Hi AGLion,

I'm Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde, and I modeled and textured that weapon.
I just found out about this post via a quick Google search and I figured I'd reply to it.

First of all, sorry for replying to an old post, in case that bothers anyone on this board.
Second, I'd like to note that the weapon isn't out of proportion at all, it's modeled in the correct dimensions to it's real world counterpart.

Also, if you ever got this in-game, then I'd love to see a video of it in action! :)

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.
3D Game Artist and FPSBanana.com moderator.
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/
Edited by Kosai106 on Nov 26, 2010 at 12:25 PM

kevin i like your stuff alot. would u mind taking a look at some of my work ?
http://www.photobucket.com/rhp_redhaze

Here's pics of my Reach Plasma Rifle. I'm not gonna do any more work on it because it took all my knowledge to make it so far. Don't even know how to upload the files and stuff, anyone wanna tell me so I can share it?



Also, crit would be nice.

For your first model, it is very sexy.
From a standard of long-time modellers, it has a strange handle, rough edges and lacks detail.

Thanks for crit, so is it too low-poly?
Edited by IcePhoenix on Nov 27, 2010 at 11:49 PM

how many does it have?

how do I check?

click the hammer in the command panel that says "utilities", then click poly counter.

1072. Fairly low for a PR?
E: Checked the default PR has about 6000 polies. I seriously need to fix up my PR.
Edited by IcePhoenix on Nov 28, 2010 at 03:03 AM

or you can just hit 7 to show it

BTW, VERY cool dude! I am loving it. if you want some tips on higher poly modeling search Grant Warwick tutorials in google. That guy made me understand so fast. And the models HE makes. OMFG they are insanity!

example being...

Thanks, I'll check next month so I don't cap myself lol.

Hi Geared,

You've got some decent models, yeah, now you just need to learn to unwrap them and texture them.
besides that I can't really say anything seeing as I don't know the triangle count and the like.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.
3D Game Artist and FPSBanana.com moderator.
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/
Edited by Kosai106 on Nov 28, 2010 at 04:43 AM
Edited by Kosai106 on Nov 28, 2010 at 04:45 AM

I think it only needs as much as it needs to look good. It's good that you're thrifty from the start, most people go overboard to begin with and then have to try and optimize it.
Which way is better? Depends on whether it's easier to optimize or make hi-poly, and your computer's capability.

lol counts range from 2k to 6k depending on detail. sometimes i go overboard lol :D

6000 is too much.

if its going in game, it should be like 2000

well, he can get it down to that if he makes lower poly versions. Though, most of his stuff is more... semi low poly. 6000 isn't really high poly at all compared to most high poly weapons.

Then why does the default PR have about 6000?
Or is the Dark Energy Rifle made by the creator of ASCM a different model to the original?

Your probably including the nodes in the poly count, the default fp PR has 2,259 poliesEdited by Stagnant on Nov 29, 2010 at 07:27 PM
Edited by Stagnant on Nov 29, 2010 at 07:28 PM

Hopefully he will get it animated and in-game with this project: http://forum.halomaps.org/index.cfm%3Fpage=topic&topicID=34886

And if possibly before that comes out. I am un-sure of his progress so far.

Any more stuffiths AGL?

Yeah, I worked with the model a bit more, the grip worked out slightly more (suppose I didn't try hard enough the first time). Personally, I found it hard to get the hands around the rear grip properly, other than that the model was nice.

I modified the textures (albeit crappily) to show your name and all the others that helped with it (atleast by what FPSBanana said) on the side to replace the skull, and I modified the sight of the weapon slightly.

I am getting it in game and touching up my animations for it, along with creating effects and projectiles for it. I suppose it won't be too much trouble to also compile it into CS:S.

Oh, I love the stuff on your portfolio :)
Edited by AGLion on Nov 29, 2010 at 11:24 PM

And you were looking at excruciatingly old origins, I'd take a gander at this:



You can't see the texture mods I made in that shot though. I think I'll try to finish up my animations within the next few days, then I'll upload the renders on youtube.
Edited by AGLion on Nov 29, 2010 at 11:30 PM

Hi AGLion,

Scrap the texture edits, I've got a whole new texture already which is a lot better!
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/portfolio/ex41/ex41_03.jpg
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/portfolio/ex41/ex41_04.jpg
(Don't mind the skull, I've actually removed it, I just didn't bother to take a new screenshot.)

The origin looks solid, tho it's a little 'up in your face' or is that just me?
I must confess, I'm not a big Halo fan so I wouldn't know if that's just how the camera is in-game.

Keep up the work, I can't wait to see it done! :)
PS: If anyone is interested, then I can reveal that it'll soon be available for HL2 too.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.
3D Game Artist and FPSBanana.com moderator.
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/

Edit:// About the whole "Too many poly's" discussion that's going on;
1st. of all, poly's means nothing in game-art. It's all about the triangles.

2nd. If it was 6000 triangles, then it would be decent for a 'current-gen' weapon, tho for older games like Halo 1, 6k might be a little much. Eitherway, for newer games, say CoD or BF, 6k isn't a problem.

Newer game engines can render up to 2 million triangles at a time on screen. With that in mind, optimizing your work is still a good idea tho. The more you can have on screen = awesomesauce.

Any more questions? Fire away or send me an e-mail. (I don't check back here that often.)

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.
3D Game Artist and FPSBanana.com moderator.
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/
Edited by Kosai106 on Nov 30, 2010 at 05:30 AM

Whoah, how did we get a guy from FPS Banana over here?
Good to see you, and welcome.

Hi MoooseGuy,

How'd I get here? Google my friend, Google.
Thanks for the warm welcome, I probably won't stay tho. I'm just here to watch over the EX41 project which AGLion got going on, after that I'll probably be off again.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.
3D Game Artist and FPSBanana.com moderator.
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/

Hey Kosai106 quick thing about sigs: You can only have 3 lines of text I believe.

Anyway I love those newer textures you made. You should get them AGL.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.
3D Game Artist and FPSBanana.com moderator.
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/


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One Two Three Four
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Один Два Три Четыре
Uno Dos Tres Cuatro
Ένα Δύο Τρία Τέσσερα


Get it?

Why not? It is part of his SIG he puts it at the end of each post.

Hi,

Well, first of all, I haven't put on a signature on this forum.
What you see is something I add manually, thus shouldn't break your rules.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.
3D Game Artist and FPSBanana.com moderator.
http://www.kosai106.site88.net/

That is considered a sig. There are not automatic sigs here. I should know..... lol.
So yeah. You should probably consolidate a little. Like make it a line less.

@ Skidrow,
congrats on using google translate..

@ Kosai106
we get that your a 3D game artist.. so am i but we dont have to show it in every single post no matter how proud we are it just gets kind of annoying

You could just put the link into your avatar quote.

Hello again,

Well, as you may know, I signed up 5 days ago, basically just to tell AGLion that I would love to see the final animations in-game.

I've never intended to stay after that, and I certainly didn't intend to piss anyone off or break your rules, so suit yourself.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.

Better. If you do model well in low poly you should stay. Most of the low poly models aren't to good and the good models are like.... lots and lots of polys... lol. anyway whatever.

Hi,

Well as I've already said, I don't even play Halo nor do I really like it to be honest with you all. (I'm more of a HL2 player myself.)

But you're always welcome to snatch my work and compile it for Halo, just remember to credit me for my work, then I'm happy. As long as you keep it away from those Facepunch idiots of course.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.

Hmm. HL2 is good. You mean Gmod? Or actually HL2? Whatever...

Half-Life 2.
I get bored extremely fast when I play GMod, I can never decide what to do, so I usually quit.

Cheers,
Kevin "Kosai106" Østerkilde.