[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Sushi mk. 2:
Well, I've got the shield ANI working, the load screen still doesn't work. It's in the ships.tbl entry, but still doesn't work for some reason. Could it be a problem with the palette?

I have to admit, I still don't understand any of this stuff about the axis of the thrusters, where is that defined? I really know nothing about TS1, or what to do with it.  

Hey Wraith, good to hear from ya, just wondering if you've tried using SCN files? PCS will allow you to import from either COB or SCN, so you don't necessarily have to combine everything into one COB. I don't think.  

Anyway, everything I've done on this fighter so far (Thanks again, Wraith!) can be found here, so please take a look at it! Come on, everyone likes to be a beta tester! Alright, so it's more pre-alpha. But look at it anyway and tell me how to fix this stuff with my limited resources. Or you could be my new best friend and fix it for me.  

Thanks for all your help!

for the loadout screen, don't gorget the rular name is for the 640*480 mode, and the one with 2_nameofthepcx is for high res  

[Sushi mk. 2]

Aaaah... That I did NOT know.   I bet that'll fix it!

Now for those pesky thruster flames... First person to figure it out gets a cookie!  

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Sushi mk. 2:
Aaaah... That I did NOT know.   I bet that'll fix it!

Now for those pesky thruster flames... First person to figure it out gets a cookie!  

hey... I figured out two of your problems already   I leave the hand to someone else  

[WraithHost]

well I found my old copy of the cob files & moved the axis for the thruster flames right to the front of the flames.
Then I moved the lights to the same place.
Then I moved the axis of the group (model & light) to the same place.


The thruster flames still act odd.

I could remake the flames as a hexagonal pyrimid.  6 vertexes at the base and 1 at the peak. It should work & would look almost as good.

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Phil.
  Trust In Me &
  Fall As-well

[Anaz]

 

Originally posted by Sushi mk. 2:
Aaaah... That I did NOT know.   I bet that'll fix it!

Now for those pesky thruster flames... First person to figure it out gets a cookie!  

I think I know what is wrong. First I am going to assume that your thrusters are multiple triangles in length:

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sorry for the pathetic ascii art, but anyway what I think the problem is is that FS2 can't handle thruster flames like the one I 'drew'. It needs to be 1 segment, or just a point. That is my theory, and if I just shoved my foot in my mouth because it works for other ships, I'm sorry  .



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-Analazon
Creator of the mod that will not be coming for a while

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Analazon:
I think I know what is wrong. First I am going to assume that your thrusters are multiple triangles in length:

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   \
___/


sorry for the pathetic ascii art, but anyway what I think the problem is is that FS2 can't handle thruster flames like the one I 'drew'. It needs to be 1 segment, or just a point. That is my theory, and if I just shoved my foot in my mouth because it works for other ships, I'm sorry   .

you may suffer from the mouth then: it works for other ships.

[Sushi mk. 2]

Yep, it does. I honestly am stuck on this one- truth be told, I really don't have any modeling software availible right now anyway, so even if I wanted to go to 1-segment thrusters (ick) I can't.  

[Sushi mk. 2]

Hey Wraith- try something for me, if you get the chance. Move the axis more to the center of the thruster, just behind the joint between the segments. I want to see if at least the end point can be controlled... I have a couple of ideas.  

[WraithHost]

Hey Sushi, Check your e-mail.

I used the account you mailed me on ages ago so let me know if you've changed address.

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Phil.
  Trust In Me &
  Fall As-well

[Sushi mk. 2]

Excellent, this is definitely an improvement.   Thanks again Wraith!