Model request: Interdictor variant

[scott2978]

Hi everyone,

 

This should be easy for anyone who can do a bit of minor kitbashing with Max. Take the Interdictor and remove the gravity well projector globes. I want to make the Vindicator class cruiser, and the Interdictor is basically a Vindicator with gravity well projectors on it, so stands to reason that you could make a Vindicator just by removing the projectors.

 

Can anyone handle this for me please?

 

Thanks!

 

Scott

[Droid803]

It'd be easier to make a new model than to convert from alo to obj then back.

[DragonShadow]

Convert ALO to OBJ? ???

[scott2978]

I don't understand.

 

Anyway, would anyone like to take a stab at it for me please? Pretty please?

 

 

 

Scott

[Lord_of_the_Sith]

Why not asking for a conversion of the Dominator?

It's a pretty ship of ISD line.

[Droid803]

Because we have a dominator.

We don't have a Vindicator (Somehow, ship classes with names that start with "V" sound cool to me....go figure)

[swfan654]

I could have sworn there was a ship that looked like the Interdictor without the globes in warlords............

[MajorPayne]

Its not difficult to reverse convert an ALO. You just need the right program and plugin.

[jedi_consulor]

so what program and plugin would that be then ?

[MajorPayne]

Ultimate Unwrap 3d. In fact I would go so far as to speculate, that the program will enable you to make some edits to the model directly and resave it back out.

[Lord_of_the_Sith]

We have a dominator?? Where is it??? I  can't see it anywhere.

[jedi_consulor]

hmm yes we do have a Dominator in two different mods so far - one of the mods it isn't working right in there though. But its in some mods, and neither of them are official public mods yet I don't think.

[Lord_of_the_Sith]

Which means we don't have one.

not working and/or not released mean not avaible for me as I think for most people.

Not avaible things aren't "we have" are "we don't have".

[jedi_consulor]

hm, *well* I mean they are in beta's - in which some people have had access to. So they have been available to some. Generally the Dominator is not in any public mod yet as I know of. Only in a few betas..

 

Like I say the one I have seen in one mod doesnt work properly a long with several other space units people have been trying to add. Bad UV - missing parameters ships not showing properly in game because of it.

 

Who ever does a conversion will need to know what they are doing ! 

[Lord_of_the_Sith]

I hope to see one soon.

[scott2978]

I hear ya JC. I've been trying to find a Carrack Cruiser and a Lancer Frigate that aren't missing a bunch of textures/polys all over them. I got the ones from EAWEnhanced, but they are the same ones everyone else is using that are missing those pieces. The funny thing is that I can see the textures in photoshop and the missing pieces are at least on the texture. Why the model went out unfinished is anyone's guess.

 

 

I can't wait to see LoW this weekend and see if their Lancer and Carrack have all their parts. Maybe someone has their models already? I'm makin this mod for myself and never intend for it to leave my hard drive, so maybe they will let me grab those two models before the weekend?

 

Scott

[Lord_of_the_Sith]

Look to SAU 3.0 by Steiner Group.It's my mod of choice among the released ones. It has the ships you are looking for. Not to mention they are to redone the skins and improve the models.No other mod will match it apart from probably Dark Empire. I don't mention LOW because I believe it will be soon obsolete.

[DragonShadow]

  Lord of the Sith said:

Look to SAU 3.0 by Steiner Group.It's my mod of choice among the released ones. It has the ships you are looking for. Not to mention they are to redone the skins and improve the models.No other mod will match it apart from probably Dark Empire. I don't mention LOW because I believe it will be soon obsolete.

 

LOL :

 

As much as I believe SAU is a great mod and Dark Empire will be a great mod, nothing can match LoW (I'm on another mod team, too ;D).

[jedi_consulor]

SAU is actually a very well made mod - except it also does have texture problems with its space units in game. Just play the empire build a few ISD's and zoom right out on the camera - woops. My starDestroyer has no body - I now only see the engines.

 

I expect its the same with their other models as well.

 

But at least they have enough polys and other parameters in the models to get them working in normal camera mode, AND in high quality mode. I give them credit for that at least.

 

I have been campaining by the way to ask some one to re do the Dominator Interdictor Destroyer as well as all the other units fluffed up that were in those betas I mentioned. Most people seem happy playing the game on very low quality settings and seem to think this bug doesn't need fixing. But people have to take into account - if you have a good gfx card thats capable of a lot of texture shading etc YOU WANT high detail settings in a game.

 

Any mod should be capable of rendering any texture level - not just cater for one group of people.

[DragonShadow]

Low detail? Who would want to play this game on low detail? On the lowest settings it's worse than SWGB...high res ftw, lol. And if you can't play on high detail, get a new rig...as my Game Design teacher says, "they can charge high prices for games and hardware, because they'll know we'll pay for it", lol.

[Lord_of_the_Sith]

True. If needed go and buy a better graphic card. I want high resolution ships and don't want a bad mod only becasue people like crappy things as they are too stupid.

SAU is going to be restiled, as you can see from their thred here on PFF, to very high detailed models and textures.

About LOW I believe it will be a complete failure as EAW has already been out for months, FOC is coming and many mods released adding many things. By now nothing has been shown of this mod apart from 2 or 3 ships which are, according to me, nothing special as better things have been or being done by other modders and/or groups.

[jedi_consulor]

I actually agree with LOW - I think its too much too late. The EAW community is getting a lot of good mods out lately that have plenty of new units in there to use. By the time they finish LOW - people will have got bored with the stuff they are offering in much of the fact that we have already been there and played that unit - in several mods already.

[Lord_of_the_Sith]

Glad to hear this from you consulor.

Infact it's exactly what I think.

[scott2978]

I thought LoW was coming out tomorrow? Surely tomorrow isn't "too late" ???

 

Besides, while some of you may be content with the models that are out there now, like the Carrack and Lancer from the Enhanced EAW mod, in my opinion they are total crap. Missing tons of polys, no engine glows, textures that suck...

 

But LoW on the other hand looks like it has those same models in beautifully high res, fully modeled, fully textured, and with working everything. LoW learned it's lesson from the SSD it released too early without all the bells and whistles. Apparently not everyone was paying attention to that because most of the mods out now are full of crappy models. LoW, I hope, will have some of the best models we have yet seen for EAW, and I include the stock Petro models in that statement as well.

 

I for one can't wait for LoW to come out, it's exactly what I've been waiting for, and once you guys see it, you'll probly agree with me, at least about the models. Now if they would just release it on time...

 

Scott

[jedi_consulor]

well I agree with you on the part that a lot of crappy models have been coming out lately. Which is why I was and have been asking people to re do the models that aren't showing properly in game. I know what you mean I am dissapointed with the quality of the models coming out lately. The ones I have talked about to be fair are only in beta's that aren't working right. But I know there has been some low quality ones in some mods that were officially released.

 

I think LOW is a little too late in some facts but if they offer top quality models I am sure we will want to check them out. I just think its coming too late - I should have said it was too little too late.