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Could this make a good Mantu ship?
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:36 am
by chuck_starchaser
Could this make a good Mantu ship?
Does anybody here know?
http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forum ... php?t=8085
To my knowledge, there's little if any info on what Mantu ships looked like, but I've been wrong before.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:06 pm
by klauss
No answer?
I'd say go for it, if there's nothing about the Mantu contradicting it (I didn't find anything), but I'm not knowledgeable, I only have a "like it very much" tie with WC, I don't really know much about the details of its universe.
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:46 pm
by chuck_starchaser
You're right. I did find some references to Mantu ships being insectoids, almost invisible and hard to lock on. I think we could make them pitch black, only specular spots and environment mapping showing on them, and normal mapped veins under the skin that slightly glow; something like that. Maybe add a couple of antennas at the front
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:23 am
by Kangaroo
Here's the ship file with non-overlapping UV map. It would be good if someone pointed me to my mistakes.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/301512/
Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:38 pm
by chuck_starchaser
It says the file is no longer available. There's no filename that I see...
Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:47 am
by Kangaroo
Strange... the file didn't even last a day.
Oh well, I'll send you an email.
Edit:A brief image of the non-overlapping UV map:
link
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:53 am
by chuck_starchaser
BTW, we continued this chat by email. Kang is trying radiosity baking now.
I've reposted this question at wcplanet.com
http://www.wcplanet.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=88#88
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:07 pm
by Kangaroo
Some progress shots on the mesh as suggested in wcplanet.com:
