Star Fury Question, Ask Away

Rollo · #1 September 7th, 2003, 09:30 PM

The models must be converted to .x format and use a texture bitmap (.bmp format) of any size.

Personally I have good experience with using anim8or to model and Lithunwrap to do the texture mapping. Both programs are freeware.

[ September 07, 2003, 20:34: Message edited by: Rollo ]

Atrocities · #2 September 8th, 2003, 01:36 AM

Rollo we need links.

Ed Kolis · #3 September 8th, 2003, 02:32 AM

I would also recommend Wings 3D (www.wings3d.org) for making ship models; it has a UV texture mapping plugin (what you need to make the texture bitmaps for the models

) and exports to .3ds, which is easily converted to .x (just look on Google for a program called 3dsconv.exe). Wings has a TON of mesh manipulation commands - I made the saucer section of the Enterprise in just a few minutes by creating a cylinder and repeatedly insetting and extruding faces on either side!

Now you say you can make your texture files ANY size? That's news to me... looks like ships might start coming in "good graphics card" and "crappy graphics card" Versions!

Wydraz · #4 September 8th, 2003, 07:54 AM

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
Rollo we need links.

I found one for lithunwrap...

http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=198

Rollo · #5 September 8th, 2003, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Wydraz:

quote:
Originally posted by Atrocities:
Rollo we need links.

I found one for lithunwrap...

http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=198

thanks.

and anim8or is simply www.anim8or.com

deccan · #6 September 8th, 2003, 02:03 PM

1) What is the quality of the 3-d engine? How does it compare to top-of-the-line 3-d games?

2) How much control do you have over individual ships? Do you have multiple turrets per ship? Can you shoot at multiple targets at the same time? Is there damage control and repair like in Starfleet Command?

3) How big are space battles? Can you have allied ships? Can you be part of a fleet action?

Instar · #7 September 8th, 2003, 08:52 PM

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Originally posted by deccan:
1) What is the quality of the 3-d engine? How does it compare to top-of-the-line 3-d games?

2) How much control do you have over individual ships? Do you have multiple turrets per ship? Can you shoot at multiple targets at the same time? Is there damage control and repair like in Starfleet Command?

3) How big are space battles? Can you have allied ships? Can you be part of a fleet action?

1) This obviously is not Doom3 or HL2, as its only one guy doing all the coding. Nothing overly dramatic about the graphics, pretty decent textures, I haven't ever seen anything that looked horrible, but nothing is super extreme outstanding. Of course, the game is to run on a P3 500 or so, so it really cannot hold a candle to Doom3 (I am ever so eagerly waiting for it... but I worry, will my P4 handle it?)