[DaBrain]

I tried your model.

It's smooth. So smooth that the metallic look get's lost. And I have no chance to get it back with only a new shine map.

Perhaps it's to round on some parts. But there are some changes I liked. The thrusters i.e.

The cockpit is weird... I don't like it the way it is.


BTW DaTuramSpeed... *lol* But I like freak-ish names

It sounds fast

"...hold on tight, we're going to DaTuramSpeed !" :devil:


Edit: DaSpeedBar... might be even better

[jdjtcagle]

[Flipside]

Right, thank you, I can now go back with some ideas of what I've done wrong and try to fix it, unless we can get that other mesh, which would save me a job, which I would certainly have no complaints about at all

[Taristin]

The main thing is, you applied smoothing to the textures, which hides the angular plating. If you up the 'facetting' (I know that's not what it's called, but that's the same general subject) then maybe it'll help?

[Flipside]

Hmmmmmmm... the smoothing, I think, got sneaked in whilst I was porting the model between formats, I'll also have a look at getting a similar overlapping effect on the plating

[Lightspeed]

Hehe DaSpeedBar Ltd.

[TopAce]

Originally posted by Star Dragon
I take it you will continue to release the retail friendly maps like you have so far for the rest of the uprades? I for one appreciate the improvements to the FS fleet.

   I installed the newest FS open and boy what a hit! It took 5 mins for the first campaign mission to load and I skipped the first one cause it was training and waited another 5 mins to load and played it cause it was a training mission and I was getting frustrated about the laod time. I have a p4 1.8 gig 32mb ati 7500 and my perfomance sucked... I am afraid to try an actual mod now with it so back to retail for me    so PLEASE keep up the great work and never forget us little guys who can't run FSO for beans!

That 32 MB video card may be a problem.
Before you buy a sack of tomato and throw it at me, let me make it clear that I do not know what an ATI 7500 card is able to.

[Woolie Wool]

Originally posted by Flipside
*snip image*

As you can see textures don't help, it's at 3600 polys now

Use the new hi-res maps.

[Flipside]

Are they part of the VP now? I didn't think they'd been quite finished yet?

Besides, I'm going to have a go a redoing it using some of the suggestions given on here, more scalar plating, less detail on the gunports etc

[Star Dragon]

I tried to follow the "how to use FSO" tut karajorma made. I mean it WORKED but I really can't afford another computer (or video card for that matter) till my finances change. U know what I had no problem at all using retail FS2 on my old PII 400 and my OLD video card with 24mb also an older ATI version.  So for now I am quite happy with regular vanilla, but I will slip in any new effects or maps that retail can handle as they become available...

[Gregster2k]

"Turbospeed TexZ"
"The Triple Entente"
"Ugly Texture Inquisition (UTI)"
"TEXBusters (Who you gonna call?)"
"TunaBurgers w/ Lettuce!"
"Bacon-Lettuce-Tomato (Da Team BLT)"
"Galactic Texturing Violation Police (GTVP)"

ANAGRAM TIME! (Lightspeed Turambar DaBrain = source words)

"HABITABLE UNDERGRAD ARMPITS"

ER...umokay. LOL.

Re. work on textures, I've been fooling around with textures lately myself, i've been looking carefuly at the possibilities of using certain Photoshop filters on shinemaps and glowmaps...

[jdjtcagle]

Da Team BLT

[Lightspeed]

Completely Unexpected Productions Ltd.

(those who don't get it need to get whacked with a trout)

[Jetmech Jr.]

Could you explain it (seriously), and lets skip the trout part.

[Lightspeed]

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy By Douglas Adams. © Completely Unexpected Productions Ltd.

*pulls out trout*

[Jetmech Jr.]

Never read it, or watched it, or whatever and never heard of em  

[WMCoolmon]

At first I thought the joke was that the acronym was CUP...as in sports cup.

PS: Check it out from your local library, it's a good read

[Rictor]

Lightspeed, I'm still in favour of Sirius Cybernetics. The description is just so perfect. :D

[Lightspeed]

I know Rictor, it's my favourite too, but seems they dont like it

Originally posted by WMCoolmon
PS: Check it out from your local library, it's a good read

good read...? GOOD READ?

It's the ***** best thing you'll ever come across

-edit: Oh, and have you noticed how Microsoft is living up 100% to the motto of Sirius Cybernetics?

[Rictor]

Now all we're missing is a little revolution, and I'm working on that one as we speak