SoaSE and Paper Models

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Hello,

I'm YessMasster from YessMasster's Homeworld Paper Models (http://hwmodels.ovh.org). I'm very interested in possibility of making paper models of SoaSE ships. I have seen the screenshots but have not played the beta.

From what i have noticed some ships are cubic enough to be ufolded. Anyways my questions are:

what is average polycount for ships?

are there much intercesting walls in ship meshes?

how hard would be to extract ship's model?

would it be legally right to make paper models of SoaSE ships?

best regards,
YessMasster
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

I just checked out your site, that is some very cool work!!!

Here are the answers to your questions:

1. There is a wide variance in poly counts. Most are 1500 to 3000.
2. Not sure what you mean.
3. It is very easy, they are already extracted. We have a tool for viewing them as well which we'll be releasing before final.
4. It is legal as long as it's not for profit.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
wow nice work im looking forward to see the Sova Carrier
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

4. It is legal as long as it's not for profit.


My master plan for SoaSE toilet paper is ruined!!!!
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top


4. It is legal as long as it's not for profit.


My master plan for SoaSE toilet paper is ruined!!!!


you got a picture of yourself? i need toilet paper
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

2. Not sure what you mean.


I think what he means is places where a given polygon travels "through" another polygon... I. E. if you have a cylinder that you want to place onto a slanted surface (i. e. not at a 90 degree angle) do you either slope the end of the cylinder to match the slope of the surface, or just push the end of the cylinder into it?

I think.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top


2. Not sure what you mean.


Just like Ron said, sometimes there are 2 surfaces of a model that intersect with each other (reside in same place at 1 or more points (sorry if that's too much of the explanation, but english ain't my 1st language)). It was common problem in HW: Cataclysm ships.

It's quite obvious two pieces of paper cannot intersect with each other, thus if model have many of intersecting surfaces, which for some reason cannot be deleted and modification would be very hard, the ship is unable to be unfolded.

For a comparison, HW ships had almost no intersections, and were quite perfect for paper modelling.



I just checked out your site, that is some very cool work!!!




Thank you, i'm very glad you like it