Jerboa's Models

[Jerboa]

Is there a way to disable shadows in the game?

[greebo]

Is there a way to disable shadows in the game?

You can shut off the shadow rendering by entering r_shadows 0 in the console.

 

To disable shadowcasting for a single model, you need to add the property "noshadows" "1" to that entity in DarkRadiant.

[Springheel]

http://wiki.thedarkmod.com/index.php/...ing_Shadows_Off

[Jerboa]

Hmmm... shadows are off, smoothed at 100% and I still get black in the model.

 

Edit: Never mind, it was the way I had the lighting set up in DR.

[Baddcog]

I don't think it would be bad to have them as loot. They are pretty fancy and we can always use more loot items.

 

Maybe you could do another skin that looks very cheap for less wealthy people (I say less wealthy because poor people probably could not afford fine items such as perfume).

[Tels]

As for the broken version, I suggest exporting each broken piece as a separate model (with its own collision mesh as well), so mappers can place them themselves. As far as I can tell from the mesh screenshot, it's looking good.

 

Yes, and we then also can make a bottle break if it is crushed or thrown hard. (scent simulaton not included )

 

They do look pretty, although they don't say "parfume only" to me. They could as well be some mysical things or magical devices with a proper skin

[Jerboa]

ok I've done some studying on dr lighting and was able to produce some decent in-game shots. One even with glow hehe.

[Jerboa]

Here is what I have so far in pieces/broken.

[Jerboa]

I've corresponded with Dan Scott about his art works and he has given us permission to use anything on his site that could be useful. ie.. shields, swords ect.. could possibly be used in the creation of models. Especially 1 or 2 of the shields and some of those sword blades arent too shabby either.

 

http://www.danscottart.com/Concepts.html

[Ishtvan]

Speaking of stuff being broken, it doesn't seem to be imparting velocity to the broken pieces. For example, if I swing a sword at a wine bottle, it breaks but the broken upper half just sits on the lower half, you have to hit it again to make the broken parts fly away.

[Springheel]

've corresponded with Dan Scott about his art works and he has given us permission to use anything on his site that could be useful.

 

It's great artwork, but most of it looks far too high fantasy for our setting. It's not hard to find photos of actual swords and shields that could be used for models.

[sparhawk]

Here is what I have so far in pieces/broken.

 

Cool! I especially like it that there is also a broken version, because we don't have much of those, and it can add a lot of believabillity in run down places.

[Jerboa]

I'm not sure how this would or if it could fit in TDM universe. But, I made it it simply out of fun and enjoyment. It's a double bladed staff which could either be viewed as polished wood or painted metal.

[Springheel]

Eh. Not that appropriate, really. TDM is a much more 'realistic' kind of fantasy, with fairly historical-looking objects.

[Jerboa]

Here is another out of pure enjoyment. The ancient "Sword of Goujian".

Anyhow, what needs to be done while time is ample?

[Tels]

Speaking of stuff being broken, it doesn't seem to be imparting velocity to the broken pieces. For example, if I swing a sword at a wine bottle, it breaks but the broken upper half just sits on the lower half, you have to hit it again to make the broken parts fly away.

 

Long-standing bug, which is I believe tracked somewhere, but I can't find the entry atm...

[Springheel]

Anyhow, what needs to be done while time is ample?

 

http://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?showtopic=7366

[Jerboa]

Here is a result of a of the 1st link listed in the compass category.

[Springheel]

Looks good from that perspective.

[Jerboa]

Why would a model show up fine in Dark Radiant but black in-game? I double checked naming and the mtr. file. Could it be because how I named the model? 3_chair01?

[greebo]

Why would a model show up fine in Dark Radiant but black in-game? I double checked naming and the mtr. file. Could it be because how I named the model? 3_chair01?

DarkRadiant is using the editor image in the default full-lit render mode, so it's still possible that the diffusemap is wrong somehow. Try double-checking the diffusemap of your material and also check the console in D3 when loading the map, the game is emitting warnings like "couldn't load image blabla".

 

To check whether the diffusemap is ok, you can also press F3 in DarkRadiant to switch to lighting render mode, which is using the proper diffuse and normalmaps for display. If the diffusemap has problems, you'll see a black/blue shader not found image in the camera. Use F3 to switch back.

[Jerboa]

Yup, it was how I named the chair which was causing the issue.

[greebo]

Yup, it was how I named the chair which was causing the issue.

So you're saying D3 doesn't like filenames starting with numbers?

[Jerboa]

Correct, all I did to fix the issue was to rename it.

[Jerboa]

From the link pic. listed this is what I have so far for the chair.