Quote from name:TassadarZeratul
Well, not everyone has epic 3D modeling skills, yah know. Now actually play the mod so you can actualy comment on something that matters.
Oh please. You exaggarate my capabilities so goddamn much it's ridiculous. I am not a good modeler. I am fucking terrible. Anyone who has spent a year in college with 3ds max or maya will destroy the shit I've made over 10 years. If a modder has any respect for his work he'll put some effort into the graphics
and sounds. This here is just a minimod, but if you just lazily throw it together, you get this kind of feedback. If you don't like it; tough. Welcome to my world. This is why mod night is dying/dead. This is why the modding community is stale.
I'd prefer a race that's messy but matches rather than one that looks like it came out of a game made after SC itself.
Sure. That's understandable; if any of the kitbashes actually fit or anything. Take those new protoss buildings for example. They look nice as fractal art but in reality they destroy the illusion of perspective. Most of the kitbashes out there look like a goddamn mess. Come on, missile launchers from the tower on a wraith?
Some, if not most, are ugly, but you get used to them after a while, seeing as there really isn't anything else we can do.
The only reason you guys accept this stuff is, as you said, because it's all you can do. But that's only because that's all you've
tried to do. None of you guys are idiots. The
fear of doing something new is what's holding you back. It's time to change this. I will be the catalyst of this change. I'm going to kickstart this community if it's the last thing I do; and it probably will be. Guys, I'm retiring. I'm calling it. When AO is done, I'm out of here. I hope to help set you up on something new and exciting before I go.
If we could find some sort of render process, or texture setup to make 3D modeled units look like they fit into SC, then I'd be modeling almost all of my units.
Right. Here's the first legitimate excuse I've heard! And I have just the answer.
http://www.doack.campaigncreations.org/KA_Commandship.max (That needs max 2009, I'm sure you can get it)
I normally don't release my content, much less my source content, but there you have it - the old Kaloth Command Ship. What you should be using this scene for is for rendering. It has my camera system HKS set up for me. Perfect for rendering SC. Just throw in your models, configure them, set the size you want, render by-camera. Someone more experienced in max can batch process the whole thing; I don't know how to. You guys seriously overestimate my understanding of graphics processing. It's my weakest skill by far.
Now someone's going to say they need textures. Send me a PM. I'll arrange something for you. I hope you have a good internet connection.
He should write a tutorial on it or something, it'd be a big help. Still doesn't help with ships/buildings though. Unless hes figured that out too.
Ships and buildings. Gotcha.
Gonna hook you guys up with something brb
Show them your butt, and when you do, slap it so it creates a sound akin to a chorus of screaming spider monkeys flogging a chime with cacti. Only then can you find your destiny at the tip of the shaft.