Ship Model Modding can you take parts and add them together? |
I wanted to make different ships, but modeling is hard, so I was wondering if it was possible to mix the other ship around, like take a part of one ship and add it to another ship to make a combo ship, that would be pretty cool. I tried to open up .x files in 3dsmax 8, but it said that it coulnd' t open it, is this possible?
Yeah, DOGA is next to
Yeah, DOGA is next to impossible to use for SE5 ships. Some of its parts alone were over SE5's model limits.
I use blender for my
I use blender for my modelling needs. It's very nice free modeller to use.
Your lord and master (below Foamy) LordHavoc
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I don't know anything about
I don't know anything about 3D or modelling. But I downloaded Blender and have been having loads of fun building my first 3D object.
Once I start making my own ships I will come back and ask how to prepare them for the game, until then I'll just have fun learning the program.
Thx for the info LordHavoc.
Maybe this will work
I took the .x file from the empires section of the game. Random ship.
I used Lithunwrap to load the file(model open .x). I could then see the ship and texture.
I then saved the file as .3ds file.
I then imported it on blender. I can now modify the the ship model. Of course if I do the texture would be off.
I hope this helps.
There's a shareware program
There's a shareware program called DoGA which lets you mix and match parts; it was very popular for making SE4 ships. It will export to .X as well (don't think it can import .X though). The only problem with it is that if you have a lot of overlapping pats, it doesn't optimize the model, so you have to be VERY careful not to use too many polygons in your models! You can find DoGA here: http://www.doga.co.jp
If you want something more powerful but still not too hard to use, I would personally recommend Wings 3D (http://www.wings3d.com) or Art of Illusion (http://www.artofillusion.org). I also just happened to find out about this new program called ShapeShop (http://unknownroad.com/shapeshop) which looks to be REALLY easy to use (you just sketch what you want to draw and then tell it how you want it to extend your sketch into thte 3rd dimension - there are some REALLY cool demo videos available, or just try for yourself!) but I haven't had a chance to try it yet so I don't know what formats it exports or how good it is about keeping polygon counts low.
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