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Offline Hades

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It's kinda interesting that we have different generations of models going on. This Medusa, the Cain/Lilith, the Hattie, the Colossus, all look so good that it almost merits a redo of some of the older ships like the Orion, Zeus, etc.
Well, the Zeus is still a pretty good model compared to most others in the MVPs, but ships like the Orion, Hecate, Ravana, Sobek, Fenris, Deimos, Chronos, etc really need a update.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2011, 12:09:49 am by Zacam »
[22:29] <sigtau> Hello, #hard-light?  I'm trying to tell a girl she looks really good for someone who doesn't exercise.  How do I word that non-offensively?
[22:29] <RangerKarl|AtWork> "you look like a big tasty muffin"
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<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
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I don't really have any beef with ships like the Deimos or Fenris as they stand, and I'm not sure what throwing polies at the Sobek could produce other than an even smoother phallus. :p

 

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The Deimos has awful, awful mapping and the Fenris is starting to see of age, though it may just be that some parts could beveling, like the top and bottom parts of the fenris as can be seen:
[22:29] <sigtau> Hello, #hard-light?  I'm trying to tell a girl she looks really good for someone who doesn't exercise.  How do I word that non-offensively?
[22:29] <RangerKarl|AtWork> "you look like a big tasty muffin"
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<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
<batwota> wow
<batwota> KILL

 

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I thought the Fenris was freaking beautiful, and one of the best MVP ships 3 years ago when I first installed the MVPs (It also singlehandedly brought my framerates to the teens on my old laptop. New leviathan with all the greebles covered made me sad though.

OT: i can haz progress shots for texchurs?

 
Well, the Zeus is still a pretty good model compared to most others in the MVPs, but ships like the Orion, Hecate, Ravana, Sobek, Fenris, Deimos, Chronos, etc really need a update.
I'll agree with you on most counts, but the Orion?  And if anything I think the focus should be on models that are retail or near-retail quality, like the previous HTL Medusa that you have marvelously replaced.

Btw I'm not sure you actually can make the Hecate look good, no matter how many polies you throw at it.

 

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A model that could look good with some artistic license taken in mind when redoing it, the basic model shape is quite poor and greebling over a poor shape will not improve the model IMO.
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OT: i can haz progress shots for texchurs?
They haven't been started yet, it still needs to be UVMapped. VasudanAdmiral says he might be able to do both, but not extremely soon. He's awesome.
I'll agree with you on most counts, but the Orion?  And if anything I think the focus should be on models that are retail or near-retail quality, like the previous HTL Medusa that you have marvelously replaced.

Btw I'm not sure you actually can make the Hecate look good, no matter how many polies you throw at it.
A model that could look good with some artistic license taken in mind when redoing it, the basic model shape is quite poor and greebling over a poor shape will not improve the model IMO.
Exactly. I've got some ideas for a new Hecate that could make it tolerable (though I know that  I could never change it enough or people would get up in arms) but yeah, that'll be after a bit.

And about the Orion, it's main problem is it's just a bunch of random boxes slapped on for no purpose, same thing goes for Trashman's model. It's like the tiling of models.
[22:29] <sigtau> Hello, #hard-light?  I'm trying to tell a girl she looks really good for someone who doesn't exercise.  How do I word that non-offensively?
[22:29] <RangerKarl|AtWork> "you look like a big tasty muffin"
----
<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
<batwota> wow
<batwota> KILL

 
And about the Orion, it's main problem is it's just a bunch of random boxes slapped on for no purpose, same thing goes for Trashman's model. It's like the tiling of models.
I never can tell that much difference between the two different Orions, and I haven't been able to understand why everyone gets up in arms over which one to use.  I'd say its basic problem is that its pretty much a giant brick to start with.  You can't go too far in any direction with that.

Exactly. I've got some ideas for a new Hecate that could make it tolerable (though I know that  I could never change it enough or people would get up in arms) but yeah, that'll be after a bit.
I know I'd certainly like to see some further work on it.

While we're on the subject of models that could use updating, the Herc II could definitely use some love.  That would at least lay the groundwork for the Ares, as well.  Efficiency ftw!

 
You know who needs some love? The Shivans that's who. That's why they're so pissed off, they have to fly around in those retail ships.
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You know who needs some love? The Shivans that's who. That's why they're so pissed off, they have to fly around in those retail ships.
:lol:

Well they are getting some love lately after all...  they might even get GREEN of joy.
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With the Fenris and things you need to be careful though, otherwise you'll get caught up in a loop of 'eternal update'. This was a problem encountered by a lot of Mods a few years ago when the SCP was expanding at a frightening rate, every new feature sort of required Mods to go back to the start with their models and update them to take it into account, and a lot of Mods got paralysed for a while because of it.

 

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You know who needs some love? The Shivans that's who. That's why they're so pissed off, they have to fly around in those retail ships.
Yeah I've been thinking of redoing the Dragon so people couldn't go 'why remodel already upgraded ships when there are retail shivan ships?!?!?!'

Because honestly, there are still a lot of Terran and Vasudan ships without new models, and only a few with new models are actually decent. In fact, I can name and show several examples of ships with upgrades that don't look much better than the model which they replace, such as the Apollo, Herc II, Ares, Erinyes, Chronos, TAC 1, Ursa, the list goes on. It's not like I'm the only modeler for the FSU anyway, so while others do models for ships without them (VA, etc) I can do them for the ships which have out-dated upgraded models at the same time.


Medusa, left is the old upgrade, right is retail. Polycount difference? 4.6k triangles for the upgrade, less than 500 for the retail model.

TAC 1, upgradedmodel has 700, retail has 27 triangles.

Chronos, upgraded model has 2.8k triangles, retail has 412.

Considering how recent the Chronos and TAC 1 are, though, it seems they were modeled far too conservatively, which may have made a good upgrade for 2005, really doesn't work now in these days with the MVP's increasing standards
« Last Edit: January 10, 2011, 11:48:05 pm by Hades »
[22:29] <sigtau> Hello, #hard-light?  I'm trying to tell a girl she looks really good for someone who doesn't exercise.  How do I word that non-offensively?
[22:29] <RangerKarl|AtWork> "you look like a big tasty muffin"
----
<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
<batwota> wow
<batwota> KILL

 

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As a community project, the Freespace Upgrade will accept ANY model that is an upgrade at any point in time that it is offered.

We cannot mandate that older or still Retail models get done by anybody. And while our goal is to see to it that one day, all of the models in the MediaVps will be high-poly beautiful upgrades, that can only happen when and if people choose the models they work on.

I find the results (like the Medusa and the Hermes) are at their best when the modeler/artist has CHOSEN the object that they desire to work with. And while good results can still be gotten from a good modeler who has been "mandated" to do a Retail model FIRST before getting to do what they want, it will never be an acceptable standard to try and enforce.

So people. seriously. Stop ragging on about the poor derelict Retail models. Stop diminishing or castigating the modelers from following their artistic passions. Or else, we'll be left with nothing because nobody will want to bother doing anything.
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You know who needs some love? The Shivans that's who. That's why they're so pissed off, they have to fly around in those retail ships.

Working on it, if you haven't noticed there are at least two in progress already and I have another one in the works.
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So people. seriously. Stop ragging on about the poor derelict Retail models. Stop diminishing or castigating the modelers from following their artistic passions. Or else, we'll be left with nothing because nobody will want to bother doing anything.
I do agree, but that being said, I feel like seriously considering redoing something like the Hecate is a bit silly.  I mean, that model was finished all of two or so years ago, and at least for my money, it's a pretty damn good upgrade.

  

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Dear Hades just a few things.

The Fenris model is not only a old model, it's also a brilliant model. VA's creations, at least this one and a few others i can remember, are the best examples of performance and appearance INGAME (sorry for the caps, just trying to make a point).
The fact that many of our newer models are also brilliant, does not mean everything can replaced just because of the poly count. A wise - guy like VA perhaps can reach "higher skies". I am sure that the first one who 'd agree would be VA himself (i'll personally oppose, but as you know, i am a Conservative bastard :pimp:. But who cares what i vote anyway).
So, if you have a proposal, just do it. Just do not count just on poly - count.

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Well ****. There are so many wrong opinions on that thread that I can't warp my head around what side I'm really on. Carry on.
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Dear Hades just a few things.

The Fenris model is not only a old model, it's also a brilliant model. VA's creations, at least this one and a few others i can remember, are the best examples of performance and appearance INGAME (sorry for the caps, just trying to make a point).
The fact that many of our newer models are also brilliant, does not mean everything can replaced just because of the poly count. A wise - guy like VA perhaps can reach "higher skies". I am sure that the first one who 'd agree would be VA himself (i'll personally oppose, but as you know, i am a Conservative bastard :pimp:. But who cares what i vote anyway).
So, if you have a proposal, just do it. Just do not count just on poly - count.

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The only beef I have with the mediavps is the HTL Leviathan having random covered up patchwork plating on it. I replaced it with the old model.

 

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Not everything is for everyone. Hades once asked me in IRC what I thought of the new Medusa, and my opinion still stands - I don't care for it. I've listed out my rationale, and that rationale is entirely valid. This is not to say I think it's a bad mesh; the model itself is very well modeled. I just don't care for the direction taken with the model.

Simultaneously, if you want something done the way you want it done, do it yourself. And this is exactly what Hades did with the new Medusa. He also carried out his vision for it, despite any opinions otherwise. While that bull-headedness can be a bit obnoxious in the way in which it's expressed, as a fellow artist I will commend Hades for doing something he wanted to do, and then make something out of it. Good work, kiddo.  :yes:
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