Oolite Bulletins

ace\56 wrote:

Cool ship but it could do with a better texture

Killer Wolf wrote:

it's kinda nice, but TBH that texture is messing w/ my ability to work out exactly what it looks like :-/ what i can make out looks cracking though.

maik wrote:

Sigh. Another new ship without any description.

Smivs wrote:

maik wrote:

Sigh. Another new ship without any description.

It's blue with lots of bits - just a suggestion

Smivs wrote:

maik wrote:

Sigh. Another new ship without any description.

It's blue with lots of bits - just a suggestion

It is... <pauses, tastes beverage> it is.. <pauses again, looks at beverage, considers> it is green.

DaddyHoggy wrote:

ace\56 wrote:

Cool ship but it could do with a better texture

I've just noticed there's the transparency checkerboard effect at the wingtips - so the original texture is partially transparent - which won't work in oolite anyway.

Killer Wolf wrote:

it's kinda nice, but TBH that texture is messing w/ my ability to work out exactly what it looks like :-/ what i can make out looks cracking though.

Staer9 wrote:

DaddyHoggy wrote:

ace\56 wrote:

Cool ship but it could do with a better texture

I've just noticed there's the transparency checkerboard effect at the wingtips - so the original texture is partially transparent - which won't work in oolite anyway.

First I made it white using materials (in much the same way that I made the Gunship) but it looked silly, then I made it blue, but for some reason it refused to have shadows and again looked silly, then I made a quick texture map in blenders texture paint function, I was slightly inspired by the boat camo that was used in one of the world wars (not entirely sure which) but in the end it was just scribbling on it from different angles, but hey:

Killer Wolf wrote:

it's kinda nice, but TBH that texture is messing w/ my ability to work out exactly what it looks like :-/ what i can make out looks cracking though.

at least it is hard to identify.

A little more clarification on the actual ship:
It is a very light fighter, with high speed capabitilties (thanks to six ridiculous engines on the back) and decent shielding and energy banks. maybe slightly uber but hopefully the 650,000 price tag covers that. It is intended mainly for sharp-shooters and is a great dog fighter. fortunately the fact that it has only 1500 polygons means that oolite runs it rather nicely with no noticable frame-rate losses (even when I went agaist a pack of 6, but then again, raptors hunt in packs)


The texture issues are mainly unintentional but are completely un-noticable in-game (it is a tiny ship, and likes injectors) when I was play-testing it it was almost impossible to tell that it was actually blue.