with it. But I'll try sometime.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: FreeTerran on November 04, 2003, 12:28:02 pm: sorry but is it so big if you rar it with winrar on max. ? :wtf:
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Flipside on November 04, 2003, 12:30:12 pm: I should have a fair few as well, I'll see what I can sort out for you :)

Flipside :D
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Fineus on November 04, 2003, 12:32:37 pm: Mik, I've added and sent you a message - everyone else, thanks! Let me know if you can get all of them (which would be great) done...
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: FreeTerran on November 04, 2003, 12:42:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Flipside
I should have a fair few as well, I'll see what I can sort out for you :)

Flipside :D

that would be great if you could share some with me :)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Flipside on November 04, 2003, 12:44:53 pm: Hyup :) I'll see what I can find. Do you need the textures as well, or just the UVMapped models? (You can simply turn the PCX's into BMP's and put them in the same directory to see them) :)

Flipside :D
Title: Re: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Razor on November 04, 2003, 12:48:17 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kalfireth
Hey, does anyone have the above? Textured FS2 models in LW format? My trail license on Deep Exploration has expired so I can't convert them myself... any help would be great.

Thanks!

I have about 90% of FS2 models converted into LW models. Plus the maps are edited and addapted to go with my glows. I assume you need them for rendering. Right?
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Fineus on November 04, 2003, 12:54:43 pm: Yep, I've as much modelling skill as a slightly mouldy banana. But I'd like to see what LW can do and it'd be best to start with some models I know (and would be using more often than not).
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: FreeTerran on November 04, 2003, 12:56:45 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Flipside
Hyup :) I'll see what I can find. Do you need the textures as well, or just the UVMapped models? (You can simply turn the PCX's into BMP's and put them in the same directory to see them) :)

Flipside :D

the models are enough ;)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Kamikaze on November 04, 2003, 06:08:34 pm: Sweet, I've been searching for LW freespace models for a while. If someone wants to send them to me (e-mail or IRC) I could probably stick them up for download somewhere.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: DragonClaw on November 04, 2003, 06:16:32 pm: I don't have them all. My orion has good surfacing set up but I screwed up the turrets when I was rotating them in modeller(before i figured out an easier way)

I'll let someone with them all give them to you :p
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Razor on November 05, 2003, 01:30:56 am: Can you post a few instructions on how to rotate them easely?

Oh and by the way Kalfireth...Lightwave is not that easy to learn. Well basics are OK (it should take you a couple of hours) but surface, map, enviroment, effects editing is not really a walk in the park. By the way...which renderer did you use before?

Well here's what I did so far. First you have to convert them into COB and then into LWM (or something like that)
By the way...why don't you use Deep Exploration. It is a good converter too.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on November 05, 2003, 02:37:42 am: Quote
Originally posted by Razor
Can you post a few instructions on how to rotate them easely?

I'm sure this isn't the easiest way, but at least it get's the job done.

Load the ship into Modeller. Select the turrets one at a time, and cut and paste them into their own layers. Save, and load up Layout. The turrets should show up as separate object layers. Now, parent all turrets to the ship itself. Almost there, only one little thing left to be done. :) Select one of the turrets, and pick a tool called Move Pivot Point under the Items tab. Now, drag the Pivot Point to the center of the turret and repeat this on all turrets.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Setekh on November 05, 2003, 03:28:04 am: Heh, decided to get back into the swing of things, Kal? ;)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Fineus on November 05, 2003, 05:41:50 am: Hopefully! We'll see how things go, half an hour of fiddling and using a Whitestar model I picked up somewhere yielded a few renders of a Whitestar and a 30mb .avi file of it turning and flying away from the camera. This was all set up before hand but at least I worked out how to render it all (go me!). Heh, anyways...

Razor, I used to render a ship on a black background in Deep Exploration - then cut/paste the image onto its own layer in Photoshop. I then did all the lighting, effects and such in there.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Gloriano on November 05, 2003, 05:46:17 am: Woah Thunder_kalifiret starts again making art;)

i should start showing my own Renders
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Fineus on November 05, 2003, 05:51:03 am: Well nothing certainly yet - but I've got some stuff in the works...
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Setekh on November 05, 2003, 05:58:29 am: Quote
Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
i should start showing my own renderers

You do renders too? :eek2::yes: Show them! :)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Gloriano on November 05, 2003, 06:07:59 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh

You do renders too? :eek2::yes: Show them! :)

yes i do Renders but last one i did was 9months ago when get new renderer done i show it then make gallery to my new site when i lauch it i got about (140 renderers now if i rememper)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: DragonClaw on November 05, 2003, 06:17:32 am: Its Renders, not Renderers... please make an effort to correct this in future posts. It bothers me. :p

Oh, yeah, Kal, if you need a specific model, I can throw it over to you on ICQ or something if you are online when I am... :)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Gloriano on November 05, 2003, 06:21:21 am: Quote
Originally posted by DragonClaw
Its Renders, not Renderers... please make an effort to correct this in future posts. It bothers me. :p

Meh...:blah:

one more time i got bad grammar
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Razor on November 05, 2003, 11:16:15 am: Quote
Originally posted by DragonClaw
Its Renders, not Renderers... please make an effort to correct this in future posts. It bothers me. :p

Oh, yeah, Kal, if you need a specific model, I can throw it over to you on ICQ or something if you are online when I am... :)

Renderer equals a program that is used for rendering. :blah:
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: FreeTerran on November 05, 2003, 11:42:57 am: what about the models flipside ?
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: DragonClaw on November 05, 2003, 03:01:07 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Razor

Renderer equals a program that is used for rendering. :blah:

Another medal for Captain Obvious please. Oh, and, uh... where's Carl... HLPBBQ time!
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Fineus on November 05, 2003, 03:03:10 pm: Stop being an ass :)
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Flipside on November 05, 2003, 03:04:13 pm: Sorry, getting them together now, will send them shortly Flipside :D
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: DragonClaw on November 05, 2003, 03:25:08 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kalfireth
Stop being an ass :)

Can't help it around Razor, its just... so... obvious... and... tempting... bah.

Anywayz...

Yeah... I don't really care about giving my surface property work to a few select people. However... There are some people's hands I'd rather have them not fall into :p
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Fineus on November 05, 2003, 03:39:13 pm: Enough, I realise that Razor has done things wrong in the past. But stop provoking him and making all these little comments (this goes for everyone, not just DragonClaw). It only leads to flame wars and it's really not worth the hassle. If you can't say something nice, just don't say it. Thanks.
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: FreeTerran on November 06, 2003, 09:11:12 am: Quote
Originally posted by Flipside
Sorry, getting them together now, will send them shortly Flipside :D

hmm how do you want sending them mail or do you upload them ?
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: Flipside on November 06, 2003, 12:37:49 pm: I'll Email them to you tonight, what I might even do is convert them to 3DS and a few other styles as well, so that people interested in creating Renders have easy access to them, though something like this would probs need to be discussed for legality reasons.

Flipside :D
Title: FreeSpace2 Models in LW Format?
Post by: FreeTerran on November 06, 2003, 12:49:00 pm: ok plz send them to admin[nospam]@forum.nwn-dippelsbach.de without [nospam] ;)