http://vbraun.xkhosting.com/uploads/gradiuspreview.png

I don't know much about it. You'll have to ask Sword_Of_Geddon the details about it because he requested it about August last year. I've been slowly working on it untill then.

The entire thing was UV mapped using 1 image.

I'm going to begin animating this week.

Looks pretty good! good luck

That looks really good.

Wow, that's so cool!

Heres some animations I got done:
Default-->Fidget-->Run-->AttackA-->AttackB
http://vbraun.xkhosting.com/uploads/gradiusanim1.gif
I'm not very happy with the run, so I will play with it some more.

I think the run would look better with a bit more Afterburner...and it might be me, but I think AttackA would look better if the missiles created 2 or 3 explosions in quick succession going in the same direction.
Even so, in its current state it is top-notch, and no reasonable person could feasibly complain about or criticize it. I'm not sure what that makes me, though...

I might not know what it is, but I like it :)

-Oz

Is it supposed to have one engine or two?
The image sort of looks like it is supposed to have two, there is a single afterburner fire.
The fire and explosions look nice, as does the craft.
The multi-explosions grm7584 suggested might look cool too.

But, the unit is good enough now, so if you got bored no one would complain to have it in its present state.

I'm pretty sure it has one engine. I think that you think the 2 things on the wings are engines. I'm pretty sure that those are just air vents.
I'll try out the multi-explosions.
I have to try and get some kind of laser thing also (as requested by Sword_Of_Geddon). I'm not really sure how I could do them though.

Is this true? :
If only AttackA and B are present:
AttackA then AttackB repeats
If AttackA, B, and C are present:
AttackA then AttackB then AttackC repeats.

for the laser: The particle effect - the answer to all of life's problems.

That with halo and a lamp light, and you can make any effect you want.

I think the fighter has two engines.

I've been playing with the particle effect for about a week now, after my super carrier... I intend to hone it to perfection by building the MOANE project.

The only way to understand it is to play around with it. I would say right now I know what half of the settings do.

I played with the afterburner to make it longer. And also multiexplosions for AttackA and it wiggles just a little bit more. (too make it look like its moving) I also fixed some bugs with AttackB (thats why its a tad faster)
http://vbraun.xkhosting.com/uploads/gradiusanim3.gif

Edit: Possiblle lasers added. I think their a little too fast.

And my proof for it having only one engine: (engine circled in red)
http://vbraun.xkhosting.com/uploads/engineproof.png

The lasers look good, but like you said they're a little fast...perhaps either slow them down, or make the streaks longer. Also consider putting a middle explosion for AttackA; as it stands, it still looks incredible. The afterburner looks a lot more visible now.
Definitely a motivator to actually try and finish my scifi mod...

The reason why I have the explosions so spread out is that in the E and W directions the explosion is cut off. Where they are currently whill hide the second explosion completly in the W and E directions.

I could make the missles fall shorter making it so I can move the explosions over just enough to fit them in.

I was mainly thinking the explosions should be close enough to 'connect' with each other, if that causes problems with directional stuff, then, d'oh! Like I said, it looks great as is.

This should fix the spacing between the explosions and the laser speed:
http://vbraun.xkhosting.com/uploads/gradiusanim4.gif

Now time to work on the death...

Very nice, indeed. Can't wait to see what you do with the death...

This is going to make a very nice late game addition.

Heres a preview with all anim. (Including Death)
http://vbraun.xkhosting.com/uploads/gradiusanim5.gif

Can someone answer my question a little bit up. For the lazy here it is:
Is this true? :
If only AttackA and B are present:
AttackA then AttackB repeats
If AttackA, B, and C are present:
AttackA then AttackB then AttackC repeats.

Looks very cool! :) I can't answer your questions, though, because I don't know the answers... :p

Cool. This is going straight into my Mod, when it's finished...

1 animation: loops repeatedly. (1-1-1-1-1-1)
2 animations: plays first, loops second. (1-2-2-2-2-2-2)
3 animations: loops through all three in order. (1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3)

That's how I understand it, anyway.

Zurai is correct in his explanation of the animation sequencing.

This looks like a great unit; I'm very impressed by how good the texture map looks at civ-scale. Great work.

1 animation: loops repeatedly. (1-1-1-1-1-1)
2 animations: plays first, loops second. (1-2-2-2-2-2-2)
3 animations: loops through all three in order. (1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3)

That's how I understand it, anyway.

Thanks. It would be better if it wne 1-2-3-3-3-3-3-3 becasue the model starts out with only 4 rockets and then would continue to fire lasers. (instead of missles misteriously reloading in middle of battle)

I'm going to start to get it ready for ingame. It might take a whille because I've actually never done any of the pallete work myself before.

Well, it would make more sense for it to use attacka if it was used as a bomber or attackb and c if it was used as an interceptor...I figured thats how you designed it...

In the game its from It has missles that hit the ground and lasers. I added the missles that don't hit the ground so it could be used for other things.

Well, in Gradius III(on the Super Nintendo) The Gradius Fighter/Vic Viper's standard weapon was a small orangy-red laser(like in VBraun's animations), Missiles could be accquired via Power-up. Also, you could upgrade the laser into a long blue laser, a spread beam, a double laser, or my favorite, the ripple beam(blue ring that slowly expands). Theres probably others, but its been years since I've played that game... :(

However, for the purposes of the unit, the animations VBraun has done fit the game best(and I don't want VBraun to have to do too much work on this, and its probably impossible to simulate the Vip Viper's full compliment of weapons).

Sorry I took so long to respond, I've been away this weekend to see a friend and just got back....

Sorry I took so long to respond, I've been away this weekend to see a friend and just got back....

No problem just as long as all the animations look good. ;)

NONONO

I thought the animations went in this order

Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--

Attack A--Attack B--Attack B--Attack B--Attack B--Attack B--

Attack A--Attack B--Attack C--Attack C--Attack C--Attack C--

that is how it works on my computer...and I have been playing Civ 3 on other computers and it has always been in that order

Looks awsome Vbraun! :) Would you fancy doing a mars plane for the mars mod after this? I've found some concept art;

Sure. I would have nothing after this to do anyway.

Haven't really worked on it since last night.

NONONO

I thought the animations went in this order

Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--Attack A--

Attack A--Attack B--Attack B--Attack B--Attack B--Attack B--

Attack A--Attack B--Attack C--Attack C--Attack C--Attack C--

that is how it works on my computer...and I have been playing Civ 3 on other computers and it has always been in that order

no I'm afraid you're wrong and zurai is right.

I never realised how hard and time consuming making a pallete is. Its coming along though.

What would happen if I were to change a color in the civ color section so that when I apply it it gets the color I need it to, and then change the color back to what it was originally? I hope that would do nothing, Otherwise I might have to retexture the wings just slightly.

I never realised how hard and time consuming making a pallete is. Its coming along though.

What would happen if I were to change a color in the civ color section so that when I apply it it gets the color I need it to, and then change the color back to what it was originally? I hope that would do nothing, Otherwise I might have to retexture the wings just slightly.


A good palette takes only two or three minutes once you get the hang of it.

As far as your other question, just remember that all palette entries are really positions, and not colors.

That Mars plane looks very cool, I'm really looking forward to it (as well as the Gradius Fighter, of course)! :)

A good palette takes only two or three minutes once you get the hang of it.

Well this is the first pallete I've ever done, and I can't get Pedit to work so I'm using the Gimp Pallete editor

For the run animation, instead of making the afterburners longer, you should add "shadow" pixels around the flames for a smoke and distortion effect. By "shadow" pixels, I mean some of the grey colors in the bottom (or top?) of the pallette that appear transparent in game. Add a very light shade coming out the back and I think it should look like heat and perhaps smoke coming of the back of the super hot engine.

Good God, this is so sweet!!!
Thanks!!!

OK.. Are you ever going to finish it?

I'm waiting on Alluminum for some files. I'll pm him.

Just got the files I need. I'll probably have this released by the weekend. :)

Have every flc made, But I will have to remake them a problem whille I was rendering seems to have caused a box around the unit and something under it. I will fix it and hopefully release tommarow. :)

Preview of what it looks like ingame right now: I have to admit it looks pretty good.

I just have to say that I'm really impressed with this unit. It looks absolutely fantastic.

Absolutely brilliant! Take that you barbarian scum!

It does look good...almost like it did in the games actually..

Just thought I'd point out: Its been posted: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=117844 :)

Woot! You really deliver.