Simviation Forum - WIP _ Mk10 Wellington

Mar 1^st, 2006 at 2:48pm

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Thanks to some help from you bunch I (with support from Mrs Smoke2much) have been able to almost complete the following:

There is still a fair amount to do (accurate placement of fin, decent aileron, proper engines, a tailwheel that works without a MakeMDL error etc. ad infinitum) but I think that she is taking shape nicely. The learning curve with G-Max is pretty steep but I have started to really enjoy it. There is clearly no hope for me Wink

Will

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Reply #1 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 2:56pm

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The learning curve with G-Max is pretty steep but I have started to really enjoy it.

Ex-cellent . . . another minion has been captured by the wiles of the Dark Side! Hahaha!!! Grin

Very nice work, there Will. If I might make a suggestion, see if you can roughen up those textures a bit. They're a little too smooth to look real. A LITTLE less shine, and some weathering to boot would do it well.

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Reply #2 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 3:03pm

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Thanks mate! The textures are still very much a work in progress. The only way that I can get them to look nice is to use 33bit 1024*1024 jobs that work out at 5-6MB a shot. I am working on the settings to get less shine etc but I'm not sure what the numbers mean yet Roll Eyes

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I'll post more shots when she looks more "real"

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Reply #3 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 3:07pm

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33bit 1024*1024 jobs that work out at 5-6MB a shot

My goodness, man! Bring it down a notch! Just stick with good ol' DXT3 or 32-bit. It's way too much for a system to handle with 5-6 Mb as a standard!

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Reply #4 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 3:16pm

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I've tried that (DXT3 as opposed to Extended 32Bit 888-8) and it looks OK but the roundel is really blocky. I will have to detach the roundel pollies as a seperate object and apply the roundel a new texture.

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Reply #5 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 3:21pm

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I've tried that (DXT3 as opposed to Extended 32Bit 888-8) and it looks OK but the roundel is really blocky. I will have to detach the roundel pollies as a seperate object and apply the roundel a new texture.

If you must - DO NOT detach the roundel polys from the main body. Detach as clone. then set that material with a Z-bias and texture as normal but with a transparent texture with the roundel the only opaque colours.

Basically, you're making a "decal" ...

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Reply #6 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 3:43pm

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How do I do that? I guess you make a black (0,0,0) background for the BMP but as for the Z bias and only making certain colours transparent or opaque .....

This isn't covered in the idiots guide is it?

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Reply #7 - Mar 1^st, 2006 at 3:53pm

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Nope - but check the material names in the SDK. I believe the material name should start with Z_ or something like that.

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