Quote: --- Original message by: Mootjuh
That's clearly a render model and thus can have Zbuffers.

Quote: --- Original message by: sparky

I see that there are a lot of triangles in that, and that the model is not a singular object. While it could be optimized and modeled better, which is probably your point about it being wrong, it is possible to do this kind of modeling technique while using a simpler collision model. Using a separate collision model and visible model is more difficult to manage, though, especially when working with complex creative situations involving machines, like the simpler doors or elevators, coinciding with custom level terrains. The process of testing and modifying custom animations for these models and their collision models is more of a hassle, since you still might want to change markers and nodes, resulting in the need to modify them [just the nodes] of both the model and the collision model separately; it can get confusing unless you have experience with the requirements of each kind of model data. It would be easier to just make a single model that has itself as the collision model, so you can just make the one change there and be done with it. The modeling and animating process of objects (obje, I'm not using that term loosely) is supposed to be seamless and integrated with the level terrain. First, you make the biped, then you make the vehicles that the biped uses, then you make the level around that biped and its vehicles, and then you make the machines around that level. We have standardized bipeds and vehicles, so we just make the level and then make the machines around that level. That means a full scene right there for you to use for custom animations, such as walking around the level and coordinating camera tracks, physics, etc. It means putting the game into 3DS Max first, then putting the game into the game engine. That's how Bungie decided for it to be developed. It's an important point for users new to the HEK, but I don't think the HEK tutorial mentions it specifically.
Edited by sparky on Dec 25, 2014 at 03:37 AM