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Re: steam boiler model [Re: iuselitec] #142657 02/18/08 11:29 02/18/08 11:29
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	Quote: did you grow up in east germany? some of your designs have some kind of eastern bloc flair to them. i like them but i also would prefer more engine previews instead of lightwave renders. Because of that I showed real-time previews in last 2 announcements. And if we announce a pack then I also show at least a few real-time images. I understand this and I am not afraid to show them. With shaders they can look like a rendered image. Regarding the other question: Yes. I grew up in eastern Germany. But the designs of the machines are common in western Germany as well. I like some old machinery from 80s. They are more functional. But I try to add some modern elements to transfer the ideas into the future. Here is how a steam boiler looked in the past (sexy): http://hebig.org/photos/collieries/heinrichrobert/data/bwhr_28.jpg New machines are often covered and dont look very detailed: http://www.energo-spaw.pl/en/kotlownie-foto/duze/8.jpg (similiar but ugly though I could have made it with less polies) Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: steam boiler model [Re: Machinery_Frank] #142658 02/21/08 02:22 02/21/08 02:22
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June Junior Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 67 USA	I like June smooth-3d.com

new machine images [Re: June] #142659 03/27/08 18:12 03/27/08 18:12
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	It is almost done. Here are some new rendered images of the machines in a little sci-fi scene. And here you can see, how they look in a game-engine with normal-mapping applied. As you can see, the quality of still renders and real-time images is almost the same if you have access to good lighting and shaders. I am sure with the right shader it can look the same in Gamestudio: Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: new machine images [Re: Machinery_Frank] #142660 03/27/08 20:47 03/27/08 20:47
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,758 Antwerp,Belgium frazzle Expert
frazzle Expert Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,758 Antwerp,Belgium	Love the atomosphere around the entire work, it really feels sci-fi Off course, the models and the textures itself are even more impressive Btw, you really are creative with those nicks aren't ya ^^ Cheers Frazzle Antec� Case Intel� X58 Chipset Intel� i7 975 Quad Core 8 GB RAM DDR3 SSD OCZ�-VERTEX2 3.5 x4 ; HD 600 GB NVIDIA� GeForce GTX 295 Memory 1795GB

Re: new machine images [Re: frazzle] #142661 03/27/08 21:15 03/27/08 21:15
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	Thanks Frazzle Sometimes it is hard to be creative. Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: new machine images [Re: Machinery_Frank] #142662 03/28/08 01:20 03/28/08 01:20
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,640 Earth Germanunkol Expert
Germanunkol Expert Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,640 Earth	woot! a borg alcove j/k... really cool work very nice models. would be cool to see 3dgs ingame shots though.... Last edited by Germanunkol; 03/28/08 01:20. ~"I never let school interfere with my education"~ -Mark Twain

Re: new machine images [Re: Machinery_Frank] #142663 03/28/08 04:24 03/28/08 04:24
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William Expert Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,320 Alberta, Canada	Looks great! Check out Silas. www.kartsilas.com Hear my band Finding Fire - www.myspace.com/findingfire Daily dev updates - http://kartsilas.blogspot.com/

Re: new machine images [Re: William] #142664 03/28/08 06:49 03/28/08 06:49
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alpha_strike Serious User A Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,852	O.k. first off all... yes, the models look "good". But the main point is, that you can not combine a mesh that looks like "clean star wars" with textures which look like "dirty alien". So (my opinion) I personally see a harmonic break in the design. Anyway - I hope you will sell them well. Looks like hard work.

Re: new machine images [Re: alpha_strike] #142665 03/28/08 11:47 03/28/08 11:47
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert
Machinery_Frank OP Senior Expert Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 7,121 Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany	Quote: But the main point is, that you can not combine a mesh that looks like "clean star wars" with textures which look like "dirty alien". Please look more carefully. The textures of the environment and the machines often use the same colors, similar dirt distribution, similar saturation and similar style. There is no "clean star wars" at all. Star wars often uses white or grey colors without dirt and with colorful terminals. I am far away from this and this is what I had in mind: an industrial sci-fi look with mixed elements from cool history machinery. And there is not a single mesh "borrowed" from StarWars. They have influences from real machinery combined with some new elements, slightly changed designs and more complex textures than real ones. I dont like StarWars or Enterprise look. I want to have a more realistic appeal. Models, Textures and Games from Dexsoft

Re: new machine images [Re: Machinery_Frank] #142666 03/28/08 11:56 03/28/08 11:56
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,852 A alpha_strike Serious User
alpha_strike Serious User A Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,852	oh, I looked very carefully.. the geometric forms of your objects look like clean symmetric ones - but the textures look dirty. That is the problem. It seems, that someone build the models and someone other created the textures. Only my opinion. But the overall look is good - and for the price o.k.

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