Spring RTS Engine

Pressure Line wrote:i was thinking along these lines:


Six of one, half a dozen of the other really. Either way, Hoi's model is incapable of elevation

im going for this:)

shuttle thing, dont say anything about the pipes using too much edges, i will fix that

that looks pretty good hoi.

Indeed it does. Big improvement.

from

to

big inprovement indeed

Hoi wrote:

too many needless subdivisions imo

Pressure Line wrote:too many needless subdivisions imo

lol, my first model i wanted it to have 4 guns (1 on each side) and eh i dunno what happend after that

Those things on the side look like they should carry troops, or if you go a scale up, carry simple little dropship pods that clip on the side and hold lots of infantry.

Consider:

http://www.supcomuniverse.com/?p=image&id=161 or the dropships from starship troopers.

Warlord Zsinj wrote:Those things on the side look like they should carry troops, or if you go a scale up, carry simple little dropship pods that clip on the side and hold lots of infantry.

Consider:

http://www.supcomuniverse.com/?p=image&id=161 or the dropships from starship troopers.

actually, they are docking ports

Yeah, that's sort of what I'm saying.

Imagine you have a bunch of little attachment pods that all look the same, that clip onto those side latches ('dock').

So, the troops live inside the ship, then the ship is deployed to a planet, and the troops all head into those little side pods, which detach and ferry troops down to the planet surface for an invasion. The cool thing here is that you design the pods so that they look cool when attached to the ship. I'm thinking maybe cylinders laying on their side?

Warlord Zsinj wrote:Yeah, that's sort of what I'm saying.

Imagine you have a bunch of little attachment pods that all look the same, that clip onto those side latches ('dock').

So, the troops live inside the ship, then the ship is deployed to a planet, and the troops all head into those little side pods, which detach and ferry troops down to the planet surface for an invasion. The cool thing here is that you design the pods so that they look cool when attached to the ship. I'm thinking maybe cylinders laying on their side?

yes good idea

Invasion site, Xenon commander (alien race) the 3 round holes around it are gravity manipulators, allowing it to fly!, not completely done yet, the tube in the middle will be a missile launcher
946 tri's so far

oops! the panels now have the correct(same) distance between them
946 tri's

very neat. Some things could be better but very nice.

smoth wrote:very neat. Some things could be better but very nice.

thanks, after 1 good model more are following:) expect to see more i have started my mod that will get its own thread soon, and what could be better, suggestions?

Set up normals (edge hardness) and don't use the smoth button

rattle wrote:Set up normals (edge hardness)

why? what do they do?

Fake hardness/roundness, especially on low polygon models.

Soft edges vs hard edges:

Zpock wrote:Soft edges vs hard edges:

but why would i want edges to be hard in my model? becaus it has to look round