Desert re-skinned Gunship
- Thread starter CrazyAce
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warmwaffles
Programmer
How are we going to find out how to make units for CivIV?...will Firaxis have to release something?
CrazyAce
Prince
Well I put in a request for the gamebyro plug in from http://www.emergentgametech.com/ this is the company that Civ used to create there units. They have a 3ds max plug in that I can use to make the animations, it's just how to use it is another thing.
warmwaffles
Programmer
...hmm....well when you get word back lemme know...cuz I wanna start to make units..
Hey also these are gonna have to be Low Poly units correct?
Hey also these are gonna have to be Low Poly units correct?
CrazyAce
Prince
Yeap, those viewpoint models might be a touch much for the game engine to use and could crash the game on low end machines. Luckily I learned how to model a low poly character using the book “Modeling a character in 3DS Max” by Paul Steed, this book allowed me to make my own models for Battle Field 2. Using the same techniques and principles it is possible to make models work for Civ 4 on low end machines.
warmwaffles
Programmer
Ya...Maybe if you get really good (cuz if you perfect that means you ca't get better) you can help me out with this. 
WildWeazel
Going Dutch
I can't really tell much of a difference. Shouldn't it be camo tan? 
CrazyAce
Prince
Yeah you’re right it does look sort of plain, but the attached picture was an in game screen shot and I had to reduce every graphic setting to the lowest before my video card burned up... So the detail is not showing properly in the picture.
Here is a compared picture, the one on the left is from this file converted to *jpg and opened in Photoshop, and the one on the right is the same picture viewed by the fax/modem viewer that looks the same as what the preview shows in the .DDS converter.
So I don't know what the deal is going on with these graphics, I'll have to update it when I get the time.
Here is a compared picture, the one on the left is from this file converted to *jpg and opened in Photoshop, and the one on the right is the same picture viewed by the fax/modem viewer that looks the same as what the preview shows in the .DDS converter.
So I don't know what the deal is going on with these graphics, I'll have to update it when I get the time.
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We need some black Apaches or whatever it is America is spewing out these days. 
Helicopters totally don't get their due credit in civ4. They apparently changed the way America fought in Vietnam, and have had a fair deal of global domestic use as well. They're only becoming more popular.
Helicopters totally don't get their due credit in civ4. They apparently changed the way America fought in Vietnam, and have had a fair deal of global domestic use as well. They're only becoming more popular.
warmwaffles
Programmer
Its called a Comanche...and that helicopter has to have its own model...cuz its cool like that
WildWeazel
Going Dutch
Actually the Comanche project got scrapped a couple years ago. So we're still using Apaches and Cobras.
warmwaffles
Programmer
was it lol....I would have been like "what good are they gonna be...? There is no threat to them lol..big waste of money I think...but a cool concept!"
AndyTerry
Russian Bear
Used it for mod, in signature. Good job
