[Ryx]

Yes. Sunrise ver. 2 that is. I had originally thought to use the previous sunrise for this render, but strange things happened. I had build the scene and placed the super spray to make the beam, but come rendering time MAX would crasch. So i made a new scene, thinking some strange bug in the previous scene was the cause. Wrong. As before it crasched, come rendering time.


Anyway i think worked around it, but i didn't want to jinx it now that it was working. And so here it is...
 

I'll get some hi-rez up tomorrow (hopefuly).

If anybody's curious about the beam see the Anyone have explosion plugins for MAX 3.1? thread.

btw it is really just a short version of a tutorial i found at scifi-meshes.com

later...

[Nico]

well, the explosion isn't great...

[Setekh]

Yep, the explosion is looking kinda solid. But apart from that, the beam is damn nice - maybe lower your overlay noise a little and you'll have a real winner there.  

[Fineus]

That beam scares me... I wouldn't like to be caught in the middle of it!

[Ryx]

Ok, i've decided to redo the explosion. But i did tweak the old one.  
   

The image: A NTF corvette on the receiving end of a Vasudan beam.

And here is the new background in 1920x1440 resolution, in case someone wants it.  

[This message has been edited by Ryx (edited 12-13-2001).]

[NeoHunter]

Well, looks a bit better.

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[Gortef]

yea I must admit... that beam really looks... punishing  

[Nico]

still don't like the explosion, sorry. Btwn you should rotate the beam, coz horizontal is not good  

[Ryx]

 

Originally posted by Ryx:
If anybody's curious about the beam see the Anyone have explosion plugins for MAX 3.1? thread.  
btw it is really just a short version of a tutorial i found at scifi-meshes.com  

[Setekh]

 

Originally posted by venom2506:
Btwn you should rotate the beam, coz horizontal is not good  

Not necessarily...  

[Vertigo1]

Add some particles to the explosion and it'll look much better.

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[JBX-Phoenix]

and he does it again.
Truely spectacular.  But the explosion does need work.  Maybe use explosion from the game?

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[Ryx]

 

Originally posted by JBX-Phoenix:
and he does it again.
Truely spectacular.  But the explosion does need work.  Maybe use explosion from the game?

Thanx

Actually no i won't use any explosions from the game, because my mind is hell-bent on making everything in MAX.
Strange that...

[Setekh]

Impressive goals. Cool.