Get learning Anim8or!

seventyfour on 7/2/2009 at 10:40

Quote Posted by LarryG

I am constructing a flat object, what would be fabricated in the real world as a sheet metal stamped part.
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Isn't it possible to just make the thing out of a flat rectangle and use transparent textures to get the right shape?

LarryG on 7/2/2009 at 12:50

Quote Posted by seventyfour

Isn't it possible to just make the thing out of a flat rectangle and use transparent textures to get the right shape?

I don't think so. This will be a moving part with an axis, and I want it visible edge on. Besides, doing this is teaching me about Anim8or. A lot about Anim8or.

Quote Posted by Sluggs

If you can't fill holes, drag-select all their points and merge them...

Edit/Merge Points (Choose 0.1)

That works a treat! I wish I had known that technique earlier yesterday or the day before.

Quote Posted by Sluggs

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1eXv7qVt1A) Here's a better example for you, for using a reference image. :)

I had not seen that before. What does that technique do to the UVs? Wouldn't it "stretch" the texture mapping as you stretch the faces?

LarryG on 7/2/2009 at 13:33

Completed geometry & re-texturing in front of the reference image. Now all I have to do is figure out how to put an axis on the thing, and then make the minute hand.

Inline Image:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh121/goldsla/Step20-1.jpg

Yandros on 7/2/2009 at 15:20

I sense a gigantic Keeper clock in our future. :D

LarryG on 7/2/2009 at 17:49

Redone using a variation of the technique shown in the video provided by Sluggs. A much easier process and much better result. Thanks Sluggs!!

Inline Image:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh121/goldsla/Step21.jpg

Quote Posted by Yandros

I sense a gigantic Keeper clock in our future. :D

You never know ... Has anyone had Garrett climb on the moving hands of a clock? Will it work? Who knows? Time will tell. :laff:

LarryG on 7/2/2009 at 23:48

Inline Image:

http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh121/goldsla/KeeperClock.jpg

Now I need to try it out in-game! Lets see those hands move ... knock wood. :D

sterlino on 8/2/2009 at 00:03

very beautyfull Larry, my compliments. ;)

sNeaksieGarrett on 8/2/2009 at 00:18

Cool Larry.. May I ask what those symbols are? Or rather, what are they from? (i.e. greek alphabet? made up symbols? japanese? etc.)

LarryG on 8/2/2009 at 00:31

Quote Posted by sterlino

very beautyfull Larry, my compliments. ;)

Thank you. When I saw the texture, I HAD to make the clock! And I had to do the texture justice by making the hands as nice as the texture was.

Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett

Cool Larry.. May I ask what those symbols are? Or rather, what are they from? (i.e. greek alphabet? made up symbols? japanese? etc.)

They are from the three Thief games ... Check out my (http://ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124323) Glyph Resource Pack. I used the numerals 0 through 7 in the Thief-Glyphen font (in the resource pack) for the clock numbering. Did you know that Keeper clocks only had 8 numbers and that the clock cycled three times per day instead of the two we are used to? I didn't know that until I found that clockface texture. :laff:

sNeaksieGarrett on 8/2/2009 at 01:35

Ah, I didn't know of that thread... Thanks