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Will that model be released publicly? I'd love to put it into Freespace 2. A cockpitted pyro would be loads of fun to fly around. If it's not more difficult, it'd be nice if the map was all in one texture, too. It'd be a shame for that beauty to not to be flown around! Keep it up! I'm probably going ...

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I can. New levels are fun

. I'm off from school this coming week so let the testing begin!

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Nice. Very nice. I personally think it's a bit too rounded, but it's good. Also, the guns seem to be straight and they are pointing up in the animated icons. I tried to keep them angled but straight is fine too.

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I have no idea how your modelling software works. How I made the changes is I first deleted the origional power sockets at the top and the handles on the sides and rebuilt them. It's a much lower tech solution but I'm happy with it. Any time a surface looks really rounded it takes up more pollies ...

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Okay, I've found a hackish method of cutting pollies. I can upload a new version tomorrow when I finish all the new polycutting. It's big. http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/Tempest_77/FusionNewVsOld.jpg I can do that for all the other models and cut the polycount to a far more acceptable 500 ...

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Hey, just wanted to bring these to your attention: fs2downloads.com/uploads/D2_01.ogg fs2downloads.com/uploads/D2_04.ogg There are all 4 Descent 2 tracks and 5 of the descent 1 tracks. I also tried out Synthfont but it had problems with low notes and it also cut out overlapping notes. Are there any ...

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http://www.fs2downloads.com/uploads/D2X-XLStuff.zip

That link should work. They're in .obj and .wrl which are both common and fairly well-known formats. If they don't work out I can put them up in .3ds too.

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The Vulcan ammo has way too many faces. The problem with Solidworks, what I use to model, is that you can't choose how much detail is put into a shape. It's engineering software designed to send data into machines for actual construction, so faces/verts are not an issue. I was trying to find a way ...

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Pretty much any mainstream format that isnt for one specific game. I also can convert them to .pof, but of course descent can't use .pofs. If you decide to UVMap them and properly texture them, PLEASE give me a copy. If you want to use them in a mod, I'd like credit. Just don't claim that you made ...

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Simply amazing work, guys. I'm kind of caught up in a whole different mod right now, but I'd like to contribute what I have. If anybody wants them, I've got all the stuff I made for d2x-xl in obj and .wrl. http://www.fs2downloads.com/uploads/D2X-XLStuff.zip I have all the primary power ups and some ...

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NICE!
Finally, finally, modelled missiles. Fullmap is cool too.

Hey Dizzy, what converter are you using for the .oof models?

I'm working on getting my stuff mapped right now, but they probably won't be here in time for Christmas.

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Yeah, I'm trying to stay true to the origionals (aren't they?). Which models don't stay true to the origionals? I've also got a plan for reducing the polycount. However, I probably won't have anything out until after finals (1.5 weeks from now) and I find a converter for .oof format. If anyone knows ...

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As much as I like the ability to see the objects from different angles, i'm sure SOMEONE will complain \"It's not staying true to the origional!!!!\". Anyway, I'll probably get most everything textured by about this weekend. The afterburner, vulcan ammo, helix cannon, and gauss cannon still need to ...

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It's two factors, the buttons on the top and the chamfering around the edges. You don't see the detil begause the jpegs are compressed and small. I wasn't talking about the spinning rotation- I was referring to the fact that the powerups look the same no matter what angle you look at them from. Will ...

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I'm using an engineering tool- solidworks. It's made for making parts for machines, so it doesn't handle some things well. That said, I've been told that Softimage XSI is a good program, and I may eventually switch to it. Maybe it will make things easier? Thank GOD I can export things, with no ...

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Sigh...here is the final set of items. The items themselves are far from final, however. \"But Tempest, look at the quad laser! It's...it's...only got one pipe thing!\" Yes, I am aware of that. That pipe is the most annoying thing to model I've EVER done. It won't intersect the plane on one side, it ...

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Yeah, I've since then removed a lot of the detail that couldn't really be seen. The problem with the polys on the curved surfaces is that the app I use to model will only let me rotate things around an axis in a circular way, otherwise I'd have 1/8 of the detail on the power terminals and they'd ...

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Wohoo! Got a few objects modeled. How do they look? I decided not to greeblie them to the extent I did my primaries, because they generally aren't seen that much, except for vulcan ammo which needs to be redone anyways. http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o116/Tempest_77/items1.jpg One thing I kept ...

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awesome.
freaking. awesome.

I think, however, the shield tube things would look better blue, not purple, to fit the shield. Again, just personal opinion.

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I know you can shadow objects selectivley, and I think it'd be cool to have the cockpit shadowed dynamically. After all, Shouldn't the cockpit get dark in a dark room and lit up in a light room? Obviously this would be optional...

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You can always go back to a safe spot. Usually you aren't in danger of some rogue robot hunting you down. (Okay, after you kill the thief). I think you can hit the pause button on your keyboard to pause it anyway.

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Tyranny, I can't do 2d art. At all. Maybe we can collaborate to bring the best of everything to descent? If you can texture already made models, I could send you my WIP models and accesories and cockpit (I kinda like it in 3d...) If you can make them turn out anything like your little mini-hud, D2X ...

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They're really detailed keys. Well, not really, just the chamfering on the sides adds a lot of faces. Maybe they're not necessary, I don't know. I optimized the key a bit and it uses less faces and verts now, because I awknowledge it was a little obscene. Anyways, I've got the Ammo Rack, Vulcan ammo ...

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I am working on 3d version of the main cockpit and rear view. It would actually be all one model and I'm sure diedel would be able to implement showing the hud model fairly easily. The upside is that it would show shadows. However, that image looks really good, and I won't touch the mini-hud view ...

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Okay, I got they keys all done. I tried to lower the face/vertex count on the models, but it only decreased the count a little. I got the laser from 3500/1800 to about 2100/1100, but the Fusion only went from 6000/3000 to 5500/2800 (approximates). I guess whatever helps is better. Besides, in final ...

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Yes, I *think* lithunwrap can export to .oof. I can probably decrease the count a lot by lowering the curverature on the little bubble things. The geometry *should* be perfect, I'll probably send them to you for examination before they are put in. About the skins...well...how its interesting. I'll ...

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Anyway, realizing that Descent2 would look really cool with modeled weapons, I decided to give it a go. In artistic liscence I added a few details to make the models more interesting. The downside is that the models have about 6000 faces and 3000 verticies. If you guys want em, I'll give them to you ...

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Well, resourceful me, I managed to scrap together the missile models I need. I still need primary weapons, though. Whenever you get around to making them, it's all good

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Any progress on that model, nuke?

And for Issac, what format is that model in? I like it, and would like to put it in my Descent mod for Freespace.

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That would ROCK. Dieldel, the missles could be stuck in in .oof, right? I can use that format. .Max or .3ds works too.

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What's not finished? I only need ~ 100 poly models, not neccisarily complete or perfect ones.

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I assumed dizzy created those sprites by rendering models... which is how it looked. I'm not sure how he could have done that any other way...

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Speaking of models...Dizzy, could you give me those secondary weapons you made? I'm making a descent mod for Freespace2 and am in dire need of models. I'll give you credit, of course. If you could, I'd be a happy person. (and the one with the best looking missile models...hehe). Thanks!

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I'll try not to get my hopes up, Weyrman, I guess I've been kinda spoiled with Dizzy's artwork...

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Can PC users join these games? I'd like to FINALLY play netgames with D2X-XL. If so, what tracker do you use?

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Or we could make powerups have models instead of the silly anis they are now. I hate how, when you roll, all the powerups on the screen spin with you. Too arcade like...

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Thank God. I've been waiting for a high res cockpit since...I used 1024x768 playing descent. Go Weyrman! Make some light up buttons too! Also, on a related note, make D1 missions load a cockpit without afterburner bar. It looks kinda silly and is the most obvious problem with D1 missions in D2X-XL ...

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3D cockpit? Hell yes. 3D cockpits can respond to enviornmental changes, like shadows and coloring, can be tilted, and also can be MUCH more realistic than Descent's current answer. I've seen the effect in other games and it rocks. We should at least have a better looking cockpit than we have now.

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The right to bear arms protects the American people from an oppresive regime. The founding fathers realized that if the only people with guns are the police and army, bad things can happen. Since I can't read German, I can't confirm the article's truthfulness. I can say that such cases that you ...

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I believe I downloaded those .midis from PlanetDescent. Well, I checked out planet descent, and only the regular tracks were there. odd. The .midis I'm talking about are called Entropy, Xenia, Elemental, and Pyrocide(4 songs each)-also \"Jofty's cave\"-secret level music.. They were mixed in with ...

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