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08-30-09, 01:15 AM | #1 |
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thank you IABL!
I just emailed rondomedia on the off-chance they will allow us to use their models (which i doubt, but it is worth a try). I will start on a U-cruiser type now after I post a picture or two of the finished UB before I split the Hull and tower into seperate models. Bridge helm, as the screenshot provides, might be removed.
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08-30-09, 01:57 AM | #2 | |
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I have a question though : how do you cut through a mesh (not a solid) to cut away the torpedo doors, then use the cutout part as a door ? Everytime I do that with meshes in 3DS I get weird results... guess it cuts along the polygons not the inserted shape used to do the cutting. anyways, if we start with a couple subs that's good enough isn't it ? I have those IJN subs (Sen Toku) to finish off... but I will help with what little time I have. keltos |
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08-30-09, 02:16 AM | #3 |
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SOF U35 :
Obviously the SOF models have simple models the details come with the texture. and I guess, like in SH4, sometimes very detailed like the 3d plancking on the Typ IX (missing on US subs) sometimes not. keltos Last edited by keltos01; 08-30-09 at 02:37 AM. |
08-30-09, 02:34 AM | #4 | |
PacWagon
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1. I take the sub with the tubes I want and I remove the whole sub, leaving the tubes. -save and exit. 2.When you have the model you want, select the faces you want to use as the torpedo tubes. -Copy the faces into your clipboard -before moving on, save your whole sub as a group. -select your torpedo tube doors, and scale them inward, to the point wheres about a 30cm gap between the faces. -then paste your doors, which are the exact size and scale of the cutouts you just made -you can save these and modify your doors later thats kinda how I do it, I prolly forgot something though
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08-30-09, 04:29 AM | #5 |
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replied on the narwhal thread, sorry I brought this up in this thread, you can erase your replies in here
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08-30-09, 04:31 AM | #6 |
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SH427 :
when you make a sub, do you work with solids, cut merge etc.. then turn to mesh or do you have some other way ? keltos |
08-30-09, 05:25 AM | #7 |
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In MM3D My scratchbuilt sub usually starts as a long rectangle. I believe I work with a mesh, which I can preview as a solid, then I can just click back to the mesh and continue editing.
I rarely remove anything from my models and I have a simple copy/paste function to add on what I need. For instance, If I need torpedo tubes, I'll copy a set and then load my model, where I paste them and work with them that way. MM3D is dirt basic, but it gets the job done. It opens up .objs and I can set texture coordinates easily without much hassle. I cannot Bake AO maps, which is why I have a copy of Blender and 3DS Max standing by to do that. I suggest you download it and give it a try. It'll blow your mind!
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08-30-09, 08:35 AM | #8 | |
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Thanks again for all of the help!
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08-30-09, 12:11 PM | #9 | |
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dl misfit 1.2.4 now, we'll see how easy it is.... keltos |
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