sights0d Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I was just looking at all the files available on jkii.net and I noticed all of the sabres available. What is the deal? I don't even see sabres in the game, because they're covered by someone's hand. All that hard work to make one and it doesn't even really show up in the game. Is it because they are a good starting point for modelers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReIIiK Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I can see my saber just fine, in Singleplayer and Multiplayer. Its nice to have a choice of Hilts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyesa27 Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 They're the easiest to model, kyle's looks stupid, and who doesn't want a saber of his very own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReIIiK Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 Originally posted by snakeeyesa27 They're the easiest to model, kyle's looks stupid, and who doesn't want a saber of his very own? No kidding........you mean his BAT, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiahErebus Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 if you can't see the saber hilts, may i suggest one of the following: a better video card a bigger monitor an eye exam laying off the drugs/alcohol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norin Radd Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Yeah, I agree. I love the game, but they really could have put some more work into the default saber. The blade looks too thin, in my opinion, and as someone stated here, the hilt is too damned long. When Kyle has his saber lowered, it looks like a pipe. Was he going to duel the reborn or bludgeon them. I agree that a choice of hilts is good. Everyone with a different hilt means a more realistic game. Snakeeyes, what's the hilt you are using in your sig pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lime-Light Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Its becuase of the way kyle is animated when holding a saber, his hands are pretty far apart, so I imagine they had to make the saber big to accomidate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradFu Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 I think people make hilts simply because it's not horribly complicated, and it's a good way to learn a lot of basic modelling techniques. That's true for me, anyway. I just started getting into modelling a little over a week ago, and I've been learning a LOT just doing saber modelling. As for Kyle's saber, I personally like it. Remember that there is no set height, size, style, etc that a lightsaber should be. It's all personal preference for the creator. Whoever made Kyle's saber (Where did he get that, anyway?? In MoTS?) designed it to be a little longer. I like that design, myself. It reminds me of some japanese sword hilts that are big enough for 3 1/2 hands to fit on them. One thing to think about with long saber hilts is it allows for differences in fighting style. If you have one hand near the top, and one hand closer to the bottom, you have a lot more leverage for chop-style moves. Your top hand is the pivot point, and the farther down your bottom hand is, the faster and longer a chop can be. In the case of JKII, that doesn't make any difference, but it's still fun to model a lightsaber based on some thinking like that, and whatever you think looks cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sights0d Posted June 21, 2002 Author Share Posted June 21, 2002 It's not that I can't see the sabre. It's just that most of it is covered with hands. Other folks are too far away to see. The one I'm holding is covered by my avatar's body. Aside from that... I had a question. If I use a particular sabre, does that mean that everyone that I see is going to use the same sabre? Will they be using the default sabre? If everyone uses the sabre that I make, won't that defeat the purpose of having my very own sabre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheshireKat Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Well, is it OK if people just model what they want to? After all that's why modeler make these add ons isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artic Blade Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 yes, sabers are a good place to start. (even if i think it is a little silly, all the bickering about little details...) but i need help on getting a blasted saber model in game. i know there's a tutorial on it, but its for gmax and i use milkshape. (i read the tut anyway, good job and hats off to the author.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyesa27 Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 well, i'm glad you noticed, norin. that's my very own custom saber. it's modelled after my real one. Post a request if you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power-Line Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 please post it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norin Radd Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 Originally posted by snakeeyesa27 well, i'm glad you noticed, norin. that's my very own custom saber. it's modelled after my real one. Post a request if you want it. I would really appreciate that hilt, snakeeyes. Post it here, if you would. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakeeyesa27 Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 I'd really prefer to email it, unless someone wants to host it privately. It's very individual, and i don't think it would get praise if i posted it on jediknightii.net or some other site, since it's not reckognizable. However, i think it's a very good model (you can compare it with the actual photo). If you want it, to use or to post, just give me an email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norin Radd Posted June 21, 2002 Share Posted June 21, 2002 My email is agent00_0@hotmail.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power-Line Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 cubanconspiracy@hotmail.com ill put it in my #4 tp files pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBell Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 Great looking hilt,or from what i could see from it. i would VERY much appriciate it if you could send your finely tuned custom made hilt to my e-mail Chuck1030_60120@Yahoo.com Thanks and FANTASTIC work on your tutorial on making saberhilt, i definetly intend to print a copy out of that and learn how to make my OWN saber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeforall9 Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 we need some sort of saber select ingame or something where you can choose to have duble bladed or single:dsaber: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sights0d Posted June 23, 2002 Author Share Posted June 23, 2002 Well, actually, if you want to select double or single, you should download the fans' mod (look in jkii.net) and use their dualblade command to select. You can even bind it to a key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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