[Danukem]

Micky C, on 04 March 2017 - 03:16 PM, said:

Sure it is; assuming of course that the player doesn't go down there, you can put all that in a skybox.

The player goes down there and can move all around it, TIE fighters fly around it etc. No, it's definitely going to stay in the map, not in a skybox. Anyway, it works fine -- I had to place a few proxy sprites around the map in different locations and code them so that the model will get rendered when any of those sprites are in the rendering pool.

[Tea Monster]

[Fantinaikos]

Md2 and md3 does not allow that level of detail (funny that md2 a different kind of LOD value), what is the new format?

Shame that after the VERY old frontend 1.6, beta 108 I guess, I can't play with Doomsday engine anymore...

Zdoom and other Boom variations map/mods still uncompatible? It would not make much sense.

[Micky C]

Fantinaikos, on 11 March 2017 - 04:58 PM, said:

Md2 and md3 does not allow that level of detail (funny that md2 a different kind of LOD value), what is the new format?

Shame that after the VERY old frontend 1.6, beta 108 I guess, I can't play with Doomsday engine anymore...

Zdoom and other Boom variations map/mods still uncompatible? It would not make much sense.

I thought MD3 didn't have an explicit poly limit? Anyway I assume he's going to create a lower poly version and bake a normal map to it with the high poly version.

[Hendricks266]

I think by "level of detail" he means the precision of the coordinate system.

[Spiker]

Buffing the scale of a model makes it possible to preserve the details (not in the defs but md3 itself).

[Gambini]

^ This. There´s some kind of low decimal limit for coordinates on md3 format.

[Striker]

Trooper Dan, on 04 March 2017 - 03:19 PM, said:

The player goes down there and can move all around it, TIE fighters fly around it etc. No, it's definitely going to stay in the map, not in a skybox. Anyway, it works fine -- I had to place a few proxy sprites around the map in different locations and code them so that the model will get rendered when any of those sprites are in the rendering pool.

Personally, I would have made it an Imperial Interdictor, a much smaller imperial cruiser that looks somewhat like a Star Destroyer. Would fit better, since a Star Destroyer is large enough to be considered a floating city.
http://starwars.wiki...ial_Interdictor

[Micky C]

I believe you're after the Interdictor Cruiser: http://starwars.wiki...rdictor_cruiser

I'm a trekkie and by no means a Star Wars expert, but the article you linked to appeared to be referencing a very specific one-off ship as opposed to the general class of ships that it's based on.

[MusicallyInspired]

Interdictors were plentiful in the EU. I don't know whether they've been used too extensively in canon, though. Either way, they aren't as recognizable, for sure...

[Danukem]

Striker, on 15 March 2017 - 10:40 PM, said:

Personally, I would have made it an Imperial Interdictor, a much smaller imperial cruiser that looks somewhat like a Star Destroyer. Would fit better, since a Star Destroyer is large enough to be considered a floating city.

That's a good idea, but I don't have a model for that. Did I mention that it is now 50% bigger than what was shown in the screenshot? (Still not to scale, I know).

[OpenMaw]

My attempt to recreate/emultate the style of the OG Duke3D Duke in 3DS Max. Very very rough draft.

https://www.dropbox....onDuke.png?dl=0

[Mark]

Link wouldn't load for me.

[Tea Monster]

Fantinaikos, on 11 March 2017 - 04:58 PM, said:

Md2 and md3 does not allow that level of detail (funny that md2 a different kind of LOD value), what is the new format?

Shame that after the VERY old frontend 1.6, beta 108 I guess, I can't play with Doomsday engine anymore...

Zdoom and other Boom variations map/mods still uncompatible? It would not make much sense.

It's not for Doom.

[Fantinaikos]

So it is a WIP of the new chaingun of liz commander isn't?

It remains a nice work.

[Sanek]

I'm working on something

[Lunick]

Are some of those textures from The Adventures of Square?

[Sanek]

Lunick, on 19 March 2017 - 01:17 PM, said:

Are some of those textures from The Adventures of Square?

Yes. Is that bad?

[Lunick]

It was just recognisable to me, that's all

[Sanek]

I just learn Photoshop extensively right now, and so decided to draw some simple textures and import them into duke, and to make some simple map entierely without any original duke textures...with some free textures and sprites lying around

[Robman]

Because Fox is a fucking idiot and no mod seems to be doing anything about his bullshit of posting huge off topic gifs in the Wieder thread. You have him to thank. It's acceptable to do this so here, have 200+mb worth of his gifs because hey, it's hilarious right?

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[Danukem]

 Robman, on 21 March 2017 - 06:11 PM, said:

Because Fox is a fucking idiot and no mod seems to be doing anything about his bullshit of posting huge off topic gifs in the Wieder thread. You have him to thank. It's acceptable to do this so here, have 200+mb worth of his gifs because hey, it's hilarious right?

DELETED GIFS

Your mistake was in thinking that a political discussion thread has the same value as a thread about creating content for Duke Nukem, in a forum that is dedicated to Duke Nukem content.

No, we don't particularly give a shit about what happens in the general discussion threads. On some occasions I have stepped in and removed his excessive gifs, but I'm not going to waste a lot of time doing that. But if you come out here and start fucking with real threads that have value to us, then yeah we are going to do something about it.

[Robman]

 Trooper Dan, on 21 March 2017 - 06:18 PM, said:

Your mistake was in thinking that a political discussion thread has the same value as a thread about creating content for Duke Nukem, in a forum that is dedicated to Duke Nukem content.

No, we don't particularly give a shit about what happens in the general discussion threads. On some occasions I have stepped in and removed his excessive gifs, but I'm not going to waste a lot of time doing that. But if you come out here and start fucking with real threads that have value to us, then yeah we are going to do something about it.

Delete the fucking gifs Dan.
And tell him to quit doing it.

Just because you personally don't care about a thread, it isn't ok for him to pepper it with 100+ mb gifs.
Thread that doesn't matter =3800+ posts , 100 000+ views?

[Forge]

[Danukem]

 Robman, on 21 March 2017 - 06:25 PM, said:

Just because you personally don't care about a thread, it isn't ok for him to pepper it with 100+ mb gifs.
Thread that doesn't matter =3800+ posts , 100 000+ views?

It's not about me personally, it's about this being Duke4.net, a site dedicated to fandom and modding of Duke Nukem games. And no, political fights are not important to this site, no matter how many people are into them. If I'm around and I see excessive gifs I will remove them, as I have done in the past, but I'm not going to hang out in a political discussion thread on a regular basis.

[Robman]

 Trooper Dan, on 21 March 2017 - 08:53 PM, said:

It's not about me personally, it's about this being Duke4.net, a site dedicated to fandom and modding of Duke Nukem games. And no, political fights are not important to this site, no matter how many people are into them. If I'm around and I see excessive gifs I will remove them, as I have done in the past, but I'm not going to hang out in a political discussion thread on a regular basis.

If you're told about the problem, you don't have to be around all the time to witness/ remove the gifs.
You were told about the issue. Duke4.net has a general section, so...it's not 100% just about DN games is it.

Just delete/move the gifs and feel free to delete all of this crap about it too.

[Forge]

[Danukem]

 Robman, on 21 March 2017 - 09:01 PM, said:

You were told about the issue. Duke4.net has a general section, so...it's not 100% just about DN games is it.

Haha, you are barking up the wrong tree now. If it was up to me I would fix that for you by deleting that whole section. Be content with the action that has been taken. I would delete this whole OT discussion here but since I have been part of it I will recuse myself and let some other mod decide what to do about it.

[Sanek]

[Daedolon]

You should considering having consistency with all the shadows in the scene since it's taking place outdoors.