trains for future graphics engine

Aegir · Post by **Aegir** » 01 Feb 2005 06:46

Thats some mighty cool stuff there, Raven. Your work is getting a lot better

.

Damn, wish I could get my head around Blender, it just completly confuses me, and I dont have enough time to devote to learning it, especially with school and coding stations for TTP... Eheheheh...

Good luck to you guys.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 01 Feb 2005 09:39

I see this will be made in OpenGL.

Remember thread I've made about OpenGL? Most of you were flaming this idea because of "comps without 3D accelelator"

I see your way of thinking changed very fast in the mysterious ways...

Celestar · Post by **Celestar** » 01 Feb 2005 09:57

These trains are sprites, just like the old ones. They're made from a 3D model using a real renderer (Blender I think?). OpenGL can get nowhere near the quality of that one.

Celestar

ThorRune · Post by **ThorRune** » 01 Feb 2005 10:13

Wow Raven, toce look insanely great! I love the rocket one

Could we see the trains you make from behind too btw?

And Celestar, yup Blender

eobet · Post by **eobet** » 01 Feb 2005 10:45

First time ever I've seen pre-rendered graphics look almost like hand-pixelled graphics! (Which, is a good thing, imo, as I loathe the gritty, pre-rendered look of Locomotion.)

Do you put finishing touches to all the sprites, or are you just a very accomplished modeler?

Korenn · Post by **Korenn** » 01 Feb 2005 11:52

MeusH wrote:I see this will be made in OpenGL.

Remember thread I've made about OpenGL? Most of you were flaming this idea because of "comps without 3D accelelator"

I see your way of thinking changed very fast in the mysterious ways...

where the *bleep* did you see that?

there's not going to be an opengl engine, unless you build one yourself.

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 01 Feb 2005 13:21

Oh, I understand, so there will be still 8 sprites per vehicle, just with better colors and resolution, right?

Alltaken · Post by **Alltaken** » 01 Feb 2005 13:22

these sprites will be retextured before being finalised. they shall look even better than they currently do in the final game.

great work on the modelling raven, keep them coming.

Alltaken

Celestar · Post by **Celestar** » 01 Feb 2005 15:17

There will be around 70+ sprites per vehicle ...

Celestar

Raven · Post by **Raven** » 01 Feb 2005 17:16

thanks

some more:

age II and III german trainsets, together with dinning wagon,

trans europ express trainsets, the german VT11.5 and the RAM I

The almighty ICE 1, 2 and 3

Sionide · Post by **Sionide** » 01 Feb 2005 17:45

wow..... if all of openttd looks this good, it'll be *unstoppable* !!

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 01 Feb 2005 17:46

Wow, these trains look really good, but the lights of the ICE are black

Alltaken · Post by **Alltaken** » 01 Feb 2005 19:11

Sionide wrote:wow..... WHEN all of openttd looks this good, it'll be *unstoppable* !!

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 01 Feb 2005 19:36

I'd like to make some models in blender... Could you tell me what angles shall I set to take screenshots etc.?

Alltaken · Post by **Alltaken** » 01 Feb 2005 20:00

MeusH wrote:I'd like to make some models in blender... Could you tell me what angles shall I set to take screenshots etc.?

there is a file for it.

http://ottd.mudpuddle.co.nz/angles.blend

i dunno if the copyright notice is final or legal yet. but the graphics are nowhere near finalised so we have till then to change it

scale is 2x2 blender squares = 25 meters.

i assume a certain knowledge of blender. the vehicle must be facing in top view ("numpad 7") towards the right (i think), and its centre should be approximatly the center of the empty.

don't change the animation, don't change the world settings, don't change the render options....

don't change the light setup either.

models and textures are basicly it i think

good luck, and enjoy

Alltaken

MeusH · Post by **MeusH** » 01 Feb 2005 20:26

Thanks. I've installed Blender and read lot of tutorials, but...
I can't pan the camera up'n'down, left'n'right... I can just rotate it over one point using mouse whell and 4862 on numpad... please help

lobster · Post by **lobster** » 01 Feb 2005 22:23

hey Raven, this might just be an idea, but now that you've got those awesome 3d-animated trains, why not transfer them to Locomotion as well? i'm sure there's someone to help you out.

ThorRune · Post by **ThorRune** » 02 Feb 2005 08:37

OTTD is open source, and thus, so is the 3D files. Anyone can do it 'log as you credit raven

Jango · Post by **Jango** » 02 Feb 2005 10:11

Raven, I'm mightiliy impressed, particularly by those ICE trains! (i didn't see 3 versions though...?)

I'd love it if you did the Eurostar, and some decent versions of the TGV

Between you and Alltaken, you have taken the potential of the new gfx engine to a new level.

Aegir · Post by **Aegir** » 02 Feb 2005 10:29

I was slightly dissapointed when you stopped making TTDP graphics as much and shifted to Simutrans and OTTD, but, well, looking at your Blender work, I can say that I shouldnt of been dissapointed at all, your work is amazing, those last shots of yours are beautiful, I cant wait to see them fully textured, as Alltaken mentioned.

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