Movie pack bike.max anyone?
Movie pack bike.max anyone?
Since I haven't been getting much help so far I was wondering, does anybody have cycle.ase converted to .max, ive been trying to get a .ase importer but they dont work, even ones made for 3ds max6 dont work and I'm almost done with my mod, just the bike shape needs to be shaped.
If anyone has cycle.ase converted to .max and is willing to post it, or PM it to me that would be much appreciated ^^ and I'll give you credit for helping me make this mod.
P.S. Once Armarocktron is done, I have already started putting together a new one that all of you might enjoy.
If anyone has cycle.ase converted to .max and is willing to post it, or PM it to me that would be much appreciated ^^ and I'll give you credit for helping me make this mod.
P.S. Once Armarocktron is done, I have already started putting together a new one that all of you might enjoy.
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if things get too frustrating perhaps you could skip the reshaping and just do the new skin. it's surprising how much you can customize the bike simply by adding a new skin. and the nice thing is you still get the 'wheels in motion' effect, which makes the custom cycles i've tried so far look very strange by their absence.
here's K's which i'm currently loving:
http://guru3.sytes.net/viewtopic.php?t=933
here's K's which i'm currently loving:
http://guru3.sytes.net/viewtopic.php?t=933
i think theres a high-poly free tronbike mesh out on the web somewhere, mebbe u could run multi-res on it & make it friendlier to the game
i can convert .ase to .3ds or to whatever format for people if they need me to
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er on second thought.. if i manage to get that one into max, i'll post it here as .3ds
there are a couple tronbike meshes on www.3dcafe.com
they're kinda poly heavy, but nice looking
i can convert .ase to .3ds or to whatever format for people if they need me to
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er on second thought.. if i manage to get that one into max, i'll post it here as .3ds
there are a couple tronbike meshes on www.3dcafe.com
they're kinda poly heavy, but nice looking
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About remodeling bikes, has someone tested to see if the game would be improve by having "cycle" that are only boxes, maybe a dent on it to see the "front". (so like 7 surfaces)SuPeRTaRD wrote:max exports to .ase but it doesnt import
so.. model a new bike & export it ;p
i aint givin' you mine!
heh.. i think theres a high-poly free tronbike mesh out on the web somewhere, mebbe u could run multi-res on it & make it friendlier to the game
a program called viewpoint interchange will convert .ase to .3ds
if'n ye REALLY need a ase importer ^
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er on second thought.. if i manage to get that one into max, i'll post it here as .3ds
there are a couple tronbike meshes on www.3dcafe.com
they're kinda poly heavy, but nice looking
Ppl on slow computer would surely appreciate having their game passing from 4 fps to a wooping 12 fps for such a low cost operation.
Anyone willing to test that and maybe give us, poor ppl with low cpu ressources, a chance to have a better experience?
Just an idea like that.
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Assuming a bike is normally 1 meter long, I've made a 5 polygon model: the front is at (0,0,0) and the cycle face -x (so the back is at about (1,0,0), so it may need correction:
all the points: in (x,y,z)
(0, 0.12,0)
(0, -0.12,0)
(1, 0.3, 0)
(1, -0.3, 0) (those 4 give the ground shape)
(0.2, 0, 0.3) top front vertex
(1.2, 0, 0.5) top back vertex
can someone try to model it.
the proportions are all wrong probably, but it seems like an ok shape on paper, but I was just unable to describe it in words.
probably the "ground" polygone can be skipped as it is never displayed, making it a 4 polygones model. (if I count them ok, 6 triangles are needed for it if the ground is ommited. 1 in front, one in back, and 2 for each sides.)
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i made a "2d" triangular cycle (only 3 vertices) for iceman some time back, i think he had some probs with it on his computer but when i used them on my own (only tested in local game) i didn't notice the slightest difference (on athlon 1800+)philippeqc wrote:About remodeling bikes, has someone tested to see if the game would be improve by having "cycle" that are only boxes, maybe a dent on it to see the "front". (so like 7 surfaces)
i have a feeling it's not the cycles putting the biggest load on a computer but rather how the grid is created (seems very inefficient to me but i wouldn't know). the grid should be only 8 vertices (all it takes to create a box of 6 triangles - a box which is simultaneously "hooks" to hang textures on as well as borders between in-game and automatic death) and i doubt that's the method used. as for the bikes remember that all the bikes are the same fixed vertices so they actually don't take that much power (or at least they shouldn't if the game keeps the model in memory something it might not do for all i know), however i do notice a difference when going up from about the 190 vertices in the standard moviepack cycle to about the 3-400 (or was it even more?) vertices in the high definition moviepack cycle, so it does (of course) impact things relative to how strong a videocard one has but i think it has more to do with the code than anything else really - would be nice to get some opengl wizard to review and update that part of the code
there are a TON of factors that affect fps.. ^ when i get around to making an arena remap, i will try to irk out as much fps as i can from this engine, if i find any tricks, i'll let y'all know
i'm pretty stoked i found another game to edit, especialy one i like to play & am good at & other people actually play..
i also edit the pc game re-volt by acclaim
u can make custom maps/vehicles/objects for that game
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here, posting this as .3ds so more people can use it (.max isnt compatible across diff versions)
it has 167 polygons
its the mesh from the ORIGINAL moviepack
the texture mapping should be intact on it..
for a minimal fee, i'll make a texture template for it
i'm pretty stoked i found another game to edit, especialy one i like to play & am good at & other people actually play..
i also edit the pc game re-volt by acclaim
u can make custom maps/vehicles/objects for that game
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here, posting this as .3ds so more people can use it (.max isnt compatible across diff versions)
it has 167 polygons
its the mesh from the ORIGINAL moviepack
the texture mapping should be intact on it..
for a minimal fee, i'll make a texture template for it
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- low poly modelors eat your heart out
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- philippeqc
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Darn, I was really wishfull on that.n54 wrote: i made a "2d" triangular cycle (only 3 vertices) for iceman some time back, i think he had some probs with it on his computer but when i used them on my own (only tested in local game) i didn't notice the slightest difference (on athlon 1800+)
I still (very personnally, in my deep inside self) feel like a small performance hit to have things that look like cycles drawn at 400x300 (or 320x200, well you get the idea)
I'd be interested in that triangular cycle if you still have it. I've noticed that different "improvement" have different effects on different computers. On some lowering the quality of the texture below a certain level actually worsten the fps.
For the rest, well, I know the same amount of opengl as you do.
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here it is, without the skin (what iceman said makes sense so i didn't bother to include the skin).
i simply edited the mesh directly in the text file to make this one
i simply edited the mesh directly in the text file to make this one
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- a simple triangle bike which needs to be unzipped and renamed for use (of course) it's an ase file btw
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