[Singh]

Just a bunch of Ursas, flying through the night.

[Colonol Dekker]

Please tell me, If thats the latest build i need to download it now...............



Wicked ender if thats the case ! 8)
[wtf is with my early 90's attitude today??!!)

[pecenipicek]

why the subtle motion blur?

[Tyrian]

Nice work! 

But those engine glows look a little solid and pointy, rather than semi-translucent...

[Polpolion]

I thought those were trails...

Good job, anyway.

[FireCrack]

Oooh, they do look quie nice.....


We need an HTL Thoth and ulysees so we can rerender the first part of the fs1 endgame scene....

[Trivial Psychic]

Aren't the guns on the wrong side?

[FireCrack]

Yeah they are, the model gets flipped when importing/exporting IIRC...

[WMCoolmon]

[Colonol Dekker]

Could you not invert it across the x-axis before conversion ?   

[Darius]

*whispers*

"There it is...the Coalition's Second Fleet."

[Colonol Dekker]

ROFL @ starlancer Kamov reference.

[Singh]

Yeah they are, the model gets flipped when importing/exporting IIRC...

It does? I'll make sure to flip my models once more next time I render. Currently, I'm struggling to get something that can convert .cob to .obj, though. The College's computers are rather finicky about installing programs, which means i need something that'll do it quickly. Lilthunwrap cant seem to convert the hi-poly aeolus either, so its only good for fighters and bombers (both of which I intend to convert and render soon).

Oh, and WMCoolmon: Now THAT's funny! Nice one!

[Kosh]

So, you are not going to work on your story anymore?

[FireCrack]

Singh, try accutrans 3d I use it often for comb->obj / obj_cob conversion...

[Colonol Dekker]

Thats actually a pretty cool prog, and he expects us to use ou consience and delete the copies after 30 days.
 

[Singh]

ok, thanks for the program Firecrack - it worked and I managed to get the hi-poly Medusa into Maya!

Now, there's another wee bit of a problem (actually 2): Triangulation and grouping.

I'm currently unable to pinpoint in which exact stage this is happening, but the models always end up triangulated and with some...wierd geometry when I finally open the .obj in Maya. I dont think its happening in the .cob--->.obj stage, since I have it set to make everything as quads, so I suspect its actually PCS that's triangulating the models in the .pof--->.cob stage. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? While I can still render and stuff while it's triangulated, it sorta makes it...I dunno...messy to look at when i want to...err...play around with it, I guess.

Second problem is with Accurtans 3d. It basically converts all the LODS, the debris and such into a single object/mesh; and I am unable to access or delete the other debris and lods unless I specifically delete them in Accurtans 3d first. Whereas when i tried converting with Lithunwrap, it managed to convert the .cobs fine (at least, for the ursa and the medusa - its not willing to touch the hi-poly cap ships) with all the layers/grouping and stuff. What gives? It does the same to any mesh I try; up to and including the hi poly asteroids and stuff

[FireCrack]

You're using maya eh, that makes it easier for you to give you a solution...

1) Maya has a quadrangulate function (Polygons>quadrangulate) have you tried using that?

2) I find going polygons>seperate... or mabye Edit Polygons>seperate works well for me. It breaks the object down into it's subobjects, you do lose grouping though...