Forsaken's shipyard
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Forsaken's shipyard
Hello .
i make a station for forsaken space (or pirate?)
The station was built in ancient colonizer's structure
i always problem for transform a 3d model in bfxm .
please explain me (with simple word ) a current method
thank . merci beaucoup.
i make a station for forsaken space (or pirate?)
The station was built in ancient colonizer's structure
i always problem for transform a 3d model in bfxm .
please explain me (with simple word ) a current method
thank . merci beaucoup.
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Nice! Great texturing job. Something went wrong in the unwrapping where there's a slanted section near the rectangular entrance, causing the texture to deform. If fixing the UV unwrap is too hard, I might suggest making that section of a different material, like paint it with a uniform color, so that the deformations are not so visible. Other than that, looking pretty good.
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modification
Hello
Just a send with:
the port is larger than before.
and texture is softer
tell me if you see a problem.
thanks
Just a send with:
the port is larger than before.
and texture is softer
tell me if you see a problem.
thanks
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I can't tell if that same spot that was a problem first time was fixed or not. If it has been, great. If it wasn't, then the softer texture hides it well.
Usefulness-wise I think the upper chunk of metal, the second half of your tube, seems like it isn't really needed. It doesn't have any arms or bays or anything besides a blockage so that larger ships wouldn't have as easy of a time to make it through.
Usefulness-wise I think the upper chunk of metal, the second half of your tube, seems like it isn't really needed. It doesn't have any arms or bays or anything besides a blockage so that larger ships wouldn't have as easy of a time to make it through.
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The second half is nice - it makes the station look like it's built from some old derelict or something - but you should do something more with it. Either add some functionality (command structure, turrets, random pipes n' tanks, whatever) to it or gut it and add damage and substructure detailing - or both. The further any element gets from looking like a primitive, the more interesting it's going to be.
Your textures are pretty nice - great at long range - but I'm not sure what the little rings on the ends of the cylinders are supposed to represent. They don't look like anything so much as the leftovers from some fractal noise application.
Your textures are pretty nice - great at long range - but I'm not sure what the little rings on the ends of the cylinders are supposed to represent. They don't look like anything so much as the leftovers from some fractal noise application.
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Very nice model, Fendorin. Is it still available for peruse?
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
oh it's was the first station i made and at the moment i didn't understand nothing to map!
i meet it in the game is a very bad model the mesh is wrong and made a lot of visual bug
this shipyard i need to find on my computer if i still have the source files
anyway i prepare a new Forsaken shipyard but i still have some problem with the Alpha and the double sided face (for destruct part)
want a little picture for preview??
http://www.divshare.com/download/5580246-eb8
EDIT: strange i don't know why the BBcode is off (sorry)
i meet it in the game is a very bad model the mesh is wrong and made a lot of visual bug
this shipyard i need to find on my computer if i still have the source files
anyway i prepare a new Forsaken shipyard but i still have some problem with the Alpha and the double sided face (for destruct part)
want a little picture for preview??
http://www.divshare.com/download/5580246-eb8
EDIT: strange i don't know why the BBcode is off (sorry)
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Looking sharp! ;-)
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
i m sorry but what it means "looking sharp"
i m not good english and some expression used by good english or native seems strange for me
i can't translate and i haven't enough "urban language" bru !!
i m not good english and some expression used by good english or native seems strange for me
i can't translate and i haven't enough "urban language" bru !!
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Words in English have many meanings depending on context.
Sharp can mean many things.
Say you go to work one morning in a brand new suit, perfectly fitting, people would probably say "you're looking sharp this morning".
People also use the word 'sharp' to mean smart, alert, intelligent, clever.
Using the term for a model is a bit of a joke, in the sense that a model can also have sharp edges.
It's also a WC joke, in that pirates, in Privateer, when they are friendly to you, they say "Looking sharp, Ace!".
It's a triple joke because pirates can't see how you are dressed, so they could only be saying that about the ship you're flying.
So, if Privateer pirates can say a ship "looks sharp"; I guess I can say that of a station.
I should have waited and said that of some rlaan station, tho.
Sharp can mean many things.
Say you go to work one morning in a brand new suit, perfectly fitting, people would probably say "you're looking sharp this morning".
People also use the word 'sharp' to mean smart, alert, intelligent, clever.
Using the term for a model is a bit of a joke, in the sense that a model can also have sharp edges.
It's also a WC joke, in that pirates, in Privateer, when they are friendly to you, they say "Looking sharp, Ace!".
It's a triple joke because pirates can't see how you are dressed, so they could only be saying that about the ship you're flying.
So, if Privateer pirates can say a ship "looks sharp"; I guess I can say that of a station.
I should have waited and said that of some rlaan station, tho.
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
looks sharp in urban dictionary.
The bb code is probably disabled in your profile by default. just need to set it again.
The bb code is probably disabled in your profile by default. just need to set it again.
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
I edited your post chuck as pyramid suggested bbcode was off so where smilies.
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I don't understand. I looked at my post and didn't notice any editing.
Also, I checked my profile and couldn't find anything related to BB-code or smileys.
There were such things in the profile with phpBB2, but unless I'm missing something, they seem to be gone.
But BB-code and smileys seem to be working for me; at least I see them no problem.
Also, I checked my profile and couldn't find anything related to BB-code or smileys.
There were such things in the profile with phpBB2, but unless I'm missing something, they seem to be gone.
But BB-code and smileys seem to be working for me; at least I see them no problem.
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They are set in the Board preferences tab --edit posting defaults and at the bottom of each post the two tabs Options and Upload attachment just checked your profile myself and yes they are turned on but they where turned off for the post i edited the only thing i changed was untick those two little boxes Bit rot maybechuck_starchaser wrote:I don't understand. I looked at my post and didn't notice any editing.
Also, I checked my profile and couldn't find anything related to BB-code or smileys.
There were such things in the profile with phpBB2, but unless I'm missing something, they seem to be gone.
But BB-code and smileys seem to be working for me; at least I see them no problem.
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Maybe the confusion comes from my comment appearing after chuck's post however meant for fendorin, as he was asking about that a couple of posts before. My apologies.
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Then i had better check his profile as well. Just did and and everything is turned on
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard2.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard3.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard4.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard5.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard6.jpg
Some other picture of the new Forsaken shipyard
And BBcode stil off for me maybe i will open a new thread ....
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard3.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard4.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard5.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... pyard6.jpg
Some other picture of the new Forsaken shipyard
And BBcode stil off for me maybe i will open a new thread ....
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Reason: Enabled BBcode and smiles loki1950
Reason: Enabled BBcode and smiles loki1950
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
When you post the next time check the Options tab just below the Save Preview Submit buttons they should be on by default according to what you have set in the preferences panel of your profile as i mentioned referring to chuck's earlier post Bit rot
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
i haven't any button
just in options: ¤ don't automatically parse URLs
and : ¤Notify a reply ...blabala...etc
both are not on
but isn't a big problem
just in options: ¤ don't automatically parse URLs
and : ¤Notify a reply ...blabala...etc
both are not on
but isn't a big problem
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Gosh! That's gorgeous, Fendorin. :D
This baby is going to need CineMut, so that it shows real shadows.
We'll work together to CineMutize it, once you're done, if you want.
Loki, the problem is with the general phpBB configuration. All my options, Editing as well as Viewing, in my profile, are ON.
And yet, I'm seeing a sign to the right of this very edit window that sayss "BBCode is OFF" and I can't find any means of changing it.
No tabs, no buttons, nothing.
This baby is going to need CineMut, so that it shows real shadows.
We'll work together to CineMutize it, once you're done, if you want.
Loki, the problem is with the general phpBB configuration. All my options, Editing as well as Viewing, in my profile, are ON.
And yet, I'm seeing a sign to the right of this very edit window that sayss "BBCode is OFF" and I can't find any means of changing it.
No tabs, no buttons, nothing.
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Chuck'starchaser said:"We'll work together to CineMutize it, once you're done, if you want."
yes yes but ? the 4 texture i did is not suffisant?(diffuse,spec,glow,bump)
and i can't made a AO = on this kind of Station have a lot of repeating mesh+UV (and another point more real my computer is very slow for bake texture)
the model is near to have 50 K mesh and 2 uvmap: 2K and 1K +0.5K for the old decommissioned Watson&Archimedes
but yes i would see it with Cinemut
yes yes but ? the 4 texture i did is not suffisant?(diffuse,spec,glow,bump)
and i can't made a AO = on this kind of Station have a lot of repeating mesh+UV (and another point more real my computer is very slow for bake texture)
the model is near to have 50 K mesh and 2 uvmap: 2K and 1K +0.5K for the old decommissioned Watson&Archimedes
but yes i would see it with Cinemut
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Ah, yes; for cinemut you need to NOT re-use any part of the texture. Except perfectly black things; they can all be piled up in one bunch; but everything
else has to have separate UV-map islands.
As for AO's, I can make them on my machine.
else has to have separate UV-map islands.
As for AO's, I can make them on my machine.
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
maybe is because i take care more about a maximum of pixel than a good material definition!!
but if i understand well= we should use some "real "light in game with cinemut or is all baked on uv map??? (i seen the mining base improvement you did) and it have a green light upper the docking bay is it backing or "real"?
anyway if i change the color of the diffuse less dark and more white ( like the defunct MIR station) it could be more clear and lighty than this dark one (and maybe good idea for Forsaken .........it s like enter in the 5th dimension..lol)
but if i understand well= we should use some "real "light in game with cinemut or is all baked on uv map??? (i seen the mining base improvement you did) and it have a green light upper the docking bay is it backing or "real"?
anyway if i change the color of the diffuse less dark and more white ( like the defunct MIR station) it could be more clear and lighty than this dark one (and maybe good idea for Forsaken .........it s like enter in the 5th dimension..lol)
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
The lights on that mining base upgrade were all baked.
In fact, the interior of the mine was black diffuse, black specular. All the color inside was radiosity baked and put into the glow-map.
The reason for that was that, if the colors in the interior were anything but black, they would receive light from outside, due to the
lack of shadows, and I wanted to avoid that kind of artifact.
But CineMut does have "real" shadows. If you turn the ship, or move the light source, you see the shadows moving.
But like I said, you cannot re-use parts of the UV-map. Each piece of geometry must have its own, separate island.
In fact, the interior of the mine was black diffuse, black specular. All the color inside was radiosity baked and put into the glow-map.
The reason for that was that, if the colors in the interior were anything but black, they would receive light from outside, due to the
lack of shadows, and I wanted to avoid that kind of artifact.
But CineMut does have "real" shadows. If you turn the ship, or move the light source, you see the shadows moving.
But like I said, you cannot re-use parts of the UV-map. Each piece of geometry must have its own, separate island.
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Re: Forsaken's shipyard
Hello i change the texture for more light "base" and the render is better :
White is better the "colour" is according with the human forsaken and the station looklike "built in scratch" with other sparse pieces (like ISS or MIR) of different station
and maybe i will use the "glow map for enlight the interior of the station (like i did a little bit on the Vigilant) maybe it should be the solution for haven't a totally black interior
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard6-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ipyard.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard3-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard4-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard2-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard5-1.jpg
White is better the "colour" is according with the human forsaken and the station looklike "built in scratch" with other sparse pieces (like ISS or MIR) of different station
and maybe i will use the "glow map for enlight the interior of the station (like i did a little bit on the Vigilant) maybe it should be the solution for haven't a totally black interior
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard6-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ipyard.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard3-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard4-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard2-1.jpg
http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk75 ... ard5-1.jpg