Author Topic: [CEP]Sol System retex (Read 34547 times)

Sargoth · « **on:** February 13, 2016, 18:08:01 »

Mercury

Venus

Skipping Earth as that has a 2k texture already.

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

Pluto

Charon

As far as I got

GeoModder · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2016, 19:05:01 »

Beautiful.

Did you create them inverted?
I don't see polar caps on Mars? Out of view?

Sargoth · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2016, 20:13:23 »

No, i did not create them inverted
polar caps are out of view

Ingame
http://imgur.com/a/e48ke

Hit a snag with Phobos and Deimos though. Texture doesn't seem to wanna cahnge

GeoModder · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2016, 22:22:45 »

I'm not surprised with Phobos. The mesh needs more then one texture.

phobos, phobos01, and phobos02.

Deimos uses asteroid_1024x512_012.

Some of those texture files in the textures\planets folder are not used, or double up.

Sargoth · « **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2016, 02:01:21 »

HAHAHAHAHA

I see, someone got really tired of having to deal with UV mapping

The Old Dragon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 14, 2016, 10:35:13 »

Lovely shots Sargoth, look awesome.
Not surprised they got tired of mapping

Had a look at Phobos's mesh - it's got almost 3k polys!

Sargoth · « **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2016, 12:52:55 »

Whoever did this has my sympathies. I never wrapped my head around UV mapping (pun intended). It's a frustrating part of modeling

GeoModder · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2016, 14:54:32 »

I don't even know what that means. Ultra-Violet mapping?

'Barely' 2,5k polies, Dragon.

But I bet that they put alot more love in the Gorg fighter, even if its RCS thrusters don't work.

Sargoth · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2016, 18:07:05 »

It's the map coordinates for how the texture is shown on a 3d object. And it's a headache doing it right, at least for me

The Old Dragon · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2016, 18:08:47 »

Very true Geo, I'll blame the old grey cells for that one

But it's still a heck of a lot for manual mapping.

In normal mapping (i.e. building a model) you work in the axis of X, Y & Z. In UV mapping, you work in the U & V axis.

I daresay that's something we can fix in the CEP

Modern versions of lightwave (and some other third party programs) now have integrated tools to make the process easier, managed to make a quick UV map for Phobos in about five minutes - not sure how easy it would be to create a texture for it though...

GeoModder · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2016, 18:43:46 »

Underneath & Vertical?

Anyway, way out of my bailiwick.

Just wondering, would it be a service to have a list of observed mesh/model errors/malfunctions available, or would that come over too daunting?

Sargoth · « **Reply #11 on:** February 14, 2016, 19:25:24 »

I has texture map

Sargoth · « **Reply #12 on:** February 16, 2016, 14:22:12 »

Quote from: The Old Dragon on February 14, 2016, 18:08:47

Modern versions of lightwave (and some other third party programs) now have integrated tools to make the process easier, managed to make a quick UV map for Phobos in about five minutes - not sure how easy it would be to create a texture for it though...

Problem with the ingame Phobos is that they've cut out the top and bottom section from the main model. I've put it back together, but whatever I do the UV cords remain. And my better Phobos texture gets cut off. I'd like to have a look at this new UV texture of yours

The Old Dragon · « **Reply #13 on:** February 16, 2016, 23:49:03 »

Certainly Sargoth, I've put a copy of the .lwo model and .tiff file of the UV map in my folderfor you.

Sargoth · « **Reply #14 on:** February 16, 2016, 23:51:41 »

Thanks

The Old Dragon · « **Reply #15 on:** February 18, 2016, 12:11:39 »

Hi Sargoth, did that map help any?

Sargoth · « **Reply #16 on:** February 18, 2016, 15:32:26 »

I haven't tested it yet. But from what I saw of it, very unlikely. I'm more interested in the model itself. Getting it to only use a single texture will be for the best. But I feel I'm going to struggle with it, so I kinda have put it off.

And after having a look at the stiletto and texture, I'm dreading doing a lot of the things I wanted to do.

The Old Dragon · « **Reply #17 on:** February 18, 2016, 17:29:57 »

If you want to send me your texture, I can see if we can get a better map...

Sargoth · « **Reply #18 on:** February 18, 2016, 18:01:08 »

Upped it into your folder

GeoModder · « **Reply #19 on:** February 18, 2016, 23:38:53 »

Quote from: Sargoth on February 18, 2016, 15:32:26

And after having a look at the stiletto and texture, I'm dreading doing a lot of the things I wanted to do.

What did you have in mind here?

Sargoth · « **Reply #20 on:** February 19, 2016, 01:24:19 »

Upping the texture and redoing the bump map

The Old Dragon · « **Reply #21 on:** February 19, 2016, 12:40:13 »

Had a look at phobos last night Sargoth, think I can make a one piece UV for it but you'll need to rework the texture to remove the seams

Sargoth · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2016, 19:01:48 »

Can do

The Old Dragon · « **Reply #23 on:** February 20, 2016, 21:06:25 »

Hey Sargoth,

I've put a new map in my folder for you. I've also included a jpeg showing how it's laid out in regards the the texture. As I said earlier, it'll need some seam work to look good, so it's up to you

GeoModder · « **Reply #24 on:** April 25, 2016, 11:13:20 »

The CEP causing crashes? How's that even possible when it isn't available for download.