[REQ] WWI submarine mod

[Sledgehammer427]

Originally Posted by keltos01

Neat !

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

I use MM3D but I'm sure the things can be replicated in a more complicated 3d program.

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