Models giveaway
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SolCommand crazy and genius as usually - looks like this ship may used well backwards!
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Haha, crazy yes but genius is a little bit over the top haha
Yup, with only slight modification you can easily make it âworkâ backwards 
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It resembles a scorpion I think.
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Yes, I actually thought about making such a scorpion tail for it but it âbrokeâ the smooth lines of the model and I changed my mind.
Now hereâs a fighter ship if you guys need one:
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Sol, youâre work is getting so detailed that youâll have to start designing your ships with animation in mind, folding wings and pop up weapons etc.
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Sol, bro⌠you need to learn to texture. Your work is so fabulous, youâre just that one step away from being a truly amazing artist.
Trust me, I used to hate the idea, myself. Eventually I was forced to start, and after a while, I got good at it. I even enjoy it. Do eet. Do eet nao.
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Hehe Timmy, I have so many models in my mind right now, ready to be made, that I have no time for animations
Sizer, truth be told, the simple thought that I need to learn all the things about how a new software works (in this case Photoshop, cause I never used it) makes me wanna pack my things and go on a spiritual journey on Himalaya or somewhere haha. However, I fully agree that I do NEED to do it at some point. Time will tell.
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Its reaaaaaaaaaaaaly not that hard, gentlemen. The most annoying part of it is generating good UVs. After that, its a cakewalk, just time spent. Sit down, and just do it. Thatâs really all there is to it.
Be epic. Know what, screw it. Schoolâs out till late June for me, Iâm free for a while. Add me on skype, anubis714. Iâll run a seminar. I can get yaâll up to pro-grade in a day.
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Have to agree with Sizer. UV mapping is the biggest pain in the butt ever. After that, making a good texture is rather easy.
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Hehe yeah it is a pain. Although when it comes to models letâs say below 5k polys it is quite fun to unwrap the UVs, but when it comes to models 30k and more I start looking at the blue sky and wishing I had a different life on this earth
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Well it took me a total of 1.5 hours to texture the Mjolnir, most of the time was spent picking the right texture, thats what 89k polys? As long as u keep the part separate it usually is pretty easy. Most of my time working on your models has been reassigning polys to a specific texture then using various UV mapping on them. Its not hard though, just time consuming. I also recently did a one called Uberport, most of the mapping time was spent pulling the windows out of the model so the interior could be seen in-game (one of your 2009 starports btw). A tip, leave ur model in parts, it helps when UV mapping them.
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Oh and use FBX, so much better for max users.
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Yes LS but thatâs as easy only when doing a âgeneralâ texture where usually an automatic uv unwrap solves the problem but if you want to make a proper texture, youâll need a proper uv layout, arranged manually so that it is easy to paint and also not to have problems when making normal maps, having it look clean and not cluttered and stuff like that.
If I were to release all my models with a default kind of texture it would only take me minutes to texture them but I donât want to do that, cause I either map the UVs the proper way or I donât do it at all.
Making a good and clean uv unwrap is pretty time consuming but I can do it if I want to (afterall I did it so many times before), so thatâs not the actual problem. Main issue is that I donât like doing âgeneralâ textures and at the moment I also lack the skills to make ârealisticâ looking hull textures, they always end up looking more like plastic than metal so I prefer not to waste my time making textures that might not even be used by a dev for their mod or game in their original form made by me. Most modders here have the know-how to make textures so that means that even if my model will be used in 2 different projects it will look different because it was textured by 2 people with different tastes and variation is always a good thing. -
Most modders DONâT have the know how to make proper textures. Of all the skills in the general modding community, texture artists are the second most scarce, behind proper high-level programmers.
Iâm telling you, you sound just like me about 3 years ago. âI can do it, but I donât want to.â
Whatâs really happening here is that you arenât satisfied with what you can do (youâve said as much), therefore you donât like doing it⌠therefore you wonât get better at it. Making a metallic texture isnât hard, it just takes a few tricks. Theyâre stupid obvious, but easy to overlook. I am going to keep harassing you till you try. Someone did the same for me, and I hated him a bit, but it was worth it.
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Hehe then you can keep trying mate but it isnât going to happen any time soon
Besides, why even try this hard to get better at this thing when I have no future plans in this line of work. I plan to take things one day at a time, whatever happens happens, thatâs one thing I learned from my recent motorcycle accident where Iâm still amazed I actually escaped rather ok. -
Automatic UV doesnât work for me especially when working with your older models (no UV at all). I just tend to like customized UV for the models which points out your âevery modder has a preferenceâ statement. Most of your textured models are unaltered but if they arenât, I texture them to my own preference. Hehe guess Iâm used to it since Furball never textures his models anymore, itâs a non-issue to me. Just keep creating great models and I will keep UV mapping them accordingly.
When you do texture them like he said, usually the modders will keep those textures intact, even I doâŚ
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SolCommand wrote:
Hehe then you can keep trying mate but it isnât going to happen any time soon Besides, why even try this hard to get better at this thing when I have no future plans in this line of work. I plan to take things one day at a time, whatever happens happens, thatâs one thing I learned from my recent motorcycle accident where Iâm still amazed I actually escaped rather ok.Ah bollox! I adopted that attitude when I had an argument with a lamp post at 80mph 12 years ago, since then Iâve achieved nothing in particular that I hadnât already achieved back then.
Put it into perspective! You might feel like youâve cheated death, and youâre probably thinking more about what might have happened (but didnât), than what actually did happen. Truth is, youâre fine and you still have the rest of your life to look forward to, so dream, and dream big!
I had a heart attack last year and finally woke up. Time is not something to waste away with a whatever happens happens attitude, make plans and make things happen otherwise nothing ever will
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I need examples of what FL will accept for new player ships. Anything like that?
What is the max poly limit for a typical player ship in vanilla FL? Iâm using a budget module for Blender.
You, dude, made it before I can think of one!
