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Taldrenites => Starfleet Command Models => Topic started by: Vichama on March 08, 2003, 01:52:12 am

Title: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: Vichama on March 08, 2003, 01:52:12 am
Here is your USS Raven (Sydney Class) Science Vessel for SFC3.  You can find it at Conversion Versions.     Sorry it took me so long.  I had to take a break after I nearly assimilated the UPS guy for mishandling my mail.  You must comply!  Oops there I go again...

Here is a direct link.
http://www.frost-works.com/stc/conversionversions/sfc3ships/SFC3-Sydney.zip    
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: James Formo on March 08, 2003, 02:26:19 am
Great news. and thanks much.  I thought maybe you might have assimulated the Raven.  
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: starforce2 on March 09, 2003, 07:01:34 am
I thought the only canon sydney was the janolin, which crashed on the dyson sphere....I think the raven is a totaly different class.

edit- oh and where are the lightmaps? From the renders it looks great.
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: James Formo on March 09, 2003, 03:12:54 pm
hehe- I modeled it so all the parts that are lit up are seperate pieces, so the lights are mapped to a seperate bitmap. Hence no I-maps are needed. The map with the lights has specular and diffuse maxed. while the rest of the ship has it minimized.  I think you will see that the front window looks fairly illuminated. I do not have SFC3 so I don't know about the glows.  

Yea the Raven is not a Sydney class. Some sites however put it as a Sydney class because they feel they need to classify it somehow. Some call it a Raven class but the real truth is its class was never given so is speculative or conjectural. God I love that word
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: starforce2 on March 09, 2003, 05:01:44 pm
well, I doubt I can port this to bc with the lighting like that and no lightmaps. It would probably come out with all the lit peices on permenent overload.
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: James Formo on March 09, 2003, 07:28:01 pm
Dark Matrix does  tons of BC conversions. He would know a work around if one is required.   I also know he is mega busy . I could always add I-maps for the sake of added them, but they wouldn't add anything in SFC anyway.  I dont have BC either so not familar with what that game uses or requires.  Actually I would be interested in learning how to convert ships to BC. I  kinda like the look of that game. Doesn't BC use glows similar the SFC. If so glows are actually independent of the mod file and I-maps are not required for them to work.

I am not sure that anything would be overloaded as when you use I- maps you crank specular and diffuse as well




On another topic. If someone is playing this in SFC3 could you post a couple of screen shots. I'd like to see what it looks like in that game.
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: Vichama on March 09, 2003, 10:28:27 pm
Quote:

I thought the only canon sydney was the janolin, which crashed on the dyson sphere....I think the raven is a totaly different class.

edit- oh and where are the lightmaps? From the renders it looks great.



I just used the information that came with the model.  If anyone can give me definite proof of which class it is I will change all the necessary info.    
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: James Formo on March 10, 2003, 12:51:42 am
Vichama its cool as is man.  The Sydney would be the closest class IMO.  Interestingly enough. It made 2 appearances in 2 seperate episodes.  In the second episode it suddenly became the USS Raven instead of the SS raven, with no explanation.

Typical ST stuff.   Hey you would you mind posting a screenie of it in SFC3. I'd like to see it in that game. Do'nt have it yet.
Title: Re: Attn: James Fromo
Post by: starforce2 on March 10, 2003, 07:07:19 am
well, I might be able to convert it then, not sure. I can try. But BC uses tga, so the I maps from sfc are put in the tga as alpha channel. Most sfc2 I can convert in about 10 minutes. Never tried 3.