[YR] RA1 Tesla Tank

ConMan · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:33 am Post subject: [YR] RA1 Tesla Tank

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Renegangsta · Cyborg Commando **Joined**: 02 Aug 2007 **Location**: meh

you know thats gonna be HUGE ingame, right?

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ConMan · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:41 am Post subject:

It's an okay size ingame, doesn't really fit in with RA2's stock voxels but, something more like the voxels in Moscow's Vengeance (though this won't be used in it)

gufu · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:37 am Post subject:

Who isn't using APB for their RA-related tesla tanks, nowdays? XD

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Deformat · Defense Minister **Joined**: 17 Sep 2007

It lacks the dome. #Tongue

(And the red star)

ConMan · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:52 pm Post subject:

Deformat wrote:

It lacks the dome. #Tongue

(And the red star)

The star is on the top of the front... I see Wink

partyzanPaulZy · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:

It lacks many details, however this voxel can be nice in the end.

I tip it's long like body of that MW Mammy and higher a bit.

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ConMan · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:24 pm Post subject:

approx size ingame

Not an exact replica, but w/e

Lt Albrecht · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:31 pm Post subject:

needs to be a bit fatter

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raminator · Commander **Joined**: 04 Oct 2005 **Location**: Bierkasten

it´s too high #Tongue

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Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

White edges are ugly, and the sphere is all but spherical. What isn't mentioned here or above doesn't need altering, IMO.

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ConMan · Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:54 pm Post subject:

I think I'm done

Could a mod please move this to the voxels section?

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EVA-251 · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:16 pm Post subject:

ConMan wrote:

I think I'm done

Could a mod please move this to the voxels section?

O_o
Wow, thats actually pretty good.

Its actually surprising that so few people actually have bothered to recreate the RA1 Tesla Tank, now get to making the Snow, Urban and Forest color schemes! #Tongue

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ConMan · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:31 pm Post subject:

Glad you like it!

And the color schemes....well some swapping of colors will do the trick but I'm a bit too lazy for that #Tongue

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

your dome has only 1 metal ring, while the original has 2 #Tongue

But it's still really good.
with some better normals and texture it could be spotlight worthy
However to be perfect it needs an additional cool chargeturret anim. Wink

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ConMan · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:28 pm Post subject:

Twin metal rings made it look kinda ugly...

It's a shame I don't know how to paint normals though! Maybe I'll try and learn now... Sad

The texturing could also use some work, but I haven't had the time right now to do that

OmegaBolt · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

I think the Ra1 (Counterstrike version) Tesla Tank was the coolest looking unit in the game.

This looks good but the pointy dome annoys me.

ConMan · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:30 pm Post subject:

Pointy? Doesn't really look that pointy to me... Razz

OmegaBolt · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject:

West/East and North/South looks pointy. #Tongue

Don't know if its possible to get any better though.

Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

The Aftermath and Counterstrike TTs were supposedly the same, both with a Radar Jammer body (though the one in Aftermath was bigger than a radar jammer) both a half track with a tesla coil mounted on the back. Anyhow aren't those rings basically the tesla coil since logically that dome doesn't do much? If so it would be nice if you could somehow get the second ring in there, however if it just keeps making it look stupid, froget it. I'd rather have a visually appealing TT then a scientifically correct one.

OmegaBolt · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject:

Hmm thought it was Counterstrike with this Tesla Tank... guess it was Aftermath.

ConMan · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject:

I'm not exactly sure about what the purpose of the dome is. AFAIK, smaller tesla coils sometimes don't have a dome-ball thingy, whilst bigger ones usually do.

Or, the dome is perhaps the "coil" part of a tesla coil, maybe just smothered over in a dome cover.

Lt Albrecht · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject:

In RA1 (and 2) all weaponised tesla coils have "balls" at the end, it's possible I suppose that in the TT the rest of the mechanism is inside the tank.

Man-portable weapons don't have any of the normal "coil" attributes and in RA they are shown as resembling over-sized cattleprods.

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Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

Yeah it was a omnidirectional tesla coil, apparently mounted on a halftrack. Maybe a big dome for no reason, just design feature. Who knows?

@Omega Counterstrike saw the Tesla Tank's introduction with a modified Radar Jammer but no sprite (or weapon, it used the Tesla Zap that the Tesla Coil used). Then came Aftermath which introduced a sprite for it, which was long overdue since the Tesla Tank was used in half the Counterstrike missions, less in the Aftermath ones though.

A little bit more info here:
http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Tesla_tank

ConMan · Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 6:56 pm Post subject:

Is this one better? Question

And thats what happens when theres two coils! Confused

Darkstorm · Commander **Joined**: 20 Jan 2008 **Location**: Texas

Perfect, but your right, doesn't look too hot. How about releasing both, so if someone decides that looks awesome, he can use it.

Lin Kuei Ominae · Seth **Joined**: 16 Aug 2006 **Location**: Germany

i think it looks good with the two rings

However it still could be improved a bit
-make the bright ring under the lowest metal ring 1-2 voxel smaller in its radius
-add an additional bright ring between the two metal rings, so the upper one isn't that close to the other lower ring.
-change the black stripes on the side to a dark grey and change the single orange/yellow voxel on this one to a more visible and smoother texture