[Singh]

Not sure if this fits into FS Modding/General FS or here, but Its better to try.

I've been busy for some time now (hence why you guys havent seen me lately ) down at my college, learning CG Modelling. We're currently using Maya 7.0 Unlimited, and the labs there are pretty damn good. Thing is, I've already learnt the interface quite a bit and am currently modelling stuff (no, im not posting it up here, and yes, my current WIPs suck that much)  as best that I can. Thing is, I caught a good look at the rendering/lighting options for Maya, and decided what the hey - might as well try a few renders or such (surprisingly, the system is not too different from DoGA CGA, so skipping ahead might not be that much of a problem) or at least some playing around, if nothing else. Thing is, the first renders I find easiest are Space renders, but I currently lack the proper models for it.

Well,  after that I can guess where I'm going with this.  Does anyone have any idea where i can find models of the freespace ships that are already textured and stuff, that I can just, you know, plop into Maya and use like I wish? It doesnt have to be much, really...maybe just a fighter or two...hell, even just a freighter would be nice to play with. Doesnt matter too much about the format...just something that can be imported fairly easily without doing too much of texturing (we havent gotten to UVMapping in class yet )

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[aceofspades]

Aren't the models inside the FS VPs? Or do you mean you don't have access to them?

[Colonol Dekker]

If you DL a .VP viewer and a POF>COB converter, you can open the models in TS or use a third party converter to get them to a workable formst

[Singh]

Yes, they are there. Thing is, I want a textured model. At every attempt to convert from cob (or .pof to .cob for that matter) to 3ds format or .mb format failed to get the textures and the UVs to convert right, hence why I'm asking if anyone has actually converted them w/ textures and stuff into .3ds or any other format that Maya can read. I'm not THAT much of a newb to not know the current steps, you know

[Wobble73]

There are some out there! I know I downloaded some ship models before I got hold of the MV_models.VP Search this forum for them I'm sure find them linked somewhere? I know I have had some in POF format, COB format and 3ds format, some weapons too!

[Colonol Dekker]

That would actually be quite a handy thing to have someone make , either as a bulk DL or as individual Ships. It would make DL'ing for mod creation or Render creation easier for the community.

Any ideas who would have the stones/minerals for this project?

HLP would be happy to host i assume?

[Wobble73]

I still have these models somewhere on my home computer I'd attach (when we can attach), but I'm at work at the mo. I'll put them on my mem stick and bring em in the 1st and attach them. If you want to wait that long, otherwise search this site or SCP's site, I can't remeber where I got them but it must around here somewhere?? I can't find them now I'm looking.

Dekker : I don't think it was a full complement of ships!

[NGTM-1R]

Conversion with proper texturing I've come to conclude is an impossiblity...

[aceofspades]

Yes, they are there. Thing is, I want a textured model. At every attempt to convert from cob (or .pof to .cob for that matter) to 3ds format or .mb format failed to get the textures and the UVs to convert right, hence why I'm asking if anyone has actually converted them w/ textures and stuff into .3ds or any other format that Maya can read. I'm not THAT much of a newb to not know the current steps, you know

  I know, hell, you're a million times more experienced/skilled than me in pretty much anything having to do with FS. I realized that there had to be something else you wanted, but I didn't see what. I just didn't understand from your original post that you were referring to proper model+texture conversion.