Topic: TMP F-CAD Drone Cruiser

[Dizzy]

Would someone be able to do the registry, NCC-1601 Agincourt, for this ship i have retextured here:
 
 
   

[Chrystoff]

That looks excellent!!  

[DestinyCalling]

I can, if you like, and I can do registries... Is that based on P81's Connie or the Wicked Zombie retex... oh and would sir be requiring any additional decoration??  

[Lt. Cmdr Worf]

That would be Hig-Higenfurst's retex of P-81's TMP Connie Refit. I can also due registries.  Can't have enough Connie's.

[Dizzy]

I can do them as well... But I just lack the font that has the red outlinning. If you give me that, I'll do it. I'd prefer to do it anyway. And yes, thats Hig's most excellent 1024 textures. I have retextured every single one of all my Connie variants using his. They are just stellar!

Anyway, this is the prototype. FS wont host it until I get the registries correct. So anything else needs adding or subtracting?

 

[DestinyCalling]

That was it... the Hig one... well I was close.... since I got all 3 I can be forgiven for confusing them  

[Lt. Cmdr Worf]

Send me ur blank textures. It'll only take me like 10 minutes and then Ill send them back to you.
ddb5@snip.net

[Dizzy]

ummm... what blank textures?

[Marauth]

Ones for the ship that don't have any names or registry on them - the one's he'd need to make the Agincourt ones. Nice retex BTW.

Oh - there's no such thing as a two-tone font AFAIK. What I do is use one with the outline and then make the textures really oversized so I can recolour the outline only to be red, then shrink the texture to it's final size.

[Lt. Cmdr Worf]

I used to do it that way, but what I do now is oversize it, put the registry on and then use the magic wand to remove the black out line then stroke in red to get the outline. it looks really nice, let me tell ya.

[Dizzy]

Worf, ck your PM.

[Lt. Cmdr Worf]

Hey Dizzy I have to find the blank textures for this thing, but ill do it first thing in the morning when i have more patients, and when my computer isn't acting up.  drop ur email addy in this post and ill send them out to you as soon as i get them done.

[DestinyCalling]

Have a look on "New Galveston"... There's a set of blank Connie textures there....  

LINK:
http://nightsoftware.com/compictures/pataflafla/index.htm  

[Dizzy]

Hehe... Found my blank textures. Thought I didn't have them. I put them in the dumbest place... hehe. I'll beat worf to the punch yet~! Also found my registry font. Whoohoo!


EDIT: Okies, I am done with it all cept the bottom saucer. Will do that tomorrow. It all looks good...

Should be available for D/L tomorrow night.

[FireSoul]

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I can do them as well... But I just lack the font that has the red outlinning. If you give me that, I'll do it. I'd prefer to do it anyway. And yes, thats Hig's most excellent 1024 textures. I have retextured every single one of all my Connie variants using his. They are just stellar!

Anyway, this is the prototype. FS wont host it until I get the registries correct. So anything else needs adding or subtracting?

Woho. Blaming it on me. uh-huh.
.. well.. you have to admit it's all it's lacking.

[FireSoul]

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Hehe... Found my blank textures. Thought I didn't have them. I put them in the dumbest place... hehe. I'll beat worf to the punch yet~! Also found my registry font. Whoohoo!


EDIT: Okies, I am done with it all cept the bottom saucer. Will do that tomorrow. It all looks good...
Should be available for D/L tomorrow night.

Glad to know ..
Dizzy? Do you have 3ds max? Will this thing have LODs?

[Dizzy]

At the very least, 2x of the 3x drone racks are mapped. Everything else should be. That answer your question?

[FireSoul]

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At the very least, 2x of the 3x drone racks are mapped. Everything else should be. That answer your question?  

Not really.
.. Levels of details.. .. the part where the .mod contains multiple models, the other models with a lesser number of polys used in a distance. You don't have to do this, since very few people do, but I was just asking.

[Kaenyne]

So cool!

I love it!

I'll be standing by to d/l!  I promise you that!

An excellent retexture, Dizzy!

[Dizzy]

thanks for the compliments! Im glad im being well received here... This is something I usually dont get into.

FS, yes, the model uses some 512 and 1024's at 1 and then drops to 256 at 2 and 128 at 3.

Is that supposed to help with frame rate?

[FireSoul]

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thanks for the compliments! Im glad im being well received here... This is something I usually dont get into.

FS, yes, the model uses some 512 and 1024's at 1 and then drops to 256 at 2 and 128 at 3.
Is that supposed to help with frame rate?  

.. nah. The BMP only reduces the load slightly. .. it's the # of polys I'm worried about.  Just to give you an idea, p81's TMP FCA model has over 6000 polys, and slows down the game to around 45 FPS with just it on my screen (mod viewer). Add other ships to the mix and it's choppy.

However, a slight weld to the model's vertexes and it drops down to 2000 polys, looking a lot better FPS wise even if it's not at the highest quality. But you use that for the model's LOD2 (range 10-20?) which is the range you'll usually see your ship unless you really zoom into it. Add a crappy-level LOD3 for the far distance (over range 20?) and the game will actually go a lot smoother.

Also, the break mod doesn't have to use the 6000 polys version of the model. That's.. insane.


-- Luc

[Lt. Cmdr Worf]

Firesoul P-81 did lod's for that ship. At least my version has LODs im pretty sure Dizzy's version does as well.

[FireSoul]

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Firesoul P-81 did lod's for that ship. At least my version has LODs im pretty sure Dizzy's version does as well.  

Hm. When I think about it, I think you're right. Which LOD does the break mod use at your end?
(and what's the FPS in mod viewer? )  

[Dizzy]

it uses the largest textures for the break.

My mod viewer shows the cad at 150 fps. Course my video card eats polys for breakfast...

[Lt. Cmdr Worf]

It looks like LOD1 but im not sure the lower sensor dome looks like LOD2 but the rest of the ship looks like LOD1 i think the brk.mod is from P-81's old fca before he did the TMP from the Special Edition DVD. In fact i think thats exactly what it is. because i have the previous version and it has the old lower sensor dome on it.  

[FireSoul]

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It looks like LOD1 but im not sure the lower sensor dome looks like LOD2 but the rest of the ship looks like LOD1 i think the brk.mod is from P-81's old fca before he did the TMP from the Special Edition DVD. In fact i think thats exactly what it is. because i have the previous version and it has the old lower sensor dome on it.  

*wince*

[Lord Schtupp]

Nice detail on the drone launchers

[Lt. Cmdr Worf]

Hey LS any chance you're gonna give a try at a TMP Enterprise Refit? I'd love to see ur rendition of it.  and Thanx for that font i really appreciate it.