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Offline Martinus

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Originally posted by venom2506
c'mon people. 6 maps! count the colossus maps damnit :p
ANy card that runs FS2 will run it w/o any pb. Remember my arcadia? it uses around 30 maps. so 6 maps= no big deal.


:doh: Sorry, I shouldv've said "six 512*512 maps". All of the textures for the colossus were 256*256 or smaller which is what most graphic cards are optimised for (except the newer ones IIRC). Anything above this has an impact on the gfx. card's speed.

I guess I'm wrong though since you don't seem to be having any probs with it. How many fighters of this detail can you fit on-screen before you notice any probs?

 

Offline Nico

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Originally posted by Maeglamor


:doh: Sorry, I shouldv've said "six 512*512 maps". All of the textures for the colossus were 256*256 or smaller which is what most graphic cards are optimised for (except the newer ones IIRC). Anything above this has an impact on the gfx. card's speed.


no, actually, if the gfx card can't handle it, it will just scale it down. Well, most cards do that now anyway. Plus that's what lods are for anyway ;)
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Offline aldo_14

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Originally posted by Maeglamor

I guess I'm wrong though since you don't seem to be having any probs with it. How many fighters of this detail can you fit on-screen before you notice any probs?


I've done some battletests of various ships with around 20-30 hi-res fighters (+ a similar number of standard FS2 ones, and several big ships) without any apparent slowdown.

Although I'm still testing - there's a couple of odd bugs with the Nightmare fighters where the players' ship - but not the actual gameplay - seems to slow down (it 'feels' heavier).

 

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Offline Martinus

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Originally posted by aldo_14


I've done some battletests of various ships with around 20-30 hi-res fighters (+ a similar number of standard FS2 ones, and several big ships) without any apparent slowdown.


Excellent :)
I hope my Voodoo 3 and 300Mhz k6 is up to the task, I can't wait to do a flyby on one of your capships in one of your fighters. :nod:

 
Impressive as always, Aldo.  2 questions:  How long did that particular model take you?  And how long did it take you to get that good with whatever program you're using?


Very nice. :yes: :jaw: :nod:

 

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Surtur is the alternate name, and sounds vaguely less like a grunt.

 

Offline Ulundel

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I have a campaign (exodus) and I'm looking for models. May I use this when it's ready? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, oh pleeeease. May I, may I? :(

 

Offline aldo_14

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Originally posted by Maeglamor


Excellent :)
I hope my Voodoo 3 and 300Mhz k6 is up to the task, I can't wait to do a flyby on one of your capships in one of your fighters. :nod:


It should work fine on a regular FS-style mission... I'm going to try and beta test Reciprocity on my brothers PC, which is roughly the same as yours (bit faster, but a Pentium though).  My Pc is pretty fast though, even if the GF2 is fairly crap, so it's hard to speed test these things.

I'll be adding lower res maps as well, though.  Unfortunately, the LOD-ing is a bit guff, which annoys the hell out of me.

But, it look neat;


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originally posted by Starfury

Impressive as always, Aldo. 2 questions: How long did that particular model take you? And how long did it take you to get that good with whatever program you're using?

Very nice.  


About 2 hours modelling it, and about 10-12 hours texturing (not sure)

I've been using Blender for modelling since, well, whatever my regdate is here.
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Offline Setekh

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That's... well, that's quite incredible, Aldo. ;)

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About 2 hours modelling it, and about 10-12 hours texturing (not sure)

I've been using Blender for modelling since, well, whatever my regdate is here.


Ha told you all Blender was really good for your modeling skills!
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Offline elorran

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Nice work Aldo. :)
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Offline runes

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wow, i like it!

it fits quite nicely with the freespace universe, but it also has a progressive feel that fits in inicely after Capella.

good work dude

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Offline Setekh

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I'm bumping this... it's just a really good example of hull plate detailing. :nod::yes:
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:eek: WOW - that's all I can say.
Where did you learn to make textures like that?
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Offline delta_7890

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Damn, I forgot about this thing.  It's frickin' awesome!
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Offline Stunaep

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Wow. I haven't wowed in this thread yet. Wow. Excellent textures.
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slightly reminds me of the deminion from DS9
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Can I PLZ use that ship for my missions, maybe for a campaign? :D :D :D
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