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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The Modding Workshop => Topic started by: Havock on May 02, 2004, 10:25:05 am
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already posted it in another topic, but it;s an update, and i don't want to use someone else's topic for it.
(http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/TSschip.JPG)
i got rid of the annoying edges at the nose.
hell, i completely redid the nose :p
anyway, now i have to find something for that really large open area.
and find something for the rest of the frotn, can't all stuff it with antennae.
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Needs _alot_ more detail, and maybe beveled edges, but I realize it's a WIP, and I'd like to see where it's going. :yes:
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Is it gonna be something like Infernos lindos?
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I don't really have a fixed thing in mind.
just just save frequently, add something, save if I like, revert if I don't.
bevelle edges?
you don't mean the smooth quad thingy, aye?
cuz by doing that, it looks like someone smacked a rather LARGE hammer againt it.
multiple times.
anyway, most antennae added, update eta within the hour.
unless lycos starts *****ing again.
*edit*
here's the new front:
http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/shipfront.JPG
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Beveled edges, I mean having it go like this:
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Instead of:
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Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Beveled edges, I mean having it go like this:
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Instead of:
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can i still do that, even when All objects are already "molded" into one object?
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tried something with bevelle edges, looking the the "block" at the right end of the nose and the "strip" on the hull.
i am wondering though, the ship itself might be a little to "wide".
or does that only look like that because of the blandness on the hull?
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That ship reminds me of Minmatar frigate designs in Eve :)
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some other updates.
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N/A
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Looks like it'd make a beter space-city-type istallation.
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I was more thinking of an old "command ship".
like a mobile installation: massive fighterbays, but marginal close-range protection.
would be a pre-great war relic i guess.
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Do not be afraid of bevel...
Bevel is your friend! :nod:
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hehe, alright.
I am, ast the moment discontinuing the current project for now.
time to hit it more serious this time, i got an idea how a want it now.
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update again, whatta ya think?
(ok, so the bow may be slightly too pointy)
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Wonderful detail on some bits, but the hull is butt-ugly (and looks more like a maritime vessel than a space one).
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I am saying it again(Shoot the double poster on head):
It is rather a naval AA cruiser than a spaceship.
This is not supposed to be a critic.
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yeah, i know, i tried to get rid of the excessive long tip, but it refused to.
i though "drill a hole in it, so that you have a "trench" in which you can put a forawrd-mounted gun" but no, if i did the "object substraction tool" it gives a bolean error or something and deletes sorta the whole model.
that does give it a very "spacey look", but i a whole different meaning.
not really what we are after :p
So:
can someone help me get rid of the bloody pikenose? :p
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Do something with the front of the ship. Make the whole thing longer, and make the bow come into a large rounded front, not a point.
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ok, after the chainsaw and the hammer I got rid of the pikenose, is this better?
(check pics)
btw.
is it overarmed?
I am almsot done with the rear too, overengined it is.
also:
how to add turrets?
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Its much better. Looks like to be an Advanced Orion
Turret making is a bit long to explain, but I densely have time to explain it:
Simple turret(Shoot goes from a box, cylinder, etc.):
Make the turret body, put it into the appropriate place. Name it as 'turret01'.
Add a local light to the position you want the shoot to appear. Normally to the top of the turret body. Name it as H_turret01
Group the local light and the body together. Name that group as 'turret01'. You will need TrueView(a plugin) to make your grouping simpler.
In theory, your turret will work if you set a firing point and a normal in the POF converter you use. I believe you will find details about modifying the POF file.
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Looks like a seriously badass missile destroyer :D
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Originally posted by Havock
anyway, now i have to find something for that really large open area.
and find something for the rest of the frotn, can't all stuff it with antennae.
that little empty area near the middle looks like it could be made easily into a docking/landing bay.:)
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Fancy! Definitely a candidate fopr missile destroyerism, and Orion style tex's'd go down a treat. How the hell you went from what was in here before to this I'll never know, but it's still damn cool :D
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That thing is looking frickin' MEAN. Me like!
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That looks awesome. I remember when you just had the few rectangles stuck together, and I thought "what the hell is this, thats not a ship", but you've improved it by a factor or like 100 since then. Look great, I just don't think its FS-like. It looks like something out of Wing Commander to me, maybe the WC guys would appreciate this.
Biggest comeback/improvement evar.
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thank you.
where can i find the polycount anyway?
or is vertices the same?
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*edit*
/me shoots ISP for letting me think my post didn't got through.
it's always fun when internet shuts out for a couple of minutes because someone or something is screwing around with the connection
alright:
this should be the last update for now.
http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/TSschip.JPG
now I can start texturing/add gunturrets.
need nice turrets, anybody has some? :p
oh yes, how do exactly DO I texture, truespace's texturing tool intimidates me with it fuzzy-ness.
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Not to label this but it looks like a VERY cool design that the X303 (from Stargate , the Prometheus) SHOULD have been (not that embarressing Terran BRICK, oh yes you can tell those humans are just starting spacecraft cause it's BUTT UGLY! Fear the ugliness!) ;7
I'm a HUGE fan of space-batttleships so GOOD JOB! (now for lots of cool turrets and missile tubes please!)
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even more missiles?
it already has ****loads of em :D
*edit*
I could -really- use some advice on texturing and what I should do first: texturing or turretting.
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As I understand it, you need to model the ship, then model the turrets, then texture, then do the heirarchy for the turrets. I think.
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I love it :eek2:
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OMG, that so totally kicks ass. No offense, but your first one sucked nuts.
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Originally posted by adwight
OMG, that so totally kicks ass. No offense, but your first one sucked nuts.
it did.
and now it's gone :p
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Where has her gone?
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Very nice, but now the tower seems a bit tall, dontchya think? :D
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*hacking cough* lindos*cough
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Originally posted by TopAce
Where has her gone?
the first design was sacrificied to the model gods :p
that nicer thingy still lives, hell, i made a backup of it on a cd, just in case.
the tower is quite tall, as intended, but it's within proportions :)
I didn't want to make it too "flat".
(http://members.lycos.nl/durandalarw/shipside.JPG)
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Oh my god!
Images of Space Battleship Yamato running through my head!!
It is fantastic!
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does anyone else see a resemblance to the Wing Zero's beam cannon in Gundam Wing?
(http://www.fantoysia.com/toy/MSiA/ew/MSiA_wgzc_p07s.jpg)
Edit: Hey, I have this model! it broke a while ago though...
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Hehehe....that's kinda funny...even has a little trigger. Make a ship resembling the buster cannon...with it's fire power...that'll be interesting.
Oh...nice work!
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I wanted to make a ship that looks like the assault rifle from HALO. Wait. That's an idea...
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That's um... Wing Zero Custom, not Wing Zero. ;)
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Originally posted by Havock
need nice turrets, anybody has some? :p
Someone asked for turrets?;)
I would post a screenie, but angelfire has sudden started being a pain....:mad:
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I like it more and more every screenie I see. :D That profile kicks arse.
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Originally posted by Turambar
does anyone else see a resemblance to the Wing Zero's beam cannon in Gundam Wing?
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The ship also makes me remember a firearm.
It was the first thing which came to my mind as soon as I saw the model.
Whatever that weapon is, this ship will have more firepower, and will require more men to make it work.
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wooh, back from the dead ppl.
virus busted the computer (some members of the family should simply NOT be allowed any access to the internet!)
anyway, i made a backup of the model, so it was safe from the little bugger :p
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Carry on then! ;)
Awesome work. :yes: Big superstructure is cooooool. :nod:
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Originally posted by Raptor
Someone asked for turrets?;)
I would post a screenie, but angelfire has sudden started being a pain....:mad:
you can email it to me if you want :)
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made a slight adjustement to the back so that the future gunturret won't be sitting right behind a bloody exhaust :p
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It looks to me like a SPAS-12 shotgun from Tactical Ops.
In the perspective, I see a leisure boat with a swimming pool. Meh. :p
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where is the swimming pool then?
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Have a look at the right-down view. You will see it.
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ah, but there will be a turret there :)
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In the swimming pool? :)
Just kiddin', don't take it seriously.
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Originally posted by TopAce
In the swimming pool? :)
Just kiddin', don't take it seriously.
yeah, i know :p
anyway, I am still figuring out on how to do turrets.
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/karajorma/freespace/shipmods.html
If you haven't already looked :)
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i am digging in it right now.
though school has startd again this week.
makes me have a little less time on my sleeves :p
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You densely have time. Considering the FreeSpace community is still alive after all these years. . . your delay with that model will not be serious.
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yeah, all relative, but still :P
btw.
what would be a good size for the ship?
my personal idea would be something like +/-1,5 km long?
it doesn't "scream" out "Destroyer" to me.
more something like "frigate".