Okay, I'm testing my new sig. Oh, by the way Ares1, nice planet. 
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Adzara Ace, are you really in central Asia?
Hey, I have spent a long, long time trying to make a ship... It's very frusterating and time-consuming. Once you have a basic idea of what you want, how long does it take to make and perfect the image? And if I ever become proficient in mechanisto and learn all the basics, would I be able to use a real 3d app like cinema 4d or lightwave without further training?
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Originally posted by ares1:
**Adzara Ace, are you really in central Asia?
Hey, I have spent a long, long time trying to make a ship... It's very frusterating and time-consuming. Once you have a basic idea of what you want, how long does it take to make and perfect the image? And if I ever become proficient in mechanisto and learn all the basics, would I be able to use a real 3d app like cinema 4d or lightwave without further training?
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Actually, I need to update my sig, I normally in Central Azsia, but currently on a sort of vacation in the US. 
I've been to millions of countries etc. Let's see, I've been to the top of the Eiffel tower, I've been in London, I've been in China... Now, about Mechanisto, I think that it will definately help you with other programs, but you wont be able to max out the preogram using just Mecha(mechanisto) skills. If you need help with something, just ask me, I should be able to answer most of your questions, though I'm not a total expert like Squibix and Kwansar.
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Ta-da! My first 3d creation that resembles something that might be considered an ev-style space ship. Sure, it lacks detail and engines, not to mention the see-through cockpit (which I am working on fixing), but it is still almost half decent looking. I call it the Riley Light Fighter.
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Excellent vessel for a first attempt, ares. It would blend in well with the original Escape Velocity graphics...
You might want to turn off anti-aliasing when rendering your ships. That will most likely get rid of those jagged edges.
Again, good work.
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That image you see needs a lot of tweaking. The wings are not perfect, the lighting is bad, it is not anti-aliased, and that angle you are viewing from is bad. This render was a rush job, because I have a lot of homework to do. Hey, I got a 79 in math. That's one point from a B, and I really, really needed a B this 9 weeks. :frown:
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Hey, how do you suggest I make engines? I was thinking little cylinders, but I'm really not sure.
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**Hey, how do you suggest I make engines? I was thinking little cylinders, but I'm really not sure.
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You might want to insert one or two cones, change the orientation so that all fields are zero, scale it to the size of a thruster, and put it in the back. That normally gives a good effect. Just tweak it's size and position till it looks right. Nice ship, by the way, excellent effort for your first.(it is your first ship, right?)Keep up the good work!
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Ok, I refined the shaders, added engines, and did a lot of other stuff. Here it is:
The engines look ok, but I think they could be better.
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(This message has been edited by ares1 (edited 10-17-2001).)
Wow, I'm very impressed, Ares1, that ship turned out very nice! Keep it up and you'll be making top-quality ships in no time. Captain Skyblade, for the Photoshop with the student discount, does it have some thing that says that you can't use it for professional work? When I grow up, I want to be a professional 3D artist, and I'm not sure that getting a program that wouldn't let me use it to make money would be such a good idea.
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That's actually the same ship. Well, I re-made the whole thing because mechanisto has been giving me problems as far as saving scenes. I changed the texture, moved the cockpit to a more realistic place, added engines... Hey, if I want to make a sprite for that, would I just, like, render from directly above and then use pics2sprites or makespin or what?
Photoshop is great tool, and I think that most professional 3d artists have it on hand. It is great for just touching up images. If you ever want to be a serious graphic designer, (don't take it from me, because I'm not one) you will probably want photoshop. A lot of artists interviewed in MacAddict say that they use it.
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To make it into sprite format, add the transformation "spin" to the whole ship(the whole ship needs to be in one group). Set camera view directly above the ship. Set the spin to -10 and go to render. Set frames per second to one, start at 0, and end at 35. Turn off animations to quicktime and press greedy. It will render 36 picts. Place all these picts in their own folder, and open the first of the picts in make-spin. It will set up everything for you, and all you have to do is choose export to PICTS under the file menu. It will ask you for names, and but the sprites and mask in whatever floder you tell it. Got to go, hope this helps!
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Wow... heheh. Ok, I will try. Oh crap, its time for me to start in on homework. :frown: I will try the spin thing real fast, though....
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Originally posted by Azdara Ace:
**Captain Skyblade, for the Photoshop with the student discount, does it have some thing that says that you can't use it for professional work? When I grow up, I want to be a professional 3D artist, and I'm not sure that getting a program that wouldn't let me use it to make money would be such a good idea.
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You mean, does Adobe limit discounted versions of their software to non-commerical use only? I'm not really sure... Many software companies grant students full commerical versions of their programs with discounts, but other software programs (like Lightwave) require you to buy the full version before using in commerical matters. With Photoshop, I can't say. I bought the full version of 5.5 years back, and my dad bought the upgrade to 6.0 (6.0.1 is free. Lots of bug fixes). You might want to read Adobe's terms of lisence before buying their programs with student discounts.
Anyone who even places the slightest interest in graphics should own some kind of copy of Photoshop. It's the finest, most popular editing / creative tool in the computer industry. The only close competitor (in my opinion) is Fireworks, but I've used it and it's pretty much junk compared to Photoshop...
Just my two cents.
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Makespin is saying that it cant make a sprite out of what I give it. what should I make xtile size and ytile size?
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Originally posted by ares1:
**Makespin is saying that it cant make a sprite out of what I give it. what should I make xtile size and ytile size?
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X size and Y size should be set to 6, since Escape Velocity and Override require 36 frames... That should fix the problem.
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Its set to that, and it keeps "failing to create sprite map."
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**Its set to that, and it keeps "failing to create sprite map."
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Hmmmm... That's strange. I haven't used MakeSpin in years, so I really can't say much concerning the situation. Azdara Ace can probably provide an answer.
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What size images are you using? I know that I had trouble with m2s until I found out it only accepts movies 230 by 230 pixels or smaller.
Completely unrelated here, but is Lightwave any good? We recently got Lightwave 7.0 for free and as my dad won't let me use it yet I was wondering if it were any good.
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Completely unrelated here, but is Lightwave any good? We recently got Lightwave 7.0 for free and as my dad won't let me use it yet I was wondering if it were any good.
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What!?!? Lightwave is perhaps the best 3D application in existence (besides Maya and Electric Image), and only costs about $3000. 
How on earth did you get it for free? I'd do anything for Lightwave...
Whatever you do, use it. You've got some excellent, powerful software in your hands.
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