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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #40 on: October 14, 2010, 01:04:49 am »
Here's the video, in six parts.
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Something of note: when I say that the vertex count on the seams are important, I also mean to say that the placement of those vertices ought not be changed as part of the compatibility thing.
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #41 on: October 14, 2010, 01:07:58 pm »
Very nice. thanks
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #42 on: October 14, 2010, 02:05:54 pm »
Can I interupt and say I think its a great idea and I like what your doing. can I have your plugin thingy for your modelling tools on that floating window to the left  :crazy2:

Ya dont get if ya dont ask  :D
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #43 on: October 14, 2010, 02:06:42 pm »
It's not mine. It's called Polyboost v4.1.
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #44 on: October 14, 2010, 04:07:21 pm »
I'm moving on from nacelles to saucers. So far I have four saucers solidly in mind: Standard Enterprise, A saucer with a nacelle cut into the ventral side of it (http://www.inpayne.com/models/uss-montefusco.html), the Miranda saucer, and the Star League saucer (with the extra deck). This doesn't include saucers like the Excelsior, etc, yet. If anyone has more suggestions for more saucer variants they'd like to see, let's hear it.
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #45 on: October 14, 2010, 05:30:10 pm »
I like this one too
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #46 on: October 14, 2010, 05:30:58 pm »
I think we can arrange that :)
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #47 on: October 14, 2010, 05:57:24 pm »
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #48 on: October 14, 2010, 09:16:25 pm »
Quote from: Starfox1701 on October 14, 2010, 05:30:10 pm
I like this one too

That's my Mars Class kitbash!!  :-D  Glad you liked it.
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #49 on: October 15, 2010, 03:23:02 pm »
This is probably going to turn into a video blog
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #50 on: October 15, 2010, 04:11:13 pm »
You are putting allot of thought and work into this, and your ideas are excellent, the quality of work is great. I hope your not wasting your time though mate. Either way, good luck with it  :)
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #51 on: October 15, 2010, 04:40:11 pm »
I don't think you can get the different sizes on 1 texture but you dould try somthing like 512X512 panals for the differnt sections and let the basher put them together to make model specific 1024X1024 textures. That way you just swap out the panal for the different scale saucer or hull segment as needed.
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #52 on: October 15, 2010, 05:05:20 pm »
I do have one solution in mind for the saucers. I'm working out the bugs as we speak. If I have time tonight I'll post an example of my thought process. If not tonight, then tomorrow.
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #53 on: October 15, 2010, 05:22:48 pm »
The only problem I can see with it using one texture would be warping and streching issues in the none regular shaped areas
Even then model shading/smoothing might become a issue if you move it to a different texture sheet. so well you can easily make swapable parts other areas will accumulate errors that the modeller will have to know how to fix and make replacement textures for
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #54 on: October 15, 2010, 05:53:42 pm »
Not sure if I follow what you mean, GAFY
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #55 on: October 15, 2010, 06:49:56 pm »
Quote from: FoaS_XC on October 14, 2010, 04:07:21 pm
I'm moving on from nacelles to saucers. So far I have four saucers solidly in mind: Standard Enterprise, A saucer with a nacelle cut into the ventral side of it (http://www.inpayne.com/models/uss-montefusco.html), the Miranda saucer, and the Star League saucer (with the extra deck). This doesn't include saucers like the Excelsior, etc, yet. If anyone has more suggestions for more saucer variants they'd like to see, let's hear it.


Three suggestions actually.

a) FCX saucer (pretty please).  Some people don't like them, but there are kitbashes that use 'em.
b) FCVF (fast cruiser), also pretty please.  ;)  http://starfleetcommand3.filefront.com/screenshots/File/31429/1
c) Something for a medical ship like the Olympic (Pasteur) and/or Daedeles.  Not everyone will be doing TNG.  ;)

Suggestions, take 'em or leave 'em..
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #56 on: October 15, 2010, 06:52:36 pm »
Oh god - not that F-CF >.< that thing is so ugly. I'm going to leave that one for another part contributer to deal with :-/

FCX saucer is doable - but I'll leave that for when I start making the Excel parts.

Sphericals are easy (mostly), I'll see what I can do about those :)
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #57 on: October 15, 2010, 07:05:31 pm »
Quote from: FoaS_XC on October 15, 2010, 06:52:36 pm
Oh god - not that F-CF >.< that thing is so ugly. I'm going to leave that one for another part contributer to deal with :-/

Ugly yes, but here's a prime chance to make sure that anything going forward has a premade saucer that isn't.  That's why I chose it.. the Fast Cruisers almost have an Intrepid type styling that you don't see on even Lost Era that much.. and if someone wants to recreate something like a TOS or TMP era Voyager, they'll need something like this hull to do it.  ;)

Personal preference is that we wouldn't see many of these, but I can see where someone wants to build an updated Ranger (or Ranger itself) and they'd need something like this.  All in all, your call.. just trying to put in some requests for differently shaped hulls to maximize some of the capabilities of the kitbashes, that's all..
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #58 on: October 15, 2010, 07:10:09 pm »
I'll see about coming up with a version that doesn't make my stomach go all queezy whenever I see it.
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Re: Pitch an idea: Community-driven / "Open-Source" Bash Kit
« Reply #59 on: October 15, 2010, 07:47:24 pm »
Quote from: FoaS_XC on October 15, 2010, 07:10:09 pm
I'll see about coming up with a version that doesn't make my stomach go all queezy whenever I see it.

Super, that's all I'm asking.  :D

Again, look less at the "flat iron" idea on the one I pointed to, and look more towards an arrowhead or Intrepid as I think that's more the way to go.  Streamlined, clean, smooth.  :)
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