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@@DT85 @@Xycaleth Thanks but sadly the Lighting problems still persists :

-normal maps don't react to dynamic lightsources (could also just not have been implemented yet)

-the model is only lit from one side , it's probably some wierd exporter issue again though but I don't know what could cause something like this

Any ideas @@Psyk0Sith ?

@@Xycaleth a Geforce GTX460 - it should actually support GL3.2

so far all maps I tested except, Rift, worked fine

Nice !

ah okay , too bad

shoutout to some people who might be able to help here : @@eezstreet @@Xycaleth @@DT85

Rend2 is giving me some funky results :

textures/models/atst/st_m
{
	q3map_nolightmap
    {
        map textures/models/atst/gray
        rgbGen vertexLit
    }
    {
	stage normalparallaxmap
        map  textures/models/atst/st_n
    }
    {
	stage specularMap
        map textures/models/atst/st_s
	specularReflectance 0.25
	gloss 0.1
    }
}

Ingame :

This second shader , appears to work as it should ingame but sadly it looks like the model is allways lit from the same side , as If I baked a lightmap and put that on the model

textures/models/atst/st_c
{
	q3map_nolightmap
    {
	stage diffuseMap
        map textures/models/atst/gray
        blendFunc GL_ONE GL_ZERO
        rgbGen lightingDiffuse
    }
    {
	stage normalparallaxmap
        map  textures/models/atst/st_n
    }
    {
	stage specularMap
        map textures/models/atst/st_s
	specularReflectance 0.25
	gloss 0.1
    }
}

As you can see it's allways only the back side of the model that is lit , I tried r_forcesun 2 and it had absolutely no effect on the model

EDIT : the lighting issue also appears with the vanilla renderer - no clue what's going wrong here

Wat.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oepfv4ean8ssflk/Screenshot%202014-08-08%2003.04.03.png

Funny , happened whn I loaded the Rift ffa map in MP

any clues ? I'll provide anything you might need to troubleshoot

An idea that came up during my chat with @@minilogoguy18 a few minutes ago

we were able to do that on good ol' jk3files (Rest in Peace) so probably it'S something we could try

The External content thing is nice but it's not really the same

Holy Mother of God! That's awesome :OOOOO

Can we see screenshot how does it look like in game?

I could get a static version of the mesh ingame , but you'll have to wait for mini to see the actual animated model ingame

@@Archangel35757 - I might just do that , didn't really spend a lot of time on the frosty version

I do it similar to crimsonstrife, start with a single quad on the bridge of the nose and extrude out the model from there, the face takes the most time, after that the torso, the rest comes quickly after that.

that's the way I usually start aswell

Hard to tell on my cell... but looks like the Hoth variant needs more "frosting"

It has some snow and ice crystal forming around all edges and in cavitys aswell as all over the surface , the image doesn't show it too well I guess

My work here is done , now it's @@minilogoguy18's turn to get those sweet animations done

show me your seam , and the mesh before mirroring

probably I can help you fix it

@@Boothand STOP before you go ahead and start over , check the autobackup folder for a backup of your scene

Possible Base replacement Skin Candidate :

Screengrab from dDo's model viewer. I'd call this version of the textures done - upcoming :

-Snowy

-Mossy

-Heavy Dirt & Rust

@@Archangel35757 I'M working in dDo so the AO map is a seperate input which I can easily swap out and adjust anytime so I dont really lose any progress just need to do a new production render in dDo everytime I switch out the AO and Material map whch is a little Time Consuming

but absolutely not the end of the world

LARGE IMAGES AHEAD

still has some issues with the AO Bake , but I got allmost everything sorted out AAAAAND I crammed the wire UV's inbetween the AT-ST Uv's so this whole thing runs on a single 2k map for now

I also have to work at the material sepperation - so far most of the bolts and plates are assigned to the same material group in dDo which I dont like , so I'll have to split the material groups further

This is, a downscaled, version of my Material map - each color belongs to a specific material

Once I'm done with this there will be various gray pieces scattered all over the orange areas here

each of these representing a bolt or small plate

Maybe a little too much yellow.

might be dDo's lighting system , HDR Image-based Lighting and I can't load custom images in there so the lighting will allways be tinted , for the next shots I'll leave the background in

EDIT : Just one of my retarded Ideas.... there's an Astromech tag for the Xwing , right ? that bolts an astromech model to the Xwing , correct ?

what if we create an ST-Pilot and set him up like an Astromech and then bolt him to the ST via the Astromech tag ?

That way we could porbably achieve what @@Archangel35757 asked for

Fed the model and my maps to dDo , 20 minutes of messing around gave me this :

noticed major flaws in my current (probably 6th or 7th) AO bake... so back to baking AGAIN

I'd call this done , running out of ideas and reference material for details

yup , the new JA reborns could work pretty well I think , due to their bulky bodys , I think the generic JO reborn might be too skinny to match Skeletor

Calling the center piece done , don't see any purpose in adding more detail as this piece is rarely seen anyway

if you don't like the wires @@minilogoguy18 let me know and I'll remove them , but I think they add nicely to the model

EDIT :

@@minilogoguy18 , mind if I add a few 4 sided wires to the mesh ?  I'll make sure that weighting them wont be too much work and they'll stay a sepperate object you can just import in your scene

skinning wires like this seriously doesn't look good . they'll total at around 8 wires some might be made as alpha mapped planes

Anyway here's the current update

EDIT : added the wires/tubes

they currently use a single 128² texture and add 248 vertices to the model , including the 2 extra wires, not seen in this image, that are attached to the pilot cabin

Progress for today