(06-14-2014, 04:35 AM)Freeroamer Wrote: What program do you use to model a ship?
For now it is Blender, which despite giving the first feel of being too complicated is much more easy to work with rather than Sketchup, while not mentioning that Blender has lots and lots of tools, even sculpting one and own built-in game engine.
(06-14-2014, 04:35 AM)Freeroamer Wrote: What program do you use to model a ship?
For now it is Blender, which despite giving the first feel of being too complicated is much more easy to work with rather than Sketchup, while not mentioning that Blender has lots and lots of tools, even sculpting one and own built-in game engine.
Sketchup has a multitude of plugins though, which can help with sculpting, editing, texturing, etc. Even if SketchUp seems easier ( and it is really), the work flow is quite different from Blender, Maya, Max so if you use SketchUp a long time, its hard to get accustomed to the others work style. On the other hand, seeing as how Freelancer uses low poly models, SketchUp would suffice imo.
Being working with Blender periodically through year, I can say that I both regret and not that I started with Sketchup. I wish I didn't waste time on it, but from the other hand it gave me basic knowledges.
So I suggest to start with "hard" ones.
If you're used to 3dsmax/Maya you'll find Blender weird and "illogical". Complexity is not a real problem here. The system of work is. I've tried really hard to get used to Blender but failed, sadly. It's like PS vs. GIMP for me. I can't convert anymore.
I still have the FLMT on disk too. Will dig through that for useful tools.
Could you point out what parts of the ship are which (file extensions)
side question: about your freelancer the way you want it that you're building (swallow), do you use freelancer explorer to edit the systems? I used to do this on my private 4.84 server many moons ago (called planet manhattan then legacy of DTJ)
Trouble reaching me on the forums? Skype tommyt127 and comment in the invite so I know what it's about.
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Well, it took some time, but ships themselves are not as hard part of FL modding as, let's say, systems, economy, .ini stuff. Ship consists from .cmp - model, .mat - material and texture, .sur - hitbox, for collision.
For system edit I found epic "Freelancer mod studio" - it does all the .ini jobs, even not related to systems. It is not buggy.
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