[Damian Parsons]

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=958801&st=0&start=0


This is thread 2 for another power armour I was working on, this was being built right after I had completed the Titan Armour. During this model being made I felt like I needed to work on something else to test some theories I had. This caused the mod to be put on hold for a while so I could complete the deep eyes armour. The deep eyes armour showed that I could save quite a bit of space on the uv map by essentially chopping the armour in half.


The armour was based on a scanned image I was sent by rator1261999 and It shows what the armour was initially going to be like. http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff195/honkhonkthealien/armor2.jpg

Of course I had to make adjustments because some of the things in the concept art either didn't agree with me or were not possible to re create.



This is the current situation of the model.

Model completed

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/finished.jpg

In Game Test

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/IMAGE-2.jpg

Concept showing how I would want to go about working the texture.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/MODELNONFALLOUT.jpg

Uv Map began

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/uvmapprogress.jpg


Choice between Metal plate covering the groin area or no metal plate. No metal plate was chosen.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/nondong.jpg

now I have a new theory I want to test out, If you've seen any mods in Nifskope they will normally be pretty consistent in the different pieces that are displayed.

Normally you have

UpperBody
Arms
Pipboy on
Pipboy off

This can actually make rigging the model a nightmare if you have lots of different pieces put together and can often end up with a poor result. So the thing I want to find out (and perhaps people may know the answer already) is how separating the model into more pieces then the general format will effect the way the game handles the model (for example VATS, Dismemberment etc)

so instead I have something like this

Upperbody (has to be called this so the model gets removed in first person)
UpperLegs
Lower Legs
Upper Arms
Lower Right arm
Pipboy on
Pipboy off

If I wanted to I could (if it worked) have separate textures for each piece, but I'm not going to because it makes things more efficient if I use only 1 texture for this. Has any one really looked into that or is it a bit of an unknown area at the moment?

[Hussnein Amin]

Great work, keep it up

I have to work on the rifle though

[Shelby Huffman]

now I have a new theory I want to test out, If you've seen any mods in Nifskope they will normally be pretty consistent in the different pieces that are displayed.

Normally you have

UpperBody
Arms
Pipboy on
Pipboy off

This can actually make rigging the model a nightmare if you have lots of different pieces put together and can often end up with a poor result. So the thing I want to find out (and perhaps people may know the answer already) is how separating the model into more pieces then the general format will effect the way the game handles the model (for example VATS, Dismemberment etc)

so instead I have something like this

Upperbody (has to be called this so the model gets removed in first person)
UpperLegs
Lower Legs
Upper Arms
Lower Right arm
Pipboy on
Pipboy off

If I wanted to I could (if it worked) have separate textures for each piece, but I'm not going to because it makes things more efficient if I use only 1 texture for this. Has any one really looked into that or is it a bit of an unknown area at the moment?

Have a look at one of the armours from this:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4651

MeatCapsArms
MeatCapsLegs
MeatCapBody
meatneck
meathead
Upperbody01:0 (R Shoulder pad)
Upperbody02:0 (L Shoulder pad)
Upperbody
LegLeft
LegRight
ArmRight
ArmLeftUpper
Upperbody03:0 (unused I think)

Dismembers exactly like it should too.

[barbara belmonte]

Have a look at one of the armours from this:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4651

MeatCapsArms
MeatCapsLegs
MeatCapBody
meatneck
meathead
Upperbody01:0 (R Shoulder pad)
Upperbody02:0 (L Shoulder pad)
Upperbody
LegLeft
LegRight
ArmRight
ArmLeftUpper
Upperbody03:0 (unused I think)

Dismembers exactly like it should too.

Wow, I had completely forgotten about that mod, thanks for the link

I can't wait for the Lancer armor either, I hope you'll be able to release it soon

[Lauren Dale]

I'm sad that the armor wound up without the metal plate.

That said this is still cool. Looking forward to it.

[Lexy Dick]

Have a look at one of the armours from this:
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4651

MeatCapsArms
MeatCapsLegs
MeatCapBody
meatneck
meathead
Upperbody01:0 (R Shoulder pad)
Upperbody02:0 (L Shoulder pad)
Upperbody
LegLeft
LegRight
ArmRight
ArmLeftUpper
Upperbody03:0 (unused I think)

Dismembers exactly like it should too.

Thats great : D I wouldnt need to cut it up into that many parts though, left and right lower leg can be combined into 1 mesh etc etc. So that comfirms that it works then, wish I had known that for the deep eyes armor lol.

[Amie Mccubbing]

wow nice! tracking this.

[Laura Wilson]

Keep Up The Good Work :tops:

[Maya Maya]

Can't wait to see more updates on this. Must be patient though, good things come to those who wait.

[Ben sutton]

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=958801&st=0&start=0


This is thread 2 for another power armour I was working on, this was being built right after I had completed the Titan Armour. During this model being made I felt like I needed to work on something else to test some theories I had. This caused the mod to be put on hold for a while so I could complete the deep eyes armour. The deep eyes armour showed that I could save quite a bit of space on the uv map by essentially chopping the armour in half.


The armour was based on a scanned image I was sent by rator1261999 and It shows what the armour was initially going to be like. http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff195/honkhonkthealien/armor2.jpg

Of course I had to make adjustments because some of the things in the concept art either didn't agree with me or were not possible to re create.



This is the current situation of the model.

Model completed

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/finished.jpg

In Game Test

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/IMAGE-2.jpg

Concept showing how I would want to go about working the texture.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/MODELNONFALLOUT.jpg

Uv Map began

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/uvmapprogress.jpg


Choice between Metal plate covering the groin area or no metal plate. No metal plate was chosen.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/nondong.jpg

now I have a new theory I want to test out, If you've seen any mods in Nifskope they will normally be pretty consistent in the different pieces that are displayed.

Normally you have

UpperBody
Arms
Pipboy on
Pipboy off

This can actually make rigging the model a nightmare if you have lots of different pieces put together and can often end up with a poor result. So the thing I want to find out (and perhaps people may know the answer already) is how separating the model into more pieces then the general format will effect the way the game handles the model (for example VATS, Dismemberment etc)

so instead I have something like this

Upperbody (has to be called this so the model gets removed in first person)
UpperLegs
Lower Legs
Upper Arms
Lower Right arm
Pipboy on
Pipboy off

If I wanted to I could (if it worked) have separate textures for each piece, but I'm not going to because it makes things more efficient if I use only 1 texture for this. Has any one really looked into that or is it a bit of an unknown area at the moment?

good stuff my man

hopefully the waiting will pay off :fallout:

[sam]

Update time!

Been working on the High poly pieces of the leg, heres what I have so far.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/Leghighpoly.jpg

I also made a uv map of the thigh to test the transfer process, its ok but needs a little improvement here and there.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/lowpolhighpol.jpg

[Alisha Clarke]

**drools**

[Rachie Stout]

Update time!

Been working on the High poly pieces of the leg, heres what I have so far.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/Leghighpoly.jpg

I also made a uv map of the thigh to test the transfer process, its ok but needs a little improvement here and there.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/tyokio/lowpolhighpol.jpg

:drool:

[STEVI INQUE]

This looks absolutely fantastic! Do you have any plans for the gloves?

[Lew.p]

It looks great! although I was hoping you could get those energy pipe things that are sticking out of the armor's back on the model

Note:not to nag you or anything but where's the gloves???

[Betsy Humpledink]

I am speechless once again.

[Ownie Zuliana]

This is definitely looking good.

I love the package you've made for the Deep Eyes Armour (I mean the GO model), do you have any idea for that one?

[Stephani Silva]

The reason you don't see gloves in these renders is because they are applied as Armor Addons in the GECK, so the left and right gloves are rendered seperate from the armor, and added later as a FormList. I'm sure he'll add the gloves to the ingame model when he gets that far.

[Trevor Bostwick]

things like gloves I do right at the end because they are the simplest thing to deal with as far as modding for fallout 3 is concerned. They dont really require any rigging, just re-skinning of vanilla models.

[Genevieve]

Sound enough reasoning.

Just a reskin then? Well, whatever works. I have faith enough that you very well know what you're doing. Kudos.

[Lil'.KiiDD]

absolutely fantastic mesh work, I'm looking forward to seeing the high-poly ingame in all its glory.

[Izzy Coleman]

Are you still working on this?

[Kat Ives]

Maybe 'life' came up. I still hope, though.

[Dean Ashcroft]

Wow. Almost 3 weeks with no update. I really wanted this one finished. Oh well. Here's to hoping.

[i grind hard]

:cryvaultboy: