MMC 200908 August - The Outpost - COMMENTS!

[theuns]

i hear ya mr 3d... but if you can, please do, even if its an incomplete concept prototype, we'd love to see it!

why not Finis?

[Finis]

Too busy finding or making a job. I'd get focused on the fun TS'ing and not do, or concentrate, on that.

[theuns]

you don't do job hunting at night do you? just during the day... i'm sure you can spare an hour on an evening for some fun??? ;)

[Finis]

"or making a job" I work on my gallery business looking for publicity, adding or improving features, learning about advertising, and tuning the current ads. If I don't get a job soon then I'll start another business probably doing lawn/yard cleaning and labor. So I am fairly busy day and night and will probably get busier.

When I have time I prefer to go hiking to get away from it all. But, if I don't let TS'ing interfere with real world stuff then no harm done. Maybe I'll give it a try.

The idea I have is mostly landscape with a fantasy or sci fi building. A landscape with plants without plant generators or Terragen etc. Hmm. I've got an idea.

[theuns]

I hear what you are saying...

For me, modeling is also a way of "getting away" from things for a while.

But perhaps you could do some promotional visualization with tS, like Tom dit with the microsoft store walkthrough?

Don't add too much to you plate though, it is supposed to be for fun ;)

[Finis]

Is using Terragen or Plant Studio allowed? That is using a tool to make a model like we use tools in TS to make shapes and isn't using pre-made or purchased models. The outpost building would be hand crafted.

Otherwise I'm thinking I could learn about the shadow catcher shader and do something I haven't done before and combine a TS image with a photo.

[Karthogen]

qucik question on the MMC?

does everything have to be modeled from Scratch for the challenge, or can we resurect old midels with a few enhancements?

[noko]

The 3d part of scene we should model I would think. A tree/plant generator to me is like a tool one models with and is not premade, one has to determine settings and also textures used or modified. In the end sharing how one used the tools and how stuff was designed and made helps all of us out.

Now I may make a texture by using 3d models made already to create an offset and normal map to be used in texture form with the models I am going to make. So basically a way of making textures using tS in the pipeline while not using the models in the scene, the models are used to create textures which are in the scene.

[Karthogen]

http://united3dartists.com/forum/vi ... ?f=5&t=451" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here is where I resurected some old models that I have been planning on completing from the video I uploaded to you tube earlier.

I have made some enhancments and lighting. I still have more work to do on the scene. Submittable to the MMC ro no?

[theuns]

You can use any software you want, it is not restricted to trueSpace only but the first rule of the competition is to use your own new models, no pre-made ones, sorry :(

Terragen and plant makers are tools and they generate NEW models so thats fine. trueSpace also has its own terrain generator on the workspace side...