3D Model Showroom

Freelancer uses normal maps now :-??? I feel so out of touch.

@Sizer:
Very good texturing work on that ship Sizer.
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Freelancer uses normal maps now ??

That’s new to me too.

Freelancer itself doesn’t, but in FW:ToW, afaik, there will be a different rendering engine which will support normal and specular maps and some fairly nice features.

Gisteron wrote:
… If it needs any animations, i’d gladly make some

May I ask a favour?
As I’m terrible in maths (as sig says), there is no way I can successfully make the tail animation like snake movement is.
Its the Sc_tail wag and part in Sc_end anim.

LOOK the VIDEO
why is youtube tag broken?

3MAJ-VHF

NO RUSH & Muchas Gracias in advance!

Gisteron wrote:
Freelancer itself doesn’t, but in FW:ToW, afaik, there will be a different rendering engine which will support normal and specular maps and some fairly nice features.

The engine supersedes FL’s, it doesn’t sit besides it. We’re disabling the old DirectX 8 renderer entirely to streamline code and support.

Not exactly a Freelancer ship, since it already have around 30k polys, but I thought I show it to you guys. It’s a wip, many more details to come.

@sumanuti: i’ll just ignore how little i think of this to be a typical or ballanced spaceship design
you sure are challenging me, but i’ll see if i can find some room in my schedule for this. interesting idea anyway.

Kuze that model looks great mate but if you really want to use it ingame you could easily turn that into a 5-10k poly model. Anyway, nice ship, keep it up.

Thanks. The ship is a personal project. A modelling training one can say. It will in the end have, I predict, around 80k-100k polys. It is not for Freelancer. I only did FL-related ship before, and I realized recently how limited my modelling skills are and very much I lack 3D experience. A good way to improve is imo a non-fl model where I am not limited to polygon count or design elements.

BTW I need to figure out how to make the landing gears and where to put them.

Gisteron wrote:
@sumanuti: i’ll just ignore how little i think of this to be a typical or ballanced spaceship design
you sure are challenging me, but i’ll see if i can find some room in my schedule for this. interesting idea anyway.

Typical? - Yea, u r right, it’s unusual.
Balanced? - Except lack of shield bubble - its similar compared with Eagle for example (hitbox volume/size) which specs is currently configured.
Any idea to make it better or more balanced, I gladly would like to hear.
Also, if u get confused about parts - just ask (but I doubt u will).

And, again, no rush, when u bored, have time and will to do it, make it without any pressure.

If someone not saw yet model recreated by our modeller Wintech from drawing

Space Battleship Yamato meets Liberty nice.

Kuze wrote:
Not exactly a Freelancer ship, since it already have around 30k polys, but I thought I show it to you guys. It’s a wip, many more details to come.

Kuze that’s an excellent design, I really like little details like the airlock on the side. One thing that bugs me is the cockpit though; The human figure in the pic indicates it’s a large ship (perhaps a freighter or bomber) but it has a fighter-style buble canopy and which is scaled to indicate a pilot 4 times larger than is shown.

It would look better with either a smaller canopy or a more classic ‘bridge’ with small windows….to me at least

The ship will be a trader. With the cockpit you are right. The ship started randomly as a fighter-something, but evolved into this… I shall redesign the bridge, but the cockpit is always the most frustrating part of the ship modelling process. I was inspired by the Traveller Free Trader ship and maybe I will make a similar design, because the current one is misleading.

Cabine does not fit for this type of ship - human model is too small for it.

For drop ship it will fit better, if human will be same height as rear baydoor

Better? I think it is. But it is just a concept for me, I will redo it further. I will elevate the hull at the back, make a turret there, add 2 missile bays with missile pilons - they will be hidden in the hull, as will the landing gears be. The cargo pod needs a remodelling too, the engines needs more details, the ship lacks communication and targeting antennas and equipment too and hull details and greebles. The bridge will be fully modeled and if I add more windows, then those sections too…I am excited about this ship, since I never before did an actually functional ship, since the FL ones are, well, random parts put together compared to this one

Ok but it is Friday, and I need a whiskey now

looking decent, Kuze. I’d love to see a wireframe render, or a workspace shot.

Also, more me stuff.

Looks much better now Kuze !

Sizer, that ship is so cool !

@Kuse yep agreed with SolCommand - very nice I have noticed only now human standing near the windows