[Hellstryker]

I wasn't talking about too many polys or being a graphics hog I was talking about THE VISIBILITY OF THEM INGAME.

And my point is nobody cares because it will not affect performance.

[Commander Zane]

What I'm saying...and what you're saying...do not go together at all...

It is a very miniscule detail that a lot of people aren't going to notice due to the ship moving around, and people not taking the time to fly in front of it and get two meters up to its face just to see it.

I don't care if it doesn't even affect the framerate of my eight year-old toaster of a computer, that isn't what I'm trying to point out.

[Snail]

So what's the point of removing it?

[Commander Zane]

When it's textured and put into the game, considering that most, perhaps not everyone has a low ambient light setting and no emissive light flags so ships appear darker, Shivan ships with the exception of their glowmaps aren't necessarily blinds-the-eyes bright as well, it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much. It's just an uncessary detail, I mean the more detail the better but I'd like to be able to notice it too.

Again, NOTHING ABOUT ****ING PERFORMANCE. I don't want to hear anything else about it, I never mentioned performance in the first place.

[Snail]

So what's the point of removing it?



Arright, enough about the 10 poly thing there. Can we get back on topic? Who's converting it? Who will be handling the textures?

[Commander Zane]

...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.
...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.
...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.
...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.
...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.
...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.
...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.
...it's a small detail so adding all of that together it won't be seen much.

Will it use the same Shivan textures or will it end up having its own new texture?
Or are you just making the model?

[BrotherBryon]

It would be visible in the tech room if nothing else, besides if you look at the HTL Loki there is even more detail in the connecting struts than there is on this one. I generally just make models but this one is small enough that I may try my hand at learning how to UV map. I don't think slapping the old textures on here will do the new model any justice so like a lot of models in the works right now we are going to need to wait for a texture artist to pick it up. Any one know of an easy to learn mapping utility they would recommend for a beginner?

Edit: Toying around with the paint bucket tool.


By brotherbryon at 2009-02-28

[Snail]

That is amazing.

[Rodo]

It's a lovely model, my congrats to you brother.

How I would love to know how to texture and such so I could see this finished.

[castor]

Well that's some progress from the original

[Pred the Penguin]

It is a very miniscule detail that a lot of people aren't going to notice due to the ship moving around, and people not taking the time to fly in front of it and get two meters up to its face just to see it.

I do... 


If I had the time, I'd learn to texture and show how good that Basillsk model looks.

[Galemp]

I for one have a tendency to smash face-first into Basilisks. They fly funny.

[Droid803]

I get that a lot too. They fly in straight lines and fail to pull out of attack runs in time.
They also seem to fail to notice that their thick shielding doesn't protect their paper-thin hulls during a collision.

[Pred the Penguin]

I agree. They're very dull brutes that launch an awful lot of missiles. But that doesn't mean they can't be dressed up nice and pretty.

[BrotherBryon]

Sorry for the lack of progress but real life has been kind of busy here lately. I got the model ported into blender and I'm currently trying to figure out how to UV map it. If any of the more experienced blender modelers would care to give it a quick once over to see if I got it ported in correctly please let me know and I will send you the file. I'm trying to learn the blender interface but it could take some time, if any one knows of any really good mapping tutorials please feel free to point me in the right direction. 

A quick render:

By brotherbryon at 2009-04-23

[Cobra]

Holy ****, that's a sexy beast.

[Raven2001]

Damn, that's a good one

As for the tuts, you might wanna try 3dm3.com. IIRC they had some blender tuts

[FSW]

Wow, that's pretty!

[Angelus]

This is a awesome looking model, great work!

[General Battuta]

Wow. That's gorgeous.