Sexytime!

When i get my new rig going i want to begin again on the unwrap tutorials... so cool to watch the whole process like that: awe-inspiring stuff guy! = )

good luck to ya, if you think there is something that needs to be covered as far as that goes, i'll modify the tutorial or write a new one about it.

WUT DOUBLEPOST?

anyway, if you would just like to model, i would gladly paint it for ya. texturing doesn't phase me anymore and I would gladly to it as practice.

that goes for anyone.

Rimrook, what program do you model with? 3dmax or XSI? Or another?

3ds max 7 with the plugins and such. join the TWHL modelling bunch and try a few of the tutorials

Tutorials Link

there's also a thread for questions and comments here in the forums.

Thread

if you would just like to model, i would gladly paint it for ya. texturing doesn't phase me anymore and I would gladly to it as practice.

Heh that's awesome and i'll definitely take you up on it! = > (i still want to learn it too, but that's guna take a while lol)

ya know, 1.1 minutes ago i learned something really cool that will speed up the tediousness. I need to update the unwrapping tutorial.

EDIT:

Project is to be proposed in exactly 1 week...

I need some kind of demonstration for class, as well as a supporting wealth of concepts for places and people, things and such, and some kind of animatic for a master trailer.

goody-goody-gumdrops.

i'll post of the products here tho. it'll be fun to show the concept to finished all in one run.

This is as close as I'll get.Technically, this should have worked, but didn't. The first thing he said to me when this loaded was;

"A failure of this magnitude is highly improbable."

...yes... yes it is. At least its textured nicely, but doesn't look like its supposed to. I'm asking for help on this one

What the hell?

You're not rigging it on default animations, are you?

1000th post!

1000th post!

wewt

I did try to rig it to the original animations. Body swapping was the only way. I've done it before, but this time it just did not work.

I really need help with this. I can provide the models in 3ds format (which loads into milkshape just fine) if someone wants to pitch in and rig/animate it.

preferably someone who knows what they are doing

Have you tried manually manipulating the mesh to line up with the original skeleton, then manually assigning vertices to the bones?

yes.

that was the result.

Weird. You didn't do any scaling and accidentally manipulate the skeleton did you? I know that the scale-all tool in Milkshape also rescales the skeleton, so when you recompile it the skeletons don't match up and the result is something just like that. Its really kind of a noob problem that I wouldn't expect you to run into, but you never know...
Just for shits and giggles, import the mesh without its skeleton over the original reference and export it.

WC you're suggestion worked.

but it'll still be tough to get it replaced right. especially with the shape of the head, the jaws don't match up at all and the body doesn't like to fit on the skeleton right.

i'll try as hard as i can to get this working, if not, i think its lights out for the navenger and its on to plan B.

but i wonder if using a seperate mesh for the head will get it to work. like the scientists are any how.

this isn't fun anymore

i'm preseting 6D right now...

EDIT:

barely approved... i thought it wasn't going to fly at all.

Needs to be organized much better, presented better, and all that. going to have to bust some ass on this one... :/

EDIT AGAIN:

Ok i cleared the soil from my trousers.

Within the next few weeks. I have to crunch down on all of my part, Daubster has to get somekind of update to the code and I'm very proud to announce that Grimmeh is in on the project composing music tracks. (my stuff is good but its not Grimmeh-good.)

Besides from mapping and such, my design document is going to get finished and I'll pass it to the team.

Now is SO not the time to be lazy. If this project doesn't hit a solid-as-hell demo in 5 fuckin weeks, the project won't fail, i fail. This project is academicly recognized as a capstone project under my name as the leader of the project.

I will rips you're balls off, you can have them back when we're done because;

1: I'm pissed off.
2:
3: Profit.

EDIT: i meant grim and not doodle. i got mixed up, it was a long night... oi.

...I can't wait...wait if it's a demo then what will be the missing features that will be present in the final release??

Yeah. It's just gonna be a demo.

Good to hear it was approved, though. Looks like you've got your work cut out for you.
If, for one reason or another, you need a view weapon animator, I can lend a helping hand.

Had a few ideas how the view models are going to interact with the player's abilities, but nothing is certain as far as that goes.

Also, the player is not allowed any weapons. That was decided a while ago.

Not sure what features will be missing, or which ones are going in at this point. Haven't heard from Daubster about it yet.

whats the difference about the demo and the full version what is missing in the demo that is present in the full version??

moar levels and features in the real version.

it looks like basic telekinesis and toggle in the demo, plus whatever I can make with mapping and using those abilities. which is a lot.

the stuff thats not going to be there, i guess, is the fancy polish.

ok

whats the difference about the demo and the full version

I laughed...a lot.

you lal'd. (laughed a lot)

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22 days until demo? it looks impossible, even for me.

It might not look as pretty as I may want it, but for fuck's sake I will try to deliver something. I also have finals for homework.

If I get a working demo by the 13th of june, I could turn that in to class and spend Summer Break making it nice for public release if you guys really want me to. That may benefit with more maps, gameplay, and graphics. Or you could settle for a more dirty version, but at least the project will get off the ground.

Pull yourself together, man!
We'll pull through this.

just stressing out. after this i may want to audition some mappers to speed things up.

Haha. Wicked.

audition

That means you have to match the rest of the mapping. Although Daubster pepped me up a little. I may skip my tonight class to go home and work on it.

Nothing good ever comes from rushing a release. In my opinion, you should...

If I get a working demo by the 13th of june, I could turn that in to class and spend Summer Break making it nice for public release if you guys really want me to. That may benefit with more maps, gameplay, and graphics. Or you could settle for a more dirty version, but at least the project will get off the ground.

Don't skip an important class Rim. Finals are important you know
And i realize we have to audition.

well... too bad. i'm guesting for the class i'm in right now, and in 30 minutse or so, i'm walking home to work on it.

hehe, student guest speaking in class to other stoodentz... pwnage! i'm honored.

EDIT: going home anyway. i got sick. X____X

Get well soon. Tha Greyt Rimrook!

its been one hell of a day...

demo launches in 22 days from now.

and HLG, don't bother me or my team ever again about this project for.... like.. 22 days or something...

Well good luck with it.

K Rim. I am not gunna bother you any moar.For another time: I am Sorry.

Rim; I think we can wait a while longer, school comes first ya know!

Halflife_Genius; I don't think your nick suits you...

hmm... this project is for my advisor's approval... who is a part of the school... which school comes first...

i think i know what you're saying... ^__^

EDIT:
HL is specifically blocked at my school! Like someone has done this before!

I do recall that asshole in the equipment room playing HLDM a long while back. He's no longer around but he probably got it banned.

This might actually help, because as long as I can show that I did it (not necessarily completing it wink wink) I may buy some time and still have it done and approved.

Also, summer break may provide a few additional weeks.

Lets see what happens

EDIT AGAIN:
Just had a good talk with my adviser. I told him everything that has been going on as far as production goes on the project. He said that my part alone in the project can be my capstone, not the project itself. Since I'm the art guy, that works. So instead of a demo, he wants the pre-vis and art as well as story. Thats a load off.

Big change of plans however. The last day of my summer break (which is 4 weeks of absofuckinglutely nothing else important to do) is Sunday July 13th.

Bumping it back may have the best results. It may allow me to properly finish my all my stuff, make a good length demo thats pretty, and still meet the requirements of the capstone parameters.

I really wish he would have told me that working on a project could count. Hearing "Capstone Project" inferred an actual project. Wasn't so much my fault as it was his never explaining what a capstone can be. Most capstones are self set anyway so its hard for them to say what can be what.

So I pulled 6D from its capstone project status and moved myself to the capstone experience status. Which buys us an additional 4 weeks and moves my adviser's attention away from the project and onto just me. Which is fine cuz it pressures Grim and Daubs as well.

Will keep you posted.

That's awesome rim! Good to hear there's a bit of weight off your shoulders
I patiently await any other update! And how are you feeling btw? You said you got sick, are you better?

i got sick because i lacked nutrition. i ran out of vitamins for a week.

a bit of weight off your shoulders

no, not really. in fact, i made it worse for me. I simply gave time to my team mates, they deserve it.

Ahh.. I see.

I ran out of vitamins for a week...

Do you really need them? And yeah I look forward to some new media! Sounds like your course is having its toll on you...

yeah i really need them. they also help me focus and think clearer. which is dreadfully necessary.

How are you guys with character design? i might want to post some sketches later.

the industry is looking awfully fun right now. even though i think it will be the same stuff except i get get to do just theT[b]e[u]Xt[/b]U[/u]rI[b]n[u]G[/b][/u] and get paid well.

you shouldn't need to rely on vitamins as replacements for actual nutritional food. they are designed to co-operate with your mineral intake, not replace it. if running out of vitamins for a week made you sick, you need to take a look at how you are eating. you should eat red meat 3-4 times a week, fish 2-3 times, vegetables with most nighttime meals. limit your fat and sugar intake, as well as try to avoid artificial stuff because some people are known to have a negative reaction to those kind of things. (apparently, they use the same stuff in red food colouring and rat poison). try going to your doctor and getting a food allergy blood test, you may be feeling sick because you are allergic to some foods and never knew.

Could be psychosomatic addict insane too. If you think they make you healthy then they make you "feel" good. if you stop taking them and think they'll make you sick, your mind makes it so.

I heard a real interesting study about the placebo effect and what a profound effect your brain can and does have on your body. This one involved where they give the some of test subjects a small cut or burn. Subjects who were told they were being hurt but actually weren't, developed red marks and swelling where they thought they were being hurt! Ones who were told they were not being cut/burnt, but actually were, had almost no noticable swelling or marks!

I'm not trying to discount vitamins by any means. I supplement with colloidal minerals\vitamin myself.

"Carmine may be prepared from cochineal, by boiling dried [scale] insects in water to extract the carminic acid"
Carmine (E 120) is used in almost all red candies and you can also find it in yoghurt and some other food.
In most red stuff you eat that ain't red naturally contains "insect juice".

... also i haven't had any good sleep all week. that may have been something to do with it, and I only got sick just that one time. So i dunno, its rather freak. I eat well enough though, but i don't care for salads.