i would like to help with some graphics for the equipement

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 7:47 pm

how does this look?

it could be plasma or razor maybe ;]

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 7:48 pm

tell me what you think about it :]

Kangaroo · Post by **Kangaroo** » Sat May 13, 2006 7:53 pm

Pretty simple, but effective, IMO. Did you plan the cooling systems for the gun? Could be a good reason for adding more detail. And I think that making some parts have different materials could do well too. Keep it up!

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:00 pm

depends on what should be its purpose, i dont really think it should be different colors - i can imagine that equipent in space would be rather simple shaped and box closed ( for safety and preventing dust to enter the chassis ).
the cooling system ? - you have -240 celsius in space i think

so you have natural cooling system . i could add some detail to the model but images are pretty small in the equipement dialog so i dont think it would be readable.

Kangaroo · Post by **Kangaroo** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:11 pm

If I think right, there is no temperature in vacuum, cause there is nothing to be heated and there is no air to balance the heat. (you probably know that)

Do what you like with it, I only meant that the gun looks to me like it's made in one piece

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:16 pm

i could add some plating but im not quite sure about cooling

Kangaroo · Post by **Kangaroo** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:22 pm

Perhaps you should wait for somebody else's opinion; I might be completely wrong here.

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 8:30 pm

ive added some detail just by using some beevel it looks nicer i think.

Post by **chuck_starchaser** » Sat May 13, 2006 9:06 pm

In space there is no air, therefore no way to cool anything by airflow. In fact, even inside, like in the ISS or in the shuttle, even though there IS air, there is no "convection cooling", due to the lack of local gravity. Hot air cannot rise, since there is no "UP" direction, and therefore **anything** that produces heat needs a fan to cool it. But to get back to outer space, the "temperature" of space measurements are based on incoming radiation alone. So, even though it may seem ultra low, it does not help in cooling anything. The ONLY way to get rid of heat in space is to radiate it. And the amount of radiation per unit of area of a black body is proportional to the fourth power of its temperature, so active cooling, heat pumping, pelletier devices... The bad news is that a gun would produce so much excess heat that even a dozen square meters of radiant surface wouldn't suffice; but the good news is that none of the VS mods pay any heed to the fact...

That gun looks good!

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 9:22 pm

ok if it looks good feel free to use it we can decide what family it represents and i'll do some more variants for it

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:18 pm

That would make a sweet turret mesh!

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:26 pm

i was thinking about an energy weapon, but it could be a turret...

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:34 pm

Any kind of weapon mesh really. Could be an energy turret.

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:38 pm

ok , so i'll have to add some kind of mechanism to rotate and manipulate the turrent, and tracking ships too

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:50 pm

Sounds good... better check that we need a turret first, though.

Too bad Development:3D Models doesn't have a list of turrets.

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:56 pm

i dont remember what turrrets are in game

never used one

but i could redo lots of stuff

i really hate the shields graphics

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Sat May 13, 2006 10:57 pm

Oh, form-fitting shield meshes aren't too hard to do.. they just need to be a slightly larger and lower-poly version of the hull.

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sat May 13, 2006 11:00 pm

Halleck wrote:Oh, form-fitting shield meshes aren't too hard to do.. they just need to be a slightly larger and lower-poly version of the hull.

im thinking about images in the exuipement screen could you msg me by some if IM's ? english is not my native language so maybe i have trouble expressing myself

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:15 am

my version of shield generator

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:17 am

Looks cool!

I like it better than the current "oxygen tank" looking ones.

Post by **dandandaman** » Sun May 14, 2006 3:22 am

nice

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sun May 14, 2006 9:20 am

ive checked how this pic looks ingame and it looks quite good i think ( shields )

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:23 pm

ive made another model , it's radar equipement :]

Kangaroo · Post by **Kangaroo** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:33 pm

Great render! What modelling program are you using?

ergo · Post by **ergo** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:43 pm

ok ive updated radar model , seemed too simple for me, im using 3D MAX