I worked on it a bit and this is how it is for now until I work on it later. I need to know how to make a ring instead of a cylinder =\. So unti i know how, it will look something like this. <a href='http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shbattery.bmp' target='_blank'>http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shbattery.bmp</a> copy the shortcut into your browser again. i dont know why geocities does this.
<!--QuoteBegin--Azrael2709+Jun 8 2003, 07:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Azrael2709 @ Jun 8 2003, 07:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This site will give you good reference to what the models should look like: <a href='http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx' target='_blank'>http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx</a> The pylon seems to be 8 sided, so make sure it's not round as your updated one shows. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> ya, ok, ill go do that now..... what about the ring.... shall i try to make that a bit smoother, or should that be alright... coz if i cant get 3ds Max to like me, i cant figure out how to smooth it properly....(im using G-Max for the moment..)
Right, heres the (hopefully) final version of it... all it needs now is a skin mesh, and a skin.... animations should be complete (its only the ring spinning around the crystal)... <img src='http://www.frailart.net/members/angelus/pylon5.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
[edit] if anyone wants to have a crack at skinning/meshing it, give us a heads up and ill send you the model file or what ever you need.. [/edit]
[edit2] just another side note... the model itself was done in G-Max... if you have 3dsMax, i THINK you can load it up in there... as for MS3D, i dont have a clue, youll have to do some searchin on that [/edit2]
Ok, good sides diamond there. Now, you need a skin that really brings out the sides in it to make it more of a crystal. Then it would be perfect. Maybe a skin that has different color blue's on each side to make the sides constrast more. Other than that great job!
I've been working on the shield battery for quite a while and I think this might be the final version. Thanks to Jamil I tried using a ring for the center like it should be instead of a flat cylinder but it didn't look quite right. This is what it looks like finally. I need someone to skin it please =). <a href='http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shibattery.bmp' target='_blank'>http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shibattery.bmp</a> again, copy paste it into your browser.
i read through all the building ideas posts and i think its rather strange to use buildings for medpacks and ammopacks. Next thing you youll carry a forge for an hmg.
Pylon should be a turret factory for sure. a pylon with cannons around it would look great.
dont use normal non combat buildings for siege cannons. Make your own protoss looking thing for that?
<!--QuoteBegin--Shloom+Jun 9 2003, 06:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Shloom @ Jun 9 2003, 06:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> a made a protoss req and i got the schit flamed out of my <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> maybe coz u had th wrong i dea see i let people choose what they wanted to do i didnt make em do stuff they go at there own free will
In Starcraft the crystals looked From Deep Blue to Light Purple,very cool. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
yo gd progress with the pylon <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> its better than anything i cud do <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
[EDIT] Oh btw from comm mode if its gonna be a tf cud u change the green build circle to blue or summin like in the game <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> coz it wud b gd if u cud[/EDIT]
[EDIT2] Can i try skinning that pylon coz i got some great textures i just made for it out of interest <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> [/EDIT2]
Ok here it is. Probably the crappiest skinning I ever did (also the second so bear with me). I have to re-skin the middle because the middle disk is black. Something weird happened. Ok here it is. <a href='http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shieldbatteryfinal.bmp' target='_blank'>http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shieldb...atteryfinal.bmp</a> copy shortcut + paste into your browser
cool, ive started skinning the pylon model but angelus, the bit connecting the two pyramds together is transparent when i compile the model :/ any ideas why?
[EDIT] ive fixed it now but the texture is backwards :/ [/EDIT]
The two "pyramids" are actually one cylinder that has 3 segments which i change sized, then welded the top and bottom vertices together to make the point <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> i didnt do anything cheep like slap in another shape between em <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
heh apart from that its pretty gd, ive started an animation but ti looks a bit tacky so ill put a few keyframes inbetween to slow it down and make it smoother <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
i animated with 100 frames, and the ring rotates around it...
[edit] although, if you wanted, (and can <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->) you could try and make the crystal rotate the other way (SLOWLY) and maybe move up and down slightly.... thats a bit out of my league for now tho <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> [/edit]
Aye, im liking this <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> keep it going..
actually this would be better dont know what it is called but it does have a HMG so it would be good <img src='http://members.optusnet.com.au/xexe/PROHMG.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
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<a href='http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shbattery.bmp' target='_blank'>http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shbattery.bmp</a>
copy the shortcut into your browser again. i dont know why geocities does this.
<a href='http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx' target='_blank'>http://www.blizzard.com/ghost/screenshotindex.aspx</a>
The pylon seems to be 8 sided, so make sure it's not round as your updated one shows. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
ya, ok, ill go do that now..... what about the ring.... shall i try to make that a bit smoother, or should that be alright... coz if i cant get 3ds Max to like me, i cant figure out how to smooth it properly....(im using G-Max for the moment..)
<img src='http://www.frailart.net/members/angelus/pylon5.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
[edit] if anyone wants to have a crack at skinning/meshing it, give us a heads up and ill send you the model file or what ever you need.. [/edit]
[edit2] just another side note... the model itself was done in G-Max... if you have 3dsMax, i THINK you can load it up in there... as for MS3D, i dont have a clue, youll have to do some searchin on that [/edit2]
<a href='http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shibattery.bmp' target='_blank'>http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shibattery.bmp</a>
again, copy paste it into your browser.
Pylon should be a turret factory for sure. a pylon with cannons around it would look great.
dont use normal non combat buildings for siege cannons. Make your own protoss looking thing for that?
Check out starcraft ghost for new protoss stuff.
i hope you guys finish it.
maybe coz u had th wrong i dea see i let people choose what they wanted to do i didnt make em do stuff they go at there own free will
[EDIT] Oh btw from comm mode if its gonna be a tf cud u change the green build circle to blue or summin like in the game <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> coz it wud b gd if u cud[/EDIT]
[EDIT2] Can i try skinning that pylon coz i got some great textures i just made for it out of interest <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> [/EDIT2]
<a href='http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shieldbatteryfinal.bmp' target='_blank'>http://www.geocities.com/kevms2709/shieldb...atteryfinal.bmp</a>
copy shortcut + paste into your browser
[EDIT] ive fixed it now but the texture is backwards :/ [/EDIT]
The two "pyramids" are actually one cylinder that has 3 segments which i change sized, then welded the top and bottom vertices together to make the point <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo--> i didnt do anything cheep like slap in another shape between em <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
i animated with 100 frames, and the ring rotates around it...
[edit] although, if you wanted, (and can <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->) you could try and make the crystal rotate the other way (SLOWLY) and maybe move up and down slightly.... thats a bit out of my league for now tho <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> [/edit]
this is what i got so far... not much but its a start
<img src='http://www.pfcook.force9.co.uk/pylonb1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
<img src='http://www.pfcook.force9.co.uk/pylonskinmesh.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
Does seem a bit dark in some places tho..
also is it possible to get animated textures or not?