stu-2693 custom scenery tryout mods you may now close thread

[stu-2693]

hello again peeps, I'm back to annoy you again:devil: .... actually what I'm really back for is to try and do some custom scenery, with your help, i have just downloaded everything needed (i think) and have come to ask for what people on these forums want in custom scenery, in other words, i need some ideas.... like i usually bother people for.... i have many coursework projects which I'm snowed down with so i might not reply immediately.

question 1...
have i got all the programs needed...
the gimp 2
anim8or
Biturn
importer V
UVMapper

thanks in advance for replies and blah blah blah, i think I'll shut up now...
p.s. im new at custom scenery if you didn't guess

[rctmaniac]

Click here for rctmaniacs custom guide (made with Importer 13 but same ish thing). (http://jackfranklin2.cabspace.com/rctmaniacs custom guide.doc)

good luck (I know what you mean about coursework :))

[wabigbear]

There's a pinned list at the top of the page that has a lot of requests in it...maybe take a look to see if any of them appeal to you? Good luck and look forward to seeing what you come up with!

[stu-2693]

lol tyvm rct3 maniac, the word document doesnt work but thanks anyway, i like your custom scenery

wabigbear, pinned list? id go to it if i knew were it was :bulb:
thaks anyway, i'll have a seach and see what i find...

any suggestions, coments (good coments are better)

EDIT: how about pipework set ?
EDIT2: is there a hight guide for anim8or for how high 3 high walls are and stuff?

[coinich]

Belgabor's Facts and Figures pages gives the scale you need to use for your objects in most 3d edititors. Try there.

[stu-2693]

could i do it on google scetchup free? i find it alot easyer to use,can you do the same things?

[coinich]

I don't suggest it; and neither will many others. You need to import it into another 3d editor, I think, and trim faces and UV map, ect. For me, it's just easier to do it in Blender as the main editor and then directly import the converted file it into the importer.

[stu-2693]

its a shame, look what i did in about 2 minutes\/
http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/10846/2004536969080599481_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004536969080599481)
its a bit rough but i thought it was quite good for the time taken :D

[Belgabor]

You can use Google Sketchup without an other program, but still coinich is right, it's better to use something else first to learn the basics as it is easy to make mistakes in Sketchup that lead to bad CS.

Edit: See, you wasted 20 minutes on something that will be bad CS. It has too many faces.

[stu-2693]

lol i didn't waste 20 minutes it was more like 2, and I'm gonna use up a hell of a lot more time trying to figure out how to use this "blender", at the moment i can insert a shape, and....... well thats about it lol, i can't resize it or nuthin.... thanks everyone for your support and help so far though

[wabigbear]

wabigbear, pinned list? id go to it if i knew were it was :bulb:
thaks anyway, i'll have a seach and see what i find...



HERE (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=478083) you go, it's stickied at the top of the Custom Scenery forums...it has a lot of ideas in it...

[stu-2693]

tyvm wabigbear but i think i have already made up my mind what i am going to do, pipe set!, it might sound boring but it is something that i have always needed....
if there is someone who knows there way around Blender here plz help...
does mesh mean object, Ive inserted a cube mesh, for a base and i want to reduce the size of it hight-wise, how do i do it?
http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/7728/2003381162807039970_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003381162807039970)

ty in advance

[-Drop Zone-]

Sound great!

[stu-2693]

lol ty
found out how to change shape, come into another brick wall, how do i bend the cylinder at 90 degrees like the thing i made in scetchup on post 8?\/
http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/8206/2004247043473775309_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004247043473775309)

[coinich]

Have you looked at the Blender n00b to Pro tutorial yet? It's quite helpful.

Your cylander has too many faces. Try to make it have around 6-8, unless I'm sorely mistaken.

[stu-2693]

news flash everyone, im doing it on anim8or, its pips easy, soz for messing all you peeps about...
hows this ?\/
http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/9575/2003151825489741358_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003151825489741358)
does it need less faces?

[Belgabor]

Read through the first chapter of the Beginner's tutorial, it has some guide lines for face count and suggested number of sections for round things.

[stu-2693]

ok peeps checked out all the lovely stuff you keep postin & came up with this\/
http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/9735/2000214077688799007_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2000214077688799007)
hows it look, what else do i have to do, other stuff that u wanna post too...

[rctmaniac]

lol tyvm rct3 maniac, the word document doesnt work but thanks anyway, i like your custom scenery


what dya mean it doesnt work? does it download at all?

Oh, BTW Thanks :)

[stu-2693]

i can download it fine, when i open it it says\/
http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/8744/2003142406657308008_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003142406657308008)
it might be your end it went wrong, or myne, i donno, my computer needs re formatting at the moment

you see in the corner of the picture above my start button, i think that might be the problem.... my computer might be full of them

[Chickenselects]

right click and select open with... should give you more options to open the file.

[Belgabor]

Open it with File->Open in word if you so far only tried to open it via double-click in the explorer.
(Or even better, throw away Microsofts crap and get OpenOffice :p)

[stu-2693]

thanks for all the help on the word doc (rofl belgabor) but i found this thread (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=530368&highlight=custom+scenery+size+guide) which i guess is near enough the same...

i have another question, is there anyone who; if i send them my anim8or files would be able to import them and convert them and make them recoulourable, i would give them almost all the royalty's because Ive tryed to test it on one file so far and the importer keeps crashing, i can make the objects, edit them and such and such, all i need is someone to import it for me. would anyone be so kind as to help?:) or if they cant, or don't want to help, could they try and tell me what I'm doing wrong? ps il give it another try first

[Belgabor]

Let's rather follow the teach to fish principle =)
So tell us at what stage the importer crashes and we can help through the process.

[stu-2693]

ummm..... the bit wen u press import lol
ok peeps, i have SOME objects done, i have saved them in the same file like this\/
http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/9759/2001335141773351429_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001335141773351429)
have i done that right or do i have to save them as different files, does it matter?

[stu-2693]

another slight problem,i made several curved pieces with modifier things and saved them, when i opened them again they looked like this(or similar)\/

http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/10184/2002461446473952157_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002461446473952157)

am i doing something wrong?

soz for the double post too, my computer was running slow last night

OK this problem above is really starting to pee me off, every time i save it and open the files again the bent pieces change shape, move and generally don't look how they are supposed to, help plz


http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/9760/2000489401593644457_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2000489401593644457)

this is another problem, i managed to get the importer working, but when i start up rct3 it says this^


why has everyone stopped posting too, what did i say?

soz everyone, this will have to be put on hold, my computer just got reformatted so i lost lots of stuff. ill be back though

change of plan, mods, you can close this thread now, im going to start from scratch

[hyperwaves]

Ooh.... need those!

[wabigbear]

Ooh.... need those!


Since the thread hasn't been posted on since January I hope you aren't in any hurry...:confused: