[phreak]

Ok.  So i had my brother make a 3ds max scene of the orb radar instead of the procedural thing i'm using now.  The struts look a bit thick and the model is untextured.  If anyone is willing to make the struts thinner, texture and convert it to a pof, i'll be willing to make it so that the orb is rendered using the model.

http://fs2source.warpcore.org/exes/phreak/radarorb.max

[neoterran]

would like to see this if someone can provide the talent required... maybe post a screen from max as a preview ?

[phreak]

I don't have max on this machine.  I've got strattcomm to look at it anyway.

[StratComm]

Unfortunately I can't seem to open it.  What version of Max was this made in?  I can get it back from a 3ds if someone can get it there for me.

[phreak]

i think it was 7.  I'll see what i can do to get a 3ds.

[Flipside]

I seem to recall reading somewhere that .Max is a difficult format to swap, since, iirc, it stores the actual actions taken on the model, not just the mesh, so if you use a new plugin or the like, someone without that plugin cannot access the mesh.

[StratComm]

I'm almost sure it's a version thing.  Usually plugins are lighting based, and I think you can still get to geometry even if they won't load.  It pisses me off to no end though that there's not an export to older format function.

[knn]

knn to the rescue!

http://files.filefront.com/radarorb3DS/;5141864;;/fileinfo.html

(No, I didn't change it, I just made a render and converted it to 3ds)

[StratComm]

Great.  I'll take a look at it.

[phreak]

thanks knn, was just about to do this

anyway the arms need a bit of thinning and maybe a bit more smoothing as well.  It'll be rendered semi-transparent in order to not obstruct stuff as much.

[neoterran]

That looks neat and better than what we currently have. let's get it in game !

[Colonol Dekker]

It looks smooth, but is there anyway (using the launcher perhaps?) of selecting which verrsion i want to use in future releases, I'm quite happy with the old 3d one. The one above just looks a little "big boned" i wanna be able to see the dots.......

<not a dig>

[Turambar]

is there a way to change the dots?

[Gregster2k]

Different dots would be nice. How about different sizes for different sized ships? 

weird model, but interesting. reminds me of one of those toys that cats play with 

[neoterran]

A transparent, thinner version of that thing would go a long way to making the HUD look more up to date.

[Cobra]

A transparent, thinner version of that thing would go a long way to making the HUD look more up to date.

maybe that's what they were planning to do?

[neoterran]

A transparent, thinner version of that thing would go a long way to making the HUD look more up to date.

maybe that's what they were planning to do?

 

[Turambar]

let us change the dots!

(seriously, it'd be sooooo useful to the BTRL project)

[phreak]

What do you want to change them to?

[Black Wolf]

Something like this I suspect, though christ knows how you're supposed to see that kind of detail in a dot that's, what, 5 pix by 5 pix?