[aldo_14]

Originally posted by KARMA
well, I still think that it'd be better with some plating lines in the textures, just to breake the wider flat surfaces.

btw guys what's the pcount of your cockpits usually? cuz I have to decide if to add one to an aw which is already over 2k triangles

Venoms cockpit model is about 50-100 all in all, I think.

Mine are much more detailed; the highest is 1152, which includes 2 pilots.  (pilot is 320, cockpit 532).  Normally would be about 600-800 for single-seaters, I think.

It is a very high count, I realise, but on the other hand it looks **** hot IMHO.  But you can get good results for much lower counts, it depends how much detail you're aiming for.

[Bobboau]

probly adds about 150 when all is said and done, it's prety minor on modern models

[Bobboau]

1152!? Bloody 'ell!

you know I have code that could render that submodel only when the player is close to it.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Bobboau
1152!? Bloody 'ell!

Put it this way....I modelled in the seat cushions & joysticks.. I was halfway between making an FS-spec and a cutscene spec model.  And it is a 2 seater, after all; there's a lot of detail I had to add for that specific model.

http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/casofwar/heel/chn_cp1.jpg
http://www.3dactionplanet.com/hlp/hosted/casofwar/heel/chn_cp2.jpg

Originally posted by Bobboau
you know I have code that could render that submodel only when the player is close to it.

 I'm waiting to see the actual performance impact in a proper mission.  If it's an issue, I'll tweak the lods and shove in a low-detail subobject.

[Bobboau]

well if it's already in a seperate subobject (wich it should be now that I think of it, beinf a cockpit and all) there isn't realy much of a reason not to use it, other than lazyness, wich I supose is a valid enough reason.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Bobboau
well if it's already in a seperate subobject (wich it should be now that I think of it, beinf a cockpit and all) there isn't realy much of a reason not to use it, other than lazyness, wich I supose is a valid enough reason.

*ching*

Bingo.

[Swamp_Thing]

Originally posted by aldo_14

Put it this way....I modelled in the seat cushions & joysticks.. I was halfway between making an FS-spec and a cutscene spec model.  

My cockpit is half built in the ship´s hull. Only the seat and pilot (and the ugly joystick) are seperate subojects. But the seat i made i modeled the cushions, side arms, and head rest!


The pilot i´m using is the one that comes with Nuke´s cockpit, and it´s buggy. The model has the back faces missing, wich might present a problem. I like the one you use. Can i borrow it?
Could you set up a file so that i can dowload it? I don´t want to have to build and texture a new one...


UPDATE:
Added the ammo belts to the gatlings, and some numbers to the hull.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Swamp_Thing

The pilot i´m using is the one that comes with Nuke´s cockpit, and it´s buggy. The model has the back faces missing, wich might present a problem. I like the one you use. Can i borrow it?
Could you set up a file so that i can dowload it? I don´t want to have to build and texture a new one...

edit;
http://www.aldo14.f2s.com/portfolio/pilot.zip

[WeatherOp]

If you ask me, the model looks like a Plasma Bomber form Homeworld. Looks good, just not very FS'ish.

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Bobboau
bull, it's fine
(you will want to LOD it, and you are useing _one_ texture (exept from the cockpit glass of course))

looks like a good ship but not very FSy, as many many others have said it looks like something pre-FS1.

I'm pretty sure I've heard people reporting slowdown from less-poly ships. But, they may not have been LODed correctly (or at all).

[Swamp_Thing]

@Aldo_14


Thanks, that was fast!
The pilot has some REALY big legs, doesn´t he? Fortunally, they will be hidden under the dashboard.

[phreak]

i wish our IW2 modding department didn't die off as fast as it did.  this model would fit perfectly into that universe.

[Swamp_Thing]

UPDATE:
Been playing with Photoshop a bit, altering some textures and making some others. I think it looks even better now.
 

http://images5.theimagehosting.com/Racer16.jpg

[Carl]

that's a bit too much. get rid of the four green things in the middle and get rid off the checkers on the fronts of the engines cones.

[Swamp_Thing]

I´m way ahead of you.

But i´m keeping the green lights.
EDIT:
or maybe not...





I think i´ve finished the first phase. Second phase will be texturing the inside of the cockpit, LOD it, pof it, and with any luck blowing it out of the sky in-game!!

[Nico]

Looks like a blockade runner to me

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Swamp_Thing
@Aldo_14


Thanks, that was fast!
The pilot has some REALY big legs, doesn´t he? Fortunally, they will be hidden under the dashboard.

Well, it is completely proportionally correct, because I used a biped (which AFAIK is a correctly proportioned skeleton rig) to model it

Which was actually incredibly useful for properly scale thing cockpit seat et al.

[Swamp_Thing]

Originally posted by Nico
Looks like a blockade runner to me

Why do you say that?

Btw, i´ve named this ship the "BLACKBIRD", for obvious reasons. It looks very similar to the USAF Blackbird, except for the cockpit.
I didn´t base myself on it, it just turned out that way.

[Jetmech Jr.]

Incredible work there, swamp_thing.