New Mod concept (WIP)
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Concept sketches for the win. I love drawing when I have a good idea. I draw from 4 perspectives, front, back, side, then a 3D view from the front-side view.
Yeah, write your ideas down. I have a to do list, but outgrew my design document (which was designed for only t1) and may need to write a new one. I have just a few more changes to make before I do T2. So, I may or may not need a design document.
Also, charting out your units and their uses are a good idea. Keeps from having redundant units. I don't have redundant units because I am so lazy I wouldn't make a useless unit >__>
Yeah, write your ideas down. I have a to do list, but outgrew my design document (which was designed for only t1) and may need to write a new one. I have just a few more changes to make before I do T2. So, I may or may not need a design document.
Also, charting out your units and their uses are a good idea. Keeps from having redundant units. I don't have redundant units because I am so lazy I wouldn't make a useless unit >__>
Okay everyone. I will post a design document so everyone is happy. Also, I cannot begin major work on this mod for about a month, unfortunately. Maybe more, hopefully less. Meanwhile, BREAKING NEWS: I have thought of a good name for the mod, "Universal Ascendancy". Tell me what you think. Design doc coming...
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As I am still learning wings, they all suck. Ill start presenting them and realeasing them later. Plus, I am still thinking I want to go with Blender, despite what people say about wings being better for this purpose. Meanwhile, I was wondering what the difference was between 3do and s3o files. S30 certainly seems better in pictures, and seems to incorporate smoothing or something.
s3o is a somewhat modern format and uses UV mapping with one texture per unit. 3do is the ancient OTA format that maps roughly one texture to one polygon. 3do is faster if you just want some random greebles as your texture and don't care at all what the texture looks like, s3o is when you want to get a specific look with your model (which should be 100% of the cases).
No I don't own OTA. Yes, I have used a format very similar to 3do in Warzone 2100. I modeled using notepad++, a graphing calculator, and some scratch paper. Thats why i have to learn wings and blender.
I knew there was a simple solution.You can have deflectors with a negative push, thus pulling shots and weapons in to itself, instead of pushing them away.
Math class notes
Heres some concept art, as asked:
I am a terrible artist, so forgive me for that, but this picture should give you my general direction for the units of FACTION A (still needs a name). The little sketch at the top left is the logo/symbol for the faction. I drew some examples of it on my unit drawings so you could see how it would be used. The general idea for all of these units is that they have 4 legs, which retract into the body. Each leg has two sections, and the lower section has a coverplate that is the only thing exposed when the leg is retracted. The units are, uh, m&m shaped, or roughly cylindrical with highly smoothed edges. They are perfect circles. Colors are very shiny silver, with red logos and red/black/dark details. Also, weapons retract into the top area of the unit, either folding or sliding in. When everything in a unit is retracted, it is in a better armored state, and can move fairly quickly by rolling around. However, in order for the unit to attack, the legs deploy, and weapons pop out. The legs are also better for rough terrain, and autmatically deploy for scaling harder slopes. Legs are slower than rolling. Whenever units are transported, they completely retract into their bodies, forming neat and tidy bundles. On this image are a few examples of units. The top unit is a raider. It is unique due to the fact that the whole body doesn't spin around when it moves. Only the outer tire spins. This unit is essentially a one-wheeled high speed unit. Since the whole unit doesnt spin when the legs are not deployed, the weapons can be used in high speed mode. I showed how the weapon rig would work approximately, with some rocket tubes and a turret (I havent done any turret work yet, all the turrets here are place holders). The panels fold out, hinged at the top, with the weapons coming out of the body or attached to the bottom of the panels. Legs are for better terrain handling for this unit. The next unit is a weapon-free scout (this could be changed if needed). This unit has the same high-speed setup as the unit above with the outer tire. However, instead of weapons it features helicopter-like fans that fold out of the side, and let it fly around vtol-style. The scout is stealth on the ground, but is radar-visible in the air. Air gives better speed and radar coverage, tho. Legs are for stealth all-terrain. The last unit on this page is an armored assault bot. Those legs have armor plates that are bigger, deflecting more shots and giving more armor when the legs are deployed. (Compact state still has more armor) The turret pops out of the top. Ignore that little stick thing. Like i said, i have not designed the turrets yet. You can also ignore that little air transport thing at the bottom of the paper.
Give me feedback. rcdraco I am your friend. May peace be between us.
I am a terrible artist, so forgive me for that, but this picture should give you my general direction for the units of FACTION A (still needs a name). The little sketch at the top left is the logo/symbol for the faction. I drew some examples of it on my unit drawings so you could see how it would be used. The general idea for all of these units is that they have 4 legs, which retract into the body. Each leg has two sections, and the lower section has a coverplate that is the only thing exposed when the leg is retracted. The units are, uh, m&m shaped, or roughly cylindrical with highly smoothed edges. They are perfect circles. Colors are very shiny silver, with red logos and red/black/dark details. Also, weapons retract into the top area of the unit, either folding or sliding in. When everything in a unit is retracted, it is in a better armored state, and can move fairly quickly by rolling around. However, in order for the unit to attack, the legs deploy, and weapons pop out. The legs are also better for rough terrain, and autmatically deploy for scaling harder slopes. Legs are slower than rolling. Whenever units are transported, they completely retract into their bodies, forming neat and tidy bundles. On this image are a few examples of units. The top unit is a raider. It is unique due to the fact that the whole body doesn't spin around when it moves. Only the outer tire spins. This unit is essentially a one-wheeled high speed unit. Since the whole unit doesnt spin when the legs are not deployed, the weapons can be used in high speed mode. I showed how the weapon rig would work approximately, with some rocket tubes and a turret (I havent done any turret work yet, all the turrets here are place holders). The panels fold out, hinged at the top, with the weapons coming out of the body or attached to the bottom of the panels. Legs are for better terrain handling for this unit. The next unit is a weapon-free scout (this could be changed if needed). This unit has the same high-speed setup as the unit above with the outer tire. However, instead of weapons it features helicopter-like fans that fold out of the side, and let it fly around vtol-style. The scout is stealth on the ground, but is radar-visible in the air. Air gives better speed and radar coverage, tho. Legs are for stealth all-terrain. The last unit on this page is an armored assault bot. Those legs have armor plates that are bigger, deflecting more shots and giving more armor when the legs are deployed. (Compact state still has more armor) The turret pops out of the top. Ignore that little stick thing. Like i said, i have not designed the turrets yet. You can also ignore that little air transport thing at the bottom of the paper.
Give me feedback. rcdraco I am your friend. May peace be between us.
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