[.::Tin Can::.]

Thats the most beautiful fighter I've ever seen... nice work!

[Fineus]

Originally posted by Deepblue
It possible to shinemap the glass? You wouldnt need to worry about opacity (as much) If the glass is shinemapped.

It should be automatic if you can get a slightly smoked transparency, shouldn't it? The shinemap is a separate event....

[Nico]

Originally posted by Deepblue
It possible to shinemap the glass? You wouldnt need to worry about opacity (as much) If the glass is shinemapped.

That's what I want to do indeed.

[.::Tin Can::.]

Would it be highly reflective? In such a case as glass is, if the sun were shining at it and you were looking at just the right angle a large glare would fill the middle of your screen because the glass is reflecting sunlight. So, will it be standard shinemap reflective or largely reflective?

[StratComm]

Actually glare is single-directional; having a big shiny spot on the outside doesn't necessarily translate to having one on the inside.  The idea that light can somehow shade out light doesn't make sense.  Take, for example, sunglasses intended to reduce glare from the sun; they are, more often than not, shiny on the outside.

[Nico]

special glass, low reflection

[Woolie Wool]

Are you going to freshen up the Raziel too? I would love to see a high-poly Raziel.

[Nico]

I have other ships planed, but not the raziel.

[mikhael]

Shame that. I like the Raziel.

[Nico]

Check my sig, I've uploaded the cockpit ( 3ds and max5 format ). Beware, it requires work, it's not easy to cram it into a mesh unless you're confortable with your 3d proggy ( you need to delete all the polys around it, merge vertices, etc ). I recommend avoiding boolean with it. It's also NOT meant for close up ( well, the pilot at least, is VERY ugly from closeup ) coz I kept the polycount as low as possible. You're warned.

[Taristin]

Any plans to make a Hi Poly Benkei?

[Nico]

Not anytime soon.
Oh, and that'll make some people cringe, but I'm not gonna release the ezechiel for the time being, there's some exclusivity on it, sorry.

[Taristin]

Meh. I have to learn how to get MAX to connect objects. It never does with the 'connect' tool in the vertex editer. And the 'create' tool doesn't let me make a complete connection.

[Sandwich]

Just boolean the two parts without them touching, then once they're the same object, you can seperately move and connect the coclpit verts by hand.

Oh, and enjoy your old/new title, Venico.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Meh. I have to learn how to get MAX to connect objects. It never does with the 'connect' tool in the vertex editer. And the 'create' tool doesn't let me make a complete connection.

in the modify panel, "attach".
create doesn't connect, it... creates, obviously
Thnks, Sandwich

[Taristin]

Yeah I kinda managed to connect it that way last night. But it's not absolute, and kinda ugly at points.

I put [the cocpit] in an Ares, and in my Tamnanki. I wish I could show screenshots.

[kasperl]

eh?

if you need hosting for those screenies Snipes, mail to [email protected]

remove no spam

[Unknown Target]

Originally posted by Nico
Not anytime soon.
Oh, and that'll make some people cringe, but I'm not gonna release the ezechiel for the time being, there's some exclusivity on it, sorry.

Who gets it, then?

[Setekh]

Originally posted by Sandwich
Oh, and enjoy your old/new title, Venico.

Hahah, nice one.

[Taristin]

Originally posted by kasperl
eh?

if you need hosting for those screenies Snipes, mail to [email protected]

remove no spam

Thanks, but that's not why I can't post it.

It's 99.95% likely to be a chapter 2 bomber for TVWP. I want to pimp it, because it's hella cool, but I'm not project lead, so I can't make that decision.  That, and the skins are still being worked on.