Posted by Kev on June 21, 2000 at 17:03:20:
In reply to: Re: Tiger 2 Rhino conversion posted by Tomb Biker on June 21, 2000 at 04:43:34:
Tb, ok, "Save the Tiger" (for later)...
last night I put a new (ahem...) "torso" in the
Jungle level for Lara...after much level crashing ,3D studio rejections,
it finally worked...juggled TRviever, 3D Max, Rhino 3D & Photoshop
to do it...
and here is the surprising thing that I've learned...
my new Lara torso mesh..is one from a model I did in Rhino 2 years
ago; so it's big in polygon count...(1024 actually) ...
(that "shouldn't work" but it does easily; looks terrific
in the animations too...)
also, because I'm bad a t UV mapping, I cheated & added another page
in Jack for Lara's new rack & tummy...
so, I flubbed that too, it's a complete"one plane see-thru"
(so the same is on her back; bummer!) ...I'll do a "shrink-wrap" later...
here's the prize thou...that .bmp for that torso is...(get ready...)
256 X 256 pixels in size, a real whopper!!!
the game plays it w/o a flinch, Lara's chest looks so nice that
it's ..er...."sinful" I really can't be putting this stuff out..
(it's rather realistic at that (near "photo quality" resolution)
...but fun.
so, I'm thinking that I need to look into UV mapping; we all do.
(model builders that is) Rhino has Nothing in it about UV texture mapping;
it's just a model builder, a damn good one...
So, we're stuck w/ 3D Studio again! that does UV mapping...
so, for kicks, I may try to change these things...
"Giant Spiders" from Mars in the TR2 Wall level
insted of those pathetic little ones...
lose Lara's top in either TR2 or TR3's "Lara's Home" level...
hell, she's Home...(she can run around bareass if she wants too...)
change the TR2 Wall "crow" into a small flying dinosaur...
(might be possible, there's tons of free Dino models on the Web..)
think about trying to make larger "transparent" doors...
I don't like TombRaider's very small "doors" they got no class...
later, Kevin...
let us know how the Wheeler model is coming along, please..