Unit Preview - Blaster Master Tank

[Dual]

I've been working hard on my first Civ4 unit, and it's almost finished! It's a futuristic tank model based on the vehicle from an old NES game called Blaster Master.

I was hoping to have it posted this morning, but I ran into a problem with the Civ4 plugin for 3DS Max turning off my textures when I export the model. But I think I know what's wrong, so it should all be straightened out by tomorrow (cross your fingers for me ).

 

[woodelf]

Needless to say I love it.

It'll find a spot on the Moon!

 

[Ploeperpengel]

A philosophical Stone, Link and now Blaster Master. You make me curious. What kind of mod is this you're working on?

 

[Dual]

Needless to say I love it.

It'll find a spot on the Moon!

I had a feeling you'd like it Woodelf.

A philosophical Stone, Link and now Blaster Master. You make me curious. What kind of mod is this you're working on?

The mod I'm slowly working on has a Final Fantasy theme to it, so all those things do fit together in it somewhat. But when you really get down to it, I'm just adding a little bit of everything I like into my game. Be it mages, videogame stuff, or even anime characters.

 

[Ploeperpengel]

I had a feeling you'd like it Woodelf.




The mod I'm slowly working on has a Final Fantasy theme to it, so all those things do fit together in it somewhat. But when you really get down to it, I'm just adding a little bit of everything I like into my game. Be it mages, videogame stuff, or even anime characters.

heh, I love your weird stuff. Why don't you just post this alltogether. There are already Mods which include basically customfolders. Think yours would be a nice add to this

 

[GeoModder]

1650 poly's? A bit on the high side perhaps?
But it sure does look grand!

 

[Dual]

heh, I love your weird stuff. Why don't you just post this alltogether. There are already Mods which include basically customfolders. Think yours would be a nice add to this

I might post it when I get more of the bugs worked out. Right now there are some major gameplay issues from all the stuff I've been throwing together. And there's some python stuff I want to add first, but havn't had the time to work on yet.

1650 poly's? A bit on the high side perhaps?
But it sure does look grand!

Thanks. Yeah, it's a bit high. But I figure people will be using it as a single unit, like tanks. I might be able to get it lower, but we'll have to see.

 

[Civmansam]

I love it thanks

 

[Dual]

Well, through trial and error I've figured out the problem I was having. I had set some of the textures as a planar map to get them into position, and it seems the Civ4 plugin only likes the explicit map channel.

Now that I know what's going on, I just need to redraw a few of the textures to fit onto the model correctly in that setting. So I should have the unit finished either late this evening or tomorrow morning.

Also, I was able to lower the polygon count down to 1322. Mostly I took it out of the wheels, so they aren't as round anymore. But you can't really tell I've changed them much when you look at the model in-game.

 

[GeoModder]

Cheers! Every poly can count for lowgraph cards.

 

[woodelf]

Dual - Are we going to be able to skin this oddity? I'd like to make it less bright, at least for the Moon mod.

 

[Dual]

Dual - Are we going to be able to skin this oddity? I'd like to make it less bright, at least for the Moon mod.

Yep, I'm using a .dds file to apply the textures just like the origional units. So you'll be able to change the colors and add drawn on textures like usual.

 

[woodelf]

Thanks Dual. I can't wait to see what you come up with next!

 

[Dual]

All done! You can get the unit here: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=3829745#post3829745

I changed the textures quite a bit, so they look different then the pic above now. There are new pics in the unit thread.

I also lowered the polygon count a bit more. It's now at 1242.

Enjoy the unit.