3D modelling - HELP! - Page 7

Ed Kolis · #61 January 19th, 2005, 11:26 AM

But it also causes a moire effect on renders which require heavy antialiasing (see my Annihilatorbeam which I recently submitted to the imagemod - the white and black rings on the mini don't really look like rings because I shrunk the image from the original portrait image

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TurinTurambar · #62 January 19th, 2005, 12:15 PM

Yeah, that's true.
But what can we do?
If Aaron says 36x36
Our options are few.

Hey, that's like, a poem er somethin.

Turin

Ed Kolis · #63 January 19th, 2005, 07:58 PM

Render at 36x36 so that the renderer's antialiasing will fix the moire effect... you might get a gray blob, but it beats The Japanese Anime Spastic Blinking Seizure Robots Color Show (TM)

Fyron · #64 January 19th, 2005, 08:30 PM

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TurinTurambar said:
By "Windows Tools" I think he means a standard Windows program like Paint or Photo Editor.

Rendering larger and then shrinking, in effect, gives you a higher resolution.

Turin

I believe he was refering to one of the XP Power Toys programs that can resize images decently well. Far better than MS Paint at any rate. Still better to use an actual graphics program if you have one though.

ToxicSlurpee · #65 January 20th, 2005, 01:32 AM

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kerensky said:
Toxic, how did you create the glowing parts on your models? Did you set the emmisions high or did you use the glow material setting?

I used the Emmition setting. It wasn't high or low, I used the custom type and set it to about 400% for the ships. I forget what I set the Rablak himself to, but it was probably similar.

EaX · #66 January 20th, 2005, 01:39 AM

hi!
i was about to download the program you mention here (doga i think it's name is), but the problem is that from what i see it's about 30 mb don't?, and with my modem it'll take about 3,4 hours with luck, so...., it's worth?, i've blender, but it seems a bit complicated but i've to read some tut i found, so what do you think, should i try to download doga?

Atrocities · #67 January 20th, 2005, 01:47 AM

If you want to make ship sets and have fun, then yes, it is worth it. But be sure you download DOGA L3.

TerranC · #68 January 20th, 2005, 02:28 AM

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I used the Emmition setting. It wasn't high or low, I used the custom type and set it to about 400% for the ships. I forget what I set the Rablak himself to, but it was probably similar.

Emition Low Preset = Emition tab at 0%
Emition High Preset = Emition tab at 400%

TurinTurambar · #69 January 24th, 2005, 06:44 PM

Grrrr! My DoGA L3 seems to have "blown up;" I open a part in the assembler and as soon as I click any part to edit it, I get:

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Pame has caused an error in PICLIB.DLL. Pame will now close.

... and then it crashes. I assume PICLIB is the picture library?

On another note, I can't seem to use any of these *****in new textures I downloaded either. (Moreover, when exploring the file folders of DoGA, I find all sorts of textures and effects that aren't available when I'm using the Parts Assembler, but I think that's a whole 'nother issue.)

Is there a standard resolution that the textures have to be? Do they have to be .png files? I can take a jpeg of a table-lamp from a desktop folder and paste it over a ship hull, but not any of these textures. WTF?

Oh, and the uninstall process won't finish either, so I can't reinstall the darn thing.

LIL' HELP....!
Turin

TerranC · #70 January 24th, 2005, 08:19 PM

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TurinTurambar said:
On another note, I can't seem to use any of these *****in new textures I downloaded either. (Moreover, when exploring the file folders of DoGA, I find all sorts of textures and effects that aren't available when I'm using the Parts Assembler, but I think that's a whole 'nother issue.)

Is there a standard resolution that the textures have to be? Do they have to be .png files? I can take a jpeg of a table-lamp from a desktop folder and paste it over a ship hull, but not any of these textures. WTF?

Turin

They can be in any resolution, and they can be in BMP, JPEG, PNG, or in TGA format.

As for your PICLIB.dll problem, I haven't a clue on how to fix it; try just reinstalling over everything and see if that works.