Well so far I only got the clip done!
Here's a normal and wire render ^_^




EDIT: IT's not done I spotted som things I need to fix ^_^
Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 3, 2009 at 11:39 AM

EDIT:
NEW RENDER WITH THE ERRORS I SPOTTED FIXED UP! ALSO AT THE VERY LEFT OF THE CLIP THERE'S THAT THING WICH HAS THE MOST DETAIL, IT'S NOT 100 % ACCURATE BUT I LIKE IT WAY BETTER LIKE THIS! THANK YOU FOR READING..

RENDER:


The errors were actually the insets on the top, they don't go all the way trough
Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 3, 2009 at 12:00 PM

You seem to have the idea on how to plane model now. Is this going to be for ingame? if so most of the details on that model wont be needed.

Yep it will be in-game ^_^ but I just suck at fake bumping that's why I add details..

No offence, hunter, but your models aren't detailed enough nor should anyone be concerned with the poly count of a FP weapon if it looks good.

Looks very good. You might consider toning the detail down just a tad, but other than that, it looks like it's a very good start.

THnx for the critcs ^_^ btw I leave it as is, Im modeling the gun ATM

What about people like me huh? if the polycount of a fp weapon is over 5000 or something like that, ingame it will cause a huge clusterfark of random triangles all over the place. Rendering the level useless, and unplayable.

TBh, I've enver heard of that. I've had 4k weapons on my screen, don't think I've had more.

Well a perfect example is the sniper on narrows it rendered the map unplayable, at least for me anyways. Thats the main reason I didnt beta with the rest of the team.

Maybe thats because the sniper rifle was 25664 triangles and it had no LOD's.




Edited by anonymous_2009 on Jul 3, 2009 at 02:29 PM

it was before we were using yours.

It only gives the "unplayable map effect" with the older gfx cards

Mine is 25664 triangles, well, the high poly one is. I thought that one was in Narrows?

no it was terrible one doan made a looong time ago.

My weapons are almost always around 3K triangles, so it doesnt really matter

Also I get the unplayable map effect on narrows, it's like it's portalled every Foot
(only on my craptop btw, my high end PC wich can max crysis ultra high doesn't have it..)
Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 3, 2009 at 02:40 PM

That's just like you said, charmfer, you can't see it form this angle.. it go's like this:
__--------__ ,so, down, up, down
NVM I SEE IT! FIXING UP!
Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 3, 2009 at 06:04 PM

Oh ye I do xD

EDIT: SMALL UPDATE!



Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 4, 2009 at 06:26 AM

Lookin legit. I never figured out the technique for the sort of "indents" you have along the length of the clip, the sort of zig-zaggy stuff. Could you elaborate on how you did it?

Also I'd suggest deleting the spare verts on the front part of the barrel (It's split into three sections, there's a few you could probably target weld together.
Edited by Marka Haiyana on Jul 4, 2009 at 06:44 AM

heck, as of right now you could shorten the length of the clip some and you could make a custom smg / uzi before you finish the H3 one.

One thing you need to keep in mind is that a model looks nicer haveing the detail at a simular amount throuhgout the model. At the moment your clip is more detailed than the main weapon.

Also known as poly placement.

I tried replicating those with a box, then boolean'd it.

Just putting it in simple terms for him.

Ok here's how, I just plane modeled it, if you have xfire I can tell you how..



It's W.I.P eh? :P

Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 4, 2009 at 11:57 AM

EDIT:

It's done.. 3,7K of polies is done.. I'm proud of myself ^_^




Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 4, 2009 at 01:14 PM

The top is really really boxy and/or flat and should probably be rounded out. The top of the stock also needs to be rounded out. Anything other than that I couldn't care about as an animator, lol...

Hey I know you :P!
Youtube guy ^_^

Anyway, Could you maby animate? (the stock is rounded, and the top too..you can't see it from this angle :P)

I need an animator ^_^ (just like you :P)

EDIT: W8! I forgot the tirgger -_- adding it..
Also smoothed out some stuff, and I made it a little less boxy..

Check it out:


Edited by Sharp1337X on Jul 4, 2009 at 03:00 PM

Nice, very nice work sharp, ignore the people who complain about too much poly's, they're too poor to get a decent gfx card.

i do agree with some people about the boxy part at the top, you gotta finetune that, aswell as round off a few more corners on the overal gun, nothing too major though

other than that, looks great.

i'll be here if you need a texture.
i could also animate it, but we'll see later about that

E1: the stock of the SMG in the center part is totally round, not just narrow
Edited by BeachParty clan on Jul 4, 2009 at 04:26 PM

There are some gfx cards who can play it without too much trouble that don't cost alot.

Thnx beachparty clan ^_^
And yes I really need one to texture, I'll fix up the model first, mind sending it to you then? :D

Seriously and you don't even need that good of a vid card JUST to run halo I mean seriously
-_-. I have even seen something like bestbuy sell a 8600 GO for like 50 dollars although I'm not sure how bad GO is compared to GT

Fix the barrel, you dont need that intrude, and its wasting polys. all you need is a cylinder with the end chamfered and the hole.

It's not a matter of what kind of graphics card/computer we have, it's a matter of optimization for Halo CE's engine. You can't just go shoving a weapon in-game with however many polys you damn well want, it just doesn't work that way. Besides, having anything over about 4k-5k for an average weapon just means you're adding unnecessary details and the skinner will have nothing challenging to do.

Its not just what the players can handle, it also what Halo can handle.

Wow, forgot to refresh the page, an hour late. Woops.
Edited by Newbkilla on Jul 4, 2009 at 07:06 PM

Looks good, I only see a few problems here and there.