Getting good looking maps required doing a lot of things manually (Slopes, Shores) and it is VERY time consuming (Though to be fair the results do pay off in the end). I Have trouble with normals and Tiberian Suns engine is useless. Last edited by Aro on Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:12 pm; edited 1 time in total QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 16 Dec 2007 Location: Modding other games.
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 12:29 am Post subject:
I've just mastered normals recently which was somthing I thought impossible. Memorizing TS 35 normals colors isn't so hard at all. Other than that, my current point of struggle is on 3D animation and Skin design.
Also, TS and RA2 engines really suck hard (damn you palettes!! and other limits), but at least very fun to play around with. _________________
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Everybody knows a mod that doesn't update every ten seconds is dead.
I hate time restraints. I can mod fine, other than the restrictions which come with the TS engine, but getting the time to do things properly is awfully difficult.
Also, I hate the general SHP format. QUICK_EDIT
I make excellent 3D models when I give myself time but I always end up rushing myself. _________________ Comcast: Yo dawg we herd yo were downloading, so we put fail in yo modem so yo cant download while yo failin! QUICK_EDIT
Everytime i try to make smoke with particle systems, the clouds look like bubbles.
And if i raise the amount of particles and make them smaller so they don't look like bubbles, my PC is to slow to render the thousands of particles
(even my new quad core pc with 4GB ram is too slow)
15min for only 40 frames in 288x288pixel. _________________ SHP Artist of Twisted Insurrection: Nod buildings
Rats, I don't get Anim8or either, I can kinda work truespace though, give it a try _________________ Yes, work on MV continues. It is not forgotten. QUICK_EDIT
1.RA2 SHP engine sucks.I'd ask somebody about doing this for me,tought I don't have the man that can help me...
2.It doesn't manage to motivate me enought to continue work on it. QUICK_EDIT
Everytime i try to make smoke with particle systems, the clouds look like bubbles.
And if i raise the amount of particles and make them smaller so they don't look like bubbles, my PC is to slow to render the thousands of particles
(even my new quad core pc with 4GB ram is too slow)
15min for only 40 frames in 288x288pixel.
I think a better graphics card might help you... _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Makes me laugh how so many people moan about the engine, yet the moaning only started after pd and DCoder started posting about the findings they had, strange...
Anyhow, only problem i have is that i HAVE to work on more than 3 things at once, or i get bored. This makes me very busy and frustrated though >_> QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Location: Flying into hostile territory
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:
I can't draw for shit and 3d model makers confuse the shit out of me. Along with fact my comp is a 7 year old pos with relatively new gfx card and 1.5 gigs ram. now if you excuse me I have a shotgun and plenty of ammo to vent my frustrations.
*off to the distance while loading a 12 Gauge Automatic Shotgun* Hey Gufu! want to go hunting? _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Location: Tiberium Research Center N27
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:
While I certainly do, my good sir - the hunting season close by has been opened - and other humans have been known to "misfire". _________________ DUNK! QUICK_EDIT
Everytime i try to make smoke with particle systems, the clouds look like bubbles.
And if i raise the amount of particles and make them smaller so they don't look like bubbles, my PC is to slow to render the thousands of particles
(even my new quad core pc with 4GB ram is too slow)
15min for only 40 frames in 288x288pixel.
I think a better graphics card might help you...
GigaByte NX96T1GHP (1GB ram 9600GT). It isn't the fastest available card but a passiv one which makes my complete PC almost noiseless. _________________ SHP Artist of Twisted Insurrection: Nod buildings
I can't concentrate on one thing long enough to finish it. I usually want to do another project half way through. Like now I am doing a civ mod for yr, but now i want to splice supcom and a cc game. oh the frustration. _________________ Please, read the signature rules of the forum. QUICK_EDIT
If you have a lot ideas but you can't work it out, then why don't explain your ideas to the ones who don't have much creativety?
I always do that QUICK_EDIT
It means you have a good critical view on your own creations.
Nah, it makes you start over. Thats what I always do... after making something I realise its one big pile of shit and start over again and again. QUICK_EDIT
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Other than that, my current point of struggle is on 3D animation and Skin design. 
