inbredyokel Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 I'm currently working on Qui-gon's lightsaber and I'm sort of "winging it" with gmax. This may seem like a stupid question, but is there any way to make 2 polygons snap together? I have a cyclinder which I want attached to a cone of equal radius on one end, but its impossible to line them up perfectly by hand and I'm pretty sure its messing up my face count. Also, I'm almost totally done except for the silver-colored jacket on the lower part of the handle, which I have no clue how to make. I'll need to sculpt the polygon myself and don't know how to go about it, so any help would be appreciated. And, lastly, if I have a flat plane that will be seen from 2 sides, am I going to have any trouble applying a texture to both sides? I'll post some pictures as soon as I'm near completion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 ok.. if the cylinder and cone have the same number of sides, you won't have any trouble.. all you have to do is.. select ur cylinder, go to Tools, then Align, and select the cone. it will come up with a few options for u.. best to choose Centre, and select which axes you wanna align. and that's it! all you have to do is adjust the vertical position.. after that... for joining it.. i think it would be a good idea to boolean it.. in your create panel, go to Compound Objects and choose Boolean, Union. select the 2 operands you wanna join and that's it.. =) as for the 2 sided plane.. i'm not sure about it.. in the first place what's a 2 sided plane doing in ur saber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbredyokel Posted June 14, 2002 Author Share Posted June 14, 2002 I was going to use a plane(or a few of them) wrapped around the handle to form the silver "jacket" on qui-gon's saber, but after working on it a little last night I found a low-poly alternative. Speaking of which, what is a good face count to shoot for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbredyokel Posted June 15, 2002 Author Share Posted June 15, 2002 Ok, I've got a picture up of what I'm pretty sure is going to be the final model (except for a little tweaking to lower the poly count). There are a few parts missing simply because it hasn't been skinned yet (like the chrome colored part on the side of the handle). You have to copy and paste the URL into your address bar: http://www.geocities.com/inbredyokel2000/model.jpg If anyone could point me to a good gmax uv mapping tutorial or even better, do the uv mapping for me, I would really appreciate it. The tutorial I'm working with right now is extremely general, and I'm moving at a snail's pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jango_Fett91 Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Pic wont show:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsaber6458 Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 Copy and paste with ALL geocities links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted June 15, 2002 Share Posted June 15, 2002 thank the Lord! someone is finally making a qui gon saber. but one thing i'd like to say is that those ridges at the hand grip thing, i think they go all the way to the middle of the saber, without the inner tube that you have there. keep up the good work, i'm lookin forward to trying it out. side view of saber if its not too much trouble email me the file when its done rocketman_9mm@yahoo.com thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norin Radd Posted June 16, 2002 Share Posted June 16, 2002 Yokel, if you could email it to me as well, it would be great. My email is agent00_0@hotmail.com. THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Odisse Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Another image: http://www.vengeance-unlimited.org/Jedi%20Outcast/Episode%20II/Jedi/Qui-Gon%20LS.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicker72 Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 can you send it to me too when you're done? magicker72@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iifuzz Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 http://jdpilotlightsaberpics.homestead.com/files/Jinn_side.jpg here is mine My model i think it might be a little to high quality for ingame :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicker72 Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 WOW! thats nice... i just hope you can get it ingame looking that good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quigon1 Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Can you send it to me too when you finish the model. This saber model correspond very well with my pseudo doesn'it ? . Thank you and May the Force be with you. quigon1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Odisse Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Originally posted by iifuzz http://jdpilotlightsaberpics.homestead.com/files/Jinn_side.jpg here is mine My model i think it might be a little to high quality for ingame :x How many is it? also there shouldn't be any chrome metal parts around the button: http://jdpilotlightsaberpics.homestead.com/files/Jinn_top.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pnut_Man Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 damn that's a nice saber, hope its done soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iifuzz Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 i wasnt planning on modeling it for the game, i just did it for fun, took me about 30 minutes, it is 9498 poly's lol, if u want the model u can fiddle with it or whatever, my email is fuzz@cfl.rr.com , it is in 3d max format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iifuzz Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 here we go, fixed the button with cchrome thingy, didnt see it earlier my model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Originally posted by iifuzz here we go, fixed the button with cchrome thingy, didnt see it earlier my model now that is one really good model? is it too many poly's or something? can you not get it in-game? if you ever do get it in send it over here rocketman_9mm@yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iifuzz Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 well, i have never done anything fo any game before, i dont know how man poly's it needs or any of that, i just model **** for fun, here is my saber with some FX if anyone wants the 3d max file, just ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inbredyokel Posted June 17, 2002 Author Share Posted June 17, 2002 A little update... After attempting to UVW unwrap the saber, I got fed up with all the inconsistencies and the generally poor job I did of conserving polys, so I decided to start over completely. The new version is much more accurate and detailed while only going slightly higher than the previous polycount. http://www.geocities.com/inbredyokel2000/ I'm still not happy with a couple parts, like the whole area above the upper button, but when I tried actually modeling the silver part around the handle it added an insane amount of polys. When skinned and in-game it should look fine(and will be covered by a hand), so I'm just leaving it as-is. Right now I'm about 1/4 done unwrapping and I haven't run into any problems, so expect the saber to be finished and up for download before the end of the week. BTW, a saber should be around 600 polys, so iifuzz's is slightly over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iifuzz Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 lol, just a little Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pnut_Man Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 I hope someone gets your saber into the game, it's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jango_Fett91 Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Ill have the 3d max file! my email is bobafett6665@world.att.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iifuzz Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 sending now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lok-on Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Send the model here also!shotlocked@hotmail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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