Anyone Making Large 3D Ships ? - Page 2

AG124 · 07-06-08, 11:08 AM

@ gimpy117 - Actually, Iambecomelife has created a full fleet of merchants; the images here are of a different vessel than the Empire class freighter.

iambecomelife · 07-06-08, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by LukeFF

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

I am working on some civilian ships for the merchant navies in SH3. When I am finished I will add several of them to SH4, depending on whether the Japanese had ships that looked like them.

Do you have the ONI manual on Japanese merchant ships? They are an excellent resource for Japanese merchant ship designs. In fact, every stock merchant used by Japan, plus a couple from 1.5, are in the manual. I'd recommend getting it if you don't already have it.

Yes - I bought an electronic edition of ONI-208-J a while ago. It was an excellent investment because of the detailed profile drawings that are available. There are quite a few nice photos as well.

And you're right AG124 - these two ships are meant to be 5,000 ton steamers that are smaller & much older than the empire freighter. Generally any ship with a tall funnel and a counter stern (hourglass-shaped rear) is very old-fashioned.

jmjohnson36 · 07-08-08, 06:41 PM

But no one really show interest so I gave up trying to help and just made my own ships... heres the link any ways http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111685

gimpy117 · 07-08-08, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by AG124

@ gimpy117 - Actually, Iambecomelife has created a full fleet of merchants; the images here are of a different vessel than the Empire class freighter.

ohh it looked pretty close...prolly the deck gun towers that got me...
*gets out recognition manual*

iambecomelife · 07-08-08, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by skwasjer

Great model, excellent texturing. Good stuff for sure...

Are you going to work on AO, spec and bumpmaps as well? We need some more modders trying out the new texturing techniques for SH4

I don't know how to do them yet.

What is AO, by the way?

rodan54 · 07-08-08, 10:17 PM

AO = Ambient Occlusion. They're the textures (.O0X extension) that apply static shadows/lighting to various object in game, i.e. ships, subs, weapons, etc.

Here's a basic tutorial I wrote up a while back detailing how to create AO maps, should allow you to get started.

Ambient Occlusion Tutorial

skwasjer · 07-09-08, 06:11 AM

And here's a thread I made regarding the different texture mappings.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=126436

07-06-08, 11:08 AM	#16
AG124 Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,878 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	IBL SHIV Merchants @ gimpy117 - Actually, Iambecomelife has created a full fleet of merchants; the images here are of a different vessel than the Empire class freighter. __________________ DOWNLOAD GWX HERE: http://www.thegreywolves.com/index.html

07-08-08, 06:41 PM	#18
jmjohnson36 Engineer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kansas City, KS Posts: 203 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I made a mod pack of some ships But no one really show interest so I gave up trying to help and just made my own ships... heres the link any ways http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=111685 __________________ "Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud."~If I was President...Iran would have a nuke...they just wouldnt like the delivery method... <AHREF="http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=120621"_blank">JSGME Quick Reference</A> Major US ARMY RANGERS 1985-2003

07-09-08, 06:11 AM	#22
skwasjer The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,549 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 3	And here's a thread I made regarding the different texture mappings. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=126436 __________________ S3D - Silent 3ditor (v0.9.9) - S3D homepage - Open sourced S3D file parser API's - SUBSIM thread SH5 mods: Speech Recognition for SH5 \| Digital UI Clock Tutorials: [TEC] Import/export 3D models to/from game using S3D [TEC] How to work with the model viewer in S3D - VIDEO

07-08-08, 10:17 PM	#21
rodan54 Navy Dude Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: California, USA Posts: 176 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	AO = Ambient Occlusion. They're the textures (.O0X extension) that apply static shadows/lighting to various object in game, i.e. ships, subs, weapons, etc. Here's a basic tutorial I wrote up a while back detailing how to create AO maps, should allow you to get started. Ambient Occlusion Tutorial