CaptainChar

i get side tracked easily

ive also considered the scale of things, but when you start working on small scale details in GTK it can become a nightmare fast, im also still planning to find a way to mod JA into a 2.5D side scroller

I only dabbed in this field once, since various control mods would be needed, as well as a camera that wouldnt shift position but perma stay at a fixed angle yet allow scrolling.

I made this mock up years ago cause i considered exploring this more to unlock a new use for the engine at the time, it would open a door for platforming mods, side scrollers Like the castlevania example I made, etc. But as you can see theres still stances and animations that would also be required if playing the game ina 2.5D mode,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gJYFsso10&feature=plcp

well eezstreet, and i was wondering what was the largest possible map buildable in JA, i considered making a GTA (sandbox) style map to test that theory

that minds me that AshuraDX is still working on my robot, but I like how JA isnt fussy when it comes to monster animations

oddly enough a new acer netbook, with intel HD 3000 series video chipsets, plays JA fine, without any issues, so this issue does puzzel me

there is some more rounding, im just experimenting with scale, etc im also using player spawn as my reference guide to scale, and since there was so many different bridge sets for the same starship, keepiing continuity with the same set is kind of an annoyance thankfully i have lots of play room since its just an early build of the bridge, so nothing is final, just getting rough layout down

reference used was this one,

just testing the main viewscreen in game, not sure if im going to keep it like this, or use a warp/lightspeed effect, I have alot of work to do on this starship too

well depends, if the JA exe's could be made to handle memory better, and handle more brushwork, (i know szico would love that) the engine would be still fairly capable in my opinion, since some of those mapper, like Szico, and SJC, just to name two, have done great things, I would lIke to continue modding for JA as long as possible, its an easy learning curve, not to mention the Jedi knight series, is what got me into modding

A Constitution Class Starship, yes, modelled after NCC-1701 Enterprise

Since this ship has several refits over its life, this vessel might have some areas that have been refitted, for aesthetic purposes and to make some areas more interesting, Main engineering for example willl be from the refit

Yeah I kinda got side tracked along construction of the SSV Normandy, and another ship started being made on the side, and if you cant tell whats being attempted....meh.

actually id be happy if they at least used the havok physic's engine, or some physics engine, think of how well some of the character animations would be if they used physics, hair flow, cloak/cape flows, etc not to mention a hell of of alot better battles

your going to force my hand at turning on my xbox Inyri, just to check my Mass effect 3 stats again, lol keep modding miss forge, though at the rate your going, you'll likely replace every weapon in JA with a ME weapon eventually

I retract my earlier statement, it seems ive not gotten to that yet, ive been attempting to get Sniper mastery for all the sniper weapons

I thought the stances seemed very quake 3-ish TBH, it seemed that lucasarts took the lazy approach

I think I maxed the profeciency with this weapon out in multiplayer already >.>

it is a map, only the map ive ever seen lightspeed used on a model was attack on the deathstar, or the trench run, i cant remember which one

whats the normal texture mapping size then? 256x256? but higher res, is well better looking

is there a way to have the lightspeed effect displayed on the cockpit window of a ship? and constantly running?

wow when she gets cracking, she really does

ive only used Gmax, 3Dmax6 and milkshape, and in school lightwave for macs, but all in all, I suggest if you dont want to learn via self knowlage, to use a tutorial video, since I find video or visual learning helps greatly then a textbook version

I beleive most of us are ADD or ADHD when it comes to modding

why isnt this on this site?

open GL is usually better then direct3d these days, but sometimes newer cards drop elements that enabled "legacy modes" for older applications, ive yet to try JA on my netbook yet, as it uses the Intel Chipset for video, but the HDMI out is handy, the machine wont run some older game, they just explode the models, but DX10 type games seem to work fine, DX9 or DX8 seem to screw up royally for me, the hardware is openGL based in my case. so I maybe facing the same issue as you soon

It has to run JA since I can map while im not home, and its not useful if I cant test the work for me

greetings, dont mind feed the trolls

so the best way to do this, is offset my camera angel, and screenshot away with the giveall cheat on

Now if i remembered how to do the camera angel >.>