First imported model: Vosper - Page 8

pontius · 01-26-10, 01:27 PM

Good to see such a Topic again after some years

Oh what a breakthrough this was!

AG124 · 10-21-05, 11:26 AM

No progress yet?

UBOAT234 · 10-21-05, 01:13 PM

Mah... but Bump!

Type941 · 10-21-05, 06:03 PM

Fantastic looking merchants, looking forward to them. Great that the scale feature can be used - for example the British Auxillary Cruiser rescaled, 3 more funnels - and we have a 40k tonn Titanic!!

UBOAT234 · 10-23-05, 07:25 AM

Bump

sergbuto · 10-27-05, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

BTW, Sergbuto, could you explain how you handle texturing in Wings3d? I still keep running into the problem of Wings3d using the deck texture as the hull texture. I've tried setting the hulls' components to the material named cfg#TXR_[unitname], but this almost always keeps pack3d from letting me import it.

Thanks.

If a few texture plates applied to the same 3D object (such as f.e. hull with deck), the Wings3D - Pack3D chain may change the order in which they are applied in to the 3D object, compared to the original. That is why f.e. the hull gets the deck texture and vice verse. You may try to exchange textures although they are often used with somewhat different settings for ambient/diffuse background colours and specular effects. I prefer to do post-processing hexediting to fix that.

sergbuto · 10-27-05, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by AG124

Are those the booms that you are going to use on the finished model? They look like they belong on a heavier ship to me - is there another type you could use?

There were some 4000-tonners which used twin masts if that is what you mean. But I was thinking to exchange for single ones.

sergbuto · 10-27-05, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by AG124

BTW - What about the Vosper class (the original subject of this thread)? Will they be ready soon? And is there an ETA for the 3,500 ton freighter? Maybe you should post a preview on your website.

No ETA yet.

sergbuto · 10-27-05, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AG124

I just realized that you are working on more than one.

Do you have a couple of pictures of the others too?

They are still in an ugly shape with parts flying around.

sergbuto · 10-27-05, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by UBOAT234

NOW IS THE MOMENT FOR YOUR PERSONAL TUTORIAL

Sorry. Not enough time to write tutorials. Especially when English is not my native language.

sergbuto · 10-27-05, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Type941

Fantastic looking merchants, looking forward to them. Great that the scale feature can be used - for example the British Auxillary Cruiser rescaled, 3 more funnels - and we have a 40k tonn Titanic!!

Arbitrary scaling will lead to the inappropriate damage model.

AG124 · 10-27-05, 06:41 PM

Yeah, I was talking about the cranes - there are several types in the game which could work but I'm sure you can pick the one which is most realistic.

Even if you haven't made enough progress to show us a preview, could you give us a bit of info on what else you are making? Tankers? Freighters? Troop Ships? Tonnage and parent models?

BTW - I recently tried to clone the Transport, but the library crashed when I put it in the game. I made sure to rename every file to "freighter1", preserving file extensions, then opened the .dat file in pack3d and clicked "clone". Do I need to click on and clone every 3d object?

iambecomelife · 10-27-05, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AG124

Yeah, I was talking about the cranes - there are several types in the game which could work but I'm sure you can pick the one which is most realistic.

Even if you haven't made enough progress to show us a preview, could you give us a bit of info on what else you are making? Tankers? Freighters? Troop Ships? Tonnage and parent models?

BTW - I recently tried to clone the Transport, but the library crashed when I put it in the game. I made sure to rename every file to "freighter1", preserving file extensions, then opened the .dat file in pack3d and clicked "clone". Do I need to click on and clone every 3d object?

Some possible causes:

1) Did you add an entry for the new ship in englishnames.cfg?

2) Did you make sure that the abbreviation for the ship was the same in englishnames.cfg, [unit].cfg in the ship's data\sea folder, and the data\roster\[nation]\sea\[unit].cfg? The designations for "classname" must be consistent.

3) Did you use the "extrude" function to alter your model in Wings3d?

4) Did you give the new unit a name with the same number of characters as the old unit? For instance, my ore freighter, as a descendent of the vessel NKGN (4 characters) is called NKOC (again, four characters). BTW, I'm not absolutely certain that this last thing needs to be done, but it appears to have been the cause of otherwise mysterious crashes.

iambecomelife · 10-27-05, 08:56 PM

Also, you just need to click on the dat file and press clone in Pack3d; you don't need to clone individual objects.

AG124 · 10-28-05, 06:01 AM

In answer to your four questions.

1. Yes.

2. Yes.

3. Didn't change the model. For some reason, I couldn't even see it in wings 3d - when I exported from pack3d the file size was 0kb. I am new to this after all.

4. No, the new name has a completely different number of letters; this is probably my problem :hmm: . I will give it a four letter name (the Transport's designation is NPTR) and try again tonight.

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10-21-05, 11:26 AM	#2
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	No progress yet?

10-23-05, 07:25 AM	#5
UBOAT234 Weps Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Repubblica di San Marino (Italy) Posts: 362 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Bump

10-27-05, 06:41 PM	#12
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I was talking about the cranes - there are several types in the game which could work but I'm sure you can pick the one which is most realistic. Even if you haven't made enough progress to show us a preview, could you give us a bit of info on what else you are making? Tankers? Freighters? Troop Ships? Tonnage and parent models? BTW - I recently tried to clone the Transport, but the library crashed when I put it in the game. I made sure to rename every file to "freighter1", preserving file extensions, then opened the .dat file in pack3d and clicked "clone". Do I need to click on and clone every 3d object?

10-28-05, 06:01 AM	#15
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	In answer to your four questions. 1. Yes. 2. Yes. 3. Didn't change the model. For some reason, I couldn't even see it in wings 3d - when I exported from pack3d the file size was 0kb. I am new to this after all. 4. No, the new name has a completely different number of letters; this is probably my problem :hmm: . I will give it a four letter name (the Transport's designation is NPTR) and try again tonight.