3DSciFi

Giga-City

making a re go of an old idea .. farting about

This is just Evee screen cap

another shot bit more done ..
I like how Blender tell you stats in the lower right.


( maybe we get some art happening in ere again fire the place up. )

Quote from: Prime_8 on Jan 22, 2022, 03:29 pmLOL  you gona make me blush.

I got a chance to try that texture as a city idea you had with the heightmap in blender,

I attached the scene cap, it works in evee or cycles.

I think if I was careful I could ma the 8 other side tiles but I think this makes a pretty OK cyber city ?

Its only 4k texture if I use dteh 8k it would have more detail IMO

Oh man, YES!  That looks pretty AWESOME!

Quote from: Prime_8 on Jan 22, 2022, 10:31 pmanother shot bit more done ..
I like how Blender tell you stats in the lower right.


( maybe we get some art happening in ere again fire the place up. )

That looks FLIPPING exquisite!  Wow!

I tried adding in some more tower - mega scrapers

Again this is in evee.

Quote from: Prime_8 on Jan 23, 2022, 02:10 amI tried adding in some more tower - mega scrapers

Again this is in evee.

Wow!  That looks AMAZING!

sorry no blender stuff last night .

I was stuck into code .

I wanted camera controls and mouse selection working.

I made a grid so i could test movement and be able to see if they are moving correctly (hard to see in space).

so i have camera working mostly how i need.
I can tab and shift+tab back and forth between ships.
i can issue move to targets , and ..
the ships move very simply to them . ( i will re visit the movement code to make them move more like massive ships the size of a sky scraper on its side. LOL

I need the  area map to load in 2d over the 3d when M key is pressed . and let you issue fleet commands and plan tactics & plot courses and such .

short goal is single player sand box doing typical space stuff mining , hauling , ratting , and surviving.

with blender how it is now, I have never felt I had so much tools to craft my ideas . 
every day i find a new way blender makes an old paid tool obsolete .

Quote from: Prime_8 on Jan 25, 2022, 12:45 pmsorry no blender stuff last night .

I was stuck into code .

My friend, you NEVER have to say "sorry" for anything you do.  You are smart AND talented!

I also said, "WOW!" when I opened the attached image.  Well done on creating new controls!

working in-game side.

added some gratuitous thrust.

that is max/ military thrust.

That is AWESOME!

It is also HYSTERICAL!  The Gratuitous Thrust would be a great name for a ship with a Captain who has a warped sense of humor!

lol. true.

I was thinking about Spaceballs,  with ludicrous and plaid as speed, Gartuitus would fit just before them. LOL

some more n a new ship.

oh added rcs thrust for fun.

omg! found a way to make normal maps in blender better than I ever knew


OMG , worth a watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHF4F1Q42uI&t=565s

I made some details on a mesh , rendered the  height using fog trick , and then inverted it and put it in my normal map maker.

ok so all but the lower first 2 small ship ar in and work*.

and by work I mean you can tell them where to ply an dthier engines and stuff flame up.

you can tab to them .

I have so much more to do here ,  making ship accessory meshes like engine pod accents and deck guns

the last pic I have all those ships 'working' just not all their settings matching their size . ( they all move the same speed rite now )

First, that's an amazing amount of work!  Second, I'll be watching that video in just a minute.  Third, you do fantastic work, Scott!  Wow!

Put up a video https://youtu.be/dtVaSC4wufk

and i got guns pointing last night ..


colors are horrible , so I can see them , and scale is way to big.