ManSh00ter

Reply to Particle Forge Version 1.1 (THE LAST RELIABLE VERSION) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Hey, good idea with that point mesh emitter, I'll use that! Now I feel... duh. :D

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Indeed they are. In fact, they have been compared to every evil monster/race in existence, which is something I take as a sign of a successful (evil) design.

Reply to Particle Forge Version 1.1 (THE LAST RELIABLE VERSION) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

So this version works ok for the latest game versions? If so, what's the difference between in and PF3? Asking because I'm sick and tired of PF3 displaying reference models as featureless white blobs, makes it hard to scale and align particle effects.

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="1269" id="3042282"] Quoting ManSh00ter, reply 1268Or maybe that's what I *want* you to think... So... am I right?[/quote] If I told you that I would have to let the Xin kill you. :p

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="1266" id="3042124"] edit: best intel points to Mans00ter being in Croatia.[/quote] Or maybe that's what I *want* you to think... :p

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I am hoping to announce a definite release date very soon, so stay tuned. As thing are going now, the wait won't be too long until you can destroy the impudent space peasants with your mighty Xin armada (or, you know, play against the Xin, but who wants that)...

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Soon (TM). Squeezing every bit of free time I have into making it happen... so think of it this way... in addition to the upcoming official expansion, you will also get another free one. Makes it easier to wait. :p Redlighting, three years. :P

Reply to Dawn of Victory [Total Conversion] - Feature Trailer Released 9/17 in Sins Modding Sins Forums

So? How about you try do to 1% of what the guys have done, then come back and tell us how long it took.

Reply to To All Modders in Sins Modding Sins Forums

"What are you doing, Dave?" "Just a little mod, Hal, don't worry."

Reply to Designing ships in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Btw, concept art is great if you know what you are doing, and most of the 3D packages have some sort of rotoscope option so you can overlay the concepts in your viewports and work directly over them. For absolute beginners, I recommend just playing with the software and/or freestyling, at least until you get a solid feel for the interface and tools.

Reply to Designing ships in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="AaronLP" reply="18" id="3037040"]How do you guys actually start the modelling of spacecraft/structures do you just go and play around till u get a look you like or do you have actually blueprints/plans so to speak, if not any of those 2 do you just go from concept art too give you a reference point?[/quote] I started by making a cube, then making a slightly more complicated cube, then I made something unbelievably deformed and just kinda improved from there. If you

Reply to Designing ships in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="AaronLP" reply="5" id="3036217"] what program would you recommend for actually modelling the ships and which format changing program incase the modelling program saves it in a different format and there is not an option for .XSI.[/quote] Softimage. Much better than 3DS Max in my opinion.

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Btw, it's not true that polycounts no longer matter - I guess people who started that one have top of the line hardware - these are 15 000 quads each, and I have noticeable slowdowns when stress testing them via command console (spawn a lot of them). Ingame this will be balanced by the fact that each Xin ship is an equivalent of two-three of it's counterparts (you are going to need roughly 2-3 battleships to counter a single Xin one) and their units are sparse (again, roughly

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

New stuff: <img src="http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4739/xinwm2.th.j

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Citadel reworked and ingame: <img src="http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/12/11218/thumb_300x150/citadel_3.jpg" alt="Xin Citadel" /

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Just finished the new model for the Citadel: <img src="http://media.moddb.com/cache/images/mods/1/12/11218/thumb_300x150/citadel_1.jpg" alt=

Reply to [RELEASE - BETA] Dynamic Battle System (compatible with the 1.041 Entrenchment) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Dynamic Combat mod doesn't change capital ship behavior - they are still static. If anything they get to use those side guns a bit more. :)

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Banthracis, would be kinda anti-climactic to quit now, wouldn't it? ;) More shots. Ships are pretty much DONE. I'm hoping to wrap up graphical assets by the end of the month. <a title="Xin Battle Group - Mod

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Well, you can't find everything on the net - for specific textures like that, best to make your own. Fire up Gimp or Photoshop, download a bunch of "base" textures and composite them to your heart's content!

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Err... afaik, DoV is based on a well established sci-fi franchise. Gorgeous models though, and beautiful artwork.

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I sure am doing my best to justify the wait! :) A few more ingame shots of never before shown models: <a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

New screens: The Orator Envoy cruiser - Xin don't use diplomacy much, but they can if it suits their needs. Seen here is also a Praetorian Elite Drone, a special, endgame superweapon the player can race for instead of Titans.

Reply to [MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

We'll get there when we get there!

Reply to Show off your Sins model (pick a page) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Yesterday remade the Emperor battlecruiser, because the old one failed to properly capture the feel of something which causes space people to whimper in terror at the sight of it. <img src="http://img835.imageshack.us/img83

Reply to Dawn of Victory [Total Conversion] - Feature Trailer Released 9/17 in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Nice! Makes me wish the actual game looked like that. :)