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Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 29, 2001, 05:33:00 pm: CHEESE IT!!! (//"http://www.angelfire.com/ab6/iverach/run.html")
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 29, 2001, 06:44:00 pm: I figured out how to do engine glows all by myself (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 29, 2001, 07:05:00 pm: Nice, but...

???
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 29, 2001, 07:08:00 pm: "Cheese It" means "Run like hell"
From an episode of Futorama, some cops arrive and Bender yells "CHEESE IT!!" and runs off..
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Stryke 9 on October 29, 2001, 07:49:00 pm: Ah. Obscure references without explanation attached= bad.

Still a pretty nice perspective.
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 29, 2001, 07:57:00 pm: Yeah...
I think I'm just gonna take it out...
But thats for later, when I'm not so tired..
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: NeoHunter on October 29, 2001, 08:04:00 pm: Well, its nice for a first FreeSpace render. Like the background and engine glows. Only the models need a bit of smoothing and I think you can join Setekh and the rest.

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Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Carl on October 29, 2001, 08:07:00 pm: the closeness of the loki makes the textures look like bad. try resizing them and smoothing them over.

also, don't make it so bright. set all the lights to 20% intensity except for one which should be 125% intensity, and ray trace that light only. it makes it look like you're in space with a little bit of light from the stars and one from the sun.

[This message has been edited by Carl (edited 10-29-2001).]
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: NeoHunter on October 29, 2001, 08:14:00 pm: What do you use for sun anyway? Spotlight???

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Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 29, 2001, 08:15:00 pm: Actually, it probably should be mostly dark because of the shadow from the planet..
I gotta learn to take my time with these things..
That took me about 10 minutes to put together and render..
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Carl on October 29, 2001, 08:18:00 pm: both the sun and the stars should be infinite lights.
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 29, 2001, 08:24:00 pm: Fixed the lighting, changed the color and intensity.
The background was made in photoshop, and the sun, I just placed the light where I thought it would be when it was rendered.
I'll fix the textures in the morning...
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: NeoHunter on October 29, 2001, 08:26:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Carl:
both the sun and the stars should be infinite lights.

I use 3D Studio Max. They only have things like omni lights, spotlights, volumatric lights.....I have no idea if it has infinate lights.

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Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Setekh on October 30, 2001, 02:58:00 am: Not bad (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) But eventually, you learn to find out the ships that look bad close to the camera simply because they lack detail. The Loki is infamous for that (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

A job for you, huh Snipes? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: NeoHunter on October 30, 2001, 03:34:00 am: Oh yeah. Don't forget. Bump mapping!!!

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Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Nico on October 30, 2001, 06:36:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by NeoHunter:
I use 3D Studio Max. They only have things like omni lights, spotlights, volumatric lights.....I have no idea if it has infinate lights.

omni lights= infinite lights, if you don't set up any "distant" stuff
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: The Avenger on October 30, 2001, 11:49:00 am: i added this image to the renders section of the mod place http://www.themodplace.co.uk ("http://www.themodplace.co.uk")

i thought i would add my 2 cents and also p1imp about my new site that everyone should register at the forums for
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: betterthanyou on October 30, 2001, 12:08:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Carl:
the closeness of the loki makes the textures look like bad. try resizing them and smoothing them over.

What I said at the VBB...only wasn't quite so helpful :P
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: wEvil on October 30, 2001, 12:31:00 pm: use spots wherever possible

MAX treats omnis as 6 spotlights, so it gets a little inefficient on the shadowing.

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Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 30, 2001, 02:14:00 pm: I use Lightwave (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Thorn on October 30, 2001, 05:37:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
the ships that look bad close to the camera simply because they lack detail. The Loki is infamous for that (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

shouldve used an aries, but then again, an aries could handle those 3 ships......
Title: My first Freespace render
Post by: Nico on October 30, 2001, 05:42:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Thorn:
shouldve used an aries, but then again, an aries could handle those 3 ships......

if it's AI controlled, hell no.