Some model requests

[Futuza]

Huh a shark.  This is cool.  I've always wanted to see someone recreate the Manaan level, with those creepy shark things.

[Omicron]

Will the shark attack people like the wampa and rancor npcs do? If so, I'll spawn 100s and make them eat rosh

[DT.]

I'm still quite sick, no idea when this will be started.

[Śăļvõö]

Please make the theeth grey or white because,precisely of the colour of this model's theeth https://sketchfab.com/models/6Sxs0vbwJ0KIJzg50b53iSx1flZ . Light blue is an absurd colour for theeth of a shark !

[Futuza]

^^What, you don't like it when Shark's use toothpaste and forget to rinse?

 

Will the shark attack people like the wampa and rancor npcs do? If so, I'll spawn 100s and make them eat rosh

And I wonder what they'll do on land.  Flop around uselessly, or maybe they'll act more like swoops.

[Boothand]

Feel free to change the texture and color of the shark teeth. I have some problems with colors due to red-green color blindness, so they look white to me

[Omicron]

^^What, you don't like it when Shark's use toothpaste and forget to rinse?

 

And I wonder what they'll do on land.  Flop around uselessly, or maybe they'll act more like swoops.

I was thinking they would be more like x-wings.

[Futuza]

I was thinking they would be more like x-wings.

[DT.]

Should be on this in a few days, please try and be sure the mesh is complete at least by then if possible.

[Boothand]

I guess it's complete until further notice/complaint

[CaptainCrazy]

[DT.]

Give them force jump and it'll be kinda like that.

[Barricade24]

Or give them the behavior of the sentry and they can move all over the place.

[ZanderNao]

lol. This thread is amazing on two distinct levels...

1) I am so happy to see people work together to get a shark into Jedi Academy. Good suggestions, good reception of modifications, the model really taking shape.

2) I could not imagine at all how, even if the shark was animated and rigged perfectly, it would work in a game like Jedi Academy... but the ideas are amazing... You could jump the shark or the shark could force jump you... Swoop, flying sharks, floating sharks, swimming sharks, walking sharks. This is so amazing.

[Futuza]

2) I could not imagine at all how, even if the shark was animated and rigged perfectly, it would work in a game like Jedi Academy... but the ideas are amazing... You could jump the shark or the shark could force jump you... Swoop, flying sharks, floating sharks, swimming sharks, walking sharks. This is so amazing.

[DT.]

Should get boothand to make a humanoid shark like he did with dat horse.

[DT.]

Should be able to start this today. Thanks to @@Archangel35757 I can use 2014's version of CAT rigs.

[Boothand]

Should be able to start this today. Thanks to @@Archangel35757 I can use 2014's version of CAT rigs.

 

That's great! Will you use the one with the most or least polys?

[DT.]

Whichever is the game-ready one.

[Boothand]

Whichever is the game-ready one.

 

They are just the way they look - no tags or rigging done, so I guess that makes them equal in terms of game-readiness.

[Archangel35757]

Swimmers beware! Swim at your own peril!

[DT.]

Had to make a custom CAT rig, there wasn't any shark/fish presets.

[DT.]

Just some testing within 3ds Max:

 

 

I conformed the lower poly mesh to the first subdivision, while adding a few loops here and there. So this has tail bones, spine bones, side fin bones and a head bone along with a jaw bone. Going to see how annoying it will be to get a CAT rig into JKA, then I'll worry about actual animations.

[DT.]

Ok so now a small issue in modview:

 

 

Not sure what happened.

[Boothand]

Looking very good! Hmm, so one of the teeth planes deforms weirdly. Has it been weighted to something strange?