[The E]

I don't remember those holes in ragingloli's arcadia mesh....

[Commander Zane]

Now that I think of it, despite the lack of everything else on VA's Arcadia it looks a lot better than the same part on FSF's.
Ragingloli's still makes for a good Post-Capella redesign.

[Angelus]

I don't remember those holes in ragingloli's arcadia mesh....

That's the one from the link of the OP, can't do much in hurry to fix those holes.
Does anyone has another version of the Arcadia from Ragingloli? Preferably in .Max or 3DS...

[The E]

I got this one: http://freespacemods.net/download.php?view.558

There's a 3ds and an obj in there.

When imported into Blender, the 3ds seems broken.

[Angelus]

I got this one: http://freespacemods.net/download.php?view.558

there's a 3ds and an obj in there.

This is the one i mentioned in in my post.
mjn.mixael posted the link in the first post, i hope there is another version.



EDIT: Added another shot, both versions side by side.


EDIT2:

I got this one: http://freespacemods.net/download.php?view.558

There's a 3ds and an obj in there.

When imported into Blender, the 3ds seems broken.

Both seem to be messed up, as the .obj looks almost the same like the .3DS for me.

[sigtau]

I personally think you should take a few of the details from ragingloli's and put it on FSF's, but do that for the Media VPs.  Modders can do what they want with Ragingloli's on its own (which severely degrades performance judging by that amount of detail).

[Hades]

Hurm.. I don't see why there are holes, since I used the program the original filetype was associated to. I may have to go dig up both the program and original model again.

[Angelus]

Hurm.. I don't see why there are holes, since I used the program the original filetype was associated to. I may have to go dig up both the program and original model again.

Yes please!
What is the source file format? Wasn't ragingloli work with Sketchup?

[Droid803]

He works with Cinema 4D IIRC.

[sigtau]

He works with Cinema 4D IIRC.

Yeah, I can confirm this.

[Mobius]

I'd take Ragingloli's, but with the circular hole turned back into hexagonal.

[Maverick]

I hate feeling like a noob in here, whats the trick to installing RL's arcadia from FSMODS, which files go where in the mediavps/data...

[Angelus]

I hate feeling like a noob in here, whats the trick to installing RL's arcadia from FSMODS, which files go where in the mediavps/data...

No need to feel noobish, just ask.


Regarding your question:     Do not even try.

That's just a WIP mesh, it's not finished, not optimized and not remotly ready for ingame usage.

[Droid803]

Does it even have textures?

[The E]

Well, there are textures in that download, but the model itself seems to lack mapping data.

[Rga_Noris]

So everyone knows, I do intend to get some form of an HTL ARcadia in game. I've drafted up ideas on how I could work the detail boxing to get this puppy playable, and I strongly feel this can work out. That being said, the Hatty is undergoing some updates (its a surprise...) and intend to finish the Hatty before taking on yet another project.

[Flaser]

I'd take Ragingloli's, but with the circular hole turned back into hexagonal.

I disagree. It was obvious from the old model, that it was meant to be a circular hole and was only made a hexagon because what polygon limits were in '98.

[Woolie Wool]

If they wanted a circle they could've made it 8 or 12 sides. It's not like adding 20 or so polygons would have made a big difference. Besides, there are several extensions to the Arcadia that fit tightly into the hole, so it needs to retain its original shape.

[headdie]

I'd take Ragingloli's, but with the circular hole turned back into hexagonal.

I disagree. It was obvious from the old model, that it was meant to be a circular hole and was only made a hexagon because what polygon limits were in '98.

try '96

[The E]

Still, the hexagonal shape has not been reworked for FS2, and has been assumed to be what the designers wanted. Changing it, especially given those extensions that were made to fit them, is a bad idea for the mediavps model.