3d models development

[Haraldx]

Heres your pistol: http://www.2shared.com/file/gQEcXLtC/10mmgun.html
Do I really need to make a new pcture for the spear, because I made the handle more thin and it doesn't look like made changes.

[Haraldx]

sorry for double post, but I just wanted to know, are people still working?

[bikkebakke]

Uhm.. I'v done most of mine, I still got some that need better eeh.. feeling to their texture, more metal like, but dunno how to (like a bit more shiney but thats made in the 3d program, not the texture, already got great metal texture but it doesn't look metally due to it doesnt get shiney in 3dmax )

[Haraldx]

Add a light to the model? I don't know how to do that in 3Dmax, but you can do that in Wings3D

[Solar]

Is anyone biting the bullet and trying to do some 3D Character models yet?

[bikkebakke]

Isn't there already 3d chars available

dev video 3

As far as I know Cvet (and his team of modders) are working on armors and the characters, they may be doing weapons aswell, im not 100% sure about that. I think Lexx knows more about that.

[Karpov]

Is anyone biting the bullet and trying to do some 3D Character models yet?

I am. I have both male and female  models done, textured and ready to rig. Also made a little experiment with rats and replaced them in the game with my model , it works fine.

here ,I took some pictures

currently I am working on the leather jacket

[bikkebakke]

:O KARPOV! why haven't we heard of this earlier!! (small request - can you make a screenshot of them in isometric view, its easier to compare them to the sprites then )

Keep up the good work!

[TommyTheGun]

Still - models need to be made with VB's animations, right? So we have to start with/from VB models and... i don't know - customize them. If I'm wrong, please correct me. And again - if someone has those Van Buren's models in other than .MAX format, please upload it somewhere.

[Solar]

Apparently we have them in x format too.

[TommyTheGun]

Apparently we have them in x format too.

But it's impossible to upload them or tell me how to get them, so I can at least try to help you a bit and paractise some 3D modeling btw?

[Karpov]

Well TommytheGun, you can open one of the faction.dat files with DATexplorer, the models in X format are there, with their texures, but I could not figure out how to open them. Anyway, I am not using VB bone system, so I created the animation myself and then exported the model to .x, made one just as a test.
Here is a video, I believe that one was orthographic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DRAJ_tWN64

[Gorlak]

You can view .x format with this
http://www.jan1024188.com/3dmodelviewer.html

[TommyTheGun]

@Karpov - does it mean you can create whole new animations so they could look more like in old Fallouts? Cause that would be awesome. It's always good to know that those models are already in faction files - i figured, they were not in out files, since we have no use for them right now as players (I'm talking about characters, not critters).

@Bobsky

The problem was not how to view .x format, but how to open .MAX format and convert it to .x without usind 3D studio Max

Anyway - thanks for answers

[Karpov]

You are right Tommy, the characters are not there, only critters, my bad. And yes, I can create animations, but there are over 100 inside the VB model, though I don't think the game uses them all.