[mrel] Project X Resource Tower

Maus · August 2003

Go here for the fixed version: <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=19&t=45794' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...ST&f=19&t=45794</a>

Cheez1 · August 2003

The amazing node o' suck at last! XD

Looks really funky...

kms2709 · August 2003

looks very good in hlmv. good work!

Maus · August 2003

The clipping of the res node is completely unavoidable by the way. Maybe it could be made to look a little better with clever use of masked textures, but at this time I couldn't be bothered messing with that.

itsmemo · August 2003

very nice resourse tower, but something is wrong with the active animation, the sides will come down and instantly come back up missing the animation in game. is it suppose to be like that?

Cheez1 · August 2003

Actually if you payattention in-game, the regular marine RT and alien RT does that as well. It'll pump, then pop right up to it's origional position. Guess it's just one of those things like how marine and alien death animations sometimes stop mid-way.

PFCNublar · August 2003

Hmm, PURDY! I can say that it is a very nice model, and after a bit of small meddling, I'm using it. The bluish metal was a bit odd for me, and I added a few LCD screenies to the space between the numbers because it looked blank.

However, in anyway, nicely done <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>.

Maus · August 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (zerg_queen @ Sep 1 2003, 02:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> very nice resourse tower, but something is wrong with the active animation, the sides will come down and instantly come back up missing the animation in game. is it suppose to be like that?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
:o

I completely forgot that animations behave differently online and in LAN games. I only tested it on a lan.

itsmemo · August 2003

aww so are the animations stuck like that on net games?

enf0rcer · August 2003

<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:orange'>I'm Back!</span></span>

Anyways. My first post back. This is awesome. It's only been a week but it seems like ages. I think the texture work is great and the animations are pulled off quite nicely. Good job. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Maus · August 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (zerg_queen @ Sep 1 2003, 03:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> aww so are the animations stuck like that on net games?  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
They are for now. I'll try to fix it tomorrow, but if the problem is what I think it is, it's entirely possible it could stab the whole project in the eye. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>

JynxDaddy · September 2003

Make a custom res node :O

XenoHazard · September 2003

Silly X Thingy! I hate to see it jump around like that.

CplDavis · September 2003

wow thats awsome, nice work

Warfare · September 2003

This is awsome! I'm definantley using this one!

The_Real_Quasar · September 2003

This is just totally... wow.
Hope you get it fixed!

Mr_Shoe · September 2003

This looks friggin awsome. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

antifreeze · September 2003

Yep, its lookin good, cant wait for a fix

Vragnor · September 2003

If the problem is the animation going down then jumping back up..couldnt you just make the pumping action twice as fast so it only jumps a little?

Maus · September 2003

I had two theories about the animation length:

(1) The animation uses too many frames, and the engine loops the animation after x number of frames. That could be fixed by shortening the animation, but would make it less smooth.
(2) The animation took too long to play, and the engine triggers the animation at set intervals, instead of using the animation loop in the model. The only way to fix this would be to speed it up.

It's answer #2, and speeding it up looks terrible.

Project X takes a bullet in the face.

antifreeze · September 2003

/me removes bullet.
PLEASE GET IT FIXED, im sure you can figure it out. It dosnt matter if the animations are a bit more choppy.

ViPr · September 2003

i think the animation problems are because of NS code and not the model files. all the animation in NS is screwed up right now.

PFCNublar · September 2003

Nooo, how...why!

/me ponders hanging self with a length of licorice

EDIT:
Cut a few frames out. Only a few so it looks only a bit jumpy, but you get used to it after a while.

Mart · September 2003

I have nothing negative to say about this model. It's original, it's well-made, it's well-textured, it fits in (Mostly). <b>I love it.</b>

Maus · September 2003

Current speed, roughly:
<img src='http://members.aol.com/dryfeld/cs/pump.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

Double speed, and already starting to look silly:
<img src='http://members.aol.com/dryfeld/cs/pump2.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

I lost the animated gif of the triple speed one, and that's how fasst it'd have to be to not jerk. Trust me - it looks ridiculous. I'm really not sure what I can do to save the model.

Deronok · September 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mart @ Sep 1 2003, 04:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I have nothing negative to say about this model. It's original, it's well-made, it's well-textured, it fits in (Mostly). <b>I love it.</b>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Yea exactly, good to see you finally finished it.

PFCNublar · September 2003

I hope that you only interpreted my suggestion in the wrong way <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'> Because if you didn't, then it is really not.

What I mean is not changing <i>the speed</i> at which the frames are played but perhaps also helping it by <i>removoing frames</i>. THat might get it close enough to the limit without harming quality too much.
...
Might <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'>.

Maus · September 2003

I halved the number of frames. But as I said a few posts up, it turns out that it's not the number of frames that's the problem - it's how long the sequence takes to play.

PFCNublar · September 2003

Then perhaps I could make a suggestion about reanimation?

In the time it takes for the normal RT to do its thing, do this with your res tower:
-First, it's breathers will drop down quickly
-Second, they will come up only to a third or a fourth of their maximum height
-Thirdly, they will drop back down quickly
-Rinse and repeat this method 3 times in total

So it should go out something like this in one animation cycle:

1 Full extention/retraction

AND THEN

2 or 3 one-fourth extentions/retractions

All in one animation cycle...I hope it could possible save it...me hopes

The_Real_Quasar · September 2003

Yeah, I REALLY want this!
Hell, you could do an entire pack! Project X Frontiersmen, using the latest technology to get owned by aliens!
^¬_¬^

Ollj · September 2003

nice model.
A little big.
Is its animation just too long or what?

[mrel] Project X Resource Tower

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