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Community Projects => The FreeSpace Upgrade Project => Topic started by: Tempest on December 27, 2006, 03:05:01 am

Title: New HTL Ship!
Post by: Tempest on December 27, 2006, 03:05:01 am

Well, I've been constantly seeing this ship and, irritated that it hasn't already been HTL'ed, I decided to do it myself. Arguably one of the better ships in Freespace, it's always held a special place for me, that's right, it's the HERMES. I'm dead serious.

Like? Current polycount is ~1600. All detail you see is modeled.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/Tempest_77/HermesIso2.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/Tempest_77/HermesSide.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/Tempest_77/HermesIso1.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/Tempest_77/HermesFront.jpg

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: miskat on December 27, 2006, 04:05:07 am

I'm all for it!  Love doing fly-bys by the things at full afterburners with all power to engines!  Scare the hell out of the escapees.  XD

Good to see someone tackleing it.

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: 666maslo666 on December 27, 2006, 04:55:47 am

Good work. I decided to HTL this ship cca before 2 months but have to format my HDD so i lost it. Your is a bit better i think.  :no:

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: throwaway4 on December 27, 2006, 09:16:18 am

Very Nice.  I like seeing this kind of initiative.  I can't wait to see the texture work.

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: Axem on December 27, 2006, 09:35:18 am

Oddly enough I also modeled this, but it was also lost in a Hard Drive crash...

You better back up all your files quickly. ;)

Anyway, looks nice. :yes:

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: Mars on December 27, 2006, 02:26:15 pm

You should post a copy of the model in case you disappear. :nervous:

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: Tempest on December 27, 2006, 05:38:31 pm

uhh...yeah...well I can't map it. I'm terrible with 2d-art. So I guess I'll submit the file for anyone interested to map. All I ask is that the model creator credits go to me, and whoever textures it gets the texture creator credits. I'm also hoping it will make its way into the mv_models pack.

Here it is. I'm working on some other fighters right now so stay tuned for more. The file is in .wrl or something like it, which I think is a pretty universal format, but I can of course release it in most other common formats. Also, if anyone sees problems with the geometry, don't hesitate to say so.

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Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: Trivial Psychic on December 28, 2006, 12:42:02 am

You didn't happen to put a modeled interior to this, did you?  ;7

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: neoterran on December 28, 2006, 12:53:45 pm

the problem seems always to have been not that there are not enough modelers, but there are not enough texture artists.

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: Tempest on December 28, 2006, 12:58:02 pm

I could model the interior, I just didnt think that it was necessary. It would be REALLY easy too, with such a nice, squarish shape.

I think Axem is working on mapping it although i'm not sure.

Title: Re: New HTL Ship!
Post by: Taristin on December 28, 2006, 11:06:36 pm

Quote from: neoterran on December 28, 2006, 12:53:45 pm

the problem seems always to have been not that there are not enough modelers, but there are not enough texture artists.

And dreadfully lesser FREDders. :(