Water Pump (hand Pump)

[DeepOmega]

Well, Atti, there's a bit of contention on this topic. I've been using .ASE, since it's basically the most simple, clean export format that Doom3 accepts - but apparently, some others have had frob-related issues with it? There's not much else 3DStudio can export to that'll work. So, for testing purposes, try ASE, but we need to (as a team) pick the official format.

 

Also, FTP anybody?

[BlackThief]

export it as ASE, but IMHO we should convert it later to lwo, cauze there are still those rendering issues with ASE.

[DeepOmega]

It's on the server in ASE and tga formats. /models/props/misc/WaterPump

 

I used my usual format - PumpNormal.tga is the normal map, PumpUV.tga is a UV unwrapping, useful as a base template for the diffuse texture. Enjoy, my texturing friends. I encourage you to tweak the normal map to match the texture - rust and such like would affect normals.

[New Horizon]

Yeah, there seems to be an issue with ASE and the bounding boxes. I don't know where the thread is but I am pretty sure I read somewhere that .lwo was chosen as the format of choice.

[DeepOmega]

Unfortunately, 3DS Max can't export to LWO - ASE is the only useful export format (by useful, I mean relevant to Doom 3). In another thread, I believe we decided to do ASE (for possible conversion at a later date).

[BlackThief]

that's actually no problem - use deepexploration to convert it to lwo

 

 

@ new horizon - it wasn't the bounding box - just a rendering issue

[sparhawk]

Yeah, there seems to be an issue with ASE and the bounding boxes. I don't know where the thread is but I am pretty sure I read somewhere that .lwo was chosen as the format of choice.

ASE has no issue with the bounding boxes. Or is there one? We must define the bouding boxes anyway. Or can the boxes/collisionmodels already be defined with Lightwave itself? That would be a great advantage then. IMO the reason to use LWO is simply because we had some problems converting back and forth. If everybody uses the same app we will have no such problem.

[DeepOmega]

Yes, but there's no way in hell I'm buying and learning Lightwave.

[Fingernail]

[New Horizon]

that's actually no problem - use deepexploration to convert it to lwo

 

 

@ new horizon - it wasn't the bounding box - just a rendering issue

Ahhh, ok. I'm still having that problem. Do you know if it has been corrected BT?

[sparhawk]

Yes, but there's no way in hell I'm buying and learning Lightwave.

Me neither.

[Fingernail]

[sparhawk]

Somehow I doubt that it is a big loss for the team when I don't learn Lightwave to much.