The Startrek Enterprise in my X2 - The Threat

[Commander Jamieson]

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I imported a one texture, low polygon count Enterprise as an exercise to try out the Mod kit. I can say it is working as stated, once I exported my simple model and placed it into the game.


You can see it here:

http://www.the-commander.com/x2mods3.htm

Please be kind to my efforts , I am learning as I go along and 3DSMax does have a steep learning curve. In case one wants to know what I did, I just renamed the exported file to 04170.bod which is the Argon Nova just to get the screen shots. I disabled the existing 04170.bob file so the 2 files won't clash, created myself a Nova per scripting in a well lit sector and took some screenshots. Then I went touring into other sectors to see how the Enterprise looks there. My efforts can be seen in the page above.

Cheers

[AalaarDB]

Looks very nice except for the shine.

[Dgn Master]

Shine or not, my hats off to all you modders and scripters .

I look forward to the day i can capture my first shuttlecraft from the deck of my very own battlestar galactica...... keep up the good work it will pay off.

[Sadan01]

CJ,

What version of 3DSMAX are using?
Oh and how much experience do you have using 3DSMAX? I found that the learning curve was extremely difficult too when I started using 5.0. There is just so much you can do with the program.

[Commander Jamieson]

I use version 5.0 of 3DStudio Max. You are right, the program is very complicated and I am learning on it as I am not a 3D expert.

For me I did the exercise only to see if it is possible to get anything different then the XTension 3D models into the game. If it had been a 747 jumbo jet instead of the Enterprise, it would have been ok for me.

Others I spoke too about 3DMax, they said it takes a few months working with it to get some sort of experience with it and I think they are right. I still have some months to go then.

Cheers

[The_Tigers_Eye]

... prefer the Soverign class myself... Does it fit through the jumpgate...bahh... very well done!

[Challenger_STA]

I'm pretty sure the Sovvy fits through the gate. It's only a 700-meter ship, after all.. the Argon M2 (Titan) is bigger AFAIK.

[Commander Jamieson]

It is easy to adjust the size of a model in the .bod file's code just like the GFX manual in the X2 Modding Kit says. That is what I did for the Enterprise. Initially she was as small as a Nova, I cranked up its size to 3 times the size of a Boron Shark, then tried out if she still fits through a gate.

No problemo, as Arnie would say

For those trying out sizes on 3D models, I used around 900 000 for it, a M3 class ship would be around the 4000 - 6000 mark.

Cheers

[NeverSnake]

Now all we need is someone to make strange models.

Yellow submarine anyone?

[kryptyk]

That's great progress CJ!
Can't wait to see it textured.