Something new, no two weeks notice

minigun · Post by **minigun** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:40 pm

Here is a picture of raingriffin's backyard....

Adept · Post by **Adept** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:51 pm

Drizzo wrote:QUOTE (Drizzo @ Sep 11 2009, 10:24 PM) I think that looks like an appropriate scout. It would give newbies more of a heads up not to $#@! with a tf scout

Exactly my thinking Drizz. "That's a scout?"

wizlawz · Post by **wizlawz** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:03 pm

yeah great job!! i really like those, makes for interesting targets out in the deep blackness but very cool none the less.
hope to see them flying soon; nothing else like on the net far as i know for space shooters.

SP4WN · Post by **SP4WN** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 7:00 pm

Dibbley2 · Post by **Dibbley2** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:36 am

that red fighter looks evil man.................think it looks like a first class fighter..excellantly crafted.... could u amagin flying that in to the ajasant sector on alleiance...... id look at it and boost away man in pure fear of being podded ...lmao....cool design anyways

raingriffin · Post by **raingriffin** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:50 pm

Hm okay... here we are at it again...i would like to open with a big, nice image, but being a complete tard when it comes to html

i can't...

So what is this all about?
In a few words, it's another model. Yes it works, yes it's tested, no you can't use it in your normal games cause the hitbox is a bit wider and shorter than the one it's supposed to replace.. sorry, still i am proud to say it's come out nicely... have a look...

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutguns2.PNG

yes, it's a scout... looks mean? well it should ^^

now without further ado, here's some orthogonal projections... for all those of you who like this kind of material...

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscouttop.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutfront.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutrear.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutside.PNG

Ok, that said... those pics weren't really all that good... i know i suck at taking screenshots. So i am going to add a few more shots taken in perspective that show some details you maybe will never see, because they're small or located in hard to see places (like the inner core, behind the encumbering guns), or are too small to notice unless you're REALLY close, and in alleg being too close isn't really all that good a choice ^^

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutengine.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/rescoutsidedet.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutsidedet2.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/rescoutfrontdet.PNG

oh about last pic... look at it closely, focus your attention on the center of the pic, slighlty on the upper side, just under the frost... what do you see? It's a little effect i got mirroring the map... it's cool, if you can see it that is (lol@adept)

more on this...

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutguns.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/gunsmatrixlogo.PNG

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/redscoutdet1.PNG

a particular of the reactor sticker i've drawn on the ice core... i think it came out rather well
I am particularly proud of the skin of the outer shell... in the beginning it was so full of visible pixels i was about to trash it all and call it quits... in the end persevering helped...

to end the little?!? and useless (!!!) parade, i'll be adding some pics taken in game earlier today...

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/ingame1.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/ingame2.PNG

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/ingame3.PNG (again try to zoom in the middle of the pic...)

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/ingame6.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/ingame8.PNG

Besides, don't take those ship stats into account, it's what you get if you research every GA there is... you know, testing alone can be VERY boring...
and a little flair to finish...

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/ingameboost1.PNG
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/ingameboost2.PNG

And that's all... oh yes i forgot...

the usual download for those of you who like testing things out themselves... or just mod their alleg (still it's useless or basically disadvantaging to use it on fao servers... the hitbox's different from what you'll be shooting at -shrug-)

the magic link "YOU CAN GET IT HERE" button, except that i can't handle html buttons:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/rarfiles/tfrainscout.rar

sellf extracting, virus free blah blah blah, remember to backup your files blah blah blah, you know the drill.
Some useful info for all of you who are more interested than the casual reader:

1-i used the standard TF scout model as a term of comparison to scale the model so that the two models "apparent mass" would be approximately the same: the new model is shorter (back to tip) but a tad wider than the old one, height is exactly the same (i did superimpose the models to be sure).

2- the hitbox, if simple, is pretty tight fitting, a half hour testing resulted in no more than 1.5 pixels distance from the actual shape at about 20-25 m distance in game... except for the space between the guns and the inner fuselage... but frankly i highly doubt you'll be aiming there anytime soon, and it's pretty small a space too.

3- i added some fancy strobes, you may have noticed, what is interesting about it is that the model is actually an almost completely symmetrical mesh, which also means the model has no clear up, down left or right side, so if people would rather fly it vertically, i can later rotate the model with no particular trouble (vertical gun mounts O_O) however....

Well, I am more or less done, there's nothing big to add about it, i hope you all like it (unlikely) and that some of you may actually trust me enough to try it out (slighly more likely).

And that's all for today, i hope you had fun, meet you in space.

P.S. a few interesting small pics to laugh about the developing phase of this model

an earlier attempt at finding a good texture sample... resulted in a good experiment for a sci-fi McDonald
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/meat.PNG

the initial inspirational idea for the model... i almost built it like a crystal ship... funky imho
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/blueice.bmp

the basic attire of the ship before i started ruining it
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/bloodless.bmp

epic fail at machine gun design...
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1790605/gatling.PNG

okay i am done. For real. End of line.

raingriffin · Post by **raingriffin** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:18 pm

that's a lot.... phew.

Valiance · Post by **Valiance** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:43 pm

That is pretty $#@!ing sick. Nice work

raingriffin · Post by **raingriffin** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:34 pm

Ah, i know it's not really original to post under the old topic thread but... i don't think i should open up a new thread every time i do this ^^
too bad for the lack of advertisement, but i don't really care as long as people get to have even a casual look ^^

kramari · Post by **kramari** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 5:01 pm

It looks awesome. I want others to fly that Hvy Scout!