[TrashMan]

Gimme some answers!:sigh:
How can I finish my ships if I dont know how to do it?!

[Sesquipedalian]

The debris pieces don't need to account for the whole original model.  Just pick a few sections and do them.  Three ought to be plenty.  I wouldn't bother with turrets on the debris; if it has just been blown up, it's not going to be shooting.

[TrashMan]

On Lods with less detail I should remove the small turrets, right.
How does the ship fire then. Do I put just  a local light named turretxx on the spot where the turret should be?

[Kamikaze]

Hmmm, those ships look nice. a to you (though I can't help ya with any modeling technique - sorry )

[Nico]

Originally posted by TrashMan
On Lods with less detail I should remove the small turrets, right.
How does the ship fire then. Do I put just  a local light named turretxx on the spot where the turret should be?

no, don't worry, all that stuff will be based on the main lod data.

[TrashMan]

But on LOD 2 I still have to place the big turrets, right?

My webpage with few additional models is up.http://inet.hr/~tstanici
Check it out.
And, Infested Larva, check the stroy (Istll havent decided on the campaign's name)

[Nico]

Originally posted by TrashMan
But on LOD 2 I still have to place the big turrets, right?

you don't HAVE to, you can, that's different. when thy're very big, it's better to place them coz you might see them from the distance. Sometimes I put them, sometimes I just can't bother actually...

[TrashMan]

Let's see if I got this right:
LOD 0 - full detail, all turrets, best textures
LOD 1 - The samy polycount, medium textures, and only big turrets
LOD 3 - less polys, poor textures, and no turrets
LOD 4 - a cube or something like that.

And three or four debris parts, low detail, poor textures, no turrets

Right?

And what about engine flames on fighters?

[TrashMan]

Let's see if I got this right:
LOD 0 - full detail, all turrets, best textures
LOD 1 - The samy polycount, medium textures, and only big turrets
LOD 3 - less polys, poor textures, and no turrets
LOD 4 - a cube or something like that.

And three or four debris parts, low detail, poor textures, no turrets

Right?

And what about engine flames on fighters? They are subobject that have to be glued?
And check this out!
gammadraconis

[TrashMan]

Ups, I did it again.
I fixed the link, visit the page now and tell me what you think!