still working on importing items. Doing some POB experiments today. I learned a LOT about those files last night...
Tauntauns
http://i.imgur.com/iooMMJm.jpg
Rebel Transport
http://i.imgur.com/nt1QrTy.jpg
E-Web repeating blaster
http://i.imgur.com/2NMg6Pu.jpg
Snow Troopers
http://i.imgur.com/RZDIrWh.jpg
Mountains by the frozen lake - still a general shape, general shaders/textures - not refined yet:
http://i.imgur.com/6xvlnpz.jpg
some subtle drifts/dunes:
http://i.imgur.com/5ApbIKg.jpg
Tauntauns
http://i.imgur.com/iooMMJm.jpg
Rebel Transport
http://i.imgur.com/nt1QrTy.jpg
E-Web repeating blaster
http://i.imgur.com/2NMg6Pu.jpg
Snow Troopers
http://i.imgur.com/RZDIrWh.jpg
Mountains by the frozen lake - still a general shape, general shaders/textures - not refined yet:
http://i.imgur.com/6xvlnpz.jpg
some subtle drifts/dunes:
http://i.imgur.com/5ApbIKg.jpg
One more for today - my incorporation of the NGE assets, including the heightmap. I am using my own textures and coloring, and have altered it slightly in places. (the exclusion is there, by the way, on that visible entrance, it's just outside the high detail render radius)
http://i.imgur.com/K0qKYSq.jpg
okay - one more....
http://i.imgur.com/CraG5Pq.jpg
and also - it seems the Echo Base thing is an issue of players desyncing when they go in... but they just resync when they emerge. If that gives anyone any ideas or notions to help get me pointed in the right direction... I know it's got to be something about the object type, or some bit on the server, like in a screenplay (I've been examining DWB, Warren, Corvette screenplays)... I have converted all the 0008s to 0007s of course on the client side... anyway. Still gonna be fun!
--further note on this, can't spawn an NPC inside it (don't know why I hadn't tried yet)... it just spawns on the world. Soooo... going to try forcing this with a screenplay.
http://i.imgur.com/K0qKYSq.jpg
okay - one more....
http://i.imgur.com/CraG5Pq.jpg
and also - it seems the Echo Base thing is an issue of players desyncing when they go in... but they just resync when they emerge. If that gives anyone any ideas or notions to help get me pointed in the right direction... I know it's got to be something about the object type, or some bit on the server, like in a screenplay (I've been examining DWB, Warren, Corvette screenplays)... I have converted all the 0008s to 0007s of course on the client side... anyway. Still gonna be fun!
--further note on this, can't spawn an NPC inside it (don't know why I hadn't tried yet)... it just spawns on the world. Soooo... going to try forcing this with a screenplay.
have a good variety of rebel NPCs available now
http://i.imgur.com/RMgAcoZ.jpg
Working on importing 2-3 more models, finishing the terrain design, building the Imperial area...
then all I have to do is fix the POB issue... I made steps last night, actually, after a LONG session of code/script investigation. I can teleport another player into a cell with me, then that player will be in sync with me... but not vice versa. I can spawn NPCs, kill them, and the player will witness this, but I will continue to see the player and NPC as frozen, at their entry point.
To make up for the frustration over this... I staged a little battle
http://i.imgur.com/4Lq9XJc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Eg0RIIh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RMgAcoZ.jpg
Working on importing 2-3 more models, finishing the terrain design, building the Imperial area...
then all I have to do is fix the POB issue... I made steps last night, actually, after a LONG session of code/script investigation. I can teleport another player into a cell with me, then that player will be in sync with me... but not vice versa. I can spawn NPCs, kill them, and the player will witness this, but I will continue to see the player and NPC as frozen, at their entry point.
To make up for the frustration over this... I staged a little battle
http://i.imgur.com/4Lq9XJc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Eg0RIIh.jpg
The support is helpful. Especially after days with... I dunno, 50 builds that yield little progress.
and the tunnel vision. Taanab looked like crap to me after a while... so I stopped. this one has more unique properties, but I'm starting to feel the burn.
I already have a solid plan for the next one, though. No new techniques required... just plain design and variety... Hoth was due to demand, and I wanted the challenge of learning to import assets.
and the tunnel vision. Taanab looked like crap to me after a while... so I stopped. this one has more unique properties, but I'm starting to feel the burn.
I already have a solid plan for the next one, though. No new techniques required... just plain design and variety... Hoth was due to demand, and I wanted the challenge of learning to import assets.
Very nice work. Added Taanab the other day "Impressive, most impressive!!"
I have only just started delving into the trn files and beginning to see how it all works , getting there, but very slowly.
Are you designing your planets from scratch? or amending an existing trn file?
Not asking for trade secrets!!, but is there any pointers you could give me in learning how the terrain files work =)
I have only just started delving into the trn files and beginning to see how it all works , getting there, but very slowly.
Are you designing your planets from scratch? or amending an existing trn file?
Not asking for trade secrets!!, but is there any pointers you could give me in learning how the terrain files work =)
thanks! It all worked out? I'll have a minor patch again for it soon. (baby datapad appearance, some other minors)
Designing new planets from scratch, yes. Taanab was a redesign... but I learned almost everything necessary to build my own in there, tested in a few spots. (the cities, Hex Farm, Shipwreck area)...
I wish it was my trade, it's just a hobby, that I have the luxury of time right now to indulge in. I read the actual patent file, and studied/thought about it for a while (over a year), then began examining the files in SIE. After about two solid weeks of trial-and-error in September, it all clicked for me. Then, all the ideas I'd had for years were instantly possible. I'd like to be able to write a guide or help people understand better, and I've tried a bit, but I have honestly been concentrating on it for a very long time... and I lost my job in July... so since then, I've been getting back into game design and modding beyond full-time.
Designing new planets from scratch, yes. Taanab was a redesign... but I learned almost everything necessary to build my own in there, tested in a few spots. (the cities, Hex Farm, Shipwreck area)...
I wish it was my trade, it's just a hobby, that I have the luxury of time right now to indulge in. I read the actual patent file, and studied/thought about it for a while (over a year), then began examining the files in SIE. After about two solid weeks of trial-and-error in September, it all clicked for me. Then, all the ideas I'd had for years were instantly possible. I'd like to be able to write a guide or help people understand better, and I've tried a bit, but I have honestly been concentrating on it for a very long time... and I lost my job in July... so since then, I've been getting back into game design and modding beyond full-time.
Anything i could do to help facilitate such a 'guide' , let me know.
Like i mentioned before, if i'm fortunate enough to still be a part of the Dev Team during Post-1.0 era, i've got a ton of original SW-canon based quests & content i'm planning on proposing to implement someday (that involves HOTH, Taanab, and another *surprise* planet i'd like to design myself from scratch) , so while i have become somewhat adept with certain aspects of our codebase , i'm admittedly very newbish when it comes to modding in the way people like You & Sytner & Timbab can do.
In other words, a 'How To Customize Your Planet _____ ' for dummies like me would be most appreciated.
Like i mentioned before, if i'm fortunate enough to still be a part of the Dev Team during Post-1.0 era, i've got a ton of original SW-canon based quests & content i'm planning on proposing to implement someday (that involves HOTH, Taanab, and another *surprise* planet i'd like to design myself from scratch) , so while i have become somewhat adept with certain aspects of our codebase , i'm admittedly very newbish when it comes to modding in the way people like You & Sytner & Timbab can do.
In other words, a 'How To Customize Your Planet _____ ' for dummies like me would be most appreciated.
Ive just been looking into the simple.trn file and changing shaders, switching off layers and such. Altering and moving that small hill in the middle of the terrain, Hopefully it will all click one day. Even just a simple workflow guide would be nice just to get an idea of how to set it up. Sorry, im being cheeky in asking now lol!!! But great work, cant wait to see HOTH!!
If you're doing that, you're most of the way there. Develop your own workflow! Don't be afraid to change things.
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I would talk more about it in vent. I have an "office" on Choice vent, and am in there 3/4 nights a week. PM me if you have some hours to dedicate to a discussion.
Hoth update:
successfully imported the NGE snow and ice shaders, working on effects today.
made MUCH better mountains
looks much more realistic now, screenshots later
<this whole section was an unecessary ramble>
I would talk more about it in vent. I have an "office" on Choice vent, and am in there 3/4 nights a week. PM me if you have some hours to dedicate to a discussion.
Hoth update:
successfully imported the NGE snow and ice shaders, working on effects today.
made MUCH better mountains
looks much more realistic now, screenshots later
Awesome!
and btw: If you're still running into trouble with the 'zone in , zone out' stuff , maybe post in that thread you made on our SWGEmu forums and see if someone like Miztah or Reoze or Ivojedi replies with a tip or 2.
Just a thought.
and btw: If you're still running into trouble with the 'zone in , zone out' stuff , maybe post in that thread you made on our SWGEmu forums and see if someone like Miztah or Reoze or Ivojedi replies with a tip or 2.
Just a thought.
playing with some new looks on the terrain. still a little rough, but homing in on complete:
Just the general shape of things:
http://i.imgur.com/sm7qtGa.jpg
My coloring on the Echo Base heightmap:
http://i.imgur.com/f4IT8TV.jpg
A bit of the mountain/frozen lake border:
http://i.imgur.com/OirHqYH.jpg
Just the general shape of things:
http://i.imgur.com/sm7qtGa.jpg
My coloring on the Echo Base heightmap:
http://i.imgur.com/f4IT8TV.jpg
A bit of the mountain/frozen lake border:
http://i.imgur.com/OirHqYH.jpg
Awesome work, what your saying is starting to make sense of the problems i had. I got Echo base to load via snapshot, albeit some of the entrances were in the sky...... But as soon as i tried to enter it crashed. I've added all the NGE worldbuilding assets for the next MTG tre file and checked the ilf file for any items i may have missed, but it still crashed.....
Looks like i have some catching up to do.
Good work
Looks like i have some catching up to do.
Good work