[MetalDestroyer]

Just one question, how to create texture ? what kind of structure have  the jpg/tga/pcx file to represent texture ?

I try to skin the model with a texture pack but unfortunately the texture are too small.

Take a look :

[Cobra]

hmmmm. actually (and I could be wrong) that the model itself is too small. and how did you texture it? i tried it myself and couldn't find anything to use custom textures.

[MetalDestroyer]

No, the model is bigger than the texture. So, I can't texturized it well.

Also, look at this picture where you can use custom textures :

[Cobra]

Bah, this is why i really never liked TS in the first place. too complicated

is that a german version?

[mitac]

It's french.

[Cobra]

french and german are actually pretty close.

[MetalDestroyer]

Ts 3.2 use English but, my windows use French ^^

[mitac]

Originally posted by Cobra
french and german are actually pretty close.

[Cobra]

IMO, anyway. back on topic. you know metal, that texture job ain't bad.

[EDIT] i have one suggestion, but it concerns the model itself. see how you've got the model sticking out under the bottom like that? try and level it with the rest of the bottom.

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by Cobra
french and german are actually pretty close.

It's obvious you speak neither of them.  

[Cobra]

i speak a little bit of both, thank you very much.

just can't type it out, they're hard to spell...

[Swamp_Thing]

Originally posted by MetalDestroyer
No, the model is bigger than the texture. So, I can't texturized it well.

Also, look at this picture where you can use custom textures :
 

Maybe you should try TS 6.0 or above. The diferences are astounding. The custom texture adding section is much improved. Libraries are easier accessed. TS 3.2 is good for starters, but it gets limited awfull fast.

[MetalDestroyer]

Is it possible to import the model into 3DS and texturized it.

[DaBrain]

@MetalDestroyer I'd suggest to use Lith Unwrap to unwrap the the ship. You should use a powerful tool like Photoshop (that one is expensive) or Gimp (free).


An optimal map size for your fighter is 1024*1024.
 
You can also use Lith to convert your model to *.3ds.



@Cobra Dann zeig mal wie gut du meine Sprache kannst.

[Carl]

MetalDestroyer, i'm kind of scared at how many sides those cylinders have. you should probably knock them down to 18 sides and use the extra polygons to add detail to the overly simple fuselage.

[MetalDestroyer]

Carl : What do you mean by using extra polygon ?

[Roanoke]

He means make the engines less round (delete edges) and put more detail elsewhere. The wings could use a little extra work.

[Carl]

okay, let's say you want to make a fighter model. with the SCP you don't want to make them more than 2000 polygons, so you have to ration them. if you make all of your cylinders 50 sided, that's 52 polys per cylinder. each of your guns looks to be made of about 5 cylinders, so that's 260 polys for one gun, and 1040 for all 4 of them. so far with only the guns done you've used more than up half your polygons. with the engines being a bunch of cylinders too, you'll have none left for your fuselage (main body of the ship.)

now with 18 sides per cylinder, they still look round, but you've only got 20 polygons for each, which means you've only used 400 polys on your guns, freeing up some for the rest of your ship.

[MetalDestroyer]

Ok. How to know the poly count in Truespace , and how to reduce cylinder side ?

[MetalDestroyer]

DaBrain, i try to load the entire X wing, but, I've got an error message said, Unable to determine file type.

But if i load just a part of the entire model (guns, r2d2, wings, reactor, main part), it work perfect. But when convert into 3ds format, for some part it is impossible de convert them, because my group is mistaken due to an outnumber of cylinders/cube (guns/wing).

Otherwise, i can't open those .3ds with 3DS Max 5.

Is it possible to texturized the model into Lith Unwrap ?