Contest: Retexture the Star Fortress

peteyg · Post by **peteyg** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 4:02 am

I should give some details in that on blinking lights, that howto is just on volume glows.

Blinking lights only really need 3 polys each. It looks obviously fake when you're really really close up, but at any kind of distance it looks like a sphere.

Post by **jackS** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:47 am

peteyg wrote:I should give some details in that on blinking lights, that howto is just on volume glows.

Blinking lights only really need 3 polys each. It looks obviously fake when you're really really close up, but at any kind of distance it looks like a sphere.

for those who oppose volumetric lighting effects in vacuum, you'd also have to count up the polygons for the enclosing light fixture

etheral walker · Post by **etheral walker** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 1:06 pm

having a better way to add lights should go in the develloper wish list

Targon · Post by **Targon** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:36 am

And who's the winner?

Post by **jackS** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:00 am

well, being the lenient sort, I'll withold any rendering of judgement until I actually receive communication from strangelet (well, I'll wait at least for a while - it's possible that, with the previous extension, the firmness of the deadline was insufficiently expressed) and I don't imagine we'll have a chance to drop them all in-engine side by side and play with them until at least late monday evening (Pacific Standard Time)

so.... I can't say yet

strangelet · Post by **strangelet** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:23 pm

oh duuude, you need my model? i shall mail it to thee...

strangelet · Post by **strangelet** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:18 am

here it is, the mid-res version w/tex in .obj format (not happy with the geom, gonna go back to it later)

this is my first model submitted so theres bound to be tons wrong with it, just lemme know what the damage is...

http://www.aqpm75.dsl.pipex.com/3dgalle ... ortstr.zip

Targon · Post by **Targon** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:33 am

IIRC, the deadline was June 20...

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:40 am

Targon wrote:IIRC, the deadline was June 20...

Yeah, nothing past the deadline. Sorry strangelet, you're disqualified.

Or the reality... that this is a bit of fun with a fun project that people do for fun and that nobody really cares about the deadline

Besides, only Ethereal Walker entered apart from strangelet. Gotta have more than one competitor!

Targon · Post by **Targon** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:44 am

charlieg wrote:
Targon wrote:IIRC, the deadline was June 20...
Or the reality... that this is a bit of fun with a fun project that people do for fun and that nobody really cares about the deadline

Nobody cares abouth the contest either

BTW, does anyone think the contest like this is actualy a waste of time as many people are deemed to work on the same thing?

Post by **jackS** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:03 am

strangelet wrote:here it is, the mid-res version w/tex in .obj format (not happy with the geom, gonna go back to it later)

this is my first model submitted so theres bound to be tons wrong with it, just lemme know what the damage is...

http://www.aqpm75.dsl.pipex.com/3dgalle ... ortstr.zip

you appear to have forgotten to include the .mtl materials file that corresponds to the .obj in question.

Post by **jackS** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:07 am

Targon wrote: BTW, does anyone think the contest like this is actualy a waste of time as many people are deemed to work on the same thing?

were we to have them often - yes. As this is the first such "contest" I know of us having, I think there may well be a pleasant novelty factor.

Post by **jackS** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:25 am

Targon wrote: Nobody cares abouth the contest either

I also wouldn't say that no one cares about the contest. While I (and I speak here only for myself) am assuredly not overfocused on the competitive aspect I am quite overjoyed to see quality work being produced that VS will be able to use.

etheral walker · Post by **etheral walker** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:47 am

making a contest is a nice way to grab many good quality meshes. In this case there is 3 competitors (even if Targon redid the design), it will allow to have differnet stations in game

scheherazade · Post by **scheherazade** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 2:18 pm

i'm sure that the models that were made will all find their place in VS...

-scheherazade

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 8:22 pm

Targon wrote:Nobody cares abouth the contest either
BTW, does anyone think the contest like this is actualy a waste of time as many people are deemed to work on the same thing?

That's not true. I've kept tabs on the amazing work of Ethereal/Strangelet, and many others have too. It's great to see their progress. And their modifications are awesome.

How is it a waste of time? Out of this VS has two commercial quality textured models. You call that a waste of time? What the hell do you classify as productive!?!?

Post by **hellcatv** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 4:52 am

all submitted models so far are quality deserving of inclusion in Vega Strike
the winner, however, will take the place of the current Star Fortress in the game

the rest will be other fantastic stations

StoneCold · Post by **StoneCold** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:14 pm

wow... i just read all of that, and those are some killer models... Say, if we had more contests like this more often, we'd have ALOT of killer models then

Targon · Post by **Targon** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:20 am

No winner?

theguyfromsaturn · Post by **theguyfromsaturn** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 12:11 pm

Hi there,

Browing this thread I could see the entries from Ethereal Walker and Targon, but I couldn't see anything from strangelet. I was just wondering if the entries were together somewhere.

Those two are indeed really really cool ones.

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:14 pm

theguyfromsaturn wrote:I couldn't see anything from strangelet.

It appears the pics he posted are no longer on his server (getting 404s). They were amazing quality, though, and he has submitted the models.

strangelet · Post by **strangelet** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 2:07 pm

yeah i'm reorganising my web space piecemeal - the worst possible way

will be done soon tho, and there's a complete pictoral catalog of my work on another thread in the artwork forum - "does VS support alpha maps or what" i believe -
http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forum ... sc&start=0

all a bit WIPpy but i'm getting there... i dont actually think C4D output a .MTL file, but i loaded the .OBJ into bryce and the UV's were still intact, so either it dont need one or i can't find the .MTL in the HUUUUUGE VS units folder on my 3D drive cos i'm blind or an idiot or a blind idiot...

the matter is under investigation, gentlemen, and shortly to reach a resolution......

strangelet · Post by **strangelet** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:37 am

after a thorough investigation i can tell you that cinema 4d does not output a .mtl file but .obj files output with it seem to load up with all UVs intact in most programs, and simply need the textures reassigning... hope this isnt a problem...

Post by **jackS** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:47 am

strangelet wrote:after a thorough investigation i can tell you that cinema 4d does not output a .mtl file but .obj files output with it seem to load up with all UVs intact in most programs, and simply need the textures reassigning... hope this isnt a problem...

not a big one. Just a few extra minutes of work per model unless you were doing someting interesting with the material's light reflecting/emitting properties, in which case that info would be lost. I've managed to get all 3 models viewable in game now, although I still need to do some minor tweaks like axis corrections.

strangelet · Post by **strangelet** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 4:28 am

oooh i'd love a screenshot of them all, i've never seen my models as units...

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