Couch for HL2

:razz: Haven't applied the skin yet -- I still have to make a
hell lotta groups to make the skinning easy, and then I have to design
the qc. file for HL2, and then I have to scale it up, and then...

Comments of all the sorta are quite welcome. :smile:

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

There is a fair bit of room for optimisation here in order to cut down
the polycount. Not that you NEED to cut down the polycount when it's
this low, but the more efficient use you put each poly to, then the
more detailed the work can be without using any more polys :smile:

The first thing to note is that if you have a vertex somewhere, it
should be there for a reason. Normally this means it will be at some
sort of corner - a change in direction if you like. You look to have a
few redundant vertices about that are forcing you to use more
triangles. I've marked a few in an image and shown which vertices I
would weld them to...



Anyways, nice start on modelling, and its good to see you are giving it
a shot. It looks a bit oddly shaped in places (the squared back
cushions and the gaps between them look a bit awkward), but skinned it
hide some of those issues.

I can't help but notice the name of the project this is for is called
"floorcommander" and the model is called "couchbig", which suggests
this is for some sort of rats map. If so, you should probably make it a
bit more detailed; smoothing out curved and things a bit more. Another
reason to have additional vertices is that in the source engine
and many others, models are lit by picking up lighting information at
each vertex and then interpolating the lighting across the faces of the
model based on the lighting at each of the poly's corners. This means
that in order to get nice, detailed lighting on a model you don't want
vertices to be TOO far apart. If this couch is going to be huge due to
being in a rats map, then you might consider breaking up some of the
large expanses on it up so there are more vertices to pick up lighting
info.

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Optimized it a bit -- I'm a bit afraid to do to much else (not that I
feel it can be optimized in to many ways, since it is low poly at the
momment) mainly because of the skinning job that I still need to
accomplish.

And as for raising the polies a bit, (a,la, vertices and smoothing) I think extruding the seat
coushins foward a tad and rounding them off should do it. But my
groups! :razz: Anyways, I'll see if I can smooth the model up a bit :smile:

P.s., sorry gimp got in the way, was just to lazy to retake the screenshot :razz:

<span style="color: blue;">Edit: Bah! I knew I forgot to do something! Forgot to optimize those arm rests! rant</span>

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Breaking the laws of mapping since 2003 and doing a damn fine job at it

i'd try to round off the top/back corners a little, if i was you. from the back, they're going to make it look very boxy.

and milkshape's at 1.7.6 now, with some added features that i can't remember offhand. :/

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i eat paint

Only thing I can add at present is, you seem to have a seat for three, but only arm rests upon the outsides.

I would either make it a seat for two, or add another set of armrests for the middle. Much like a theater seat I guess.

In fact, I would create a version that has one of the seats (or all) in the raised position. Much like seats that need a body to hold them down. (yeah, like a theater seat.

Since I do not know how to make models I cannot say you did well or poorly, but I like what I see. :smile:

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There is no history until something happens, then there is.

Skin it up and let's see it in some maps!

I think this is a couch for household use Underdog, not a theatre type
seat, hence the lack of centre armrests. In my flat we have a three
seater couch with no centre armrests :smile:

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ReNo said:
I think this is a couch for household use Underdog, not a theatre type seat, hence the lack of centre armrests. In my flat we have a three seater couch with no centre armrests :smile:

I'd agree except, look at the base/bottom. It looks more like its either intended for public use, or its unfinished. To narrow for a common sofa. Looks more like a soft bench to me.

Still, I do like it, no matter its eventual use.

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There is no history until something happens, then there is.

Looks like a good comfy couch to me.

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Look at the Snarks sitting on the couch! If they like it, I like it too. :razz:

But for HL2, it's indeed very low-poly... :wink:

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