SUR Files - Good news!!

Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:39 am by Gila

Couldnt find the thread about hitboxes...but one of the Freeworlds RP server players MAY have made a breakthrough. You can find info HERE: Click here

If you have any comments but are not registered on FW, post 'em here and i'll pass them on.

Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:28 am by Siber

woh it looks nice
Siber

Fri Mar 10, 2006 1:13 pm by Bejaymac

Thanks Gila, that kind of explains where I've been going wrong, to bloody complex.

**shuffles of with a new headache**

Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:10 pm by baene

*rubs hands in anticipation*

EXCELLENT WORK! I can't wait till you release it! I will even offer myself (well, my SHIPS lol) to be a guinea pig! Let me know if i can help somehow. I have models of many sizes/shapes in a mod i'm making, so if you need someone to test your theories etc, just let me know!

Baene

Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:14 am by Leadcrows

Yep, really good news.

Sat Mar 11, 2006 9:35 am by FriendlyFire

Awesome! This has just made my day

With these few tips I've finally generated a non-crashing SUR file! I'll have to dig why there are some parts that do not register hits, but at least it can be used!!!

Thanks alot!!!!

Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:55 pm by Cold_Void

indeed - i too followed Gila's tips(two meshes+use shield-bubble)and got a 98% valid sur - it has a couple angles where you can pass through things by going backwards but its 98% effective. true,its just a simple warped cube and i haven't tested anything more complex,but just being able to form fit the sur means a fairer cross section & better looking weapon impacts

now to make a concave shape ^__^

Edited by - Cold_Void on 3/11/2006 6:55:49 PM

Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:05 pm by Anton

Concave wont work mate

Look at DA's sur files... All meshes MUST be convex and as low poly as possible. Argh made some fine headway to demonstrate the flaws and pluses of the exporter in current form - the major issue is the hit spheres, they are not calculated correctly. After that comes vertices not properly aligned, an artifact of imprecise modelling in Milkshape. Iron out these two factors and we will have joy i think.

+++ out of cheese error - redo from start +++

Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:18 pm by Bejaymac

I've only got one thing to say OMFG , I've just got a SUR to work.

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY

Time for some serious experiments to see if it works fully and if I can replicate it.

**shuffles of with a new headache**

Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:44 pm by Cold_Void

Anton, would the bad hit spheres explain all the chaotic rebound vectors resulting from a collision?seems like the custom sur is catching where a regular sur would allow sliding

@Bejaymac:i am reserving my happy joy joy dance for multipart sur export

Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:06 am by Bejaymac

@CV, After several weeks of frustration at trying to get a SUR to work, actually watching my ship get ripped apart by weapons fire had me doing cartwheels.

However it's only 90% ATM as the root and one wing don't register damage.

**shuffles of with a new headache**

Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:09 am by Anton

@Cold - yes it may explain it.

@ Bej - It accounts for your problem too

I need to run some tests with a hand made sur to see what i can get away with.

+++ out of cheese error - redo from start +++

Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:42 am by Gila

Dont credit me

I am NOT Stevo. I'm just the messenger!

The thread i posted is constantly being updated, and info is constantly becoming obsolete - So check back often. Hell, while you're there....come play FW!

Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:55 am by nail

Gila, for some reason I can not read the thread you posted, even created myself an account overthere, but it keeps on telling me that I tried to access an area where I dont belong

Any Idea ?

Anyway, that all sounds very promising, and as this is one of the last things my ships need, I am very interested in getting this information you all talk about. Perhaps one of you could roughtly put it here ?

best regards, Nail

PS: Please forgive me if it was a stupid thing to ask.

Edited by - nail on 6/24/2006 10:57:12 AM

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