Oolite Bulletins

Griff wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 6:26 pm

think there's a better design for a gecko out there

Maybe it's the angle but my first impression is that this is your best one. Superb

If there is a better one then I'd love to see it

Griff wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 6:26 pm

Goodness gracious me! That is a gecko? Perforce I must agree again with Redspear! What's wrong with me?

Cholmondely wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:19 pm

I must agree again with Redspear! What's wrong with me?

Don't worry, I expect it's a temporary malady.

Thanks for the kind comments, a_c got some beautiful photos of it in the screenshot thread, i'm slowly warming to the design, still feels a bit off around the cockpit and 'nose' bit, an x-wing with its wings closed was what i originally thought to go with, not sure that was right for the ship

Griff wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:11 am

... still feels a bit off around the cockpit and 'nose' bit...

Yeah... not seen it in-game, but the cockpit needs something.

Well, it has these cockpit blends, which are a nice touch/detail.

And the ship design could have a forward or a backward orientation ( backwards, 4 lasers and one engine )

Ha yes, took that from the 1980's "Cylon Raider" from Battlestar Galactica TV series

Griff wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:11 am

Thanks for the kind comments, a_c got some beautiful photos of it in the screenshot thread, i'm slowly warming to the design, still feels a bit off around the cockpit and 'nose' bit

Bearing in mind that I know nothing...

If you look at the one a_c posted where the nose is pointing down, the cockpit to nose area looks oddly tube-like, with the cockpit ever so slightly sunken.

It's less noticeable in most of the other shots I think and perhaps it's the lighting that makes it look more rounded than it likely is.

• A few possible suggestions (again, who do I think I am etc...)
  • raise the cockpit from the 'spine' ever so slightly
  • taper the spine so that it becomes slightly slimmer at the nose, or...
  • 'cut' the spine where the little indents are, about halfway between cockpit and nose
  • ...all the while keeping in mind that I don't really know what I'm talking about

I know folks have said similar before but if this was a new ship in Elite Dangerous or similar then I really don't think it would look at all out of place. Outstanding work.

Griff wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 11:11 am

an x-wing with its wings closed was what i originally thought to go with, not sure that was right for the ship

I was wondering where I'd seen those engines before

added a viper to the download folder:
griff_SpecGloss_Viper_Materials_V0.1.zip
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

sorry about the moody lighting, non-oolite screenshot, i don't have it installed where i am at the moment

Very nice! Here is the same shot in-game.

Beautiful!

I love the detail! So cool!

Very nice...

Just noticed that the blue areas on the sides of the Viper are made of an impossible material. They have blue diffuse color but emit green specular. For a realistic look the diffuse color should be black or dark grey (alternatively it can be any color but then the specular should be grey; in that case we are simulating a material like paint and not metal). Specular with color other than grey implies metallic material and metals normally do not have a diffuse color.

Not that it takes anything away from the beauty of the model, just making an observation.

Ha yeah, that was a bit of a late night last minute change after checking the textures in game, I think i went too far with it though
I've uploaded a v0.2 of the oxp that reduces a lot of that green in the spec colour for those blue panels and dials down the gloss level a bit on them too, i think maybe it was looking a bit to 'wet'