[Taristin]

Test this.

Edit: I realized I was missing a file...

[c914]

let's see it:)

EDIT: arghhhh

[Roanoke]

Isn't the glass object a little poly wasteful ?

[Taristin]

possibly, but who cares? It's it's own object, so it can be huge and not have trouble.

[Anaz]

*demands screen shots*

[Taristin]

No.
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[Singh]

which fighter is this again? the ares, right?

looks like its time for another slideshow!

[Anaz]

Originally posted by Raa
No.
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quote button == friend

[Grimloq]

especially with the wierd timewarping-ness...

[Taristin]

Originally posted by Anaz


quote button == friend

My post was originally right beneath yours.

[Hippo]

But now, it is not...

[Grimloq]

hmm... interesting...

apparently anaz will say that last post in about 3 hours time... i think...

[Trivial Psychic]

I took a look at this thing in MODview, and you may want to consider changing the shield mesh a bit.  Those extensions on either side are not within the shield mesh, so you may take dammage even at full shields.  I've edited the shields in MODview on my copy so they're not exposed.  As for how it looks, I think it needs some further map details to take advantage of the recesses.  It needs the job that Bob gave his Herc in those pipes & wires in those recesses ahead of the engine nozzles.  Similar treatment of your model could improve the effect.

[Bobboau]

I took an entierly diferent aproch makeing my models, I started from scratch. and that would be my recomendation on how to do this sort of stuff.

[Taristin]

No. I didn't like them on the Herc, and I refuse to put them on my beloved Ares. I thought those "pipe...things" cheapened the look of an otherwise nice mesh.

I'll kick around this mesh some more. I never said it was finished. I'll see what I do...

[Anaz]

bob: random idea for your Herc, instead of having the modeled pipe dealies (which I agree with raa, don't look so hot), perhaps have a tga with partially-transparent pipework? I think that might look a good bit better, would save polies, and still give that feel of "depth"

[Taristin]

Actually, that was something I was kicking around.  I was considerring having Lighty wip me up a real quick layer of transparent and opaque pipes for there.   That would rock...

[Turnsky]

the textures eat up the details present in the model..


while i'm at it.  the ares /does/ need new textures, i might take a crack at it when i finished some other work

[Overlord]

I can see through the whole ship in the cockpit area.

[Taristin]

Because you're missing terco  or whatever the file is called.  If you DLed Bob's Herc, it'll be in there, too. Or the Perseus...