Topic: Looking for missing FoaS_XC models

[Starfox1701]

One Battleship model read to be riged

[Starfox1701]

Gorn BBF vs USS Yamato

[Starfox1701]

Got the HDD done tonight

[Starfox1701]

BC ,DD FF, HDD

[Starfox1701]

Cruiser evolution

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inventory

[Starfox1701]

Got a little burnt out on the Gorn so I decided to take a crack at the one FoaS Kzinti model I had without textures but had a pic of, the Bloodclaw

[Starfox1701]

working on replicating the FoaS texture process

[Tus-XC]

One thing FOAS would do was 'bake' the textures.  basically, utilize the rendering software to add shadows according to the lighting of the scene and then produce a corresponding texture file. 

[Starfox1701]

besides blender and max what other programs would you use for that?

[Tus-XC]

As i recall you'll need a decent UV unwrapper - basically you'll make a bunch of textures, then bake them into one sheet.  saves performance by reducing texture files, adds detail from baked in lighting effects, helps get pixel density consistant accross the mesh (i.e uniform mapping).  I believe there are plugins for blender and a quick google showed some tuts out there for the process

[Starfox1701]

Baking in blender isn't terribly  hard but mastering the materials is something I'm still working on and I really need a bigger Ryzen my Ryzen 3 gen 3 struggles even with an 8 gig card on a 470 board with 32gig ram. I guess I'm going to need patients. This also implies that High poly versions might exist.

[Tus-XC]

I don't believe he used hi poly versions - I recall he used normal maps to add detail by actually modifying the underlying mesh.  so certain details could be added and baked in w/o having to go high poly.

On second thought... he may have created hi-poly versions... and baked normal maps...  but it has been a while since I discussed his workflow with him (10 years I think)

[Starfox1701]

I know the feeling tiring to recreate panel patterns and  shaders from memory of convos more then a decade old is a real pain

[FireSoul]

This might sound like a dumb question but is there an app to parse the ship list text file so that you can find  the info on the different ships for modeling purposes?

The shiplist.txt file is a tab-delimited separated values (TSV) table which you can import into your spreadsheet of choice.

I made my own tools to verify and validate its data when I made the OP+. I basically automated error-detection with perl scripts that wrote.

[Starfox1701]

This might sound like a dumb question but is there an app to parse the ship list text file so that you can find  the info on the different ships for modeling purposes?

The shiplist.txt file is a tab-delimited separated values (TSV) table which you can import into your spreadsheet of choice.

I made my own tools to verify and validate its data when I made the OP+. I basically automated error-detection with perl scripts that wrote.

Adam already pointed me at the Ship edit program. I've been using that to read the OP+ file

[Starfox1701]

I'm looking fort someone to HP and export the models for SFC, EAW, OP, and 3 I lack the experience to know for sure if I have it right before release and currently have no way to test them in game.

[Starfox1701]

this project is not dead I just been dealing with some real life health issues and a commission for a youtuber Fans of Venomgeek media should keep there eyes open for an episode faturing a revamp of a Romulan FASA battleship. In the mean time SNW finally added a TOS ship we didnt already have. Any thoughts?

[Panzergranate]

I think that SNW ripped off the SFB F-FF Burke class fast frigate, for the Farragut.

[Starfox1701]

I think that SNW ripped off the SFB F-FF Burke class fast frigate, for the Farragut.

maybe.  all things considered its a unique more so than other kitbashes they have done.

On another note FoaS_XC's websight has been down for account suspension for a couple of weeks now. Any one got any info on whats going on?