[blowfish]

The performance drag that tile texturing induces pretty much negates the benefits of easy retexturing.  Personally I doubt that anyone is really going to bother creating a tiled version.

[Dragon]

Unfortunately I'm missing HTL Superships to reskin ,I'm already using Titan ,Amaretsu and enlarged Daegon ,I wish there was more of them around (for example HTL Stratcomm's Archangel ,even lo-poly model is awesome).
I very like Colossus for it's style ,it's just the terran battleship ,in fact it's all because of this <attachment>.
It would be fine if I could reskin HTL one like that.

[Black Wolf]

Is something similar going to be done with these girders as was done with the neck? If so, awesome

Also, exactly how big are the gaps between the girders? Would it be worth the polywastage to maybe put a smaller grid inside the triangles to prevent fighters flying in?

[Galemp]

I don't see any problem with fighters flying in. The Colossus has so many blind spots anyway, and since it's nigh invulnerable to fighters anyway, it hardly matters. The only issue I can think of is AI fighters getting stuck somewhere, and even then they wouldn't fare much better with a low-poly model anyway.

As for those other girders... hm, a nice thought. I'll take a look.

[colecampbell666]

So did you use any of RL's model or did you start from scratch?

[blowfish]

I think the base model is ragingloli's and Galemp's uberfying the details.

[sigtau]

I've got to say, this is the single-most impressive HTLing I've ever seen.

WANT.

(Any progress?)

[Galemp]

Well, aside from making FSPort 3.2 odds and ends, including interface art, I'm looking for a job.

Also, there's this project.


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So, Colossus is on standby for now.

[blowfish]

Wait!  You're coming over to California?

[Colonol Dekker]

Any ideas about that LOD-Box hangar we discussed that one time in RL Galemp?

[Black Wolf]

Wait!  You're coming over to California?

Nobody comes to California. They only go. With an aching... in their heart.

*hums*

[Galemp]

Yeah, I'm moving to south Sacramento in... umm, 12 days? This is a big state so unless you live somewhere on I-80, Blowfish, we probably won't get to meet up.

As for the LOD-Box hangar, I think I would only really be doing it justice if it was an actual low-poly diorama of the main hall, which I'm not about to start making. It would be interesting if someone made one to be plugged in to other models, like the cockpits, though...

[Colonol Dekker]

The new main hall is a hecate deck though surely

[Galemp]

And the new cockpit is surely an Apollo. Hasn't stopped anyone, though.

[Colonol Dekker]

I defy your superior logic with inappropriate gestures

[Snail]

,,|,


Errm, anyway. This is going to be UVMapped right? Which poor soul will be doing that? Muahahahaha!

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm pretty sure I asked that when I saw the model first hand during Galemps stay over here. He didn't react too well to the thought. . But i've got one hundred percent confidence    

[blowfish]

It was auto-uv'ed a while ago.  Based on that, my guess is that textures will be baked on, though I'm not sure.

[Galemp]

I haven't even considered it, as there's so much still to do on the mesh. However I can narrow it down:

1) RagingLoli. It is his model, after all, and he's been doing such an incredible job on the Hatshepsut that I think he would make the textures the best they could possibly be.

2) VasudanAdmiral. His work on the Hades has set the new standard for texturing high-poly, supercapital ships.

3) Myself. I gotta learn how to do this sort of thing sooner or later.

[Galemp]

Following BlackWolf's suggestion...



There's some very nasty nonplanar geometry up in that join area, but with smoothgroups it should look acceptable.

I'll put the bare minimum of greebles in here, since it's so dark.