Re: New ships under development
Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:47 pm
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Just watched the video.Re: New ships under development
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:10 pm
Unfortunately writing is by far my strongest suit, Shipbuilder. In fact I am about to start a new novel on the fiction section. (Well, when I say novel .... it could be a novelle. It's hard to tell how the story will unfold. Especially since I hope for feedback from others that I can weave into the story line.)Shipbuilder wrote:Also if you are interested I may look to produce the ship with a variety of textures for different roles i.e. perhaps separate textures for a trader ship, pirate ship etc. If you know your way around a graphics software package you could have a look at this.
But my skills with graphical packages are at the same level as my js skills. Virtually nonexistent.
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:02 pm
Wow, looks fantastic! great work!Shipbuilder wrote:
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:20 pm
Cheers Griff only problem is I have to texture the thing now and texturing takes me for ever
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:01 pm
<Smivs looks guiltily at the still-unfinished Slaver Ship>Shipbuilder wrote:...I have to texture the thing now and texturing takes me for ever
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:12 pm
Smivs wrote:<Smivs looks guiltily at the still-unfinished Slaver Ship>Shipbuilder wrote:...I have to texture the thing now and texturing takes me for ever
I can understand however Smivs as it is a bit of a beast of model to texture. I've been chipping away at the texturing for the Chimera Gunship for some time now (And finally I'm not far off finishing it but I do wish sometimes I have a magic ship texturing wand).
I can usually get models completed quite quickly but I then always feel I have to put together some detailed texturing to complement the model. If I simply applied a basic grey texture I would be able to release lots of ships.
Oh well back to my current WIP 
Out of interest how far have you got with the slave ship texture ?
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:25 pm
The main texture is about 90% done...the remaining aspects are just fiddly! No emission map yet but that will relatively easy once the diffuse is done.Shipbuilder wrote:Out of interest how far have you got with the slave ship texture ?
It's actually one of two projects which are currently a bit stalled, largely due to RL issues, but I should be able to get back to both very soon.
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 7:03 pm
I have been trying to get a new ship oxp to use a differnet texture for pirate ships by including the following code in the shipdata.plist however any pirate ships spawned use the standard texture used by the other versions of this oxp.
I have placed the 2 different texture files in the texture folder named chimera_auv.png and chimerapirate_auv.png
Is anyone able to advise where I am going wrong ?
I have placed the 2 different texture files in the texture folder named chimera_auv.png and chimerapirate_auv.png
Is anyone able to advise where I am going wrong ?
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<key>chimera-pirate</key>
<dict>
<key>like_ship</key>
<string>chimera</string>
<key>roles</key>
<string>pirate</string>
<key>missiles</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>has_ecm</key>
<real>0.9</real>
<key>materials</key>
<dict>
<key>chimerapirate_auv.png</key>
<dict>
<key>emission_map</key>
<string>chimera_glow.png</string>
</dict>
</dict>Re: New ships under development
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:48 pm
Yep! Your materials dictionary was slightly b0rked...
Instead of
which looks like it might produce the desired results...
Hope this helps!
Instead of
You might want to tryShipbuilder wrote:Code: Select all
<key>materials</key> <dict> <key>chimerapirate_auv.png</key> <dict> <key>emission_map</key> <string>chimera_glow.png</string> </dict>
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<key>materials</key>
<dict>
<key>diffuse_map</key>
<string>chimerapirate_auv.png</string>
<key>emission_map</key>
<string>chimera_glow.png</string>
</dict>
Hope this helps!
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:26 pm
Thanks Kaks - I've given that a go but it doesn't seem to be working.
I think that i'll take a look at it tomorrow................It's been a long day so hopefully things will be clearer in the morning.
I think that i'll take a look at it tomorrow................It's been a long day so hopefully things will be clearer in the morning.
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:23 pm
Drats, friendface users, always posting pictures...El Viejo wrote:Back from Mars then, Kaks?
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:39 pm
<smirks>Kaks wrote:Drats, friendface users, always posting pictures...El Viejo wrote:Back from Mars then, Kaks?
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:15 am
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<key>chimera-pirate</key>
<dict>
<key>like_ship</key>
<string>chimera</string>
<key>roles</key>
<string>pirate</string>
<key>missiles</key>
<integer>3</integer>
<key>has_ecm</key>
<real>0.9</real>
<key>materials</key>
<dict>
<key>chimerapirate_auv.png</key>
<dict>
<key>diffuse_map</key> <!-- Added this even though it isn't needed. -->
<string>chimerapirate_auv.png</string> <!-- diffuse_map defaults to the key name -->
<key>emission_map</key>
<string>chimera_glow.png</string>
</dict>
</dict> <!-- This was missing -->
</dict>
Re: New ships under development
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:37 am
Thanks Tricky I'll have a go with it when I get home tonight