Anyone looking to help mod ships? Element ships...

Tue Nov 11, 2003 11:36 pm by discharger12

I wanted to make some ships, based on the Periodic table of elements.

Geeky, yes, but wouldnt you like to see a freighter called the Lurithenium (0r whatever it is called) or a VHF called the Plutonium? just a neat thought...

But im still learning how to mod with milkshape

Dont know how to import to freelancer though.

If any help could come by thanks in advance.

cheers!
discharger12

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Wed Nov 12, 2003 12:46 am by Chips

109 ships?

Wed Nov 12, 2003 4:22 am by discharger12

lol, not all the elements

just the cool ones

maybe 6,7 heck Ill go for over 20, but whos going to even help me?

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Wed Nov 12, 2003 5:32 am by Imagine

<scratches head>
why not just rename the existing ships?

Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:01 pm by discharger12

thats a good idea, but wouldnt it be better if we kind of altered the old ships a bit? eg. add a wing on the liberty... oh, nevermind

SO is anyone interested in helping?

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Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:10 am by the_seeker

I could help, though my modeling skills aren't too good

Have you got another modeling tool? Using Milkshape is a pain, Maya or Lightwave or Max are much easier (yeah, like we all have a couple of thousand dollars to spend;-))

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Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:43 am by discharger12

I have milkshape but have no clue how to use it

Do those other programs cost money?

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Sat Nov 15, 2003 10:00 pm by discharger12

hello?

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Sun Nov 16, 2003 3:31 am by the_seeker

Sorry about the delay
Milkshape is just about impossible to use for this task
Those other programs cost from about $300 - $15000 (AUD)
There are free ones (gmax, doga) but exporting options are limited (BTW, if anyone finds a dxf/3ds/obj/lwo exportor ("Gamepack"

for GMAX I would appreciate it)

The Ship Tutorial in the Tutorial Forum teaches you how to add hardpoints and texture, so if you want to offload the modelling to others and do this yourself I'd be happy to help

The seeker

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Sun Nov 16, 2003 10:44 am by discharger12

OMG! 15000 for a stupid videogame modler!!!! For that price, i could BUY a whole team of experts to do the job for me!

thanks for the moral support. *sigh* maybe this could just be an idea for others?

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Mon Nov 17, 2003 3:57 am by the_seeker

Here's something that might make you feel better, the one that is $15000 is really, really top end (think SW:AOTC or LOTR:TT type CG work). I personally use a version of Truespace I got free on a magazine cover CD for most of my CG work. This isn't too great but it beats milkshape. I'm sure you could find something like this if you look around.

Or just post more ideas/concept sketches etc. in this forum. I'll see what I can do and what others help with

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Tue Nov 18, 2003 1:36 am by discharger12

Hmm.. well i do have a few ideas. Ill want to try for sketches... is there i way i can get models of ships from freelancer to milkshape?

BTW, can you check how many bytes that TrueSpace thing is? Im kind of short

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Tue Nov 18, 2003 3:17 am by the_seeker

In the downloads section you will find a link to the CMP importer. Unfortunately it doesn't import hardpoints

I have started modeling a prototype of the Heavy fighter Plutonium, with it's Rad Gun, Rad Cannon, Rad Turret and Sizzler Beam (names are work in progress)

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Wed Nov 19, 2003 3:20 am by discharger12

cool

Ive been busy lately, but Ill try and work on that.

Ive also thought of a few good names that associate with Plutonium.

One gun should have the name Berkley in it, as it was discovered in Berkley California. (e.g. burkley ray)

Another should have the name Atomic in it, as it was used in the atomic bomb. (atomic ray)

Ill come up with more ideas soon. What do you think so far?

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Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:11 am by the_seeker

Sorry again for the delay, I've been upgrading my PC

Ideas sound pretty cool. Here's a new one. How about a weapon that is mountable only on all of the ships in this mod, named after the creator of the periodic table?

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