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| Topic Started: May 9 2008, 09:59 AM (2,120 Views) | |
| P.Rex | May 9 2008, 09:59 AM Post #1 |
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Thanks to recent technological advancement, we common people now finally have access to the heart of the Carnivores games: the animal meshes. I immediately decided to take advantage of this, and, using Anim8or, I edited existing models into new ones. Here's what I made so far: Lizard: ![]() Dimetrodon, sail removed Megalosaurus: ![]() Ceratosaurus, horns removed Leopard: ![]() Smilodon, saber-teeth removed, tail made longer Lion: ![]() Smilodon, saber-teeth removed, tail made longer, mane added Kentrosaurus: ![]() Stegosaurus, some plates reshaped into spikes Scelidosaurus: ![]() Ankylosaurus, tail club removed, head spikes removed More will hopefully come soon! |
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| adelphospro | May 9 2008, 10:59 AM Post #2 |
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Now to find a way to import them back.... |
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| machf | May 9 2008, 11:21 AM Post #3 |
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I don't think the models are currently being exported with their texture coordinates, so you should probably wait until then beffore you make any modifications... and also, until the animations are exported (and imported back later) together with the mesh. You've been deleting polygons, and if you attempt to import those meshes back into a .car file, the game may crash or something, as the number of faces and points won't match the original's or the animations' anymore... |
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| P.Rex | May 9 2008, 11:27 AM Post #4 |
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Don't worry, I didn't delete or add anything - I only moved the joints around. These models still have the same polygon count as the originals. |
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| Rexhunter99 | May 9 2008, 08:29 PM Post #5 |
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Great to see my tool is being used already!!! I have fixed the Texture co-ords so they are now exported to the .OBJ format and also displayable in 3dit. Next in line is Animation editing, just one problem with that though... GameMaker has terrible 3D fuctions, so completely accurate Animation displaying in 3dit won't be possible unless I use a DLL with either OpenGL or DirectX 7/8/9. The animations will be exportable as .OBJ files and .CAN (Carnivores Animations) so P.Rex just hang in their and soon we can have these models in game. Great work btw on Megalosaurus, I'm thinking of using the Ceratosaurus mesh as a base for a new Allosaurus. |
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| P.Rex | May 10 2008, 04:17 AM Post #6 |
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No prob, I'm just experimenting around a little bit, and I could always recreate these models should there ever be need to. |
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| adelphospro | May 10 2008, 02:23 PM Post #7 |
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If I remember right, there is an addon for GM that provides MUCH MUCH better 3d support... |
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| Rexhunter99 | May 10 2008, 06:04 PM Post #8 |
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There are a few out there and I can use all of them to a degree, the problem is, they screw around with the co-ordinates or even don't have mesh building options. The best at the moment is U3D (Ultimate 3D) but Dr-Best, the guy that made it, changed the functions a little bit and even took older functions out, so I have to learn the new/modified functions and a way to emulate some of the older necessary ones. BTW what would you guys need with SHADERS on a Carnivores animal anyways? maybe use it in a render function, but then we also have Parallax/Bump mapping as well... Hmm I guess I need to post a picture of new the UtahRaptor. |
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| DinoHunter2 | May 11 2008, 05:26 PM Post #9 |
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Man, those meshes are good!!! all we need now, are textures, and animations, plus AI. Try Making a T-Rex look Like Zilla!!! Pictures below for reference) ![]() ![]() The Original Godzilla is "too human shaped" for this purpose. |
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| raptorkiller2 | May 12 2008, 09:03 AM Post #10 |
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in carnivores triassic, placerias needs tusks and maybe postosuchus needs the sail removed |
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| Unkown | May 18 2008, 07:42 PM Post #11 |
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Hey uhh how do you use anim8or. |
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| P.Rex | May 18 2008, 10:43 PM Post #12 |
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It's no problem actually, Anim8or is much easier to learn than most 3D programs. And it's free too! :lol: |
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| Unkown | May 19 2008, 11:32 AM Post #13 |
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No i mean how do you use it. as in how do you open car files and recreate the dinos. |
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| adelphospro | May 19 2008, 01:00 PM Post #14 |
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Can't at the moment. You can modify the meshes (which you must first extract using the tools created by members here), but you can't import them back yet (At least not correctly anyway). |
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| Unkown | May 20 2008, 03:08 PM Post #15 |
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And what extracting tool do i need. |
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| machf | May 20 2008, 06:18 PM Post #16 |
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Rexhunter99's .CAR Model Viewer is the one that can extract the mesh as a Wavefront .OBJ file - I haven't added that capability to my editor yet. |
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| Arbiter | May 21 2008, 02:01 AM Post #17 |
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holy %#@! those are some choice remodellings they look like the real deal |
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| Rexhunter99 | May 21 2008, 10:12 PM Post #18 |
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Yes they are good, and my viewer really should be an editor soon, so if its possible, MachF can you rename my topic to 'Carnivores 3Dit' please? |
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| glitchhunter09 | Aug 10 2008, 05:03 PM Post #19 |
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How come everytime P.Rex posts images they Don't come up on my computer? |
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| raptorkiller2 | Aug 10 2008, 05:48 PM Post #20 |
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because his image hosting site changed its domain from maj.com to majhost.com so all his image urls are messed up :angry: |
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| glitchhunter09 | Aug 10 2008, 06:40 PM Post #21 |
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oh okay. |
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| Dinoguy1000 | Aug 11 2008, 11:27 AM Post #22 |
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Fixed. |
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