i didnt make this, i got it from turbosquid with textures and i aranged the textures to the right place. but will this be able to go In-Game?

What is the triangle count?

how do i check that
Edited by gmax5 on Feb 23, 2008 at 01:33 PM

Polys: 5,521

Verts: 4,394

Yea, it should be able to go in-game. Are you sure it isn't 54,000?

hell no it aint 54,000

ill just add the nodes and stuff and compile it cuz adding detail parts may cause more polys causing it to create lag. besides, i like it the way it is

Too bad so many things on TurboSquid are overpriced...

A lot of the expensive stuff won't work on halo ce anyway.

im putting it in a ww2 map of my own as soon as i can get tool to compile my models. it wont compile just because they were extracted from 3ds 9. the gmax-extracted .jms files work just not the 3ds9-extracted .jms
Edited by gmax5 on Feb 25, 2008 at 02:13 PM

nvm i found out the problem i accidently made the folder "model" without plural

any im done with all the parts collision, model, physics, and animations

My model is finally ingame. Heres some pics


There is a problem though. Somehow, i cant enter my own vehicle and i added the #driver marker in the seat and also made a #driver_camera marker but i still cant enter the driver seat of the plane. any help to this?

On the right wing there, the hole, thats probably what gave you collision problems. It needs to be Flipped, and also any other backwards faces. Flip Mode helps with that

I think you're making some fine progress, gmax5. Martynball's just jelous ;)

have you seen martynball's modeling? hes not jealous of something gmax 5 downloaded......
speaking of which, you gave us the POLYGON count, NOT the triangle count. triangles are all that matter. how many does it have?

how do i find the TRIANGLE count

File->Summary Info->Mesh Totals

-Mesh Totals-

Vertices: 7314

Faces: 10493

way too many.
Edge mode, select all, auto edge at somewhere around 15 maybe, experiment with that number
convert to poly
convert back to mesh
check the new face count

I think that lets you keep your texturing while reducing faces, but I may be wrong. I haven't tried it, I only read or watched a vid about it somewhere

if you still have flipped faces (ie, still cant make collision with it), this probably wont work right

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that the thing is LOLHUGE. Shrink that thing to where the chief barely fits in it.

Your gfx card is X-(

That model is a rip-off. Here's a picture of an Me-262:



Notice the presence of jet motors, which are somewhat necessary for flight. (sarcasm)

Make it a glider

Good point. But my point was that it was advertised as being a WWII ME-262 Plane...not a customized version. So, if the author of this model was going for historical accuracy, he failed, and it was not worth the money.

Realistically though, that thing wouldn't glide for very long. It might not even be able to glide without stalling. Gliders are usually very lightly constructed, but this plane is entirely metal.

So, you could change the physics as if it were made out of wood or some aluminum alloys. Then it could be the ME-262 Glider.

[offtopicness]Dude, you need to turn off your monitor and go for a walk or something. Those are pixels stretched across faces between vertices, all easily mushed around into whatever. No need to heat to 1500 degrees or anything. Thus, easily reshaped into a glider or whatever and made to appear as any material. Thats the beauty of VR. Verry cost-effective, if you don't mind the occasional lapse into dillusion ;) [/offtopicness] Oops, I let myself go off topic. Must be that protection vs. open source debate, went to my head. Sorry
Edited by bobbysoon on Mar 4, 2008 at 11:18 PM

I'm aware that you could easily change that to whatever you want it to be. When did I say you couldn't? I was just trying to go with how it could be made more accurate to the real world without changing the model, since it would be easier for less experienced modelers.

Also, no, I'm fine. -_-

You guys could make it a big cargo ship too

Sorry for bumping this, but I found a much better model of this plane, if anybody wants to work with it.
http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/168050