I'm sorry, I feel like I might've been a bit dismissive about the "white background dilemma" earlier. Mainly because I thought you were trolling. Anyway, to smooth over the issue a bit here is a render with a white background.


Please, by all means go ahead and crit it if you like.
Edited by Wolf_ on Mar 3, 2016 at 04:44 PM

Much better!

A few things:

1. What is that bird shaped structure directly infront of the ref_cyborg?

It looks to me like some sort of rock or boulder...if that is what you intended it to be try sloping down the edges of the outer corners. You could also randomize the height of the verts associated with those edges to get a more organic look it feels too "metally" atm.

2. Could we see wires? I know the mesh is still in wip stage but I am curious to see where you are and aren't using detail.

3. The curved wall piece which slopes around from the mountain face to the enterance of the covenant? Building feels too blocky at the bottom.

Specifically I can make out one single vert which pokes out too far, if you understand which vertice I am referencing try chamfering it or inserting an extra vert then pull it out until you reach a rounder silhouette.

I should really circle this out as it maybe hard to describe but phne post.

4. What are your plans for the bsp? Is there a back story to it's existence?

After all this, I must say the render does look much better with a white background.

It's a structure, but I am currently just playing around with ideas. So it is not final. I know I want to have a similar glass structure like the one integrated into the cliffs.
Yeah, I will post one when I have completed the structure.


Yeah I will work in some more detail there, or change the shape slightly.

The backstory is really me just "playing" around creatively with the modeling skills I have accumulated over the past 11 something years working on my own projects and helping my friends out with theirs. Initially I did some stuff with Ally (Like I think I tried helping with the portals for Pirate ship). Then I just started doing my own thing instead. That was like 2 years ago after I came home from a year of traveling. The inspiration came from Concat, which has a covenant vs forerunner architectural setup. Now I just do it in-between studies and social life. This is sort of a mix of past projects that I never finished. (Except Zmt, because that sucked).

As for the plans, I will just keep messing around until I am happy with what I got. After I am done with modeling and texturing for the bases I will start on a structure for the middle portion of the map. Then I will block out the terrain and try and ship out an alpha for people to test. Hopefully all of this can be done by May 16th.

I have to agree, the render does look better with a white background. Thanks for the advice.

Tl;dr: lots of words.

This guy gets it.

No release date, no overblown promises, no over-ambitious ideas. No dedicated WIP thread with people constantly demanding updates and trying to shove suggestions down the creator's throat.

Let it cook until it's ready. One day when we least expect it we'll see a release thread.

Bravo

So, how does a gbxmodel importer for blender sound?

Does this exist yet?

It doesn't. And me want. And proper jms, animation tools, etc

I'm working on a thing. I'm trying to keep it low-key for now, but if all goes well (And it's going pretty well thus far), you'll be hearing more from me. Stay tuned.
Edited by Fulsam on Mar 4, 2016 at 07:08 PM

I never learn. But hey, at least I release betas!

Black background for flanker...



With frame bones:




Edited by Halonimator on Mar 4, 2016 at 09:18 PM

Flanker = a name.

A name requires a capital letter.

Also stop feeding your toilet radio active residue.

okay mom

i mena supes flanks

:(

The ghost of DSal is back.

Mmmhmm believe it or not but I actually got his email.

I don't really understand why people have a dislike for him, he was quite swell to me.

Gravemind animated.

casting

- Cyborg halonimator
- gravemind halonimator
- all halonimator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Rp8rfnkLw&feature=youtu.be

You need a reference:

It's also highly unprofessional to see markers/nodes within your work, it distracts from the complete experience......if anyone was able to feel one.
Edited by Super Flanker on Mar 6, 2016 at 12:16 PM

Edited by Halonimator on Mar 7, 2016 at 12:08 AM

Hmmm... Lately I've been experimenting with painting levels topographically and then scanning in the topographic version and then cloning it lots of times, then systematically trimming the layers upward (like an MRI scan). Then stacking those ontop of eachother in max with transparency and using them like guidelines to model BSPs.

Also flat-out painting large portions of BSPs as planes and welding them into the map as placeholders for unfinished level portions

It's a fun break from modeling full time :)

Also learned that I could draw a 2D character(front and back version of them), and as long as they're perfectly posed, I can cut that into slices and rig it like a 3D character. V'only done it with a photograph right now, maybe next week I'll try it with a hand drawn character. Pen digitizers are awesome!

If I wanted to use displacement maps, Id've done that, but that's so borinnnnnnnnnnnnnnng! ! !!
Edited by OrangeJuice on Mar 7, 2016 at 02:01 AM

Looks weird, but I like it.

Keep up the good work man.

Never underestimate the power of a displacement map.



Never.

Also would like to see an update if at all possible OJ.
Edited by Super Flanker on Mar 7, 2016 at 03:34 AM

Updated framebones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhIbXtQQS88&feature=youtu.be

Edited by Super Flanker on Mar 8, 2016 at 04:35 PM

is it supposed to be black?

It's not black its my latest project.

Are you blind or something?


Update: added trees.

All I see is a solid black image. Weird.

Im glad im going for another eye test.

Are you able to see hte images?

The tree is clipping through the ceiling a little. . .
Edited by OrangeJuice on Mar 8, 2016 at 06:20 PM

Fine!

I got some real images for you guys:




It's nothing groundbreaking at all. The top image is my upscaling (via 3dsmax) of the Halo 3 retail weapon meters, the bottom image is the image extracted from Halo 3 with Adjutant at its original size.

And not that I need to prove it, but here's what it looks like in 3ds:
I can render it out at whatever size suits me, although of course the size will be limited when in-game due to tagspace.

The reason I even bother to show something so old (and hardly relevant) is because I know I've already created and released my Halo 3 HUD replica, but with the usage of OS's HUD scaling some of the elements get broken and misplaced. I was going to fix just the things that break, but I figured I may as well re-do some of the other parts too.

Here's an example of something that doesn't work with OS HUD scaling:


I may add some fancy stuff to the HUD as well, instead of just being a Halo 3 copy, but we'll see.


I re-created some of the HUD elements, namely the shields meter, plasma meter and motion sensor to support 4k displays (for kicks): thanks to john for the 4k images



Edited by Jesse on Mar 11, 2016 at 01:12 AM

Boss battle part1

weak gravemind.



Boss battle part2

something like the halo 3 cinematic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wofPIeIzyA
Edited by Halonimator on Mar 11, 2016 at 01:13 AM

That actually looks pretty cool.

Thanks :v

God that's bringing up my fear of huge low res squid monsters living in the murky green.

https://youtu.be/L6ETPsl0FEA?t=12m3s