project "SCI-FI"

[CanadianTerror 0]

IMO, the armor and plane models looks almost "too WW2ish" to be futuristic.

I liked the way you were doing the tanks before...the new wheeled one could use a newer looking turret/gun perhaps?

just my 2 cents

[Sennacherib 0]

Quote[/b] ]retro-futuristic

in fact it's a mix of a lot of things:

- modern art (tiffany in USA)

- star wars

- the movie de fritz lang -> metropolis

- the movie Brazil.

- my imagination

- UT2004

- a website which is retropolis.

- Myst 3 for the idea of the balloon, and for the athmosphere

[CanadianTerror 0]

My bad.  

I still like those other tanks though...itd be nice to see them out

[Blackbuck 9]

wow first visit to this thread and i must say good job old chap

[Sennacherib 0]

the new tank:

Quote[/b] ]I still like those other tanks though...itd be nice to see them out

sorry mate, but for now, this tank is dead and the jeep too

[Shinkansen 0]

a last pic: because i stop my project for the moment, to finish my ww2ec stuff

I would suggest to finish those tanks first , they are looking really good and it won't hurt if the wwiiec stuff will need some more days until release...

But it's only my opinion...

[redpride 0]

sorry mate, but for now, this tank is dead and the jeep too

NO NO! Don't stop work on the jeep..or the tank..they look absolutely marvelous darling!

[Sennacherib 0]

@Shinkansen, the old tank doesn't match with my new idea

@Redpride, no no no no

@all, the first project is dead, that mean the old tank (this one )

and the jeep, i keep the first apc

[Sennacherib 0]

the texture of the hull in progress

top view:

perspective view:

edit: the blue is not the final

[nephilim 0]

the stuffs looking great

keep it up

eventually add dirt near track/wheel area

and some customizations like name tags, slogans or kill markings would be awesome

eg. today baghdad tomorrow paris

*cough* sorry french guys :P

[Sennacherib 0]

Quote[/b] ]and some customizations like name tags, slogans or kill markings would be awesome

yeah i thought of that, for the moment there are 2 words

T.A.F and the name of the tank :naja

thx for you reply, i appreciate much

btw: is it possible to add : ambient, emission and specular with photoshop. my example is a new vehicle for UT2007, and i tried a lot of things to have the same effects, but that doesn't work (that works in 3dsmax but not on the textures.)

I do not manage either to create a metal effect

[Abs_01 0]

I'm not a texturer or a pro at 3ds max, but doesn't it have a "save to texture" option that might do that for you?

Also, in o2, you can make some surfaces "emit" light. It's in the face properties, if I remember correctly.

Abs

[Sennacherib 0]

yeah, i know "save to texture" to add a lightingmap

o2 what is it ? in fact, i don't like the effects done with o2 or with the emission, specular etc wrote in a cpp, it's not good at all, for a tank.

[nephilim 0]

o2 doesnt have such function

neither ofp supports specular maps

theres a way to immitate this effect

but itll increase polycount by 2

if you want to know how

pm me dante

o2 isnt that bad

besides its vital for good ofp addons.

eg setting up lightning (sharp/smooth edges)

the cfgmaterials isnt that bad.

in max you have same values as these you enter in the cfg

like diffuse

emmisive bla bla

at least i also can adjust such values in modo/maya

only thing is that you need to pbo the addon before you can check the lighting..

demanding.. :P

[Sennacherib 0]

ok, i sent you a pm

the problem is that i don't know how to import the bump mapping in o2, that works fine in 3dsmax, but in max i have differents files for one texture. and it's impossible to have the same thing in o2. thus, i will try to use the gradiant tool in photoshop etc.

that all folks

[scousejedi 0]

bump mapping = wait for ArmA Im afraid

Give the OFP engine a break - it is 5 years old after all

Anyname for T.A.F's OPFOR yet? How about 'Space Lobsters' ?

[redpride 0]

Bump mapping is very CPU demanding. If OFP engine had bump mapping you'd probably have to set the field view to minimum otherwise the framerate would be unbearable. I'd hate to see how it works out in ArmA on my rig.

[Sennacherib 0]

T.A.F is Thyria armed forces

yep i know for the bump mapping, but i like to try different things. for now i use some filters in photoshop, that seems good for the moment.

Quote[/b] ]bump mapping = wait for ArmA Im afraid

yeah, and the normal mapping too

Quote[/b] ]Space Lobsters

yeah cool, for the ennemies

[Sennacherib 0]

well you can see the new lighting effect done with a filter; i'm rather satisfied

of course, it's not finished

[nephilim 0]

bump mapping and normal mapping are two different things.

dxdll uses a bump map for the water

[Shinkansen 0]

well you can see the new lighting effect done with a filter; i'm rather satisfied  

of course, it's not finished  

One small question, if you can use a high end program like 3ds max, why not making all texture effects in 3ds max, making screenshots and place them as textures on the modell?

Of course lightning effects can be done by filters, too, but with the help of 3DS MAX lightning / shadow will be logical (for the modell at least).

On other small thing: the name "naja" can be free translated as "maybe"...

[Sennacherib 0]

Quote[/b] ]One small question, if you can use a high end program like 3ds max, why not making all texture effects in 3ds max, making screenshots and place them as textures on the modell?

because the screensshot can't match with all the faces, and i don't want to do tons of screenshots

Quote[/b] ]Of course lightning effects can be done by filters, too, but with the help of 3DS MAX lightning / shadow will be logical (for the modell at least)

yeah, but for a real lighting in max, you need to put different textures in specular etc, and o2 and ofp don't support that. but i found a tutorial (in french) which maybe could help me, i must try it.

Quote[/b] ]On other small thing: the name "naja" can be free translated as "maybe"...

in fact the Naja is a snake like the cobra; the complete name is cobra Naja : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naja

[nephilim 0]

taking screen shots as textures is stupid....

high end tools have a baking option.

this option allows to "bake" all the sfx stuff onto the texture.

[Sennacherib 0]

Quote[/b] ]high end tools have a baking option.

this option allows to "bake" all the sfx stuff onto the texture.

where exactly? i tried with unwrapper but i diddn't see anything

btw: i'm not a pro, i learn 3dsmax and all that stuff only for my pleasure. this is why, i like to have some help

[Sennacherib 0]

the new textures: