[Grey Wolf]

OK, PBC and missile launchers now in place. Pic of the current status (both without smoothing and with autofaceting):

Question before I go on to the command section: On the standard command section, is the Quad Light PBC off-center like on Cal's?

[mikhael]

The standard command section doesn't have a Light Weapons hardpoint. That was a new feature in Cal's prototype. BTW: the corners of the Quadpacks are supposed to be rounded off.

[Grey Wolf]

OK, modeling of the ship is finally done. Time to start skinning in TS3.2...

I have a feeling that my command section is a bit flat, but this model is far closer than my old version.

[Setekh]

Sweet. This is definitely one I want to see shown in off in FSO.

[Grey Wolf]

Done with the textures. I tried finding the rapid fire PBC and the quadpack textures, but I wasn't sure where they were in the resource zip. So you get my fairly simple textures for those. So here's the model with full texturing:

Total vertices: 1404
Total faces: 2148
I'll try converting it tomorrow.

[phreak]

i found the missile launcher and pbc textures

avatars/missile_magazine
avatars/standard_pbc

[Grey Wolf]

I took a look at the textures for those, and to tell the truth, applying them is above my ability. Haven't gotten much farther with UV mapping than just the basic planes, cylinders, spheres, and boxes. I think I'll just use my textures, they actually look fairly decent.

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Done with the textures. I tried finding the rapid fire PBC and the quadpack textures, but I wasn't sure where they were in the resource zip. So you get my fairly simple textures for those. So here's the model with full texturing:

Total vertices: 1404
Total faces: 2148
I'll try converting it tomorrow.

It looks excellent. Pardon the IW2-ignorant one, but are the textures meant to be that fuzzy?

[Singh]

Originally posted by Setekh


It looks excellent. Pardon the IW2-ignorant one, but are the textures meant to be that fuzzy?

yup

[Grey Wolf]

I'll start attempting to convert the model as soon as I finish downloading the current FSO software. My old version was only 3.51...

[Grey Wolf]

Here we go, one Tachyon-class patcom in FS2:

I also made the surprising discovery that COB2POF can convert HT&L models.

[Bobboau]

I wouldn't use COB2POF, it doesn't suport auto-faceting and it's BSP generation is painful

you should try modeling in that texture detail

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Bobboau
I wouldn't use COB2POF, it doesn't suport auto-faceting and it's BSP generation is painful

you should try modeling in that texture detail

I'd be wary of modelling in the subobject detail, though - that causes smoothing ****ups (i.e. the subsobjects aren;t correctly smoothed OR faceted) in any models I make, as has been mentioned before.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally posted by Bobboau
I wouldn't use COB2POF, it doesn't suport auto-faceting and it's BSP generation is painful

you should try modeling in that texture detail

COB2POF doesn't support autofaceting, but it does support actual smoothing, and it doesn't crash when I'm trying to convert the model, as POFCS did.

Anyway, the model is completely in-game now, complete with shields, docking points, missile banks, and gun points. Here's a screen of it firing off a round of Hornets at a Lilith:

[Bobboau]

smoothing doesn't look as good

[Grey Wolf]

Hmm... Can't quite seem to get the thrusters to display. Not quite sure what's wrong.

[Bobboau]

thruster glows?

[Grey Wolf]

Yeah. They show up in PCS and Modelview, but aren't showing up in the game.

[mikhael]

Looks nice.

Out of curiosity, did you (could you?) give it authentic Iwar2 shields?

[Grey Wolf]

Not in any way I could think of, at least without editing the source. Haven't started work on the table yet, either.