[mrel]Phasegate

Tresth

<div class="IPBDescription">Old projects ftw</div>Ahoy,

I have started this model a long, long, long time ago but I never got around to finishing it. Main reason being, obviously, that I suck at skinning.

A few days ago I had a go at it again, redid the skinmesh and slowly worked on the texture. I know this is far from being as impressive as the spec ops phasegate model (by Dillinja, check NSArmsLab) but I'm quite proud of the result (when compared to some of my older textures, this is quite an improvement - some of you might remember my quake1 medpack <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />)

As always, sprites and sounds are included.
Snippet from the readme:

<i> :: Phasegate ::
Replacement for Phasegate
Model and skin by Tresth
Special thanks to the Natural Selection Team for a few textures.
Skin : 4* 512x512
Polygons : 324

INSTALLATION :
- Extract all subfolders into your Steam/SteamApps/[account name]/half-life/ns/ directory

CONTENTS :
- models/b_phasegate.mdl
- sprites/nsteleport.spr
- sprites/flare6.spr
- sprites/itech.spr
- sprites/techtree/tech50s.spr
- sound/misc/phasegate.wav
- sound/misc/transport2.wav </i>

Don't forget to save your old files and especially the sounds, you might not like them (after all i'm not a sound artist <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />) so you might prefer keeping the old ones.

Now, pimp time:
<a href="http://www.tresthsden.net/images/art/3d/phasegate/spritework.jpg" target="_blank">Sprite work</a>
<a href="http://www.tresthsden.net/images/art/3d/phasegate/phase1.jpg" target="_blank">Click</a>
<a href="http://www.tresthsden.net/images/art/3d/phasegate/phase2.jpg" target="_blank">Click</a>
<a href="http://www.tresthsden.net/images/art/3d/phasegate/phase3.jpg" target="_blank">Click</a>
<a href="http://www.tresthsden.net/images/art/3d/phasegate/phase4.jpg" target="_blank">Click</a>
<a href="http://www.tresthsden.net/images/art/3d/phasegate/phase5.jpg" target="_blank">Click</a>

Download:
<a href="http://www.tresthsden.net/files/models/TDphasegate.zip" target="_blank">Click (550ko)</a>

CoolCookieCooks

not bad, but surely it doesnt need 4* 512x512 skins, you could probably scale stuff down and fit it on 2 without a quality drop ingame

Tresth

I tried that, and the result was kinda bad <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad-fix.gif" />
However, you are right, I'll optimize the map2.bmp which surely doesn't need to be 512x512.

Delarosa

much goodness...

Tresth

I'm bumping this instead of making a new thread for the newcomers.

FFSkyrider

That looks sweet, I am going to use that. I've been playing with the original models / sounds for ages now. It's time for something new indeed. Another reason why I love the forums! People post their custom files! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />

AnarkiThreeXSix

very sexy, need a new pg <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />

gonna give this one a whirl.. looks like it shall fit good. <3 black.

Heyman

Why is the middle not glowing? Heyman demands glowing!