GORT on 18/9/2004 at 04:30
@ sNeaksieGarrett
Yah, isn't DSL great? That's what I'm using too.
@ sluggs
Still working on the automobile models for that third mission. Trying to create a truck right now...
Sluggs on 18/9/2004 at 10:19
Cars, Trucks and Cranes? In Thief? Whatever next? :cheeky: (I like those Cranes in Unreal 2)
Shame you had to remove the details from those objects Otto. :p I guess some things have to be sacrificed now and then to get the best results. :wot:
I quite like the new Footlocker skin. :thumb: Those Alarm lights... It's surprising how much use we can get from them. I'm thinking about making a rotating one, like you see atop Cop Cars.
Ottoj55 on 18/9/2004 at 13:03
all frivolous detail, the beds went from 113 kb to 10 kb after i changed the rails to squares. its built in three layers, each layer extruded from a single pieces, so its simplier. the top part has the poles scaled to make it seem to be hanging from the ceiling instead of on the floor. and the dials i just changed from 10 sided to 6 sided, the engines got a little simiplier and gauges on them were reduced to 6 sided,etc,etc, so its nothing that really impacts the mission to me. next up is the control room which is insanely detailed.
Yandros on 18/9/2004 at 13:49
Those shots look totally cool, Jason... I'd love to betatest that mission.
Ok, I've finally started figuring out Anim8or and managed to make a simple table last night. Only took me about 5 minutes.
Inline Image:
http://home.insightbb.com/~yandros/temp/temp_files/table01.jpg Now I just gotta figure out how to texture it.
Yandros on 19/9/2004 at 13:24
Nice work, sluggs!
Well, I sorta halfway figgered out this texturing business. Took me 5 minutes to make the mesh and over an hour to texture it, and that's after fiddling long enough to halfway understand things.
Inline Image:
http://home.insightbb.com/~yandros/temp/temp_files/table01c.jpg Still not happy with the edges of the top, but it's not bad for a first attempt.
HEY! I made my first custom object!
WoOt!One other thing.... when the table looked a nice size in Anim8or, upon porting it to Thief it was HUGE (like 100x100x100). I scaled it down in Anim8or to the point that it's tiny when I open it up and have to zoom in or Frame all the views when I first load it. It was still like 9x9x9 after that, so I scaled it down by <0.4, 0.4, 0.4> in 3ds->bin to get it to a normal size. What do you guys do about this? Keep it big in Anim8or and scale it down by like <0.02, 0.02, 0.02> when you're making the .bin file?
Mortal Monkey on 19/9/2004 at 13:36
When creating non-editable shapes in anim8or, note that one unit in anim8or is one unit in Dark. If you're unsure about how big your model is, create a cube with a specific size for reference.
Anyway, I usually edit my models at a scale of 10, since the 3D view will only zoom in so far.
