Early preview of the
Cliff_Mellangard
Join Date: 2002-01-29 Member: 129Members
Join Date: 2002-01-29 Member: 129Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Cargo ship for ns sync.</div>Yes its pretty early preview straight out of milkshape.
The skinning and modell is only about 20% done i have managed to cut down the model from 1004 triangles to 798 without loosing to much of the coolnes of badmofos modell.
Its still missing the landing gear and some other stuff that i will add later and the white parts on it is yust the parts i havent had the time yet to roughly skin.
I will trye to put up some better shoots later when i have done some more. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
And keep in mind the skin is rough draft that will change alot untill its finished.
The skinning and modell is only about 20% done i have managed to cut down the model from 1004 triangles to 798 without loosing to much of the coolnes of badmofos modell.
Its still missing the landing gear and some other stuff that i will add later and the white parts on it is yust the parts i havent had the time yet to roughly skin.
I will trye to put up some better shoots later when i have done some more. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
And keep in mind the skin is rough draft that will change alot untill its finished.
Comments
One thing I noticed... those large round thruster engine things on the wings... are they suppposed to rotate to face back? It doesn't quite look like they'd have a fun time doing so, if you know what I mean...
To explain more so did i include badmofos awesome pencil drawing. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
I dunno maybe its just being picky but theres my feedback.
Other than that its really nice, that skin is especially good <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
<!--EDIT|ken20banks|Mar. 19 2002,17:42-->
This could be real actually, certainly if the dropship should land on a spaceship. In space, there is no gravity and vaccuum, so streamlining is not needed, even supporting is not needed (maybe the thrusters could give so much power that they rip themselves off the plane, but with good flywork the pilot could easily avoid this), so a nice ship like 'voyager' or 'millenium falcon' could fly as easy as the borg cube...
Either way, it looks cool. I'm just being picky :x
What makes models use less wpoly than worldcraft stuff? Is it that it only renders one side of each polygon, right?
I think...
1 - Models dont take up ANY wpoly. They take up epoly (polygons specified by your gun model, player models, and any other model). There are two reasons models are picked over brushes in certain situations.
A: the engine renders models faster than it does world brushes...i dont know why, but it does. For this reason then, a model with 1000 polygons get's rendered at the same speed as a brush with 100 polygons. You can see the advantages here.
B: models do not take up and plane count...giving the mapper more room to add "architecture" into his map than having details like this take it up.
OKAY, now that that's taken care of...about the ship...it's VERY big...you've all seen the landing pad in my posts...if you haven't check out this one: <a href="http://www.natural-selection.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=4;t=1087;st=20" target="_blank">TOPIC</a> The tansport takes up the entire pad...and it's not very long compared to it's height and width, so you can imagine how big it will look in game...the cockput part in the front fits two marines...so although this isn't a freighter...it's a pretty big ship.
But yes... It could definately use a bit (a lot) of dirt and wear. I'm sure you're fully aware of this though.
/me wants more.
its kinda annoying when ppl go to the trouble of saying stuff and then ppl ask where the wear and tear is on the skin . . .
Doesnt matter about gravity, this is the future anti-gravity suppose could help with the so called "realism" of the ship landing on a planet to counter-act the gravity.
Hey its a game, do what you like make it as big/ugly or sexy/sleek as you like we will still love being dropping into the battle by it <!--emo&;)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'><!--endemo-->.
(just as long as im not sat at the back and chucked out first <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo--> )
(although if the team would like me to go design a military drop ship i'ld be ecstatic)
Lighten up, Black Wolf. What's with the hostility around here? Please excuse my rushed, useless, and obviously bothersome reply. If that's even what you're referring to... of not... oops. <!--emo&:)--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'><!--endemo-->
Both Greedo and I made a comment very similar to: "Though I'm sure you're aware of this."
I really don't like the idea of having to be so careful about what I say here... this is supposed to be fun, afterall. It would be really cool if we all just settled down a bit here.
And don't even think about coming back with referrence to my posts ranting on the questions about r_speeds a while back... that was different... it was <i>excessive</i>. This was a simple line overlooked, and not something that's happening often anymore.
Anyway, PEACE ALL. <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
BTW, /me wants to see badmofo's stab at a dropship.
Wouldn't hurt anything to submit a concept drawing or something. They may already have plans for this, but like I said... worth a try.
<!--EDIT|ken20banks|Mar. 21 2002,14:30-->
edit: oh yeah, and i said kinda annoying, so i dont think it warranted a lighten up <!--emo&:D--><img src="http://www.natural-selection.org/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'><!--endemo-->
No hard feelings.
An official dropship, possibly drawn by badmofo, made 3d by Cliff and, urrr, <u>accepted</u> by Flayra & friends would be just lovely for the continuum in the NS maps. :S