try doing the whole gun, and adding good details later. it's a lot easier.

for example, here's how far i am with my sniper skin for something else
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2899/progress2w.jpg
Edited by Invader Veex on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:38 AM

Hes obviously not done

....I had only spent about 10-20 min on the whole thing so far. :| It's obviously not done.

e. don't worry, gwunt, im still working on that other thing
Edited by Invader Veex on Apr 3, 2009 at 05:20 PM

Sniper's looking sexy.

Wish I knew how to model/skin, I've never really put effort into learning really.. I can make a few prims, that's about it

any new updates on how the map looks?

You have many that can help you. :)

Don't start with that again :\

Topology isn't quite a big deal for bsp because no smoothing problems will arise from moveable lights in halo as it will on non stationary objects.

Good topology is evenly placing the polies and adding more detail in places that you will see most and less in places that you never see.

Yeah, adding on to what wesman said, an example of bad topology would be: overpolying the trigger and leaving the main body under-detailed.

No need to tell me.

haiwait

isn't this thread about sandtrap?

That means I started a meme.

Grunt, if I can throw this out there, I suggest this method of lightmaping for the final build. http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13546&highlight=lightmaps

The only thing I (kinda) modeled was the bsp, and some minor modifications to some of the weapons, topology on the bsp was pretty nasty when I got it. I tried to do my best to fix what I could.

Yhea dee already told me he would, BUT I NEED A SKY Btw if anyone can help me out in making a sky ill do it myself.
Edited by CLS_GRUNT on Apr 4, 2009 at 01:56 AM

I would, but I need the textures for everything except the frigate ship.

Didn't MMt_sandtrap have the halo 3 sky?

wait, what kind of sky btw, like the sandtrap sky from halo 3?

or just a random good looking sky?

I thought the MMT Sky was Extinction's.

MMT_Sandtrap's sky is a fail sky that uses d40's sky bitmaps.

I think we should make a real looking sky. idk if this is possible but could'nt you take a picture of the sky ooutside like 1-5 times and put it up there. or would it look realy bad?

Why would you put a real looking sky on a map that is on The Ark of Halo 3? You wont even see a sky in real life with a huge frigate, brown-orange sky, and other forerunner stuff.

Working on some details for grunt.

THese are the details blended together. TOoke me a while to figure out how to blend them :p

Nice work there Disaster :) Looks pretty good.

I thought that was a photograph at first.

Are there normal maps in that render?

Yeah but they will be converted to bumps.

Are they going to be baked?

Why its bsp...

The bumps will render

Oh, thought you made it as a detail map.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure details can have bump maps.

nice work on the sand it looks real!

Indeed.

So Grunt Do you have any new pics of what the map looks like yet?

Nope, im unwrapping it right now.

Grunt how do the angles feel on the structure? I'm not sure if you modified them but in H2V the angles where a bit too steep IMO.

either CLS or disaster should change avatars, it gets confusing to read your posts. lol

nice job on the sand!