Need custom models

Hi;

I need some custom models for some maps that I'm working on :biggrin:

1. Strobo (Pic: http://www.flatliners.be/afbeeldingen/verhuur/Stroboscoop%20Martin%20Atomic%203000.JPG)
2. Spot 1 (Par 56) (Pic: http://www.flatliners.be/afbeeldingen/verhuur/Losse%20Par%2056.JPG)
3. Spot 2(pic: http://www.beglec.com/Images/par56sh2.jpg)
4. Scanner 1 (Info: http://dj-club.martin.com/product/product.asp?product=mac500)
5. Scanner 2 (info: no info yet :sad: )
6. Tables (info: http://home.scarlet.be/~guido456/cd-pc/images/tafels.jpg) ->soon in english :biggrin:

Who want's to make them?

Thanks in advantage.

All of those are faily simple to make in a modelling package, and you
could probably learn how to do it and make them fairly quick yourself
if you give it a shot.

http://www.snarkpit.net/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL2&id=169

I'd probably help you out if I wasn't utterly swamped with uni work.

whoops sorry, text edited. I have no time to learn milkshake. And I'm not so handy in making stuff :sad:

Can someone do it 4 me, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaase

hi,

i need some cash for some stuff i want to have. preferably uk money, but euros and us dollars would do at a pinch.

who wants to give me some?

thanks in advance.

:rolleyes:

I'm afraid Fishy has a point with this. I found it difficult finding
even one modeller willing to work on a mod, and I was searching for two
years. It became such a problem the mod had to be abandoned. Small
projects such as single maps are unlikely to have additional modellers
for them unless the concept and basics of the map are exceptional, so
some screenies of the work so far might help. What's more, although
there are a few modellers at the Pit, this is mainly a mapping site, so
you might want to try somewhere else. Sorry.

Fishy you crack me up..

Why is there not any modeling tools included in the Source SDK package? I would be willing to try making my own models if I knew how, and the tools were included in the SDK.

Moneyshot, while there isn't the actual program, there is a link to XSI. It's somewhere in Source SDK, one of the links.

Ok Thank you.. is it a free download, I know that sorta software can be quite costly.

Is is difficult to makle your own models? Can any noob pick it up pretty easy?

fishy said:
hi,

i need some cash for some stuff i want to have. preferably uk money, but euros and us dollars would do at a pinch.

who wants to give me some?

thanks in advance.

:rolleyes:

Fish and I may not agree often, but he never fails to make me wet myself.

/me looks at diminished diaper stockpile.

Yup.. quite often in fact.

Ok Thank you.. is it a free download, I know that sorta software can be quite costly.
Is is difficult to makle your own models? Can any noob pick it up pretty easy?

XSI is free, for HL2/Source editing usage purposes at the least.

I thought it was fairly difficult to learn, though. In my opinion, 3DS Max is much easier to work with, from my standpoint as someone completely new to modelling. With an hour or two of practice, I've been able to create a few static props with it - The trick is finding compiled plugins for import/export to SMD as VALVe has only provided us with sources for the MAX exporters.

More light models for all to use = win, since we've only got about 4 to play with currently :sad:

I only ever worked with XSI as a 3d modeling program. However, it is my philosophy that most programs like that all do the same things, they're just set up differently. There isn't one that is suddenly going to make you brilliant. Just pick one, and learn it inside and out. Since XSI is free, that's the one I'm using.

I found the program rather threatening at first but then I got the 12 part gun modeling tutorial from HL2Files. I would give a direct link, but I'm too lazy to look for it. I'm also learning from my brother who is fairly good at modeling and art in general. If I ever make some decent models, I'll put them up for dl.

Leperous said:
More light models for all to use = win, since we've only got about 4 to play with currently :sad:

for a small fee, i think we could make that 5 :rolleyes:

XSI is free, for HL2/Source editing usage purposes at the least.

WHAT!?

XSI = FREE!?!

all this time i thought a had to pay some...money for it :evilgrin: .

how do i get it free?

go to http://www.softimage.com/products/Mod/v4/default.asp?pg=http://www.softimage.com/products/Mod/v42/downloads/ and download the Softimage|XSI mod tool, and the mod tool add-on for valve source. i think you also need to setup an account with them(free) before any of it will work.

if you made that light fish, /me is genuinely impressed.

you will definitely leave your mark on HL2 if you keep this up.

cheers Orph. if you fancy a closer look, it's at the download setion.

fishy, thank you so much, now i can finaly make some more sqaure swords :biggrin:

now, where do i put the addon file?

<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting fishy</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>cheers Orph. if you fancy a closer look, it's at the download setion. </DIV></DIV>

soon, i am curious to see it for real.. right now, my gaming PC is tired up doing some taboo things :heee:

[edit] /me notices fish's low snarkmark totals.. /me suggests that well made models should count at least as high as tuts and maps in importance for the site.

fishy said:
<DIV class=quote>
<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Leperous</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>More light models for all to use = win, since we've only got about 4 to play with currently :sad:

for a small fee, i think we could make that 5 :rolleyes:

</div></div>

WOW! Nice work fishy.. how do I give you snarkmarks for that?

Some images in this post have been automatically down-sized, click on them to view the full sized versions:

i messed around a bit and came up with another very similar model. i used the same texture, but i've also added coloured lights skins. six colours, both lit and unlit.

i'll zip the models up together as they use the same main texture, but that can wait till tomorrow.

Can You send that too me, or provide me a link, they woudl work well in my lasertag map. That is if you dont mind, and give me permission to use them. =)

i'll let you know when i've updated the zip on the downloads page.

but i've got some heavy zzzzzzzing to do before that will happen. :smile:

man, 6 hours is too long to waste in bed. especially when your on your tod.

anyway, zip on the download page is now updated with both models, and just for Lep, i added little pics so he could see them in hammer. :razz:

I feel like the mod "Brawl" would love to get a hold of these for their bar/dance club map.

Your models look really good.

Woow dude :biggrin: niiiiiice

Pics of the map can be found here: http://home.scarlet.be/~guido456/cd-pc/images/css/cs_club_rio/

Damic said:
Pics of the map can be found here: http://home.scarlet.be/~guido456/cd-pc/images/css/cs_club_rio/

those are not real thumb nails. you should avoid displaying such images, as they are loading as full files.. that page took ages to load.

allow people to pick which images they desire.

also, thumbs of the 200x200, or 150x150 are most handy.

your screens were nicely optimized, my respect grows. :smile:

@Orpheus: my program can't make thumbnails yet :sad: and @ "load ages" euhm you are on 56k or something? (no offence).

Btw those pics are strait from the screenshot dir of cs:s :biggrin:

I strongly suggest everyone get this program... and xat.

http://www.cerious.com/

http://www.xat.com

The first one will allow you to resize your images to what ever you like and save them as a bunch of different file types. Even has a compress JPG in it.

The Second one is one that Orph has talk about many times for making thumb nails much smaller in filesize.

Damic said:
@Orpheus: my program can't make thumbnails yet :sad: and @ "load ages" euhm you are on 56k or something? (no offence).

Btw those pics are strait from the screenshot dir of cs:s :biggrin:

first off, if you know HTML code, you can make much better thumbs, real ones. it is a bit harder to do, but it can be done. i can show you if you like.

secondly, there are hosting sites such as this one. they will give you 3 different lines of code. one of them will serve you as an example of proper coding to make real thumbs. you will just need to experiment to see which corresponds to your website.

lastly, a thumbnail is a miniature representation of the larger image, it is usually about 3 or 4 k. your code actually loads the original 80k images onto one page, so you are actually loading many hundreds of k all at once and defeating your purpose for the thumbnails.

My bandwidth is very large thank you, it always tells me when someone has loaded images erroneously. i knew right off that your page was coded incorrectly.
if you need help, i will be happy to assist you in tweaking the page.

@Orpheus: I generate that pages with a home made program, now I have a ocx that can easely generates a thumb nail of a image. I will change my program quickly :smile: .
I had no time to change it allready

Damic said:
@Orpheus: I generate that pages with a home made program, now I have a ocx that can easely generates a thumb nail of a image. I will change my program quickly :smile: .
I had no time to change it allready

Don't change it on my account, I was just lending a hand.

Ok images changed to thumbnails :biggrin:

You can dl the program here: http://home.scarlet.be/~guido456/cd-pc/imggen_html.rar (330kB)

Install notes:
Extract to a directory
open it
select the dir with picture and HIT generate :biggrin: