I'm making a little plug for EVO that adds a few more emalgha ships. I can make sprites but I can't seem to make any other graphics. I just can't get the camera angle right. I'm using mechanisto 2.0 to make the ships. Can someone just tell me the appropriate settings for the camera object?
Also does anyone know how to make EVO/EV style target graphics?
thanks
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Well if it's a plug for EVO, then technically the camera should be at x: 0 y: (whatever you want, z: 0, but that gives you an "over the top" view. You're probably thinking of the nova style graphics, which still work with EVO, but can look a little wierd with weapons firing.
Maybe Ewan's Strata tutorial on this would help... It might say the angle required. Unfortunately I don't know the link.
Someone will come along with the answer... for now, sorry. 
~A~
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here ya go.
(url="http://"http://www.evula.org/ewan/tutorials.html")http://www.evula.org.../tutorials.html(/url)
its a link to ewan's tuturial page. its got help for those trying to make ships.
and should have strata help as well, i was in a hurry.
Edit: ok, yes, it checked back. its all strata help. i did not see that words strata becuase my friends computer is a bit dim.
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(quote)Originally posted by KarTaniK:
**here ya go.
http://www.evula.org.../tutorials.html
its a link to ewan's tuturial page. its got help for those trying to make ships.
and should have strata help as well, i was in a hurry.
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OOOOOoooooh. um, well... i'm sorry then, i can't help you there.
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The shipyard view should be isometric view (camera at say 8,8,8 pointing at ship centred on 0,0,0 pointing in the correct direction)
The comm views are from the front of the ship with a slight elevation (just mess about till it looks right).
Target pics can be achieved by making a wire frame render of the ship from a top-down view. Mess about with it in a graphics program and thats it
To follow up on what I said earlier, I have now uploaded the interface for the new version of Ewan's Lair. Also uploaded are the new versions of the Strata tutorials so you can still use them (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/ewan/")Check out the update!(/url)
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Target pics can be achieved by making a wire frame render of the ship from a top-down view. Mess about with it in a graphics program and thats it:)
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Alternativly, try out David Arthur's Nova target generator. Its self explanatory, easy to use, and looks great.
(url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/dl-redirect.pl/NovaTarget_100_OSX.dmg.gz?path=evn/utilities&file;=NovaTarget_100_OSX.dmg.gz")OSX Version(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/vftp/dl-redirect.pl/NovaTarget_100_Classic.sit?path=evn/utilities&file;=NovaTarget_100_Classic.sit")OS9 Version(/url)
best,
l e g i o n
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(This message has been edited by Legion (edited 07-26-2003).)
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Originally posted by Legion:
**Alternativly, try out David Arthur's Nova target generator. Its self explanatory, easy to use, and looks great.
OSX Version
OS9 Version
best,
l e g i o n
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While a good suggestion, he's making sprites for EVO, so using the Target Generator wouldn't help, unfortunately.
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**Actually when I said other graphics I meant shipyard, comm, and target picts (EV/EVO style, not nova).
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Well, if you have Infini-D ( a long shot, unfortunately) you can download the original 3-d models from this site.. at the add-ons page. Then, you can literally take the original Emalgha ships and remod them however you wish.. Just be careful with the animation- they're rigged to have the spins ready. Also, the cameras are set up for at least one of the pics you mentioned- 3/4 I believe. It's been a long time since I edited those files and my brother's old version of Infini-D is long gone..
It was a good old program. It's a shame they did away with it..
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