Model showcase thread

minilogoguy18 · Post by **minilogoguy18** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 11:47 am

you cant really edit it in XSI since importing msh files into XSI messes them up ALOT since they werent meant to be imported in the first place.

Post by **Qdin** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 6:02 pm

Penguin, remember that if polygons are too close to each other they will probably merge, invert Polygons and some other stupid things

I think you have problems with that antenna and that turret

am I right or am I right?

minilogoguy18 · Post by **minilogoguy18** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:01 pm

no, wrong, if vertices are too close together they weld, and they have to be pretty close, kinda like if you had too much detail in a characters face.

RevanSithLord · Post by **RevanSithLord** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:39 pm

lol So they weld together and bring out a Micheal Jackson like quality? XD

Post by **Penguin** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:12 am

i remade the turret, that one there was just a test to see if i could get turrets working ((since i;ve heard so many people complain that they can't get them to work)) I've remade the turrets to the correct ones.

PS: nothing in my model visually got melded, i put the torrolence(sp) down untill there wern'y nay visual changes

PPS: that screenie was of the model merged allready

Post by **Qdin** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:44 am

I'm not sure what you mean by the word 'weld', mini'

and trust me when I say that they alot of times invert the polygons - I've been messaged tons of times by people who don't understand why their models are somewhat invisible from, the outside xD especially after they send me the model to look at

Kyross · Post by **Kyross** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:25 pm

Qdin, welding is like when youhave metal and youuse a torch to melt it together to attach. You know, the guys with the face shields and the things that make sparks that cook your eyes out if you stare at them...

I would just assume it means the same thing in modeling, vertices crashing into each other comes to mind.

t551 · Post by **t551** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:17 pm

Welding is the action of the weld point tool , or in this case, the exporter/munge process. Basically, two points are turned into one with all the connections of the two put together.

Post by **Qdin** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:14 am

so merge

t551 · Post by **t551** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:23 am

Yeah, I guess, but weld sounds cooler.

Post by **Gogie** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:26 pm

This is the one I am using for Nar Shaddaa... (window appears black, transparency's messed up on me... it was suppose to be dark brown with black bars)

Koolaid7g · Post by **Koolaid7g** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:29 am

Wow Gogie, that's crazy. Kudos from me, sir!

Post by **Teancum** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:25 am

Gogie wrote:

This is the one I am using for Nar Shaddaa... (window appears black, transparency's messed up on me... it was suppose to be dark brown with black bars)

Can we see a wireframe?

Post by **Qdin** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:39 pm

hm - maybe it's just your graphic resolution but I honestly getting a bit headache by looking at the texture - and it's not even in-game

PvtParts · Post by **PvtParts** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:11 pm

could be because the image is shrunken down. if it were stretched out the full length of the screen, giving it an accurate resolution, im sure it wouldn't look so sharp.

Post by **Qdin** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:43 pm

true... but what frightens me is that it seems to me like it IS in natural size! O.O

PvtParts · Post by **PvtParts** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 6:05 pm

perhaps. This is the pic from his malanchor IV academy thread. It looks like he's definately updated the textures since, but I doubt the resolution would have changed. Who knows.

Post by **Gogie** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:28 pm

Teancum wrote:
Gogie wrote:

This is the one I am using for Nar Shaddaa... (window appears black, transparency's messed up on me... it was suppose to be dark brown with black bars)
Can we see a wireframe?

Sure ya can Teancum

(not a wireframe, but hidden line removal looks less messy, if you still want that wireframe I can PM you)

also I realise that the bottom and sides are "poly spammed"
im fixing that.

JabbaLovesLava · Post by **JabbaLovesLava** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:42 pm

Why do you have white and gray polygons?

Post by **Gogie** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 8:50 pm

I dunno, I modified the top texture of the poly gons and when I went back into Hidden Line Removal mode it kinda went gray and white...