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Offline Raptor

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With something of the size of a missle it is simply ridiculous to have a cylinder of more than 12 edges, since you can hardly see any difference even if it is a still imagine, so you can imagine in game...
that's it


Well, I should point out now that I am only able to convert from .cob to .pof using cob2fs2.  PCS crashes.:nervous:

So the images before, well they were done in TS, which allows for smoothing, but cob2fs2 does not support smoothing, so the models come out faceted....

Oh, and Lightspeed, check your PM box (in about 30 secs-1min)
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cob2fs2 SUPPORT smoothing, it supported it even when pcs didn't

 

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this is OT but who cares
Ever heard of the quark based computer some dude is working on? A a system running calculations exploiting quarks ability to be in 2 states at once (1 and 0) would have unlimited calculations


I don't want to think about how much that thing would cost.
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I don't want to think about how much that thing would cost.

qark based computing is still in development. The underlying theory is still being developed
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Isn't that the usual state of Windows anyway?

 

Offline phreak

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if you want to model some high-poly missiles: look no further than Russian Cold war stuff.  (im using the NATO designations, since i learned those)

SA-4
SA-5
AA-10
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Atoll is sexy. :D
lol wtf

 

Offline Raptor

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cob2fs2 SUPPORT smoothing, it supported it even when pcs didn't


Really? :eek2:

How is it enabled?
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Offline KARMA

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just smooth the object before converting

 

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How about some missiles that make sense? Lose the aerodynamic fins, give them engines offset from the centerline, as well as thrusters up front by the nose.
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LS, can I ask one silly little favor of you first?

It's something I could do, if my PC was working, and I wasn't so lazy as of late... but think you could have a whack at making the lights.pcx map animated with little twinkling lights? ;7 Probably easier to blacken ou the lights on the original and make an animated glowmap, but... er... please? :)

It'd look pretty sweet on big ships, and that thingy I made... ;)
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Offline Lightspeed

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D'you think they switch the lights on and off all the time? ;)

Nonetheless i'll have a go when I start working on the glowmaps. I'll make it 30 frames or so with a framerate of "1" or "2" -- so it will be more realistic :)

Right now i'm having a hard time getting the Circe to look how I want it to.
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D'you think they switch the lights on and off all the time? ;)


I used to do that on the Pinnacle... ;)
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Offline Lightspeed

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Back on to topic...



FS2_new_weapon_FX_v0.1h
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Originally posted by Lightspeed
D'you think they switch the lights on and off all the time? ;)

Nonetheless i'll have a go when I start working on the glowmaps. I'll make it 30 frames or so with a framerate of "1" or "2" -- so it will be more realistic :)

Right now i'm having a hard time getting the Circe to look how I want it to.


More like a framerate of one frame every 5 seconds I'd think.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill

 

Offline Lightspeed

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As that isn't possible I'll do 30 frames, and change the lighted windows every 10-20 frames a bit. with a framerate of "1" this will create the right effect.
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Offline Raptor

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Originally posted by Lightspeed
Back on to topic...



FS2_new_weapon_FX_v0.1h


Thats, intresting.  Need to see ingame to really give an opinon.  Like the SDG, the still shots don't do it justice.

Oh, btw Lightspeed, are you planing on doing the FS1 weapons too? ;)
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Offline Lightspeed

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Thanks for the reply :)

I think Solatar was doing the FS1 weaps, so i'll wait him to finish his stuff. If can always do them if I don't like his results ;)

If I do like them (which I hope) i'll prolly 32-bittify them, add some extra effects here n' there :)

BTW-- Is there a maximum number of weapons that can be specified in weapons.tbl? If so, how much weapons are possible?

I've had... some ideas and i need to know that first ;)
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Offline Taristin

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...Hm... I don't remember there being a weapon limit... but there may be a table size limit, also...
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Originally posted by Lightspeed
BTW-- Is there a maximum number of weapons that can be specified in weapons.tbl? If so, how much weapons are possible?

I've had... some ideas and i need to know that first ;)


Not that I know of.  As far as I know, the only limit on the weapons table is size of file, and thats like, 800kb+ now?



I've got 182 seperate weapons, in a 212KB file, no problems.;)

Oh, and Lightspeed, I've cleaned out some of my PM inbox.
...There ought to be something surreal about a Zoid offering romantic advice...and yet there is not. It seems perfectly normal that the Liger is giving Bit advice on relationships, and it shouldn't, but it does. Dangit man, you've confused me again.[/I]
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