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Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on April 05, 2004, 01:50:22 pm: What started as a simple test ended up as an real attempt at a decent image. Still WIP, but I decided to post it anyway.

(http://3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/14_year_war/LtCannonfodder/STTest0001.jpg)

Suggestions?
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Ashrak on April 05, 2004, 02:17:33 pm: AA and DOF kill the ambient light
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Carl on April 05, 2004, 04:03:15 pm: sovereign looks like it's made out of clay
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: vyper on April 05, 2004, 05:56:36 pm: Russian starships? :wtf:
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Turnsky on April 05, 2004, 08:24:04 pm: and change the font for god's sake
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: DragonClaw on April 05, 2004, 08:28:45 pm: *is suprised at the amount of criticism* :p
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on April 05, 2004, 10:27:58 pm: Quote
Originally posted by DragonClaw
*is suprised at the amount of criticism* :p

So am I. I suppose there isn't a single good thing in the image :rolleyes:

@Ashrak

AA is on low because it's WIP, DOF is being added and there isn't a single percent of ambient light :p I guess I'll be changing the direction of the main light. Hopefully it helps to solve Carl's clay effect.

@vyper Turnsky

The name is something my brother made up, I like it so it won't be changed :p

EDIT: Just lost the scene file due to a freak error, but I suppose it doesn't matter that much :(
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: StratComm on April 05, 2004, 10:49:13 pm: I think the "clay effect" comes from insufficient maps. It needs spec maps at least that are less uniform, more metallic to do it justice. Also, it comes from a bumpmap that is too defined (as this looks to be) and there isn't a lot that can be done about that other than turning it down and losing that pseudo-detail that it tries to achieve. Though those escape pods really should be modeled in to look good. In fact, there is texture glitching all over the place. Not that you made the model or anything, but you might well get better responses with a better mesh.
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Thorn on April 05, 2004, 11:07:55 pm: You might try using shadow maps instead of ray tracing.. something like 2048 for the map size and 30 for fuzziness...
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on April 05, 2004, 11:09:53 pm: Quote
Originally posted by StratComm
Not that you made the model or anything, but you might well get better responses with a better mesh.

True, but there is one slight problem. This is the best Sovereign available for LW, unless you are an expert converter or modeller, which I am not. Sad fact is, I rely heavily on the work of others to make my images :(
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: Ulala on April 06, 2004, 01:40:13 am: Yeah, a different mesh would help, but I still think it's a nice pic. Kinda reminds me of the old Star Trek: Armada intro almost.. just need another Sovereign thrown in.
Title: WIP: Something Trek
Post by: vyper on April 06, 2004, 09:31:40 am: I like the phasers, the impacts and the explosions.... I just take issue with that name. :p

You could try changing the actual surface properties of the sovreign so they're slightly mroe reflective (only just). Might save a lot of buggerin about.