true, however you need to make em big enough to notice, too small and it'll still look 90 degrees.
on the render it looks like a thick line, which indicates on a too small chamfer.

I think the model looks very good!

I finished both versions now, and both textures are quite low res =/
So yea, dark texture made by darkshallfall and light texture by me.





ASP is currently animating the one with my texture.

i like the bottom one looks more h3

Agreed

It's screen capped from H3, notice the slightly angled perspective and cut-off etc etc

http://i32.tinypic.com/34j7h1s.png
Edited by BeachParty clan on Aug 9, 2009 at 07:33 PM

Aklass' model does look pretty good. The general shape is good, but it could use a few less verts in the stock area. If it were me, I'd say weld some of the verts in the stock to each other, you only need about half the sides you have now. Smoothing groups can take care of the rest. Some minor optimization and it'll be a lot better.

Give me a second I'll give you some visual examples
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Aug 9, 2009 at 07:46 PM

Here you go aklass, this should help a bit. Right one uses higher poly, left one is a bit lower poly. They're both smoothed with smoothing groups.



If you see an area that's too high-poly, you can just target weld verts and move them around a bit.

Low poly stuff is generally better, it's less of a hassle since there's less verts and edges everywhere. Not to mention it's usually easier to understand it's uvw unwrap.

I'm not a pro modeler, but if you have any questions about smoothing groups or anything else let me know.
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Aug 9, 2009 at 08:07 PM

I have a question

why isnt your ass on x-fire :<

Yes but you can see the edges clearly with lower poly.

yah^ bo's right

That'd be a problem...

... in Crysis.

Halo was never meant to be high poly. Don't you even dare to bring up that whole, "oh people should update their computers blah blah etc." Halo: CE is an outdated engine, and can only handle so much. I mean, you have to have a ton of portals just to get a map that's 50K tris working properly in-game.

Means that that argument is supporting being lazy.
It CAN be done, you just need to put that little bit of more effort in it than you usually do for a box map.

There is also a TON of workarounds for getting a high def poly model ingame, so don't start with the "impossible, too old" thing, it's all in your head.
Edited by BeachParty clan on Aug 10, 2009 at 08:36 AM

So you are going to make every single curve high poly for the sake of the edges?... No. If you model it right, you wouldn't notice that edge much. If the edge is right infront of the players screen then you can put afew more polys on it. But otherwise no, half the time you wouldnt see the edge.

And once you have a texture on its pretty hard to notice the edge... especially when the curve and the part it is connected to are the same shade of color...


Edited by anonymous_2009 on Aug 10, 2009 at 10:55 AM

You have no idea what you're talking about.

What part? not getting it ingame?

Meh, I merely have an opinion of liking the high def stuff, and i don't optimise which is bad according to most people.

but if you like otherwise, i'm not stopping you.

Edited by BeachParty clan on Aug 10, 2009 at 03:08 PM

From what I hear BP, you prefer graphics over gameplay. For gameplay purposes, keeping stuff low poly ensures people's framerates will be optimal despite the quality of rig (I mean, if it were me, I'd be pissed if I had a rig that could play original Halo maps but not a new one because of it's HD models). Not to mention details can be added in via the shaders as well. Good shaders can go a long way on low-poly models. Unreal Tournament 2004, an older game, is a very good example of details added through amazing texture work on low-poly models

EDIT: made myself a template for the Marathon weapons that I'm gonna be modeling. > 9000 hours in MSPaint. Large and uncompressed so no details get fubar



just in case you all were curious.

EDIT 2: Done with the WSTE-M.



Models left are the Metal Knuckle, Tozt-7 (misspelled in picture), SPNKR, and the Alien weapon. Fusion Pistol animations are done.
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Aug 11, 2009 at 01:11 AM

Wrong thread.
Edited by RougeSpartan414 on Aug 11, 2009 at 04:27 AM

I say what's all this then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRSMZyM57CQ
http://www.xfire.com/video/10d197/

Shottie and Fusion Pistol in-game. Still need some tagwork

FYI all the remixes in these videos are done by me. Simple Fruity Loops Studio stuff. I'm planning on doing the entire soundtrack

probably gonna do the Biped at some point, idk yet

Edited by Marka Haiyana on Aug 11, 2009 at 06:34 AM

Nice job.
As for the biped, you can get MUCH better reference from concept art to live up the details a bit, unless you want to keep it the same quality as the game, which i will be quite dissapointed about tbhq


(IDK if these are official, quite hard to find them, like doom concept art which is not fanmade)




Edited by BeachParty clan on Aug 11, 2009 at 07:08 AM

Those are official, used in splash screens for various chapters of Marathon 2. Craig Mullins. Same guy did art for Halo.

http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/artofcraigmullins.html

good show mookz. I like your innovation

i love how you used the old alien weapon. i hate the new one with the fire balls. that one was so much cooler

Looks good Mooks, but the fusion pistol needs to be a tad lighter (whiter) and the Shotgun needs to knock them back a bit IMO.

Mookz
I have two files for you
get on x-fire bro

hey guys, lets just say the mod is coming along pretty well. heh. If Grunt is fine with it, I'll open source it as well.
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Aug 12, 2009 at 12:32 AM

nicee

bottom part could be a bit rounder.

no u sux

Nice, more interesting to look at than the origional PP.

Lol, the display looks like a satellite dish.

I wish I could model like that :<

ily this much in a non homosexual way
< - >
Edited by HDoan on Aug 13, 2009 at 01:35 PM

It actully looks like somethng a toddler could use.