[karajorma]

Yeah. Truespace is much better for this sort of thing. Even if you hate it as a modeller it's the best way to view the models without loading FS2. FRED might work in a pinch though

[Taristin]

Use 3dexporation. Get it from the Reciprocity website. Convert the pof to a cob, single out the LOD 0 and then apply the psd texture in place of the pcx. That's what I do for mapping.

[Turambar]

OK, this is the Erinyes WIP.  I consider it a HUGE improvement, considering the orignal Erinyes, which was a turd with pipes and some blue lights.  Only half of the pipes are finished here.  I cant wait to see what DaBrain and Lightspeed can do with this

[jdjtcagle]

Well, it's still a turd... Make it more, uh?.. dang the Erinyes textures suck...

[StratComm]

That's just aweful.  No one should have to see that much suckyness that close.  It's nothing you've done Turambar, it's just that you can only expect so much out of a map named "redo"

[Turambar]

lol, you guys want me to post "before" pics?  I think you'd be blinded, especially on the fin below the engine, it was all grainy crap there before, now its a nice plate.  Then theres the paint in various places *cringes* I completely redid that.  Then, all those pipes... i think i'm going crazy.  That, and trying to improve the overall quality, which ive done quite a bit of, even though its all barely noticeable thanks to the glaring uglinesses

[Lightspeed]

I'll give it a go.

Where's the map hosted?

[Rictor]

The cockpit area and "wings" are very nicely done, but its that crappy wiring thats pulling down the overall quality. Get that fixed up, and you've got another winner.

[Turambar]

hold up a bit lighty, im not done yet.  I made the decision that a super futuristic space-fighter thingy shouldn't have its plates bolted together, so i turned the bolts into little gowpoints, and it turned out good.  That, and i redid the glowmap.  Shines, well, thats for you LS, ill put it up on the swooh when im done with it.

Edit: in the meantime, how about new Serapis shines?

[Raptor]

A major problem with the Erinyes is the colouration IMHO.  Maybe make the main hull grey instead of that ugly brown, and the canopy black, like other fighters.  Just a thought.

But yes, It does seem to be better Turambar

[Taristin]

Why change it to grey? It'll look like every other fightre then. It's brown. Like the Ares. It's the Hybrid aspect of it. And it doesn't look bad brown. It looks bad 256x256.

[Turnsky]

that's just bad, i'll give the Erinyes map a try next chance i get..
here's the perseus maps, try them out on your ship, i can't get screenies just yet.. (can save screenshots 'cause i forgot the screenshot key)



the thing is, you can't make the maps look better by adjusting the coloration of them, or tweaking them, you gotta put some effort into it, see what i've done here, i've made the hull plate joints more prominant, smoothed the decals a little so they look better, and generally improved the look of the map.

[Taristin]

printscreen.

I wish I had a wacom to help me make textures. I can draw what I want the ships to look like, but I can't draw with a mouse...

[Turnsky]

i'm gonna have to make a simple fred mission for just showing fighters off.

edit: no, printscreen only seems to just copy to clipboard.. which is annoying.

[Lightspeed]

Eh, you know DaB is working on the perseus maps and has nearly finished them, right? Might want to stop here, before more work becomes redundant.

[DaBrain]

Yeah, you could say it's finished... (I could just go on with the last step: color, contrast, line-fixing.) But I'm not happy with it yet.
The brown tone of the texture is the problem.

[Rictor]

Raa: you can probably find a used one on Ebay or somewhere for less than $30.

daB: well, lets see them. If its as good or better than the ones posted a few weeks ago, I say they're more than ready to be released.

[DaBrain]

Ok, here some shots. But noticed that something is wrong with my screens. They don't look like how the do in-game...
Anyway:







(Notice: I didn't update the shinmap and I won't do so until the texture is final.)

It struckture is to strong, but I'll fix that as soon the it is complete. Just trying a different way of working


Edit: You can also see my super-secret (old ) New cargo container map

Edit2: This for example need to be fixed, also someplates need some work.

[Woolie Wool]

*spooge*

[DaBrain]

Originally posted by Woolie Wool
*spooge*

Yeah, I know. The container ist pretty cool